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Subject: Is it worth it? Bofors Tornvagn
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Z_best, on Dec 07 2021 - 16:17, said: good for hull down battles. Decent at sidescraping. Fantastic penetration on both the standard and premium rounds. Very slow and sluggish. long reload. bad accuracy. Perfect crew trainer for swedish autoloader heavies. Overall, not worth overspending on boxes. The boxes are always a good deal. If you get it, you get it. if you don't, you don't. Its just another premium where the premium round is better than the standard with no drawback.

Subject: -CDS- Is Recruiting and Rebuilding!
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slabski, on Dec 07 2021 - 12:57, said: X2.  But if you see me on the red team.....don't  shoot.  Lol

Subject: Season 17 Playoffs Streamers - Day 2
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Subject: Casual Boops Commentary -- Bofors Tornvagn: The One-Trick Pony
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TheRealSerapth, on Dec 07 2021 - 18:30, said: It's funny, I'm getting boxes to refill my gold supply and I'm going to be actively cheering against getting this tank.   A 30 top speed tank in modern WoT, especially one with no hull armor, is about as out of meta as a Dicker Max.    Wargaming somehow managed to add a premium that is at once horrible to play and to play against. 

Subject: Issue: Daily Missions Not Showing Up
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Subject: Missing Daily Missions since the patch
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Subject: The Frustrating Things About WoT
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Lhance, on Dec 07 2021 - 15:15, said: I suppose my memory is just bad, but I don't remember NOT having blowouts.  Maybe blowouts are worse now - maybe DPM was lower back then, or armor was better, or spotting was worse, or tanks were slower.  It seems like a symptom of power creep.   In any case, I have no solution to most of it, but two things seem obvious / straightforward / easy to improve / low risk fixes:    fix wheeled vehicles and make the maps larger.  that's the low hanging fruit.

Subject: Incoming! Everything you need to know about what's in a Large Box.
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Subject: Hotkeys for consumables disappearing?
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FoggyLogic, on Dec 07 2021 - 09:49, said: First off I'm posting here because I'm not sure if this is a bug or PEBKAC. And I figure most people don't read the Support threads.   Sometimes when I enter a game my consumables are not shown at the bottom center, only my ammo loadout. The consumables are missing entirely, along with they shortcut keys, and pressing any of them does nothing.   Not sure if there is some key combo I've accidentally hit that causes this, or whether it's a bug. Needless to say, it's annoying to play through a game without a repair or med kit. Restarting the game (and my PC) seems to fix it for awhile.   Has anyone else seen this behavior?

Subject: Casual Boops Commentary -- Bofors Tornvagn: The One-Trick Pony
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Cowcat137, on Dec 07 2021 - 14:50, said: Seems to me they are pumping these out as filler and not doing any detail work to give them a specific character. Really a shame.

Subject: Bofors Tornvagn: Lump of Coal?
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Subject: 2x Multiplier disappearing after loss
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Subject: [ S T ] ShPTK-TVP 100 treads to the Supertest
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Firemoth, on Dec 03 2021 - 13:21, said: the JT88 and AT15 are fast firing, with sub 5s reloads. 7.5s reload is very poor for only 250alpha.

Subject: Incoming - Schkoda T 27 for 9k gold
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Subject: "Vents" reducing camo on Schwarzpanzer 58
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Subject: -CDS- Is Recruiting and Rebuilding!
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Subject: Population decline!
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LubeDaNoob, on Dec 07 2021 - 02:15, said: LubeDaNoob here.  I quit about 6 months ago. I am Arty. Can't escape easily. Have very low top speed.  Everybody know best hiding places on small maps. Then comes wheeled Vehicles. 90 degree turns at 80 MPH.  My top speed is about 10 MPH.  Arty is easy to kill. Everybody loves to Kill Arty.  Usually DOA about 1/2 way through a battle. So I've stopped wasting my time.

Subject: Can This Really be Random?
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AnArmyofBun, on Dec 07 2021 - 01:56, said: No, you absolutely should bother.  You should always bother.  Always try and just have fun with what you're doing.  You don't -need- to be a unicum.  You're already doing well.  Fix the issue of the plays you make and it'll turn around.  I'd have to look at some of your play to really say for certain.  But, I've been out of the loop quite a long time.  If you want, I still can however.


_Juris, on Dec 07 2021 - 02:16, said:   Definitely feel free to message me and send some replays - happy to help you identify low-hanging fruit in your gameplay.  The best ones to pick are not huge wins or losses, but relatively average games where you feel like you could have done something different that might have changed the course of the battle, but aren't sure what to do.   I would say don't give up on tier 8, but definitely don't feel obligated to play tiers 9 or 10 if you don't enjoy them.  I like them, but the game is definitely different at those tiers, and it is, after all, a game which is supposed to be fun.

Subject: Can This Really be Random?
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AnArmyofBun, on Dec 07 2021 - 01:10, said:   It's true.  The options are limited.  In a pvp game like this there aren't a lot of ways actually to improve that experience with (and here's the caveat) the limited playerbase we have.  We're a small server, relatively.  If we had EU's population this would be a lot less of an issue.  So, we're left with a few scant choices.  Play tier 6+ or don't.  Pay for stuff or don't.  The last option is play better or don't.  Which is actually really hard.  A lot of the time in the past when I'd play with other (usually much better) unicorns.  The joke would be "hard game lol".  But, it actually is.  It's made simpler by fighting reds and yellows but even in that it's not so simple.  Because if you're not playing a fat armored tank it doesn't matter what skill level someone is.  A pen is a pen.  It's HP lost and you can't recover that currency.  There are so many minute details to remember.  I forget them a lot.   You have to look at this in perspective.  Which, I admit, is very difficult in the face of repeat losses.  You're losing badly, a lot.  Way too much to be the games fault and I don't -mean- to be harsh but you're doing something wrong but correctable. The mathematical truth is and will always be the same for these kind of swings.  Wn8 goes up with kills and damage.  Winrate goes down if the kills and damage are applied at the wrong time or already during a loss.  This circles back to decision making.  The difference in wn8 tiers is like 2-3 shots and a kill or two.  Depending, really.  Self evaluation is critical and also, most difficult of all to do.   You can do damage.  You can make kills.  But can you do it at the right time?  The question is when is the right time.  That's where we have to study our replays to find out.  Because you can see beyond what you could in the moment.  You can see where you had an opportunity you missed.  Then make sure you find it the next time.  I know, it's a lot like homework.  So, at the end of the day.  You're either at the mercy of the matchmaker or you do everything you can to control what you can.

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Subject: Season 17 Playoffs Streamers - Day 1
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Subject: Can This Really be Random?
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AnArmyofBun, on Dec 07 2021 - 00:13, said:   Constant losses suck.  They do, but even bots win 43% of the time.  We all started out as others have said, just like that IS3/7 sideways in front of all the tanks in the world but we learned.  The only way to win more is to play better and even then a lot of the time you just won't.  A lot of games are genuinely not able to be carried no matter how hard you try.  However that's when you just need to get what you can for yourself out of it.  Have the fun you came to have and move on.  I came back after a few years away and I'm still doing pretty good solo.  Some things don't really change.  What does change however is us.  If you've hit a plateau that's something you need to figure out.  Also I don't enjoy farming a doofus who has no idea what he's doing.  But, I feel if you're at tier 8+ which is where I primarily play?  You've lost the ability to be a newbie doofus and you've chosen to either invest 40+ bucks on a premium which I feel you should need a certain PR to unlock the ability to buy.  I know that'll never happen but, you know.    If you can't tolerate the losses, figure out where your play is inhibiting you from winning more and address it.  Practice.  The only skill that is harder to replicate than others is critical thinking in battle.  The decisions we make.  I make a lot of bad ones.  A lot of people make way more bad ones.  I remember back when, the best advice I was given was fling yourself in a strong tank into the fray and force yourself to think on the fly and knife fight your way out.  Sure enough after a few hundred rounds I began to see some real improvements.  This may not work now for the meta but, there are ways to learn and do it still.  The game has a lot of intricate little things and decisions are king in a game where in you do not respawn.

One wrong or right choice can mean victory or loss.  The 300 HP you lost for poking out may mean you can't win a 2v1 or 1v1 later on that would have been critical.  Anyone can do it.  I believe that.  But they need sufficient practice and more so the proper motivation. Not everyone is going to be like me with something to prove in a game they really love.  Some folks just won't care.  So all that matters, ever.  Is how much you care and how much you're willing to personally put in.  That's really it.

Subject: Can This Really be Random?
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choSenfroZen_1, on Dec 06 2021 - 23:23, said:   As said the clan system,   It gives areas or modes within the game. Where they can create their own MM system.  Find opponents, pick times, maps and modes.   Clans have the ability to choose whatever and whomever they want as opponents.   In this random mode. Who care. It is a public playground. If a person comes to a public park to participate in games. If that person actually expects some form of pros, or stiff competitions are DELUDED.   Expect Granpas and the kids. The drunks and buddies just out to shoot stuff and chat. Bad tempers running over trees. Yes, plenty of average players, just out for a few games.   A clan has places to find exactly what is demanded. Some control over the players skill levels.

Subject: Can This Really be Random?
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Jer1413, on Dec 06 2021 - 23:10, said:   No and no.  

Subject: Incoming! New On Track/ Fast Track is here for theFV217 Badger!
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Subject: Is Claus right in this, i vote yes
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cloudwalking, on Dec 06 2021 - 21:31, said:   I was in retail as a salesman for a few years.  I can 100% confirm retail does this often.     It's disgusting but people happily fall for it simply because someone tells them it' a good deal.  WG implement so many of these tactics its not even funny.  The marathon tanks are a prime example...but you already know all this.  

Subject: No Snow Maidens
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Altwar, on Dec 06 2021 - 17:44, said:   Forget the Snow Maidens. I want some Snow Arnolds. Or better yet, Snow Terminators (yes, I know Wargaming can't use Terminators without licensing)!   Yes, Snow Terminators! Or Snow Kindergarten Cops!   Or some Snow True Lies spies!  Or some Snow Predator hunters!  Gimmie, Gimmie, Gimmie!   LOL!!     Happy Monday everyone!

Subject: Can This Really be Random?
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Kliphie_Reborn, on Dec 06 2021 - 20:14, said: Good news, thanks to WG random 15 man teams the worst players still win 4 out of 10. 
     


Jer1413, on Dec 06 2021 - 20:25, said:     What you're proposing is more of a league/skill separation system rather that a skill-balanced system. I think that is much more palatable to most but low server populations may increase queue times drastically.    

Subject: Can This Really be Random?
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Kliphie_Reborn, on Dec 06 2021 - 19:55, said:   You missed my point.  NHL teams are true teams.  WoT teams are pickups and are not comparable. 

Subject: Can This Really be Random?
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SKurj, on Dec 06 2021 - 19:20, said: you realize the only way to make it "fair" is to put good players on each team and then toss in baddies to even it up...   so who gets carried in these cases?  The better the player is, the worse his teammate will be to "balans"     oops sorry that isn't fair...     


Kliphie_Reborn, on Dec 06 2021 - 19:29, said:   If every player in the NHL threw their sticks on the ice before every game, how do you think an individual would end up after 82?

Subject: Can This Really be Random?
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Nixeldon, on Dec 06 2021 - 18:43, said: If they don't win at the same rate, then your attempt at balancing skill has failed. There is a specific reason for an abundance of extracted player ratings.

Subject: Can This Really be Random?
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Nixeldon, on Dec 06 2021 - 15:00, said: You don't see that WOT rewards credits and experience based on match outcomes? You don't see the tier progression, crew skills, equipment, mission completions, etc. being affected by a MM that further inhibits the ability of individual players to control match outcomes?   Replacing a blind player selection with an aggregate team rating equalizes win rates with little to no change in actual game play. You and others may enjoy a matchmaker like that, but it still redistributes match outcomes so that the most productive players and least productive players win and lose matches at the same rate

Subject: [ S T ] ShPTK-TVP 100 treads to the Supertest
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Subject: No Snow Maidens
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snailcrusher, on Dec 06 2021 - 09:43, said: Hi Everyone, Just watched the Holidays Ops Videos. No mention of any Snow Maidens. This is another indication that Crew 2.0 is definitely coming Thank You

Subject: Stop using XVM!
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Altwar, on Dec 04 2021 - 00:37, said:   How about no? "Literal mind cancer" it is not.  Like many sources of information these days, it's up to content consumer to reap the value of what's provided and make productive use of it, IF that's why a user has that capability. "Very few people" is nothing more than a perception statement; I don't agree with that perception simply because I don't presume to quantify what any fraction of the player base does or doesn't know based on my interactions.   Meanwhile,
I use XVM for self-reflection, a couple QOL choices and entertainment value. It has no impact on my play or choices made during a battle.

Subject: can't kill a Pz. 38H
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Mastercommander2, on Dec 06 2021 - 09:21, said: Getting really frustrated.  I'm playing Tier IIs because, well I want to.  Any way when I come across a Pz. 38H in tier IIs and III battles, nothing, I mean nothing can penetrate this tank.  It makes the playing fields so unfair it's really frustrating.  Can anyone advise how I can kill this thing?  I'm typically in a T2 Light, but lose every time.     Can anyone offer a suggestion.   Thanks!

Subject: New Crew Member: Arnold
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Subject: Can This Really be Random?
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Teal_Blackhawk, on Dec 06 2021 - 04:05, said: Hey question for you? Who asked??????

Subject: Can This Really be Random?
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Saffron_Blaze, on Dec 06 2021 - 07:19, said: The EVEN breaks quite a few maps.