World of Tanks

athelstan

I haven't really tried the HE ammo much. I was using the premium armour piercing stuff but that gets expensive. I will try the HE stuff more. I reckon that could be more effective against a damaged target and at really close range. Trouble is it takes ages to change ammo.
I have now got a Hummel artillery piece and am finding that great fun. The really frustrating thing with artillery though is that it is really hard to use on the maps with lots of buildings as there are too many blind spots. It also maddening when your useless bloody team mates let enemy tanks breeze through and take you out in the rear. Arrrrrrgh!

Sinzer

When I played in Beta, HE was what you should always use. Penetration is generally not that important, as there is a  - 30% penetration modifier.

So better to go damage every time so that when you do hit, you hit hard.

Normally you cannot damage higher than your class anyway, so taking penetration is a bit pointless, you still won't have the punch to hit higher Tiers. The HE has enough penetration for your tier and below.

I experimented quite a bit and found that HE and high damage turrets always ended up in better performance. The trick is to manouver around your opponent and hit them in the back, you can normally then one shot them or do enough splash to take out their tracks or engine.

Andris L

So is only way to get gold is buying it?

Andris L

New patch out:

                                                                                                                                       

Andris L

Just unlocked and purchased VK 3601 (H). Next is Tiger .

athelstan

Well done. I love the Tiger. Have you played the Stug3 yet? jeez, that thing has paper thin armour. Far too easily destroyed. I am enjoying playing the Hummel artillery piece at the moment.

Andris L

No, i haven't tried the StuG III, in fact i haven't tried any TD or SPG .

clearys

I found the grind from VK to Tiger painfully slow.  Always seemed to be in the bottom 5 in the starting lineup.  Great when you finally reach it though.  Not been playing much recently so only got a gun and engine upgrade so far and damn it's is so slow! (mph not grind time)  Think i'm going to spend some time upgrading this one rather than dash for the Tiger II - the engines are compatable with both so I'll grind them out with the Tiger so I can upgrade straight away with the II.  I've never had the Crew up to 100% either so not tried any Crew skills.

I've got the StuG III as my secondry tank to play when the Tiger gets knocked out.  Very fragile.  Trying to play it as an ambush tank, which is what they were designed for but I always get swamped with Tanks many teirs above me.  Don't think I've ever seen the top 5 starting lineup.  About 8k to the next TD - can't remember what it is now but it's a big step up I think.

I don't bother with the HE ammo and don't even load it now.  Figured I'd never damage anything with the low penetration values.  Is it really worth using?

Andris L

I'm finding that armour piercing bounce a lot so I'm using HE all the time with great success. Works great for me, especially on weaker targets, 1 shot kills are awesome .


Yeah, I was looking at the exp values on the modules for VK and Tiger unlock and it does look like it's going to be a long ride but I'm sure it will be worth it .

Berties

anyone using controllers that are close to the real thing?