I just realized I never stopped to ask myself:
Does researching progress faster in Arcade mode? I only ever play RB and I haven't gotten past tier 2 with any nation after 66 hours. 15 of those may have been spent on downloading patches though.
[QUOTE=Ogopogo;46578630]Sideskirts were added to panthers as anti-anti-tank rifle measures. The Russian 14.5mm could quite easily penetrate the base side armour on a clean hit.[/QUOTE]
Would be interesting to see what kind of damage the lil 14.5mm could do after penetration. You happen to know any photos or reports of the effects?
[QUOTE=Orkel;46578656]Would be interesting to see what kind of damage the lil 14.5mm could do after penetration. You happen to know any photos or reports of the effects?[/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE=Ogopogo;46578699]#13
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Yeah, but I mean reports of the damage caused by the round. Just how good was it at disabling the tank if you were lucky enough to penetrate?
[QUOTE=Orkel;46578708]Yeah, but I mean reports of the damage caused by the round. Just how good was it at disabling the tank if you were lucky enough to penetrate?[/QUOTE]
Really, most rounds like those disabled a tank by means of damaging crucial components (engine among other things) than anything else. Basically it would be the same sort of damage a truck might receive when shot with a lighter round.
Panthers were already considered rather unreliable. I imagine throwing a 14.5mm into it wouldn't do anything dramatic, sans killing/injuring crew, but I'm sure the engine didn't appreciate it.
[QUOTE=Don Merino;46578641]I just realized I never stopped to ask myself:
Does researching progress faster in Arcade mode? I only ever play RB and I haven't gotten past tier 2 with any nation after 66 hours. 15 of those may have been spent on downloading patches though.[/QUOTE]
RB actually gives far greater rewards, but the matches can last far longer and have longer periods of inaction (climbing, scouting, hunting, etc.) 1-10 minutes versus 5-40 minutes.
If you want to turbosperg and hash out rounds, AB is your better bet. RB, on the other hand, will always be better for doubles and can easily net 5-20k RP points towards a vehicle on said doubles.
[QUOTE=Don Merino;46578641]I just realized I never stopped to ask myself:
Does researching progress faster in Arcade mode? I only ever play RB and I haven't gotten past tier 2 with any nation after 66 hours. 15 of those may have been spent on downloading patches though.[/QUOTE]
I think the point gain is the same, but you get bigger multipliers in RB. That said, you can make up the difference if you fly out in two fighters and a bomber, and get 10 kills and some ground targets destroyed. [I]Good[/I] Arcade rounds pay out very well, but doing well in Arcade is extremely different than doing well in RB.
[QUOTE=Don Merino;46578641]I just realized I never stopped to ask myself:
Does researching progress faster in Arcade mode? I only ever play RB and I haven't gotten past tier 2 with any nation after 66 hours. 15 of those may have been spent on downloading patches though.[/QUOTE]
You progress kind of fast playing only Arcade [B]until[/B] you hit Tier 3. Tier 4, forget about grinding planes in Arcade, at most you can grind upgrades.
[QUOTE=Ekalektik_1;46579696]I think the point gain is the same, but you get bigger multipliers in RB. That said, you can make up the difference if you fly out in two fighters and a bomber, and get 10 kills and some ground targets destroyed. [I]Good[/I] Arcade rounds pay out very well, but doing well in Arcade is extremely different than doing well in RB.[/QUOTE]
Played a few hours of arcade now, and the income in Lions vs my expenses for repairing planes is much better, at least in tier 1&2 - don't know about the higher ones.
Not sure about Research Points - I haven't played the game in a long while, so I can't really compare the progress. I think I made about 10k points' worth of progress in plane research in 3 or 4 hours of Arcade today. Not sure though.
Anyway, thanks for the input everyone!
So how in the fucking hell is Panther equal to IS-2? Also do I just suck at shooting or why do I get the feeling that the Panther's gun is really frustrating?
[QUOTE=Judqment8;46581747]So how in the fucking hell is Panther equal to IS-2? Also do I just suck at shooting or why do I get the feeling that the Panther's gun is really frustrating?[/QUOTE]
Shoot the turret of the IS-2, instant kaboom.
Or catch them during their incredibly long reload
[URL="http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/623/feature/9158/US-Tanks-M19-and-M26-Ready-to-Rumble-Into-Service.html/page/1"]DELICIOUS.[/URL]
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[URL="http://devblog.warthunder.com/2014/11/26/steel-generals-medium-tank-m4a1-sherman/?hl=en"]Also, Early Sherman Dev Blog[/URL].
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[QUOTE=Judqment8;46581747]So how in the fucking hell is Panther equal to IS-2? Also do I just suck at shooting or why do I get the feeling that the Panther's gun is really frustrating?[/QUOTE]
Higher penetration, faster reload, faster movement, better frontal armor. Oh and it was also designed later and weights more.
How's it equal indeed, Panther should be at higher rank!
[QUOTE=Judqment8;46581747]So how in the fucking hell is Panther equal to IS-2? Also do I just suck at shooting or why do I get the feeling that the Panther's gun is really frustrating?[/QUOTE]
IS-2 takes, what, 30-60 seconds to reload? Just peg his gunner once and you've won.
Gimme my bong tanks.
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Uuh, now that's what I'm talking about. Me wants!
I'm rather bored, so here's a hilarious list of guns shoved in Sherman tanks for purposes of tank combat and not artillery (or AAA), many post-war, because holy fuck every nation upgunned these shits.
60mm HVMS (Chile)
75mm M3 L/40 (USA)
75mm FL-10 Auto-Loading Turret (Egypt)
75mm Krupp Field Gun (Israel)
75mm CN-75-50 (Israel)
76.2mm M1 (USA)
76.2mm F-34 (USSR)
76.2mm QF 17 Pounder (UK)
76.2mm D56-T (India)
90mm M3 (USA - Experiment Only)
105mm M4 (USA)
105mm CN-105-57 (Argentina)
105mm F1 (Israel)
122mm A-19 (USSR - Experiment)
If we want to go into artillery/self-propelled guns, then the list gets really crazy. There's also a few SPAAG versions, like the Skink with quad 20mm Polsten cannons.
[QUOTE=Judqment8;46582652]Eeh, lol :v:[/QUOTE]
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-2 Degrees of Gun Depression and I think it had only a tiny amount of ammo, but they did it. God bless those Russians, they did do it.
Russian responses to most tanks seems to go as such:
"Eh tovarisch, gun is not big enough! Must take strong-like-bear loader to be good gun. Make it bigger"
"Da, another 122mm right away tovarisch"
I am so hype. When is 1.45 coming out?
[QUOTE=mecaguy03;46582823]I am so hype. When is 1.45 coming out?[/QUOTE]
Should be before [del]New Years[/del]
[del]On New Years[/del]
In the [del]first[/del] quarter of 2015.
[del]Second
Third
Soon-ish[/del]
Eventually
pz 4 the final tier 2 is godlike in ab
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It'd be kinda interesting if your crew actually had to dismount to fix the track/external modules, making them vulnerable to HE and the new MG mechanics. People might be less inclined to initiate repairs during a firefight.
[QUOTE=Doom14;46583494]
It'd be kinda interesting if your crew actually had to dismount to fix the track/external modules, making them vulnerable to HE and the new MG mechanics. People might be less inclined to initiate repairs during a firefight.[/QUOTE]
Problem is, I think they'd have to raise the rating of the game, which they don't seem to want to do. You can't have crew getting slammed by HE outside the tank and just have text coming up saying "Crewman Unconscious".
[QUOTE=SeamanStains;46584114]Problem is, I think they'd have to raise the rating of the game, which they don't seem to want to do. You can't have crew getting slammed by HE outside the tank and just have text coming up saying "Crewman Unconscious".[/QUOTE]
You can shoot out the crew of AI vehicles when flying planes, they just vanish. They could do the same for this case, although I think a more likely reason for not having it would be that it'd take 20 years for them to complete the animations.
[QUOTE=SeamanStains;46584114]Problem is, I think they'd have to raise the rating of the game, which they don't seem to want to do. You can't have crew getting slammed by HE outside the tank and just have text coming up saying "Crewman Unconscious".[/QUOTE]
It already does that though. I can watch the replay of a 152mm APHE shell pass through poor Hans on my Flak Truck, and he just vanishes from existence with the words "Gunner is Unconscious" as the gun starts to operate itself. :v:
[QUOTE=Doom14;46584323]It already does that though. I can watch the replay of a 152mm APHE shell pass through poor Hans on my Flak Truck, and he just vanishes from existence with the words "Gunner is Unconscious" as the gun starts to operate itself. :v:[/QUOTE]
It would be great if he comes back to re-man the gun, he gets a bandage on his head.
Yesssss. The M3 Lee is one tank to really showcase the difference between this and another certain game, since it's ability to independently move the 37mm might actually prove useful if given a decent BR.
[quote]1.43.10.24 (DEV)
New tanks:
us_m4a3_105_sherman
germ_pzkpfw_III_ausf_J_L42 (in addition to germ_pzkpfw_III_ausf_J and ussr_pzkpfw_III_ausf_J_L42)
germ_pzkpfw_IV_ausf_E[/quote]
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