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MrVic:
Okay RIF.

I have tried to spell this one out so here goes one last time.
I have not personally decided nor stated that the KT > IS-3 or that the IS-3 > KT  So please people stop assuming that I am saying these things, read the posts before ya respond lol

Not every conversation has to he about whos right or wrong.......

MrVic:
Okay RIF.

I have tried to spell this one out so here goes one last time.
I have not personally decided nor stated that the KT > IS-3 or that the IS-3 > KT  So please people stop assuming that I am saying these things, read the posts before ya respond lol

Not every conversation has to he about whos right or wrong.......

MrVic: Sigh, I have not come to a conclusion yet When I do I will post as such. There are more the stats to consider. Again I was looking at the differences in the two. I have lost 30k with premium before, its painful when I get on a bad spree. But overall I think 120 games with my IS-3 my average right now is +2.6k a game across all games.

MrVic:
Sigh,  I have not come to a conclusion yet    When I do I will post as such. There are more the stats to consider. Again I was looking at the differences in the two.  I have lost 30k with premium before, its painful when I get on a bad spree. But overall I think 120 games with my IS-3 my average right now is +2.6k a game across all games.

MrVic:
Sigh,  I have not come to a conclusion yet    When I do I will post as such. There are more the stats to consider. Again I was looking at the differences in the two.  I have lost 30k with premium before, its painful when I get on a bad spree. But overall I think 120 games with my IS-3 my average right now is +2.6k a game across all games.

MrVic: The information is valuable to the dev team. You were invited to play for free prior to the game and are a guest of sorts.
Walking over to your friends house and pulling a carton of milk out of their fridge and drinking from it would be considered rude to many folks.
This thread reminds me of that type of thing repeatedly.
Making demands in essence really is silly and typically people that make demands get ignored more often then not.
I would suggest you take a step back and calm down a bit. Currently its a bit to "heated" here and this needs to change.

MrVic: Also some mantlets were there to provide protection a the gun mounting traverse. Tho some always had gaps as they moved up or down side to side. Typically it was due to the confines of space or slope of the armor. The example of the jagpanther mantlet, while it "seems" to shield the gun port it doesn't fully if is fully traversed right its slightly exposed on the left. Also the jagpanther mantle was semi prone to being jammed by rounds fired into it. The closer you make it "slide" along a facing the more prone they were to getting hit and locking in place. Not all mantlets covered the gun port when it was at all elevations either. Personally if you get that precise and they are tall enough to get a shot in then well it happens
Also you might attribute this to a graphical bug of a round mark showing up behind it instead of on it.
I actually have never had a damage mark show up on a mantlet on my tanks.
I am guessing your upset over having your gun damaged/knocked out? It wasn't very clear, in that case right now many tanks guns get damaged more so on the larger ones since their easier to hit and I think this is attributed to the module issues that are being seen. Personally most games my gun is damage/knocked out in about every battle at some point.

MrVic: Actually there were 2 partially built. When they were captured they took the 2 incomplete tanks and put them together to make a mostly complete single tank
Tho due to both being slightly different versions and differences in the manufacturing process, they did not exactly fit together very well. In fact I don't think the turret fit the hull very well. I think the turret ring was the wrong size or was not machined to match. So none were complete, The Russians captured the parts and sorta completed one.

MrVic: I think you added some "implied" thought there. Scout tanks do find you and if the SPG is good your life is going to get rocked by shells. I did not say it was a issue more of the cost of ammo vs fighting off scouts. I think what your referring to "rushing" means moving forward. Rushing is running full speed into the enemy, moving forward is a tactical advance using cover and picking your angles. If I camp every map sure its easier to make cash but its boring and not really helping some of my teams
Also just a note I did not say the KT was better then my IS-3 I was bringing up the differences in the tanks and their tech. In fact discussing some of the pros and cons of both tanks in regards to each other.
Another Note I did not say I was losing money in a IS-3's I said the ammo cost was to high due to not wanting to fire on some hard to hit target due to the cash lost alone.
On average I can gain cash with premium on the average. Its not a ton of cash but its profitable. Now some games you lose a ton other you gain a ton then some are a wash in the credit department.
Mod you might want to fully read posts a bit more and not imply information

MrVic:
I think you added some "implied" thought there.  Scout tanks do find you and if the SPG is good your life is going to get rocked by shells.  I did not say it was a issue more of the cost of ammo vs fighting off scouts.  I think what your referring to "rushing" means moving forward.  Rushing is running full speed into the enemy, moving forward is a tactical advance using cover and picking your angles. If I camp every map sure its easier to make cash but its boring and not really helping some of my teams

Also just a note I did not say the KT was better then my IS-3 I was bringing up the differences in the tanks and their tech.  In fact discussing some of the pros and cons of both tanks in regards to each other.

Another Note I did not say I was losing money in a IS-3's  I said the ammo cost was to high due to not wanting to fire on some hard to hit target due to the cash lost alone.
On average I can gain cash with premium on the average.  Its not a ton of cash but its profitable.  Now some games you lose a ton other you gain a ton then some are a wash in the credit department.

Mod you might want to fully read posts a bit more and not imply information

MrVic:
I think you added some "implied" thought there.  Scout tanks do find you and if the SPG is good your life is going to get rocked by shells.  I did not say it was a issue more of the cost of ammo vs fighting off scouts.  I think what your referring to "rushing" means moving forward.  Rushing is running full speed into the enemy, moving forward is a tactical advance using cover and picking your angles. If I camp every map sure its easier to make cash but its boring and not really helping some of my teams

Also just a note I did not say the KT was better then my IS-3 I was bringing up the differences in the tanks and their tech.  In fact discussing some of the pros and cons of both tanks in regards to each other.

Another Note I did not say I was losing money in a IS-3's  I said the ammo cost was to high due to not wanting to fire on some hard to hit target due to the cash lost alone.
On average I can gain cash with premium on the average.  Its not a ton of cash but its profitable.  Now some games you lose a ton other you gain a ton then some are a wash in the credit department.

Mod you might want to fully read posts a bit more and not imply information

MrVic: LMAO yeah right! Its more like "Ammo for the poor" I'll take donations or 122mm ammo, for the low low investment cost of 1 case of shells you get a free clock radio!
I swear I would spend half as much repair money if the balancing system would just leave darth on my team lol

MrVic: Well not so much for my tanks but many in my call some tanks out in short term names for fast target pick ups.
Panzer IV base = 4
Panzer IV upgraded turret =Bobble Head 4
Panzer IV with long 75mm = Big Nose Bobble head
KV-2 with 152mm = KV bobble head mortar
KV-2 wtih 107mm = KV bobble head big nose
KV-1 = no special name since their not deadly at all.
T-28 = Billboards
anything with the short 10.5cm = X marshmallow gun
VK (DB) = Dumb Bast...
Jagpanzer IV = Jag4
Liekentraktor = DA LICKENTRAKTOR!!!
Hummer = Assault Hummel (yeah its longer but soo funny to watch)
Tiger II = KT (of course)

MrVic: Well not so much for my tanks but many in my call some tanks out in short term names for fast target pick ups.

Panzer IV base =  4
Panzer IV upgraded turret =Bobble Head 4
Panzer IV with long 75mm = Big Nose Bobble head
KV-2 with 152mm = KV bobble head mortar
KV-2 wtih 107mm = KV bobble head big nose
KV-1 = no special name since their not deadly at all.
T-28 = Billboards
anything with the short 10.5cm = X marshmallow gun
VK (DB) = Dumb Bast...
Jagpanzer IV = Jag4
Liekentraktor = DA LICKENTRAKTOR!!!
Hummer = Assault Hummel (yeah its longer but soo funny to watch)
Tiger II = KT (of course)

MrVic: Well not so much for my tanks but many in my call some tanks out in short term names for fast target pick ups.

Panzer IV base =  4
Panzer IV upgraded turret =Bobble Head 4
Panzer IV with long 75mm = Big Nose Bobble head
KV-2 with 152mm = KV bobble head mortar
KV-2 wtih 107mm = KV bobble head big nose
KV-1 = no special name since their not deadly at all.
T-28 = Billboards
anything with the short 10.5cm = X marshmallow gun
VK (DB) = Dumb Bast...
Jagpanzer IV = Jag4
Liekentraktor = DA LICKENTRAKTOR!!!
Hummer = Assault Hummel (yeah its longer but soo funny to watch)
Tiger II = KT (of course)

MrVic: One of the roughest things is the KT has more armor then the IS-3 The big kicker is the Long 8.8cm has a 202 pen and quite a few german tanks can carry. The KT starts with a 202pen gun also. The IS-3 has to burn through about 60k exp not in line with going to the next tier to get a gun with more then 175mm pen. The 100mm and 122mm have the same pen until you get the BL-9? that is a 122mm with 225mm pen. Combined with the .4 accuracy on the 122mm and a 3sec aim time and a 4-5 RPM its painful with a 1025 credit per shot (The BL-9 122 does bring your accuracy down to .35 which is much better). Overall the KT is superior but starting out with the IS-3 you can do almost no damage to most KT's you encounter to the front. Also the KT is near the same speed and can traverse just as fast so flanking it can be really hard if the KT driver knows what hes doing. Of course the wild module damage accounts for many many IS-3 deaths. What still gets me is some matches my armor loads others I swear it does not, some games I can weather smaller guns np then next game 50mm 75mm rounds punch through my turret and hit my ammo rack which renders me about useless. Combined with each round that hits your rocks your tank more then it should, so with your already slow loading less accurate shells you fire right when you get hit you your shot goes wide due to a 50-75mm round hitting your tanks and rocking it.
Still think the KV can use some love as its woefully outclasses by the fast mobile Panzer IV. And many of the KV-2 weapons are atrociously inaccurate and lacking pen/damage, combined with armor that is paper thin vs most tanks its level.
I want to see ammo costs drop on the larger guns since shooting most anything even scouts is a waste of credits even with premium and a win. But if you do not fight them off they will blow off your gun (which should be near impossible for many lower end weapons) or track you, which in turn lets SPG's kill you rather instantly (with the larger guns) With lower speeds, large targets. and difficulty hiding SPG's already have no issues hitting you (They can hit 50+kph tanks 20kph and the size of a house is easy) Playing a heavy is rough many nights unless you tier your enemies easily.

MrVic: One of the roughest things is the KT has more armor then the IS-3   The big kicker is the Long 8.8cm has a 202 pen and quite a few german tanks can carry. The KT starts with a 202pen gun also. The IS-3 has to burn through about 60k exp not in line with going to the next tier to get a gun with more then 175mm pen. The 100mm and 122mm have the same pen until you get the BL-9? that is a 122mm with 225mm pen. Combined with the .4 accuracy on the 122mm and a 3sec aim time and a 4-5 RPM its painful with a 1025 credit per shot (The BL-9 122 does bring your accuracy down to .35 which is much better).  Overall the KT is superior but starting out with the IS-3 you can do almost no damage to most KT's you encounter to the front.  Also the KT is near the same speed and can traverse just as fast so flanking it can be really hard if the KT driver knows what hes doing. Of course the wild module damage accounts for many many IS-3 deaths. What still gets me is some matches my armor loads others I swear it does not, some games I can weather smaller guns np then next game 50mm 75mm rounds punch through my turret and hit my ammo rack which renders me about useless.  Combined with each round that hits your rocks your tank more then it should, so with your already slow loading less accurate shells you fire right when you get hit you your shot goes wide due to a 50-75mm round hitting your tanks and rocking it.  

Still think the KV can use some love as its woefully outclasses by the fast mobile Panzer IV. And many of the KV-2 weapons are atrociously inaccurate and lacking pen/damage, combined with armor that is paper thin vs most tanks its level.

I want to see ammo costs drop on the larger guns since shooting most anything even scouts is a waste of credits even with premium and a win.  But if you do not fight them off they will blow off your gun (which should be near impossible for many lower end weapons) or track you, which in turn lets SPG's kill you rather instantly (with the larger guns)  With lower speeds, large targets. and difficulty hiding SPG's already have no issues hitting you (They can hit 50+kph tanks 20kph and the size of a house is easy) Playing a heavy is rough many nights unless you tier your enemies easily.

MrVic: One of the roughest things is the KT has more armor then the IS-3   The big kicker is the Long 8.8cm has a 202 pen and quite a few german tanks can carry. The KT starts with a 202pen gun also. The IS-3 has to burn through about 60k exp not in line with going to the next tier to get a gun with more then 175mm pen. The 100mm and 122mm have the same pen until you get the BL-9? that is a 122mm with 225mm pen. Combined with the .4 accuracy on the 122mm and a 3sec aim time and a 4-5 RPM its painful with a 1025 credit per shot (The BL-9 122 does bring your accuracy down to .35 which is much better).  Overall the KT is superior but starting out with the IS-3 you can do almost no damage to most KT's you encounter to the front.  Also the KT is near the same speed and can traverse just as fast so flanking it can be really hard if the KT driver knows what hes doing. Of course the wild module damage accounts for many many IS-3 deaths. What still gets me is some matches my armor loads others I swear it does not, some games I can weather smaller guns np then next game 50mm 75mm rounds punch through my turret and hit my ammo rack which renders me about useless.  Combined with each round that hits your rocks your tank more then it should, so with your already slow loading less accurate shells you fire right when you get hit you your shot goes wide due to a 50-75mm round hitting your tanks and rocking it.  

Still think the KV can use some love as its woefully outclasses by the fast mobile Panzer IV. And many of the KV-2 weapons are atrociously inaccurate and lacking pen/damage, combined with armor that is paper thin vs most tanks its level.

I want to see ammo costs drop on the larger guns since shooting most anything even scouts is a waste of credits even with premium and a win.  But if you do not fight them off they will blow off your gun (which should be near impossible for many lower end weapons) or track you, which in turn lets SPG's kill you rather instantly (with the larger guns)  With lower speeds, large targets. and difficulty hiding SPG's already have no issues hitting you (They can hit 50+kph tanks 20kph and the size of a house is easy) Playing a heavy is rough many nights unless you tier your enemies easily.

MrVic: haha good deal

MrVic: I heard of another match that was 8vs8 earlier today

MrVic: Mod got it
"American howitzers shell German forces retreating near Carentan, France." Franklin, July 11, 1944" US national archive
Also 2 other winners for their entries
Mod
Oddball72
Lutcikaur
I'll send ya a key shortly Congrats.

MrVic: Another good one. But not it Know where that pic was from in the war by chance?
Time for another HINT: The picture was taken in July 1944 in France

MrVic: Just something fun to do (its not mandatory) Your free to not participate but thanks for trolling

MrVic: I've suggested the idea of a point system based on a score of sorts. But did not want it to be the true points as people will start min/maxing and ruin half the fun. but maybe a ballpark percentage or something transfered to points never really fleshed out the idea all the way myself. But I agree kill count is cute but leads to bad assumptions on points you are getting for damaging things

MrVic: Another nice one. Nope thats Korean war era Tho very clean, at first thought it was a pacific photo but the area was not completely destroyed by ship bombardments!

MrVic: Nah your fine just talking through it. The persistent world tho could be the clan wars maps and such its qualifies in its ways on its always changing and such even when your not playing. Which seems to be the popular opinion on persistent world criteria.

MrVic: Very close tho thats a modern pic
Going to toss in another hint

MrVic: Nope its a real life photo

MrVic: Nope I have a Picture and the goal is to find that exact picture its out there I checked for it
If things slow down there will be more hints narrowing it down

MrVic: Nope good pic of a priest tho

MrVic: So I am having a contest to win a beta key for the EU Beta.
How the contest works! Its simple! I will give a everyone one a "Hint" of sorts and you have to find the World War 2 photograph that corresponds to my hint. I may give more hints out as this contest goes on. All hints will be posted in this post if they are added so please do not PM me for them! Would prefer non beta testers and those waiting to get in But everyone can have fun with it
HINT: "Three guys and a 105"
HINT: The photo is black and white
HINT: The picture was taken in July 1944 in France
Entries will only be accepted that are posted here. (PMs do not count)
Good Luck

MrVic: With Clan wars going all day and night, And territory changing hands and Defense fights ect ect that world is there and very persistent. If your not online it changes and evolves, as battles change the face of the world So even the user created definition on wiki fits WoT.
One reason you see games like MW2 BFBC ect not use a "mmo" tag is pretty simple they are "FPS" Pretty much any first person shooter now days is about online fights. So calling it a MMO is not really needed since its already inferred. WoT is not a FPS really, its breaks the game mold and is going a new direction for their game. MMO fits the game and informs them at the same time the game is not a co-op or pve game. Its about destroying your enemies on a global stage! As the gaming world and evolves the tags for games open up also. STO for example was so heavily instanced that you were around less people most the time then in WoT.
Regardless it doesn't matter the only argument is that its false advertising, which does not apply since its FREE if you somehow get screwed over by something free then you have bigger problems then the semantics of the MMO tag....other then that its all stuff that does really matter does not harm to anyone its just a opinion.
One thing that is funny to me is back in the day Games were just labeled "online" Then someone had this great idea in someones marketing dept, he was like "Lets call it a MMO! now were bigger then those "online" people and were cool and people will argue this term every day for the rest of their lives instead of playing games and enjoying them!" We have failed we let the marketing people run our gaming experiences. Lets get back to reading about a game NOT just its "tags" and decide for ourselves. In this case Lets just play the game and see how it goes since we can!

MrVic: Continuing this kinda of thread will result in Bans based on Trolling ect ect funs over guys
Anymore posting like this will also result in actions taken. Right now this is just a warning

MrVic: Not all tanks can do this, it was based mainly on their transmission they had. Tho I think a few TD's can do this and should not be able to. But more then likely since they increased the hitorical speeds up a tiny bit across the board on all tanks to help compensate they may have given TD's this ability to compensate for TD's having less time to shoot against a tank closing on them. Its a minor adjustment to help balance things out. Its still rather easy to pin flank a TD just takes getting used to the TDs in question speed acceration. Churchills for example had a new design in transmiision the Merritt-Brown 4 speed constant mesh epicyclic gearbox that let them spin in place and perform new turns ect. Panthers also had the same time of transmission design (hence the tactic for panthers to drive over a fox hole and twist in place filling/crushing the occupants....)
I know both kinda of transmission exsisted as to what tanks had exactly what transmission my memory fails me there.

MrVic: I have to heard this. At this time its FFA tho you can try to enter battles at the same time and hunt down your friends

MrVic: I swap between it and the 85mm variants. Tho I am more fond of the 107mm and wish I could use it on the IS line sometimes. My big concern is the first rounds of 122mm are only 175mm pen. That and once in the IS-3 its 55k ish exp to get a pen above 175 and your dealing with Tiger II's
overall the heavy guns for russian tanks get to me at times but then again no tank is perfect

MrVic: I did rally a random team last night in malinovka, I was impressed they spaced perfect and waited for the perfect time to assualt. It was a great rolling armored formation from the north. I was very impressed with my sides effort and play. It was truly perfect. good fast bloody match

MrVic: Just a few points that came to mind. If you have a link to the Game designer rule book I would love to read it, but as it is its just personal opinion But then again if players pick games based on one word "MMO" it would really amaze me. I know in other games that carry a MMO title one of which which as a couple "W"'s in its name for example, the actual interactions are still fake people that can see avatars in a social chats. Beyond commenting on "Wow nice pants Bob! its just text chatting really" even in most instances there are millions online sure but unless your in a city you only see a limited number anywhere. Toss in the fact that most people spend their whole time online in 5 man teams or 25 man teams in PVE or 5-75 person PVP teams really you interact with even less people for the most part. Personally I am only interacting with anyone unless their face to face with me in the real world otherwise its just chatting with or without Bob and his new pants
The biggest kicker here I think tho is, Lets say MMO reels someone in to the game! Thats all great and good, but its Free to play.... so they are out nothing beyond experiencing a game that cost them no money and they wander off to a new game. So really short of the download times (which I hope people don't just stare at the download % complete meter much like the saying "a watched pot never boils") other then a few min download and 3 mins or reading on a webiste to register its free! Heck I lose more time on the toilet every morning
In the end were all welcome to our opinions.

MrVic: One thing I suggest is check for the very most updated graphics drivers. I did this recently and solved all the troubles on my end.
The issue regarding "warping" tanks is part connection ping and part game engine. Currently the warping on the game engine side of things is being worked on.
So its a matter of time until its improved. I have the same issue myself but everything else runs pretty much flawless. I hope this helps
Also if you have issues such as these you should post in the Tech section as it will probably get faster answers if the above does not rememdy the problem
Thanks
MrVic

MrVic: Sounds pretty cool all in all. I know the Panzer II had a very limited varaints that had a open topped command tank and a turretless tank with a hull mounted Machine gun. Tho I think they were field made modifications to a damaged tank