[QUOTE=Taepodong-2;51831756]Crew lock needs to go away. There's no reason I should be locked out of my tank for 6 minutes because a shell exploded in my gun.[/QUOTE]
No kidding. My a7m just got rammed to death by a p47 (which took no damage) and it locked my crew.
[url]https://warthunder.com/en/news/4518-development-b-10b-the-racing-bomber-en/[/url]
[img]https://static.warthunder.com/upload/image/!%202017%20NEWS/02%20February/b_10b_02_1280h720_667adcafc5c68931a53d87a98c62c73d.jpg[/img]
Well that's uninteresting :s:
That frontal turret looks like a dunce's cap.
Fitting, because this thing is ugly as [B]fuck[/B]
They need to fix solid shell performance, the spawn camping system, and the insane GB grind if they want this game to go anywhere. These are such HUGE issues that have persisted for years with no real attempt at resolving them.
[QUOTE=Doom14;51834304]There's a lot of personal stuff with Mai that I know for reasons both public and that I shouldn't via other sources that really makes me dislike her as a person - and I doubt I'll be shaking it any time soon. Gaijin knows all of this, and more or less, it's why I think she'll be dropped once they're "done enough" with the Japanese tank tree.
I can't understate how important it is that she's digging into the notoriously hush-hush Japanese archives in bits and pieces, but that's where the usefulness often ends and gets lost in statements like "The APC carrying MAT ATGMs is definitely 8.0 material, very competitive" on a giant unarmored shit barge firing SS.10-esq MCLOS 80m/s rockets.[/QUOTE]
I'll chime in here. Take anything she says with a grain of salt.
[editline]17th February 2017[/editline]
[QUOTE=sgman91;51837286]They need to fix solid shell performance, the spawn camping system, and the insane GB grind if they want this game to go anywhere. These are such HUGE issues that have persisted for years with no real attempt at resolving them.[/QUOTE]
I like war thunder, but I never could really get into it just because of another extreme grind involved.
[QUOTE=sgman91;51837286]They need to fix solid shell performance, the spawn camping system, and the insane GB grind if they want this game to go anywhere. These are such HUGE issues that have persisted for years with no real attempt at resolving them.[/QUOTE]
Things might be different after botes goes into open beta. If they've truly been hemorrhaging paying players like the threads on my favorite Malaysian Pictograph website have been claiming then maybe when they come to find that the massive amount of R&D and ad money they sunk into boats nets them very little gain they will finally have the incentive to take what the community as a whole wants seriously. I have my doubts though, as it seems to me that while most agree the experience is sub-par many people have invested so much time and cash into this game that they feel like they need to keep spending to somehow make their time playing marginally more enjoyable.
There's also the idea that whatever the final outcome the little bit of profit from the core players can at least keep them going long enough to not want to drastically change anything, much like the situation was for some time with WoT.
[QUOTE=Ogopogo;51837427]
I like war thunder, but I never could really get into it just because of another extreme grind involved.[/QUOTE]
It's not even the generic get-vehicle grind part that starts to wear me thin, I expect that of F2P games in a small sense. It's the modules.
But between WoT and WT you have to pick your poison for tanks, either:
- Miss out on a combination of the proper gun, engine, and turret - and be woefully inadequate for your match-ups (or)
- Get the tank you paid for, but miss out on competitive ammo and more importantly [highlight]the ability to repair minor damage or put out a FUCKING fire.[/highlight]
WT lulls you into a sense that it's not a big deal, but come Era V where even with premium and decent match performance, you're looking at:
* 15-30 games where any damage to your gun barrel, breech, engine, transmission is basically death and you might as well hold J you fucking ponce how dare you waste team space.
* 30-60+ games before any engine fire (which can happen due to stray artillery or light fuel tank damage) is an automatic and painfully boring death sentence.
It's not just frustrating, it's counter-intuitive and outright harmful to your team if you're in a [I]competitive [/I]tank that can't [I]compete [/I]once your barrel is orange.
Planes is a little less-bad, but your performance is still crippled and ammo belts let you get off garbage Ball and Practice shells. Except Attackers/Bombers get their absolute worst (or no) payload, stock.
This game needs a way to filter maps so I can filter out all the super open maps where I without fail get sniped by some tiger covered in bushes within the first minute.
[QUOTE=Taepodong-2;51838841]This game needs a way to filter maps so I can filter out all the super open maps where I without fail get sniped by some tiger covered in bushes within the first minute.[/QUOTE]
Bushes were a complete mistake and I wish they'd just refund everyone the GE and call it a day.
[t]http://i.imgur.com/8xRksGe.jpg[/t]
There's a [sp]bushy[/sp] Leopard looking at me in this picture. If you can't spot it in two seconds or less, you're dead because he's been sitting perfectly still and has HEAT-FS already ready to sling downrange.
Answer: [sp]From center, go left towards the 8 Mil and then go up. The slightly flatter line of bushes left of the thick tree is him.[/sp]
[QUOTE=Ta16;51834451]self rightousness
reddit
awful[/QUOTE]
words that belong together right there
I fucking hate Norway.
also fuck carrier hit boxes because 2000kg worth of bombs on a deck doesn't do anything apparently :))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
[QUOTE=Timezbrick;51839779]I fucking hate Norway.
also fuck carrier hit boxes because 2000kg worth of bombs on a deck doesn't do anything apparently :))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))[/QUOTE]
tis cheeki breeki compartmentalization komrad!
[url=http://warthunder.com/en/news/4524-development-sp%C3%A4hpanzer-ru-251-the-fastest-on-land-en/]HOLY FUUUUUCK[/url]
[t]https://static.warthunder.ru/upload/image/2017/February/ru_251_05_1280h720_79f41ce10627457075c5d9ac76358ede.jpg[/t]
Get ready for the new fastest vehicle in the game, German bias at it again.
[QUOTE=BananaMed;51840124][url=http://warthunder.com/en/news/4524-development-sp%C3%A4hpanzer-ru-251-the-fastest-on-land-en/]HOLY FUUUUUCK[/url]
[t]https://static.warthunder.ru/upload/image/2017/February/ru_251_05_1280h720_79f41ce10627457075c5d9ac76358ede.jpg[/t]
Get ready for the new fastest vehicle in the game, German bias at it again.[/QUOTE]
Talk about blitzkrieg, 80Km/h. I'm in love.
[quote]take its place at rank IV on the German tech tree [B]as a premium[/B][/quote]
and just like that gaijin killed my hype :(
[editline]a[/editline]
wait, no HESH?
[QUOTE=PsiSoldier;51840365]and just like that gaijin killed my hype :(
[editline]a[/editline]
wait, no HESH?[/QUOTE]
When the rest of the 90s missing it get it. :(
[QUOTE=Timezbrick;51839779]I fucking hate Norway.
also fuck carrier hit boxes because 2000kg worth of bombs on a deck doesn't do anything apparently :))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))[/QUOTE]
Welcome to ships!
Also, if you weren't aware: You can easily oneshot any japanese carrier in RB. Not american carriers though. Just Japanese.
So where's the He177 they announced in 2014?
Conqueror is a real shitter hitter now. Pretty enjoyable outside the gummy turning.
[t]http://i.imgur.com/eUG6NNW.jpg[/t]
watch out world here i come
I would pay Gaijin big bucks to kick the nads whoever thought "Parts" and "FPE" were good grinding ideas.
[sp]aka Doom14 gets another Era V and bitches again[/sp]
Era V is really fun with them, right?
[t]http://i.imgur.com/Z8UMGkM.jpg[/t][t]http://i.imgur.com/OznJxAN.jpg[/t]
The fuck is a Yak-9m and why am I not seeing it on the research tree
I'm assuming it's some limited edition bullshit plane that the devs "forgot" to put in the correct BR after selling it for some absurd price
Cheap-ish tier 3 late Yak-9 model. A little bit (though not a lot) better than the standard Yak. Came in patch .1945 as a ~weapon of victory~
Was pretty cheap iirc
It's fucking fast in a dive, hit 500kph far before my my P-38G could. I know the Yak-9 and Yak-9B sure as hell can't do that.
I think it's supposed to fly like a Yak-9T without the big gun? Not sure don't own it
I wish they had it on the tech tree so I could see what it actually has. It's the only plane in Combined RB that actually scares me when I'm flying the P-38
[editline]19th February 2017[/editline]
On a side note, the P-38G with the bazookas and ground target belts is a murder machine for both tanks and planes for the BR it gets put into. I recommend trying it out if you're looking for something new
[QUOTE=Valdor;51846796]I wish they had it on the tech tree so I could see what it actually has.[/QUOTE]
this shit annoys me way more than it should, especially for tanks.
[editline]a[/editline]
[QUOTE=Doom14;51846395]chief[/QUOTE]
how's the [url=http://files.1337upload.net/paper-ccb176.webm]horrific lack of side armour[/url] been treating you so far? :v
[QUOTE=PsiSoldier;51848675]how's the [URL="http://files.1337upload.net/paper-ccb176.webm"]horrific lack of side armour[/URL] been treating you so far? :v[/QUOTE]
I haven't really gotten to experience it at all with my gun barrel kerploding for daring to look in the general direction of the enemy. Gonna take a break before I attack the Swingfire.
That leaves, before this next update, the remaining tanks at:
[B]USA[/B]: [I]Done[/I]
[B]GER[/B]: Gepard, Kanon90
[B]USSR[/B]: [I]Done[/I]
[B]UK[/B]: Swingfire
[B]JAP[/B]: [highlight]shut the fuck up[/highlight]
[sp]Type 61, ST-B, Type 74[/sp]
Verdicts so far would be:
[B]USA[/B]: Great nation until Era IV, grinds get miserable, best Era IVs are mostly premium. Ammo grinds everywhere. Short 90s can't deal with Tiger II H spam very well.
[B]GER[/B]: Easy mode. Few awkward gaps nearing Tiger H, after that best shit. All 88s start with best ammo. Solid end-game, best or second best depending on who you ask.
[B]USSR[/B]: Alternate easy mode. Few awkward gaps nearing T-34-85. Heavies aren't worth it. IT-1 is still the worst cancer. Second best end-game, imo but some people will say planes/IT-1 make it best.
[B]UK[/B]: Miserable grind, good vehicles, no filler leads to an exercise in not blowing a blood vessel. Redeeming factor is ammo grind disappears from 7.0 onward. Good Era IV/Vs - but not enough for backups. Only one 8.0 MBT-esq thing.
[B]JAP[/B]: [highlight]shut the fuck up[/highlight]
[sp]This is for people who have done everything else and hate themselves, purely wishing to bumrush to the few good vehicles (Chi-To, ST-B, Type 74) or the memes (Chi-Ri II, Type 60 SS, Ho-Ro). The gap between the Chi-Ri II and the ST-B which requires you unlock every single Era IV is one of the most torturous psychological barriers known to man.[/sp]
That seems like a pretty good summary from my experience as well. I would add that mid tier US and UK are seriously gimped by the underperformance of solid shells. I really like the UK guns, but their ammo is just so comparatively bad.
I've had a really good time playing japanese tanks, though some of the early tier tanks have absolutely worthless penetration.
The Ta-Se and Ho-Ro are pretty damn good early tier tanks, especially the Ta-Se for its high speed.
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