Official Heavy Tank Discussion

Mod, on 26 July 2010 - 04:20 AM, said: The only time I would say I died from arty when I had my IS was when my tracks broke or when I play on Prohovorka (sp) or whatever.
In Karelia you have a huge mountain on the side of the map or some rocks in the middle to hide from artillery.
Malinovka is basically filled with places to hide from SPGs. When SPG users start to get more aware of their surroundings like people like deathnoise have they can just start shelling these spots with HE since the maps are so small.
Himmelsdorf is basically all sheltered from arty.
Ensk has quite a few spots as well.
Lakeville doesn't have a lot of hiding spots but since scouts tend to rush down middle or something and distract the artys it's not that hard to either finish them off or stay back and defend.
Murovanka is somewhat of a tough map because you can get rushed by all sorts of tanks at the same time if you try to hide in the middle.
Just play a few games and realize where people set up their artillery and then next time you play that map take note of it and hide behind something solid in relation to those spots.
By the way, cowering behind a rock or a building in the middle of a map with a 122mm can get me 5-10 kills a game. Also trust me, I rush just as much and can do just as good.
If you need any further explanation I wouldn't mind showing you in a training match.