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Subject: Russian game Russian Influence...
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Learn2AimNoobs, on Feb 12 2022 - 04:34, said:   Not really, Russia stands no chance.

Subject: Caliban probably wasn't a good idea.
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Tilith, on Feb 12 2022 - 11:31, said: If we are gonna bring back 

Subject: US LT needs a new Tier-10
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Subject: Caliban probably wasn't a good idea.
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Subject: Is Grille 15 the worst tank in the entire game?
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TastyPastry, on Feb 12 2022 - 07:56, said:   You can tell if a player is good by their opinion of the Chi-Ri. Good players think it's good, bad players can't make it work. 390 clip potential that's fairly reliable at tier 7, decent mobility, and a nice slab of HP for a medium. 

Subject: Is Grille 15 the worst tank in the entire game?
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Subject: Is Grille 15 the worst tank in the entire game?
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Subject: So the AP AMX 30...
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Kefic, on Feb 12 2022 - 03:56, said: I highly recommend you jump right into the RAAC after you mark the FV4202.  You are going to think you are a god.

Subject: So the AP AMX 30...
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Subject: T92 LT compared to other T8 lights?
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Subject: Physics abuse is a game breaker
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Subject: T92 LT compared to other T8 lights?
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Subject: Arty coming back?
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TheRealSerapth, on Feb 11 2022 - 23:06, said: Tier 8+ the infection is nowhere near as bad, but low to mid tiers with LeFH on sale and a mission running, it's pure cancer. 

Subject: So the AP AMX 30...
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Subject: So the AP AMX 30...
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2Fantastic, on Feb 12 2022 - 00:27, said: with that said it would be significantly more relevant to three mark the tank we are talking about.

Subject: My first two-mark and then another one! Mediums r us
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Dantooine_Sniper, on Feb 11 2022 - 23:22, said: I feel the same pain, t 44 is bad but sometimes works great as spotter/flanker almost like t 43 that's the way i've got almost 6 level one MoE but 190 of pen??? EVEN TVP VTU HAS A BETTER GUN!


Dantooine_Sniper, on Feb 11 2022 - 23:26, said: He's mostly very bad, but people say t 54 is good what i doubt because of that 212 pen with top gun even tier 8 tanks are better than this  

Subject: T29 stats comparison
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Spam_Goose, on Feb 12 2022 - 00:02, said: *munches on popcorn* think the issues you are having are because of you and you alone.

Subject: February Challenge Sponsored by Verizon
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durandal78, on Feb 10 2022 - 17:49, said: It just updated, now it shows me at 49 points, it has 1 day delay, I was at 79 when I logged out last night.


Says, on Feb 10 2022 - 23:43, said: Its def not refreshing every hour.  Maybe every 24 hours or so, i'm not sure there.  But its at least a day behind.

Subject: T29 stats comparison
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TheRealSerapth, on Feb 11 2022 - 20:35, said: Huh? 

Subject: KRZY-Takes: Gun Rammer and what are your other two equipment choices?
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GSOR3301_AVR_FS, on Feb 10 2022 - 16:14, said: I have serious questions about a camo net on an E-75 TS..

Subject: KRZY-Takes: What do you do when you are bottom tier?
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Subject: T29 stats comparison
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Jer1413, on Feb 11 2022 - 20:20, said:     Sorry, I just thought we were simply talking about the T29 and then the possible effect of platooning on win rate.   You seem to be blowing it all out of proportion.    

Subject: T29 stats comparison
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TheRealSerapth, on Feb 11 2022 - 18:07, said: For the record, with your performance in the tank I would roughly expect you to be about a 48%ish winrate,   They may also harvest bots on SA server, but I would really expect higher DPG results if so.  So my money is on platooning.

Subject: T29 stats comparison
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TheRealSerapth, on Feb 11 2022 - 20:07, said: Bye Felicia.

Subject: T29 stats comparison
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Jer1413, on Feb 11 2022 - 20:02, said: That escalated quickly.  

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GSOR3301_AVR_FS, on Feb 11 2022 - 19:49, said:   Ranked is open to everyone, it's simply that it doesn't work for everyone due to the nature of climbing ranks by earning chevrons with better performances. Obviously bottom-of-the-barrel players tend to get pushed out early on, but one of the main points that probably kicks people out is simply how unfun to play Ranked is; for everyone. Even average players in the long run can earn the rewards from it, if they can endure playing the damn mode long enough By allowing (or arguably, forcing) platooning in it, you would simply exasperate this problem. It's not some matter of "git gud" or anything, you'd simply be screwing over a good portion of the people playing the mode and make it even less enjoyable.   You still haven't exactly provided an adequate reasoning as to why players shouldn't be allowed to platoon in the Casual/Social/Unranked/Quickplay mode.

Subject: This WZ-114 really make me sick
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Subject: T29 stats comparison
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GSOR3301_AVR_FS, on Feb 11 2022 - 19:40, said:   You know how people always complain about games being too quick and whatnot? Ranked is basically this. Because of the nature of the mode snowballs are vastly more prevalent in my experience, once one team gets the ball rolling the other team typically collapses very quickly. This would be massively overblown if you added platoons in as they could easily coordinate and get that ball rolling a whole lot quicker. It would end up being a case of "haha get screwed" if you don't platoon, which is a kick in the teeth to most players grinding Ranked. I'm sure platoons of coordinated Krans, STBs and whatnot would be a blast to play with.   Why isn't it toxic in Randoms? Because Randoms is Randoms. It's the "Casual/Social/Unranked" mode that every MP Game has. Most folks are playing to have fun and shoot other tanks. Is it fun for new players to face a platoon of 55%ers? Probably not, but at the end of the day that's one battle and they can quickly move onto the next. There is no penalty nor any outright reward to strive for, you're simply playing the game, shooting tanks and getting shot. Not everyone is playing this game for competitive sake, not even higher ranked players.

Subject: So the AP AMX 30...
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Subject: So the AP AMX 30...
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Kefic, on Feb 11 2022 - 14:06, said: Draschel...have you played the RAAC?   To call the armor on it "meh" is laughable.

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GSOR3301_AVR_FS, on Feb 11 2022 - 18:44, said:   To put an example of this forward, here is my mate Chaos. I dunno how long ago it is he played this as we haven't done VIIs in a long time, but point aside is he pretty much plays 80-90% Of the game with me in a platoon, leading to things like this:     Because.. this is a game, and playing with friends in-game is meant to be fun? There's not some rule or reason to disallow platooning in Randoms (akin to "Casual" or "Social" for other games) just because of WR Boosting.   Also, allowing platooning in Ranked would also just be toxic as **** to that gamemode.

Subject: Arty coming back?
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Subject: T29 stats comparison
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spud_tuber, on Feb 11 2022 - 19:14, said: First, I'm going to agree that the guy on the right is almost certainly playing in toons a good bit. Have you looked to see how many BIA and CC medals he has relative to battle count?(well, not perfect because dynamic toons, but could give an idea)
Secondly, his stats don't look that much better at a glance, but there's a pretty significant difference in your KPG and destruction ratio. He's securing kills and getting hostile guns out of the fight. While not enough to make up the difference in WR, it would certainly help push him up over 50%.
Thirdly, it seems he is likely a more aggressive player than you. He has only a somewhat higher survival rate than you, despite winning a lot more. He actually takes more average damage per battle than you, despite the higher survival rate. If he's trading HP for kills and/or map position better than you are, that may also make a point or 2 difference in WR. Not saying he is, he may actually be over aggressive for solo play and relying on a toon mate to cover him. But it is something to think about, and question your own play to see if you're being too defensive in your decisions, instead of gaining map control.

Subject: T29 stats comparison
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Seraph062, on Feb 11 2022 - 18:49, said: My WAG would be that you're running a premium account some of the time and he isn't. That +50% XP counts towards the stats that show up in game (and is the big reason why the XP stats are not very useful for comparing players).   My reasoning is mostly based off the fact that your maximum XP is 2154 and his is 1554, which suggests to me that your 'best' game was with premium, while his wasn't. In particular the fact that his wasn't means that he's very rarely had premium on when playing his T29 because getting 1042 base XP (1563 w/ premium) shouldn't be that uncommon.  

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TheRealSerapth, on Feb 11 2022 - 18:16, said:   You are allowed to disagree, but you are also wrong by just about every measurable metric.   The T29 is among the best of tier 7 heavies and tier 7s in general.  Only a few like amx13/57, King Tiger C and maybe E25 are on the same epic level of the T29.  The AE Phase 1 is almost the same, its almost a tier 9 version of the T29, although the big difference for the AE is it has competition from tanks like the Conq and is outright worse than the Concept1B.  It's still a very strong tank at tier 9.   If you're struggling with the armor, that's you frankly.  Yes, you can be penned, you can't just sit in the open and expect to bounce shot after shot after shot... (although when top tier, you can often even do this...).  But if you are finding the T29 and AE Phase 1 armor lacking, you are certainly playing them wrong.  There is a reason the T29 is near the top of tier 7 heavies for winrate and IS at the top for games played, it's a very good tank. A replay or two may be in order to figure out why the armor isn't working for you.


golruul, on Feb 11 2022 - 18:24, said: Guy on the right probably platoons a lot in that tank.  That kind of DPG/APG doesn't get a 58% win rate over that many battles.   Average xp unfortunately isn't a good number to use because premium account pollutes it -- you can only compare if you 100% know for sure that each battle for both accounts use/don't use it for all the battles.

Subject: Incoming! Update 1.16: Join the Common Test!
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Subject: Incoming! Project Uplift
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Subject: T29 stats comparison
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TheRealSerapth, on Feb 11 2022 - 18:07, said: For the record, with your performance in the tank I would roughly expect you to be about a 48%ish winrate, which is about a 50/50 coin toss rate once you factor in ties.  The T29 is a pretty critical tank for anchoring a flank when top tier and if you're basically dishing out less damage than you take, you're somewhat (but not massively) a liability to your team, especially if the opposing team gets a good T29 player.  It's the kind of tank that is a difference maker.   If you are seeking advice into how to improve in that tank, you've got some great advice already.  I can chime in personally too, as I had really overwhelmingly meh stats over all in the T29 (just slightly better then you, maybe 300dpg more, and just slightly higher winrate at 50%), but my recents are more inline with where I expect to play these days, pushing closer to 2k DPG and a much higher winrate.   First, positioning is everything.  Your Hull is butter, but your turret is god tier.  You're not really fast enough to change flanks, so make sure you choose well initially.     If you can't hull down, you can somewhat side scrape, but hull down would be preferred.  If you don't know good hull down positions on maps, that is certainly where I would start.  If you don't know how to side scrape well, that's definitely another area I would work on.   When you are top tier in the t29 YOU NEED to be on the front line.  You need to be holding a flank, if you sit back and leave it to others, you are failing your team, hard.  This is an anchor tank top tier if there ever was one.  If you aren't closest to the enemy, you're probably playing it wrong.  That said, if you are closest to the enemy AND are alone, you're also playing it wrong.   Then you are bottom tier, while you still have decent armor, you can't rely on it.  So be sure to play less aggressively.  It's ok to play on the medium flank when bottom tier if needed.  It's actually useful to have a bottom tier equipment load out with say Turbo instead of say, hardening, that makes you more flexible.  Once you can't rely on your armor anymore, you are no longer your teams anchor.  That said, the gun and ok turret armor (at tier 9 that is), means the T29 is still a very useful tank when bottom tier, just it's up to others on your team to do the heavy lifting.     -------------- The other aspect here is the other play you've linked the stats of.  This person is MASSIVELY over performing their actual performance level when it comes to winrate.  There are a few reasons this can happen... one is luck.  Even over a 1000 games, some people have a giant horseshoe up their arses.  Just as many of us have a cursed tank where no matter how well we perform, we lose (hello Progetto).  More likely though there is something else to it.  This person may routinely platoon with a Unicum who is basically carrying them.  They may also harvest bots on SA server, but I would really expect higher DPG results if so.  So my money is on platooning.     -----  So basically TL;DR, you are performing about where I would expect in a WR capacity, based on how you are using the tank. The person you are linking is massively overperforming.  Basically they are the outlier, not you.  If you want to improve yourself, there's great advice in this thread.  If you want to know why others win more, welcome to one of life's great mysteries...

Subject: T29 stats comparison
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Markd73, on Feb 11 2022 - 17:48, said:   My T29 winrate is 58.93% and overall winrate of 52.62%. The T29 is one of best tier 7 heavies and I am a little surprised that you are underperforming in that vehicle relative to your overall stats. Questions:   Perhaps you are going to weaker flank more often and trying to hold off too many enemies? The reason I mention this is your OP "I feel that my teammates constantly screw me. Rarely I have support to watch my flanks." That sounds like you are perhaps alone or mostly alone on the weak flank. T29 is not the fastest or slowest heavy at Tier 7 and has less DPM than say a Tiger H. It requires a bit more map awareness for good hull down positions, and has more trouble than the Tiger H in using raw DPM to get out of a situation. Are you struggling to find good hull down positions? What is your playstyle when top vs bottom tier? The T29 is an absolute beast when top tier and when I was playing, I would be very aggressive in mine when top tier. I would then resort to a less aggressive support heavy role and follow the push from my team, looking for good hull down spots to harass the enemy. Are you platooning much with the T29? This game is 1 vs 29 and the only people you can really trust are your platoon mates. Maybe platoon with other players that can help with the T29 weaknesses?   I am sure there are other questions, but I cannot come up with any without more coffee. Perhaps some replays would provide better data?   Thoughts from other posters?

Subject: You called me a idiot and a coward about 20 minutes ago in a battle.
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dunniteowl, on Feb 11 2022 - 09:54, said: Good LORD, man, who really cares what others say in chat?     Let it go.     OvO