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Lert:   Read the guide I linked, it's all explained in there.

Capitao_Desastre_:   Estou tentando corrigir a situação.

Lert:   No. At least, not with AP / APCR / HEAT shells. Those either pen the armor for advertized damage or not.   Read up.   @OP: Your opponent was either using the 3.7" howitzer and got a lucky pen, or he hit and detonated your ammo rack.

Captain_Judo: What a fun, informative read - thanks GLM!

Captain_Judo: What a fun, informative read - thanks GLM!

Captain_Judo: What a fun, informative read - thanks GLM!

Lert:   You are very selective in what you call 'nothing' and really like the last word, do you. That's fair, I suppose.

Lert: Please point out to me where I claimed there were no swiss in the vatican.

Lert: Vatican isn't switzerland. It's in Italy. Not only that, but 'Vatican city' is its own sovereign nation. The smallest in the world.   As for the swiss military: educate thyself. They are 147k soldiers strong and operate among other pieces of equipment Leopard 2's and CV9030's.

Lert:   It could fit the european tree.

Lert: And here I am with my box built from scraps people threw at me ...   Nice set-up, dude! I can imagine you're quite proud of that.

Lert:   Do you know what tier? Probably 9 or 10, right? Is that a 105 L7?

Lert: Nah. It'll come when it comes, and if not? Then not.

Lert:   Oh, how quaint. An insult, from someone who bought an account, bought his way to high tiers and doesn't even know how the game works.   Or did you just suddenly 'forget' how to play?     Lowe has a great gun, one of the absolute best in tier on a HT in terms of pen and accuracy - the things you need to make it work in tier 10. It doesn't need pref MM. Like several other premiums don't need pref MM. (T-127, T34, Dicker Max, Fury, AMX CdC, Panther 88, T-15, Tetrarch, Type 64, Pz 38H, Chi Nu Kai, etc etc - did I forget any?) The problem isn't the tank, it's you.   Try again next thursday, maybe I'll have time enough in my schedule to be offended.

Lert: You know it's against the rules to buy an account right, OP?

dance210: The Stand-To is Wargaming’s new daily tournament (named after WWI’s daily face off against the enemy where soldiers were expected to stand ready on the trench fire step, preparing for attack).   Now it’s your turn to roll into the fray. So gather your friends, grab your favorite tank and defend your base. As a daily tournament, you choose whether you want to Stand-To every day or only once in a while.   Current Tournament: Stand-To 1.2.15 Tournament Page Registration   Registration Open: Stand-To 1.3.15 Tournament Page Registration Stand-To 1.4.15 Tournament Page Registration   All active tournaments can be found by searching the Tournaments Home Page.   Basic Tournament Information: Team Size: 5 combatants + 2 reserves Tier Point Limit: 40 Tier Limits: This represents the max tier allowed. Teams are allowed to bring lower tiers. Light: Tier 8 Medium: Tier 8 Heavy: Tier 8 TD: Tier 8 SPG: Tier 8   Completed Tournamnets Stand-To 12.29.14 Tournament Page Registration Stand-To 12.30.14 Tournament Page Registration Stand-To 12.31.14 Tournament Page Registration Stand-To 1.1.15 Tournament Page Registration

dance210: The Stand-To is Wargaming’s new daily tournament (named after WWI’s daily face off against the enemy where soldiers were expected to stand ready on the trench fire step, preparing for attack).   Now it’s your turn to roll into the fray. So gather your friends, grab your favorite tank and defend your base. As a daily tournament, you choose whether you want to Stand-To every day or only once in a while.   Registration Open: Stand-To 12.22.14 Tournament Page Registration Stand-To 12.23.14 Tournament Page Registration   ​​Basic Tournament Information: Team Size: 3 combatants + 2 reserves Tier Point Limit: 21 Tier Limits: This represents the max tier allowed. Teams are allowed to bring lower tiers. Light: Tier 7 Medium: Tier 7 Heavy: Tier 7 TD: Tier 7 SPG: Tier 7 Map: Monday 12.22.14: Erlenberg Encounter Tuesday, 12.23.14: Redshire Encounter Wednesday, 12.24.14: NO TOURNAMENT Thursday, 12.25.14: NO TOURNAMENT Friday, 12.26.14: Steppes Encounter Saturday, 12.27.14: Ensk Encounter Sunday, 12.28.14: Prokhorovka Encounter

dance210: Skirmish Rules Tournament Page Registration for entire tournament Registration for bravo playoff (weekend) only Looking for a Team/Players   Group Stage Standings   Basic Tournament Information for Skirmish 51 Please see tournament page for all information   Team Size: 6 combatants + 3 reserves Map: Stalingrad Mode: Standard Tier Point Limit: 43 Tier Limits: This represents the max tier allowed. Teams are allowed to bring lower tiers. ​ Light: Tier 8 Medium: Tier 9 Heavy: Tier 9 TD: Tier 9 SPG: Tier 9     Skirmishes now have three days of group play (Monday-Wednesday) followed by a playoff (Friday-Sunday). Teams can choose to play only in the weekend playoff or participate in group play for better seeding and greater prizing.   After completing group play, a standings table will sort all teams across all groups based on points earned against points possible. Prizes are awarded at completion of group play to teams finishing in the top half of the standings. These teams qualify for the Alpha Playoff. All remaining teams qualify for the Bravo Playoff.   Alpha Playoff This playoff consists of the top 50% of group play teams who will play for a larger prize pool. Group play performance will determine playoff seeding.   Bravo Playoff This playoff consists of all remaining teams and includes teams registering solely for the weekend. These teams will compete for a smaller prize pool and the playoff brackets are not seeded.   Both the Alpha & Bravo Playoffs will use multiple brackets holding a maximum of 16 teams. This means multiple winners are awarded prizing for their standing in their respective bracket.

dance210:   Hi!   Q: How do they work?  A: Stand-To are a daily, round robin style tournament. Teams are split in to different groups; each team plays all others within their group. The top 2 teams in each group earn gold. So, you only need to complete against the teams within your group.   Q: When are prizes given? A: The gold is distributed within 7 days of the tournament ending. However, we normally try to get the gold out sooner than that   Q: Do you need to compete in all of them? A: I'm guessing you are talking about needing to complete in the entire week. If so, then nope! You can compete in as many days as you wish. Each day is a different tournament, so that gives you 7 tournaments in a week that you could join   Q: I can't be in a team with all SU-76Is, correct? A: Yep, that's correct! Your team can have two of those tanks, but then you need to bring other tanks.   If you have any other specific questions, let me know. Good luck!!

Lert: You mean a completely separate mode which works differently from normal game play and nothing else you've spent thousands of games grinding out has any use and doesn't appear in?   Or you could just go play armored warfare when it comes out.

dance210:   Yes, all the leagues have a break. The Bronze league holiday schedule is here.       And I will be adding the promotion/relegation for Bronze (and Silver) leagues, likely tomorrow or Tuesday.

Lert: Shouldn't Lars be the gunner? I mean, he's the one hitting stuff all the time, right?

Lert:   1) WG isn't russian 2) Gun doesn't determine damage - ammo does. 3) Game balance > *

Lert: I don't think that's been announced yet.

Lert: ... You know WG isn't russian, right?

Lert: It's a good enough start, you casual.

Lert:   Good! That means it'll still be rare. Free tier 8 reward premiums should be difficult to earn. You don't like the mission? Don't go for it. You're right, most players won't get it. And that's what WG wants.

Lert: Go play armored warfare.

Lert: Carry harder, casual.

Lert: Yes. It has been answered already.

Lert: Posting in thread for My Content archiving purposes.

dance210: Well, since this is 1 of 5, there will be 4 more Cups then the playoffs.   After this break they should run continuously.

dance210: Standings are reset to 0 for Rounds 3 and 4. Looking back, I realize that that isn't very clear; it'll be updated for the remaining Cups.  

dance210: It's Saturday, so there's a 50/50 chance that it will be done today. If it's not done today, then I'll be doing them early Sunday morning     Also, there will be  more Cup tournaments. We're taking a break for the winter holidays, so the next one will begin January 5th. Registration for that will open in ~1 week. How are y'all liking the Cup format?

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Lert: The long 128 is what makes the Waffle IV bearable, in my opinion. It is tier-for-tier one of the absolute best guns in the game in terms of accuracy, penetration and DPM. Sure the damage the 15 does is nice - ... IF it hits ... AND if it pens - but the slow shell speed and low accuracy make it difficult to use at long range, where the long 128 excels, whereas the long 128 is also viable at close and mid range.

Lert: I'm probably going to ask for a few of those tokens for christmas, for the nations I don't have enough viable tanks in.

pizzastorm:   Can you elaborate?

Content_WG: ¡2014 fue un año espectacular - y es hora de celebrar con descuentos, bonificaciones y misiones que les va encantar!
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pizzastorm: Hello!   With all the stuff going on around the holidays we neglected to put up an official feedback thread for the 9.5 common test.   Please leave us your thoughts about the changes and additions coming.   Some notable changes include -    New British tanks New maps Reworked minimap   For complete notes please check the spoiler below   Important Additions Fixed many gameplay and interface issues in personal missions Conditions of most of the personal missions adjusted Vehicles Parameters adjusted for the following new Update 9.5 vehicles: M2, Stuart I, Grant I, Sherman III, Archer, Sherman Firefly, Achilles IIC, Challenger/Avenger, Charioteer, FV4004 Conway, FV4005 Stage 2 Some parameters of the T-55 NVA DDR tank adjusted Some issues with visual models fixed for the following vehicles: IS-7, M2, Achilles IIC, Sherman III, Challenger/Avenger, Panther mit 8,8cm L/71, T-55 NVA DDR, T95E2, Stuart I Some issues with damage models fixed for the following vehicles: Maus, T28 concept, SU-14, FV4005 Stage 2, Challenger/Avenger, T95E2 Issues with camouflage fixed for the following vehicles: Churchill I, Panther mit 8,8cm L/71, Sherman Firefly Fixed color of the Achilles IIC tank destroyer icon Damage of the Chinese 122mm Sha-bao-471 HE shell increased from 465 to 530 Maps Fixed issues with the new maps Mittengard, Ghost Town, and Winterberg Fixed some gameplay and visual issues on the Stalingrad map Performance on the maps Ghost Town and Mittengard improved Consumption of memory on the Windstorm map reduced Fixed issues with the visual and damage models of some environmental objects Gameplay All four operations in personal missions unlocked and available for testing. However, at the release of version 9.5 these operations will be unlocked sequentially Interface Fixed issue with the message that the player has no personal missions started appearing upon pressing Tab key in battle Fixed issues with autosearch in the Team Battle mode Some interface issues in the Stronghold mode Fixed display of expanded minimap features when using the "Upon pressing Alt" option Fixed issue with the SPG sector of fire displayed on the minimap even when that option is disabled Fixed issue with the constantly appearing settings for the SPG sector of fire and camera direction beam on the minimap Sharpness of the captions on the minimap increased Display of messages in the battle chat after rejoining the battle Other Fixed some hang-ups and crashes of the game client Reworked some effects of shells hitting the vehicle reworked Fixed issues with vehicle freezes at the end of the battle Fixed display of the battle interface in the Garage Fixed issues with performance decrease when scrolling the list of missions on the personal missions screen Performance on some PC configurations increased Fixed issue with the inability to destroy objects with APCR and HEAT shells New Content Personal missions now available Personal missions are a new type of mission. Upon completion, players will receive various rewards including unique high-tier vehicles. The main difference from regular missions is that they are not time-limited, and players will be able to pick missions to complete at will. New branch of British tanks and tank destroyers: M2 (tier II light tank) Stuart I (tier III light tank) Grant I (tier IV medium tank) Sherman III (tier V medium tank) Archer (tier V tank destroyer) Sherman Firefly (tier VI medium tank) Achilles IIC (tier VI tank destroyer) Challenger/Avenger (tier VII tank destroyer) Charioteer (tier VIII tank destroyer) FV4004 Conway (tier IX tank destroyer) FV4005 Stage 2 (tier X tank destroyer) New maps: Mittengard (for lower battle levels), Ghost Town (for Team Battles), Winter Ruinberg Vehicles only for supertest players: AMX Chasseur de char (46) (tier VIII French medium tank) AMX 13-57 (tier VII French light tank) ST-A2 (tier VIII Japanese medium tank) ISU-130 (tier VIII U.S.S.R. tank destroyer) Maps Severogorsk and Ruinberg on Fire maps removed Some surface features fixed for the following maps: Fisherman's Bay, Mountain Pass, Windstorm Fixed some gameplay issues on Stalingrad Fixed issue with the ability to drive outside the boundaries of the Windstorm and Mountain Pass maps Fixed some visual issues on Windstorm Fixed issues with the visual and damage models of some environmental objects Changes to Vehicle Characteristics FV215b (183) tank destroyer rebalanced: Armor protection of the rotating superstructure increased, traverse speed and crossing capacity decreased Gameplay Players will receive additional XP for damage caused to vehicles spotted by them, if the spotted vehicle is of higher tier than the player's vehicles (+10% for each tier of difference between the vehicles), but not more than 30% Functionality of the minimap expanded. Added a view vector, sector of fire (artillery only), display of vehicle names, display of point where vehicle was last spotted Warning for inaction in battle will now be issued only after three violations in a row (previously, the fine was imposed on the player immediately). Now the fine for inaction in battle will be imposed on the player only after the fourth violation Graphics Fixed issues with visual models fixed for the following vehicles: Maus, JagdPanther (gun sizes fixed), M4A3E8 Fury, KV-1S, Centurion Mk. 7/1 Fixed issues with damage model fixed for the SU-14 Fixed brightness and color of tracks of some HD vehicle models Fixed display of Emblems and Inscriptions on some vehicles Fixed flickering of foliage in the sniper view mode Fixed display of high-detail shadows of some objects on the low shadow quality preset Fixed issue with a vehicle's own shadow not present in the sniper view mode Fixed display of vehicle tracks when switching between the allied vehicles in the Postmortem mode Fixed issue with multiple splashes appearing when a shell hits the water at an angle Fixed flickering of vehicle markers on the minimap Sound "End of reload" sound volume increased Interface Fixed some issues with interface and gameplay in Strongholds Interface of the Special Battle window improved Interface of the recurring awarding of the Mastery Badge changed Improved display of Camouflage on vehicles when using the Improved Graphics preset Effects of shells hitting the vehicle reworked Condition text for the Arsonist, Demolition Expert, and Kamikaze awards changed The Racer 2014 medal moved to the Special category List of hints on the battle loading screen expanded Fixed some minor issues with interface and text of several messages Other Bugfixes and Changes Reduced game client memory consumption System of game sound loading changed to reduce the number of in-battle freezes Streaming of music and ambient sounds from the hard disk at zero volume level disabled Fixed some client hang-ups and crashes Fixed freezes when displaying some special effects Fixed issue with the capturing of screenshots in Windows upon pressing Print Screen or Alt+Print Screen with minimized WoT client Unloading worldoftanks.exe from system processes after the client is closed Calculation of the number of hits of external modules (tracks and the gun) in the post-battle statistics Fixed issue with vehicles not receiving the Elite status with all researched Fixed issue with the vehicle model falling through the Garage floor Fixed issue with the Platoon chat turning off upon disabling the battle chat in the Random Battle mode Fixed issues with the Confederate medal not being awarded if the player only damaged the tracks of enemy vehicles Fixed rare issue with the camera displacing to zero coordinates when switching between the allied vehicles in the Postmortem mode Fixed issues with depression angle restrictions of critically damaged guns not working Fixed issue with the inability to return a crew in the vehicle, if the crew members who had previously been sent to the Barracks filled the Barracks to capacity   CT 9.5 Version 3 changes   - Some texts in the interface of personal missions fixed. - Issues with visual models fixed for the following vehicles: FV4005, Sherman Firefly. - Issues with Camouflage fixed for the following vehicles: Т-34-85M, Т-54 ltwt. Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. H, T-34, STA-2, M3 Lee. - Brightness of enemy vehicle names on the minimap increased. - Some minor issues with interface fixed.  

dance210: Holiday Schedule   The winter holidays are coming up, and there will be a break.   Monday, December 15: Rounds 5 + 6 (Also first day of Monday League Night - streaming Silver or Bronze battles) Friday, December 19: Rounds 7 + 8 Monday, December 22: No battles Friday, December 26: No battles Monday, December 29: No battles Friday, January 2: No battles Monday, January 5: Rounds 9 + 10 Battles resume as normal after Jan. 5th