[QUOTE=Orkel;44960492]There's a random ricochet chance for any rounds hitting any armor thickness, and the chance goes up the higher the angle, but it still exists even for almost flat armors. The chances vary between round types. A graph was posted a while back. Technically you could bounce a Jagdtiger shell off the Pz.II if you get that lucky ricochet roll.[/QUOTE]
Reminds me of the Sherman that bounced a Jagdtiger shell in WWII.
God dammit I had to put reserve biplanes in all of my German and Soviet crew slots except for the one I use for tanks just so I wouldn't be punished for not turbosperging to era 3 by having to face KV-1s in the first Stug and first Panzer IV.
[QUOTE=ZombieWaffle;44960768]Reminds me of the Sherman that bounced a Jagdtiger shell in WWII.[/QUOTE]
I thought it didn't bounce, but ripped a small chunk off the back of the turret - less of a bounce and more of a skim.
Well I found out why I (at least) am not making any Silver Lions...
Flying the B-25J I accounted for about 10 ground targets and several hits on a couple enemy aircraft before i was easily sliced through and sent to the hanger. In reward I was given 9,692 silver lions. That's pretty low. OF THAT i was charged 5,116 lions for repairs to the aircraft. Some of my past matches are in the Negatives when I only nabbed a couple targets before getting jumped.
Holy crap. I don't even think bombers are worth flying if they don't make any income anymore. It was bad enough being fighter-fodder.
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didn't want those HE shells i selected on the spawn screen anyway
thanks game
[QUOTE=PsiSoldier;44961317]didn't want those HE shells i selected on the spawn screen anyway
thanks game[/QUOTE]
Always pick shells before readying up in-match.
For extra safety, bring at least one of every type of round.
[QUOTE=PsiSoldier;44961317][t]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24075839/warthunder/images/where.JPG[/t]
didn't want those HE shells i selected on the spawn screen anyway
thanks game[/QUOTE]
You're right you didn't :)
[QUOTE=Mbbird;44961640]You're right you didn't :)[/QUOTE]
there were flak trucks i wanted to burst :c
T-28 frag shells kick ass, I have destroyed so many tanks with those.
[QUOTE=Doom14;44961490]Always pick shells before readying up in-match.
For extra safety, bring at least one of every type of round.[/QUOTE]
yeah... the game is just fucking with me now
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no matter what i do, sometimes it'll just give me multiple instances of the same shell
send help
[QUOTE=PsiSoldier;44961957][t]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24075839/warthunder/images/why2.JPG[/t]
no matter what i do, sometimes it'll just give me multiple instances of the same shell
send help[/QUOTE]
Holy fuck what. Loading at least one of each shell was my cure-all in the CBT.
I have no clue what's happening to you. :v:
[QUOTE=PsiSoldier;44961957]yeah... the game is just fucking with me now
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no matter what i do, sometimes it'll just give me multiple instances of the same shell
send help[/QUOTE]
Try going into "test drive" menu with this tank and redefine shell order. You can also customise your shell loading order in normal battles that way.
[QUOTE=Azaz3l;44962036]Try going into "test drive" menu with this tank and redefine order. You can also customise your shell loading order in normal battles that way.[/QUOTE]
i couldn't re-order them in-battle for some reason (which is weird, as i could do it with my T-34 40/41), but i could do it on the pre-test settings thing - but that seems to have fixed it and i have my ammunition variety again, yay!
thanks ♥
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God these combined battles are fucking stupid. Every time my team consists of retarded fighterplanes while the enemy has a full force of tanks that just cap and win. Nicely balanced.
Is the 9T still effective? I can't penetrate anything with AP 37mm. Even with a top down attack.
[QUOTE=Bowser_nl;44962390]God these combined battles are fucking stupid. Every time my team consists of retarded fighterplanes while the enemy has a full force of tanks that just cap and win. Nicely balanced.[/QUOTE]
There also needs to be a system in place that says you can't play mixed battles without having a tank relatively close to your plane's BR.
I've seen a lot of people quit after one aerial death, or bring out T-26s in an 5.0 match.
Considering the entire game hinges on ground forces - it's stupid that people don't even try to do anything on the ground.
Also:
[quote]The machine guns will be introduced in a major update after the introduction of the T-35 tank, which is soon.[/quote]
Get Hype.
Remove all HE Rounds.
Game loads HE into tank anyway.
Entire x2 full ammo slots of HE.
[I]Fuuu[B]uuck.[/I][/B]
The Spitfire F IX is the most useless plane I've ever flown, I haven't gotton a single kill with it and nor have I ever seen anyone in any of the matches I've played get a kill with it. It's just a shittier version of the Typhoon Mark 1b/L from what I've seen.
They really need to nerf artillery in this game, I don't know if they're trying to one up wargaming on making it the most bullshit mechanic
Let's give medium tanks two respawns, a periscope, and a bullshit bombing zone that they can spam from anywhere. Great idea, because a medium tank is just so useless against a heavy/TD. I get the two respawns, but I don't get why the fuck they need something that's so easy to spam that no other tank can use. They don't even need to leave cover to see what's around them, just pop into arty view and you'll get the best view on the battlefield
Honestly with aircraft in the air, artillery is kind of redundant.
According to a dev on the [url=http://forum.warthunder.ru/index.php?/topic/100191-bvv-dshnaia/?p=3026102]Russian forums[/url],
the Wilberwind
[t]http://i.imgur.com/ZF2icD4.jpg[/t]
(4x the 20mm cannons Flakpanzer has)
and
Kugelblitz
[t]http://i.imgur.com/s3kWfdV.jpg[/t]
(2x 30mm MK103)
will be coming in the next big content update
the 30mm APCR has up to 90mm penetration at 300 meters :getin:
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[QUOTE=Valdor;44963286]They really need to nerf artillery in this game, I don't know if they're trying to one up wargaming on making it the most bullshit mechanic
Let's give medium tanks two respawns, a periscope, and a bullshit bombing zone that they can spam from anywhere. Great idea, because a medium tank is just so useless against a heavy/TD. I get the two respawns, but I don't get why the fuck they need something that's so easy to spam that no other tank can use. They don't even need to leave cover to see what's around them, just pop into arty view and you'll get the best view on the battlefield[/QUOTE]
"Spam" literally once every two minutes? Because that's how long the cooldown takes.
I've used the artillery a few times and it never seems to hit anything. It's just luck.
I've only ever killed AI tanks who happened to be driving through my arty zone with artillery.
Artillery is 100% luck based, I had called it numerous times onto PzIVs with literally dead engine, the shells exploded EVERYWHERE AROUND but did no damage to it.
I save arty for when I inevitably get surrounded by 3-4 tanks. It's straight up fucking bullshit when it ends up hitting you and not damaging the tank that's literally touching your tank.
I must have really bad luck then, because any time artillery is dropped on me and I'm unable to move it's a guaranteed death assuming I'm playing a german tank
Man I love shooting players down with my flak cannon and watch them eat dirt
So I am using the STUG 3, and I am trying to figure out what shells I am suppose to be using to actually hit shit.
[QUOTE=JoeSkylynx;44963785]So I am using the STUG 3, and I am trying to figure out what shells I am suppose to be using to actually hit shit.[/QUOTE]
If it's the first Stug, HEAT and nothing but HEAT.
On the second Stug, the default ammo and in case of desperation APCR. Nothing else.
[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;44963835]If it's the first Stug, HEAT and nothing but HEAT.
On the second Stug, the default ammo and in case of desperation APCR. Nothing else.[/QUOTE]
Strange... So how exactly would I go about figuring out how each shell works, and all that?
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