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DeviouslyCursed:  

DeviouslyCursed:  It's actually in line with my other tier 9 meds. Though I was better back then. Not sure what happened, lol.

DeviouslyCursed:  

DeviouslyCursed:  They already had new account queue years ago. It wasn't for very many battles, and I don't think it went past tier 2 (maybe 3). That was not SBMM. This is not SBMM.

DeviouslyCursed: Maybe now all the idiots spouting off that there's "no proof SBMM will raise queue times!" will shut up.  I doubt it though. EDIT: In other words, all they did here was take new accounts out of the queue and people are reporting noticeable difference in queue times.

_BobaFett: French logic.

_BobaFett: The Italian heavies are massively underwhelming. Go with the mediums.

_BobaFett:  Here's another one by those guys. I love their work.

Draschel: at what time was that released, compared to Dez's source? Before or after? I haven't seen iterations yet of their buffs and +/- changes Thanks for that. 

_BobaFett:  It gets bested by a Hetzer too lmbo.

_BobaFett: You should be credited with both. I don't see a reason why you wouldn't. 

Draschel: let's just say the planned changes go through untouched, what do you all think. 1. 130mm UFP@60^ is already good front hull for a medium tank, currently comparable to 140 and 907. Any more is just icing on the cake. They plan to add more. They do not say as to what, but let's say it is 10mm like the 140 buff. Could be 15mm like the 121 buff. With 140mm UFP@60^ we are looking at ~262mm AP, ~283mm APCR. Not bad at all, especially if it is more with the 15mm instead. While not auto ricochet angle like CS63, it would be better than 140/907.  2. DPM is being buffed, if I am not mistaken to equal object 140  3 ,034 damage per minute. This is considerable, more than 200 DPM added on. And with 390 alpha damage not 320. 121B has an edge in fighting tanks like 260, 268V4, 279E, Chieftain - since it has 350mm HEAT not 330-340. Especially against 279E, 350 HEAT makes a big difference vs 330.  3. Nice mobility buff, adding 5km/hr both to top speed and reverse gear. 121B has among the better difficult terrain crossing stats for tier 10 medium tanks, meaning it can get through bad terrain spots pretty quickly.  Miscellaneous:+++121B radioman is part loader, not commander like 140/907. This is an advantage, because loader skills aren't important compared to commander skills. All you need is safe stowage, then you jump on situational awareness. Commander needs to focus on recon, jack of all trades, Etc. Considerably more view range than 140/907. Considerably more potential damage than 140/907105mm bore size vs 100mm is an advantage, both for odd over-matches and applied module damageHas high pen HE like leopard, can be situational. 121B has fast HEAT. 140/907 have slow HEAT.  ----Chinese fuel line fire woes. Holy moly guacamole. Reminds me of barbecue140 has more useful gun depression, and turret roof is protected against most over-match calibers140/907 and CS63 all have stronger camo values. While 121B has good accuracy, russian gun handling such as aim-time/dispersion are superior Maybe my opinions are farfetched and stupid. Maybe I jumped the gun. Who knows. But from what I at least see now, I think 121B joins meta and becomes a viable CW pick.        

_BobaFett:  That's very subjective. 

_BobaFett: Currently I'm running Rammer, Vents, and IRM. Thinking about dropping IRM for Binos. What say you?

DeviouslyCursed:  Yeah, it's almost as stupid as all those idiots with Patton or Rommel in their name.

_BobaFett:  I was absolutely laughing my a** off when I saw that episode. Just brilliant. 

DeviouslyCursed:  Just pointing out that the tanks where prem ammo is widely considered "essential" isn't actually essential.

_BobaFett:  Hasn't been put up for sale yet. You can view it with the comparison tool though.

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DeviouslyCursed:  I rarely fired HEAT in my T-54 on my main, and still managed a 54.39% win rate after over 400 battles.

The_Chieftain: I'm on Moderna. I've been told that it is a best practice to wait five weeks, not four, for the second shot. It's still within the 42 day window, but the side effects are far less dramatic.

DeviouslyCursed:  This is why I think you are a moron. You have no idea how to draw a reasonable conclusion from data. You literally just said: If the battle is balanced a blowout is due to snowball affect, BUT if the match is not balanced the blowout is automatically due to mismatch in skill. Except there are roughly 24 out of 100 blowouts when teams are even, and 27 out of 100 when teams are severely uneven. Anyone not a moron would conclude that at best, 3 out of 100 blowouts are due to skill mismatch. How do I know this? 27 - 24 = 3. That's the difference skill disparity makes in blowout matches. That's it. That's the difference. Therefore that is the amount of blowouts caused by a wide degree of skill difference. Three out of 100. I will also add, that data did not show how many times the less skilled team that was supposed to lose actually won by blowout. When I had xvm, I saw it happen. In fact, if a lower skilled team is going to win, that's the most likely route to victory: a quick lead followed by a solid push to overwhelm the rest. The longer a match goes on, the more likely the more skilled players will come back to win. Those were the worst losses... when your team had 70%+ chance to win but got rolled so hard it was over in less than 5 minutes. And no, it wasn't rigged. I could tell by the way they deployed we were in trouble.  You know those matches where the enemy team seems to outnumber your team on every front? How? It's 15 v 15. But they have all their guns in the fight, and you team is hobnobbing all over the place. Starts off with a 1 v 3 on one flank, and a 2 v 5 on the other, and suddenly your team is down 3 tanks and their team is grouped and pushing. GG.

_BobaFett: Mine took me about 15 minutes, so no issues here

_BobaFett:   Lol. 

_BobaFett: nvm, can't even find the one I use.

Draschel:  We also need an experienced player bracket, likewise. At the very least tiers 1-5. To keep new players within a friendly nurturing bracket.And importantly to keep the experienced, punishing, unfair players out. I see no reason for an experienced player to stomp newcomers.It was quickybaby who I believe suggested a tiers 1-5 skill cap, only 3 skills to be used for crews. (first 3 skills on crew)I think SA server has been pretty bad for the game so far. And it continues to make things worse.  

Draschel:  K91T can be very aggressive. The front hull is not thick, but is enough for tier 7s you can commonly be matched up against. It has speed, decent gun control, DPM, the hull is low so easy to hide, and has great support VR for a TDIn high tier 9-10 matches, it just needs to be played a tad smarter. Get to the right spot to use what armor it has. It is quite comparable to WZ120G. It can be very influential and aggressive. 

_BobaFett:  http://tothestars.worldoftanks.com

Draschel:  Since KV2 is a one of a kind, Ventilation in %boost spot, bounty rotator, bounty gun drive. DPM isn't too important with rammer, because something like KV2 is a dice roller anyway. But it does however need to fire quickly. The toss up is either, bounty aiming class or bounty gun drive. I see that alot of advocacy already exists, with replacing gun drive with aiming class.  I am not sure why alot of streamers are even replacing rotator with aiming class. Things like Skorpion G, FV183, 4005, Hellcat dramatically benefit from actually rotating, nevermind gun control  

DeviouslyCursed:  The best thing they did was not starting all tier 1 tanks with a 50% crew. That was lambs to the slaughter.

_BobaFett: Heh, I know the feeling.

DeviouslyCursed:  1. The following shows the assumptions you made just at the start of your flawed "study."A. You assumed an equation used for real life assessments would also be valid for non real life engagementsB. You assumed this would work for all video gamesC. Even if this works for some video games, you assumed it would work for WoT What method did you use to conclude that it does, in fact, work for video games? All video games. Because if it's not going to work for all of them (and it won't, btw), then you have to figure out if it works one by one. How did you do that? Did you do that? Of course you didn't. Do you know how I know? Because the only way to test if it works is to do a study on being a tank down and seeing if it matches up. Your "study" (if you can call it that) did not show WoT MM was rigged, it showed your equation doesn't work for WoT. Someone who is "quite smart" would know that. You, sir, are not smart. In order for a study like yours to show MM is rigged, you would play the same tanks on multiple accounts over lots of battles and get vastly different results. That would indicate bias at the account level. 2. MoE does not guarantee higher Win Rate. Why? Because trash damage exists. MoE is not an indicator of getting wins. Especially not a single MoE which is fairly easy to get. 3. Doesn't matter what tier you play most. Middle tiers and low tiers inflate your win rate, especially when playing the stronger tanks over and over. If you win rate is barely over 50% at the kiddie level, you are going to get wrecked in high tier. Again, someone who is "quite smart" would know this too, given the number of games you've played.

DeviouslyCursed:   "Be The Man Your Dog Thinks You Are"  Does your dog think you're a moron? Congratulations. Mission accomplished.

churchill50: There's a setting that restricts moving in and out of sniper mode to the shift key. Perhaps you checked that box by accident? It's on the Main tab of Settings on the right-hand side if I remember correctly.

DeviouslyCursed:  As I already said in post above this, MM can't stop blowouts. If you think it can, you lack a fundamental knowledge of what causes blowouts. The server population has been like that for a long time. The "server is dying" twerps have been at it since 2016 at least, and probably earlier. The server population wasn't much higher than it is now. The MM is fine. The 2 tier spread is fine. Tiers are matched now. Tank types are matched too (even though I don't think this was necessary except for arty and lights, but whatever).

DeviouslyCursed:  MM can't fix blowouts. This has been shown statistically over and over again.

DeviouslyCursed: Why would you even need to make a distinction?

_BobaFett:  

_BobaFett: These are the ones I use: https://www.amazon.com/WH-1000XM3-Wireless-canceling-Headset-International/dp/B07H2DBFQZ/ref=asc_df_B07H2DBFQZ/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312142335725&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=10889320482098056460&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9009933&hvtargid=pla-569461266919&psc=1