[QUOTE=Timebomb575;46895876]I have come to the conclusion that I hate every single german tank equipped with a non-stubby 75mm gun
the 50mm outperforms it in literally every aspect, as does the short 88
I cant even imagine how bad it would be on the second to last Panther
[editline]10th January 2015[/editline]
Possible exception is the L/70 JP4, only because of its BR. And even that thing has an awful long reload time for how little damage it does, plus it's awful super-easily-oneshottable crew layout.
[editline]10th January 2015[/editline]
germany needs the StuH so badly it hurts
they have no fun tanks past rank 1 aaaa[/QUOTE]
Played the Hetzer yesterday, the 75mm does jack shit in damage. Took me 4-5 penetrating hits to take out a single Sherman, the shells killed one crew member each, and turned a module green with the little shrapnel that the after-pen firework managed to create.
[QUOTE=TheTalon;46897170]I guess I never posted this in the War Thunder thread. But here's the sexiest screenshot I've taken thus far
[img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/SYaxZM0.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE]
I haven't played planes since I got my new computer, but this makes me want to because I don't have to run everything on minimal settings to get a playable framerate anymore.
I really like the maps and vehicles and general look and feel of this game, but there are some major features (or lack thereof) that prevent me from playing War Thunder as of right now.
I like tank simulator games, and if this game improved the simulator mode, I would be all over it. I don't like the fact that there is a mini-map with enemy tanks being highlighted on it. That does not allow people to engage enemy tanks from a concealed position.
I'm also bothered by the lack of interior view. I'm not saying that they should make interiors for all tanks, but I think having the LOS of the tank commander really improves tank games a lot, because it makes it even more important to communicate, because it becomes much easier to sneak up on enemy tanks. Also tank crew needs to be knocked out immediately if they are directly hit.
Do you guys know if any of this will be changed or improved at some point? The ground forces aspect otherwise looks really promising if it doesn't simply end up being a WoT clone.
[QUOTE=Timebomb575;46894011][I]jesus christ how horrifying[/I][/QUOTE]Fixed.
In other news, platooning with SMK's is the best idea since sliced bread and the butter to go with it.
[QUOTE=madmax678;46898353]Fixed.
In other news, platooning with SMK's is the best idea since sliced bread and the butter to go with it.[/QUOTE]
3-4 teamed SMKs can probably roll everything ever. I wonder if one tank could go backwards for rear cover, sped up by the other ones towing it.
[QUOTE=MrWhite;46898243]
Not sure why yours has an official-looking War Thunder watermark on it, though, Talon.[/QUOTE]
The game does that, not sure how you get rid of it.
[t]https://hostr.co/file/uVgfXSsHxpQW/shot-2014.05.30-00.57.12.jpg[/t]
[QUOTE=Oscar Lima Echo;46898385]The game does that, not sure how you get rid of it.
[t]https://hostr.co/file/uVgfXSsHxpQW/shot-2014.05.30-00.57.12.jpg[/t][/QUOTE]
Never had that when using Steam's screenshot tool. I take it War Thunder has its own screenshot system? Shame, that screenshot would be desktop-worthy were it not for the watermark. I even tried going in and editing it out but to no avail
Options > Screenshot Logo > No
[QUOTE=Oscar Lima Echo;46898385]The game does that, not sure how you get rid of it.
[t]https://hostr.co/file/uVgfXSsHxpQW/shot-2014.05.30-00.57.12.jpg[/t][/QUOTE]
[t]http://i.imgur.com/Us9uIGW.jpg[/t]
I don't like using Steam's screenshot. Getting direct links is a pain in the ass, you have to have the overlay enabled which makes performance go to shit, so whenever a game saves its own screenshots I use it and just toss them on Imgur. I didn't know you could remove the Logo though, neat
[QUOTE=Orkel;46898261]Played the Hetzer yesterday, the 75mm does jack shit in damage. Took me 4-5 penetrating hits to take out a single Sherman, the shells killed one crew member each, and turned a module green with the little shrapnel that the after-pen firework managed to create.[/QUOTE]
To be fair, the game absolutely refuses to make shrapnel inside the Sherman chasis.
At every tier, with every other tank, every penetrating hit looks like a fireworks display of shrapnel confetti spraying your crewmen like eager children at a birthday party.
Then a sherman takes a hit, and you might as well be luring the crewmen out one by one with marshmellow cannons firing tasty treats.
[QUOTE=Doom14;46898364]3-4 teamed SMKs can probably roll everything ever. I wonder if one tank could go backwards for rear cover, sped up by the other ones towing it.[/QUOTE] We just kept parallel the entire time, nothing pens Stalinium.
The F84 is like the new F80C. It just flies like a fucking brick in maneuvers and is only good at the straitest of lines, but it can go speeds approaching Fast and flies circles around German and Russian props.
Just be wary of the meteor.
I keep meaning to dick around with tow cables in custom battles, but no one's ever online. I think they snap if you put too much strain on them, but I'm wondering what shenanigans could be pulled off.
Done right, you could have tank tug-of-wars. Or even dangle people off really steep slopes with a heavy tank and let them shoot, then tug them back up.
I once accidentally left the tow option on when driving the SMK and a ZiS-30 made the mistake of hooking me. It didn't end well for him. :v:
[QUOTE=Doom14;46899324]I keep meaning to dick around with tow cables in custom battles, but no one's ever online. I think they snap if you put too much strain on them, but I'm wondering what shenanigans could be pulled off.
Done right, you could have tank tug-of-wars. Or even dangle people off really steep slopes with a heavy tank and let them shoot, then tug them back up.
I once accidentally left the tow option on when driving the SMK and a ZiS-30 made the mistake of hooking me. It didn't end well for him. :v:[/QUOTE]
3 other people and i connected our ropes to a single guy and tried to tear him apart. It didn't work obviously but the ropes didn't break.
[QUOTE=Doom14;46899324]Or even dangle people off really steep slopes with a heavy tank and let them shoot, then tug them back up.[/QUOTE]
This needs to be tested.
I just wish really really really hard for it to be possible to tow a tank behind a plane, so we could hook a vodka truck to an TB-3 for the most soviet of aerial gunnery platforms.
If it wouldn't be semi-nationally biased, it'd be hilarious to add in aerial tanks that get air/glider spawns into the map. There were quite a few.
Also:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmpbTB1CzAg[/media]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdT7VxhFdMY[/media]
[editline]10th January 2015[/editline]
Awesomecaek mentioned that the quality is terrible, so I'll have you all know I spent a whopping [I]four minutes[/I] on fixing these up combined - straight with YouTube audio rips and a codec that's fucking awful in motion but makes upload times only take a few seconds. :v:
[sp]I don't really put much care in, if you couldn't tell.[/sp]
[editline]10th January 2015[/editline]
For the damned among us, and take this with a huge grain of salt:
[quote="As translated from here the Czech news discussion"][B]Tommorow's tasks:[/B]
Destroy 30 enemies using the Italian fighters
Destroy 40 enemies using a 50mm cannon[/quote]
What tonks have a 50mm?
All the Panzer IIIs except the first one, and the T-III. Also the Panzer II Ausf H.
I love how Gaijin didn't pull a World of Tanks and actually allowed tanks with historically fast reverse speeds to use them.
Hell, the Tiger (P) can reverse at like 37kph. Chaffee can hit a respectable 27kph.
If the last challenge was nation specific that would be completely terrible, the queue times will be fucked up
[URL="http://warthunder.com/cz/news/1014-speci%C3%A1l-v%C3%A1no%C4%8Dn%C3%AD-akce-cz"]Ayup, checked the Czech site myself.[/URL]
[quote]Zničte 30 nepřátel při použití italských stíhaček
Zničte 40 nepřátel za použití 50mm kanónu[/quote]
Offensive tanks time?
[img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/oDCgEhO.jpg[/img_thumb]
[img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/1uHEfpZ.jpg[/img_thumb]
[img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/YvL2Fd7.jpg[/img_thumb]
Israeli sherman with a Jesus fish on the back:
[img]http://i.imgur.com/TLlwpct.jpg[/img]
Bonus:
[img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/LSW2mXA.jpg[/img_thumb]
Man, I really wish the Germans didn't have glass tank destroyers. Any tank can come by and just sneeze 1km away and take out the entire crew. 40 kill grind is sadly going incredibly slowly.
[QUOTE=Datsun;46901613]Man, I really wish the Germans didn't have glass tank destroyers. Any tank can come by and just sneeze 1km away and take out the entire crew. 40 kill grind is sadly going incredibly slowly.[/QUOTE]
Use the Marder III and/or StuG Ausf A.
Most German TDs are terrible because the entire crew is man-training in a row and all it takes is one frontal shot to knock you out. Makes this extremely common:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWOUEiq8t8c[/media]
[QUOTE=Doom14;46901653]Use the Marder III and/or StuG Ausf A.
Most German TDs are terrible because the entire crew is man-training in a row and all it takes is one frontal shot to knock you out. Makes this extremely common:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWOUEiq8t8c[/media][/QUOTE]
I did use the Marder, but that thing pops incredibly easy. Should I be using it in RB instead of AB? The main thing that kills it are the super long shots from other tanks.
[QUOTE=Datsun;46901799]I did use the Marder, but that thing pops incredibly easy. Should I be using it in RB instead of AB? The main thing that kills it are the super long shots from other tanks.[/QUOTE]
I did AB for pretty much every challenge thus far.
It's mind-numbing, but you can't argue that it's slower. The only one that took me forever was the Soviet TDs because I couldn't get comfortable with them. I think I just wound up abusing the SU-152.
I want to know why the matchmaking for this game is so shit. Im facing up against BR 3.7 When im using a 2.7 and fucking reserves. How is this fun?
[QUOTE=Minimal;46901834]I want to know why the matchmaking for this game is so shit. Im facing up against BR 3.7 When im using a 2.7 and fucking reserves. How is this fun?[/QUOTE]
The BR system needs to be fucking scrapped, ASAP. There's always that ONE asshole flying a fully upgraded plane 1 tier above your own. 2 tiers above if the game feels like royally fucking you up.
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