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ARGO: In that time period if Germany had made the A-bomb first, My guess is that Hitler would have used on Russia long before anyone else, Hitler wanted Russia, and he was failing at it badly also Russia being right next door far exceeded any other threat Germany had becuase Hitler knew what would happen if Stalin got his hands on him.

ARGO: [quote name='tankster' date='14 September 2010 - 03:51 PM' timestamp='1284472299' post='126085']
the p 1000 was much more heavier but never released. german site about it: http://www.panzer-archiv.de/planungen/deutschland/p1000/p1000.htm
it wheighs 1000 ton
[/quote]
Oh my isn't that nice, a battleship on treads....What the heck would anyone use one of these for, Godzilla?

ARGO: What the Allies did to Germany was worse in my opinion "bomb wise" than the A-bomb, Do a search regarding The Dresden fire bombings and then ask your self if there was racism involved between how the Japanese vs. the Germans were treated...
And for the record, this was not just one bomb and immediate annihilation like the A-bomb, it went on for days.

ARGO: I am not even going to dignify this with a response as the question will only lead this subject to a flame session.

ARGO: Everyone hates the T-44 "Prewipes biggest bitch"
Everyone hates the Arty "Postwipes biggest bitch"
Tigers are to powerful now "Todays biggest bitch"
Everyone hates the T-44 "Here we go again"
Ok, It seems no matter what the Devs do, nerf, or patch, someones not gonna like it or think it's a favored tank because that's human nature never to be satified and the need to get better. Here is the cure for all the tank OP problems.....You have all now fought Mauses and IS7s right? You all have managed to figure out ingenious ways to kick the crap out of them right? Use that same determination on the T-44 and "Viola" you will overcome.
Here BTW is a prediction of the next and future bitch and I am serious about it....I have noticed a LOT of KVs comming up and we all know that KVs lead to KV3s and big 107mm and 122mm so be prepared for the KV3 wave people cause it is comming.

ARGO: The USA dropped them bomb also because they knew Japan's stance on the war and that the Japan's deep rooted philosophy on honor would have never allowed them to surrender much like most oriental cultures case in point "Vietnam and Korea".
Now looking at the European culture at that time period, I in my humble opinion do not think the Germans with thier intellegents levels during the war "spies" would know we had a bomb, they would know fully well after seeing it tested and then used on Japan that we had no quams on dropping one would be very much open to negotiations, maybe not a surrender but an end of hostilities. Hitler would not risk Germans and thier allies turning on him in fear of nuclear anihalation.

ARGO: Like I said earlier, It's really not about anything more than being able to play and understand what the hell everyones saying. I am sure there are a few players out there who honestly cannot write in english and that's cool by me however we definately need something to translate so we can at least halfway understand these guys. As for the ones who do it on purpose because they are clan mates or want not to share info. Well, you can't do much about ignorance and/or no class.. I am sure their English will improve when they are getting tank raped because no one understood them LOL.

ARGO: I acually liked an earlier guys idea about "reflective" damage. When you shoot up an allie, you recieve equal damage too. Now that's a novel idea for TK losers.
And for those who think it's cool to TK, there is a LOT more of us that don't. In fact I saw a guy TK an MS1 and though he was King Crap till the tank next to him tracked him and left him for arty bait LOL!

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MrVic: I should have a round of info updates for the OP section later this week.

MrVic: Thanks for all the ideas. It was nice to see what all people could come up with, and see the range of ideas. Closing this out for now may reopen at a later date.
Thanks to all those that put some ideas out there.

MrVic: Figured this was answered again Closing this out.

MrVic: We should see larger platoons if all goes well once the balance system is tweaked and working smoother.

ARGO: I'm not big on statistics because more often than not they look good on paper but suck in practice so I will tell you from personal experience. I don't go by whats highest on the tree or most expensive, I go by what simply works best for me irregardless of the statistics. Nothings worse than spending a boat load of experience only to find that you bought a dog of a gun. I have had both guns 88 and 107 and the 107mm is superior both in accuracy and firepower to the 88, not by much but there is a noticable and distinct difference. My 107mm rarely missed and even more rarely broke unlike the 88. Also hits did more damage to enemies as well where as my 88 is a crap shoot with what damage it deals, most times you do big damage and sometimes it's 10% or worse "ping!" However the 88 always worked better with HE rounds than my 107 ever did. So as far as my opinions worth I say the 107mm is the better bang for the buck.

ARGO: Sounds wierd, I was on the Prohovkia map and the middle of it was red, The game informed me that I did not have enough memory to run it on high so it switched me to medium even though I have 4 gigs onboard and 1 on my Nvidia 9400gt Turbo card. Go figure. I restarted my PC and set my Win 7 to primarily graphics and then did the same in my Nvidia driver and that seemed to take care of the problem.

ARGO: You could always save your gold and buy a Churchill, Then you may do a lot better.....

ARGO: I still say like I did in the starter post to this thread that if you get caught TKing another player you don't get banned, you spend either a week or a month driving a MS1 or a Leichtraktor and see how you feel when your on the bottom of the food chain...

ARGO: What is a really sad new trend now is players shooting the hell out of your tank just as the round ends. I can't tell you how many times this has happend and you wind up dead and going into your garage with a boat load of repair costs.

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ARGO: And if you have a Leichtraktor or MS1 For the love of God and all that is holy RUN!!! Run like the wind and don't look back!!

merig00: Maybe I need another cup of coffee, but what is misspelled there?

ARGO: I would be equally happy if one could share his gold with a friend also.......

ARGO: Greetings Devs,
I was wondering if WoT has a chat translator built in or if one could be added because there is a fast growing number of players ingame that either cannot or will not chat in english which make communications extremly difficult for tactics ingame. This is by no means a complaint or dig on anyone's native language but as a player too it's important to be able to work together ingame and have good communication we all can understand so for example a players is writing to you "Hey! watch out for that Maus!!!" we know enough to run away!

ARGO: If it's free it's for me, put me in for 2 please....

ARGO: I originally wanted to put this in the tanks section however the subject asks about ALL vehicles Russian or German so I think it is best placed here. I am not asking this question for myself but for tips from all of you Tanks, SPGs, TDs, you guys are the pros and I will bet there are many way to "skin a cat" so to say. Now remember this question is for BOTH Tiger and Tiger II so I am guessing there are different ways to knock each one out that will not work on the other.
BTW, Has anyone noticed that after the patch HE rounds don't work so hot on Tiger tanks anymore and that gold rounds are a toss up with Tiger IIs?

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MrVic: Yeah some of the auto cannons recoil and get over compensated on shots and send them all over. Stationary its much cleaner. Also when you hit the ground in front of you check that in the scoped view not 3rd person. 3rd person your recticle is at a higher angle allowing you to think you have a clean sight line. If this is not the case some of the short barreled really poor guns do send rounds pretty wild and were meant for close range weapons. Also covered the rest of this above

MrVic: The guns "wobble" graphically in game is not shown on the tanks gun, Also its kinda of a lump sum of wind deviation bad aim and the inherent accuracy of some weapons, adjusted for the size of the battle fields we fighting on. Combined with most movements through the gunners sights off on the target and he had to pan and relocate and dial in the scope for a more accurate shot or to even find the enemy tank. Down the road we may see some adjustments to this but right now I don't think so. Also these are not M1 Abrams, check into some of the tech of the time period and battles fought, most kill shots from enemies were from stationary tanks.
Also check into the aim times and base accuracy (look for smaller numbers on both) Those weapons typically will be long barreled weapons as opposed to short stub barreled. Heck there were reports that at long range the 7.5 L24 75mm shell from Panzer III's would "tumble" mid air on long range shots due to all sorts of factors lol.
Just as a side note there is not such thing as flat terrain in most cases in WW2. Even a grassy field is a rather rough ride when aiming on a long distance target.
I highly suggest finding one of the few tank museums that still has tank rides in WW2 style tanks. Lets just say its rather rough even on favorable ground.
With crude or no assisted gun stabilization and few tanks creating a stable gun platform on the move, it takes almost nothing to send a shot wide.
This is one reason almost all tanks stopped to fire when able to since the chance of a hit on the move was a extremely rare thing.

MrVic: Some improvements are coming soon After a bit of testing we should be in better shape soon if all goes as planned

merig00: Same things it's just that multipliers are different for each tank as well as the baseline.

merig00: Same things it's just that multipliers are different for each tank as well as the baseline.

merig00: Well it works but still has holes in it. It's a beta after all

merig00: I would also recommend reading through this topic: http://forum.worldof...273-penetration
Especially the following post:
http://forum.worldof...dpost__p__43573

merig00: I would also recommend reading through this topic: http://forum.worldof...273-penetration

Especially the following post:
http://forum.worldof...dpost__p__43573

MrVic: Just a heads up get your last ideas up. Since its been slowing down and we've covered a lot of ground, will probably close this out in the next day or so

ARGO: Another thing to mention is the skills of the driver too. I have seen since the wipe many many battles where IS3,4,7, mauses, and those minimauses all got their butts handed to them because they were not familiar with handling a big tank. Your only half right when you say top tanks are not the key to victory. It depends on a few key factors:
1. He knows how to use it.
2. He has support from mediums
3. He has support from arty
4. The team works like a team and moves like one.
Some players make the mistake of thinking they are invincable in a top tank as well, they run in by themselves and die alone. A top tier tank is only as good as the team behind it.