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On July 06 2013 01:42 Serejai wrote:Show nested quote +On July 05 2013 07:46 sekalf wrote:On July 05 2013 06:28 Serejai wrote:
I was originally going to rush to the T6 tank but then I realized getting 26k experience is going to take a while at my current rate of about 1k an hour. So, instead I opted to go ahead and upgrade the SU-85 a bit and just farm credits here during the 4th of July weekend.
Rushing to new tanks wont do you no good really, just because you get higher tiers doesnt mean you will do better since you will get put against higher tier tanks. Then again, if you dont like the tank you should probably try some other tank. The game is about having fun, and if you dont like the tank then you wont have fun. If you dont like the SU85 then you probably wont like any of the other tanks in that tank tree. I picked the derp gun because I felt like I couldn't kill anything with the 85mm I was using (stock one). 50-120 damage a shot on average when most tanks I'm being matched against are T6/T7 with like 800+ HP and can also shoot me for 300+ damage a shot. I pretty much get one shot off then die because they do twice my damage and four times my health. I was hoping the 122mm would alleviate that a bit since it would only take 1-2 shots to kill most tanks. However, the awful accuracy and low penetration make it worse than the 85mm.
As I said, theres no point using HE ammo in derp guns. You wont pen anything and you will do very low damage when you dont pen. The top 85 mm gun is very good for its tier, the tank is way better with that gun equipped. I'm just at a loss for what to do. If I get a match with other Tier 5s I do just fine... but 90% of my games involve me being at the very bottom of the list against a bunch of Tier 7s that I can't even damage. Seems like the only T5s that have any success at all are the KV-1s. The matchmaking is random, sometimes you are lowest tier. That is the same for all tanks except the absolute top tiers. It may feel like you are always bottom tier, but Im sure its not the case. The KV1 is nice, but has its negative sides as well. Mostly its terrible speed. It would be interesting to see a replay of yours to see how you play. Since I had a great time in the SU85 (60% winrate only solo play) I dont know why you arent having much success in it. I'm not actually sure how to save replays but here's my profile page if it provides any info: http://worldoftanks.com/community/accounts/1005210269-Serejai/Basically I just sit in a bush and snipe all game. Kill someone, then relocate to avoid artillery hitting me. Rinse and repeat. The problem is that my teammates are... unreliable, to say the least. If I have decent teammates that actually spot for me and whatnot then I will go 3-5 kills a match and live until we win. If, however, all the light tanks and heavy tanks on my team also sit in bushes and try to snipe... then I never really get the chance to shoot anything and generally I die because the other team spots me with their light tanks and one of their snipers, who I can't even see, takes me out (and the rest of my team). I have about a 50% winrate overall and it's pretty black and white as to whether or not I win or lose. Every win involves more than 2/3rds of my team alive at the end and every loss involves more than 2/3rds of the enemy team alive at the end. It's literally a coin toss as to which team gets the good players and which team gets the less-stellar ones, and if I'm on the winning team I always do amazing. In short I guess my issue isn't the actual SU-85 itself (although I do feel like the SU-76 was much more powerful for its tier, as was the SU-85B) but more or less the fact that if I have bad teammates I can't really do anything at all with it.
Yeah a bad team will make you lose no matter how good you play, thats for sure. But on the other hand, thats true for all players. You just have to play as good as you can under the circumstances.
Win rate is (in my opinion) one of the worst stats to look at since you can artificially increase it by playing in good platoons.
However, having a 50% winrate is perfectly fine for anyone playing solo.
A good place to look at you stats is www.noobmeter.com
It shows your stats over time and also a lot more in-depth. One of the most important stats is "WN7" or "WN6", it calculates a lot of things (like kills and damage done and such) and then converts it to a score. "Efficiency" is a similar system, but using a different way to calculate that score.
If you want to record a replay you can check a tick-box called Enable Battle Replay (or something similar) under the settings.
The replay is saved on your harddrive in the wot folder and then you can upload the file to any website.
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Interesting website. I notice it lists the SU-85 as one of the weakest tanks for this tier and the SU-85B as one of the strongest last tier. This seems to mirror my in-game experiences as well. It makes me feel a bit better knowing I didn't suddenly start playing terribly once I hit Tier 5.
I'll start recording replays and upload some. I'm sure there are lots of things I can improve on.
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holy shit the T-150 is good. I'm only a "decent" player (only played for a month) and somehow i have a 2000-2100 efficiency with that tank after 34 games.
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On July 06 2013 03:20 Elegance wrote:
holy shit the T-150 is good. I'm only a "decent" player (only played for a month) and somehow i have a 2000-2100 efficiency with that tank after 34 games.
The 107 is one of the best guns in tier 6, and the T-150's armor can bounce a KV-1S when angled properly. It's a beast of a tank if you can stay well positioned.
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On July 06 2013 08:57 rd wrote:Show nested quote +On July 06 2013 03:20 Elegance wrote:
holy shit the T-150 is good. I'm only a "decent" player (only played for a month) and somehow i have a 2000-2100 efficiency with that tank after 34 games. The 107 is one of the best guns in tier 6, and the T-150's armor can bounce a KV-1S when angled properly. It's a beast of a tank if you can stay well positioned.
After just over 1000 games I've finally decided to focus mostly on the Russian heavy line, especially since the KV-1 was one of my favorite (and best played) tanks. I finally spent the credits to get the KV-1S and I'm loving it so far, despite it being more like a medium than a heavy (very close to the top gun too yayaya). I'm equally excited to try the T-150, since I loved played the KV-1 as a tank that could take a beating, and I'm excited to work up both the KV-1S -> IS line as I am to get to the KV-3 and 4, for different reasons. It's nice to have some tanks that I really feel like fit my playstyle and allow me to focus my efforts rather than do the daily double on 6-8+ tanks >_>
Right now playing the VK 36.01 and the KV-1S as I mentioned. Having a blast with both. I feel like I can probably play the Tiger/E75 line, the KV1S/IS7 line, and the T150/KV3/4/STI line for a very very long time and enjoy it...
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On July 06 2013 10:52 Duka08 wrote:Show nested quote +On July 06 2013 08:57 rd wrote:On July 06 2013 03:20 Elegance wrote:
holy shit the T-150 is good. I'm only a "decent" player (only played for a month) and somehow i have a 2000-2100 efficiency with that tank after 34 games. The 107 is one of the best guns in tier 6, and the T-150's armor can bounce a KV-1S when angled properly. It's a beast of a tank if you can stay well positioned. After just over 1000 games I've finally decided to focus mostly on the Russian heavy line, especially since the KV-1 was one of my favorite (and best played) tanks. I finally spent the credits to get the KV-1S and I'm loving it so far, despite it being more like a medium than a heavy (very close to the top gun too yayaya). I'm equally excited to try the T-150, since I loved played the KV-1 as a tank that could take a beating, and I'm excited to work up both the KV-1S -> IS line as I am to get to the KV-3 and 4, for different reasons. It's nice to have some tanks that I really feel like fit my playstyle and allow me to focus my efforts rather than do the daily double on 6-8+ tanks >_> Right now playing the VK 36.01 and the KV-1S as I mentioned. Having a blast with both. I feel like I can probably play the Tiger/E75 line, the KV1S/IS7 line, and the T150/KV3/4/STI line for a very very long time and enjoy it...
If you liked the KV-1 you'll love the T-150. It's an actual tier 6 heavy that plays exactly like the KV-1 did. It's actually near impervious when angled from a distance. I despised the KV-3 though, it's armor wasn't good enough to justify how slow it was, though it has the IS's amazing 122. I unlocked the KV-4 but didn't buy it yet, but I hear it's a much bigger improvement. That tank is very hard to pen without a point blank shot to the MG port or a very high pen gun.
I'll actually be blunt though, and tell you that the Russian heavy line is -not- the line to focus on. A year ago they would have been, but their flagship tier 10 tanks at the end of the line are now among the worst of all tier 10 tanks, and they would be THE worst if the Maus didn't own that claim. The IS-7's speed was nerfed in the physics patch, and it's gun is terribly underpowered. The IS-4 has a better gun, but it's slow, it has non-existent frontal armor, and it's gun falls below average.
If your goal isn't tier 10 tanks though, the Russian heavy line definitely holds a LOT of the best tanks across their respective tiers. Just not at tier 10. If you want a heavy line to finish to the end, go American. They have the two best heavies in the game currently at tier 10, and have a lot of tanks that compete for best at the lower tiers.
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On July 06 2013 15:04 rd wrote:Show nested quote +On July 06 2013 10:52 Duka08 wrote:On July 06 2013 08:57 rd wrote:On July 06 2013 03:20 Elegance wrote:
holy shit the T-150 is good. I'm only a "decent" player (only played for a month) and somehow i have a 2000-2100 efficiency with that tank after 34 games. The 107 is one of the best guns in tier 6, and the T-150's armor can bounce a KV-1S when angled properly. It's a beast of a tank if you can stay well positioned. After just over 1000 games I've finally decided to focus mostly on the Russian heavy line, especially since the KV-1 was one of my favorite (and best played) tanks. I finally spent the credits to get the KV-1S and I'm loving it so far, despite it being more like a medium than a heavy (very close to the top gun too yayaya). I'm equally excited to try the T-150, since I loved played the KV-1 as a tank that could take a beating, and I'm excited to work up both the KV-1S -> IS line as I am to get to the KV-3 and 4, for different reasons. It's nice to have some tanks that I really feel like fit my playstyle and allow me to focus my efforts rather than do the daily double on 6-8+ tanks >_> Right now playing the VK 36.01 and the KV-1S as I mentioned. Having a blast with both. I feel like I can probably play the Tiger/E75 line, the KV1S/IS7 line, and the T150/KV3/4/STI line for a very very long time and enjoy it... If you liked the KV-1 you'll love the T-150. It's an actual tier 6 heavy that plays exactly like the KV-1 did. It's actually near impervious when angled from a distance. I despised the KV-3 though, it's armor wasn't good enough to justify how slow it was, though it has the IS's amazing 122. I unlocked the KV-4 but didn't buy it yet, but I hear it's a much bigger improvement. That tank is very hard to pen without a point blank shot to the MG port or a very high pen gun. I'll actually be blunt though, and tell you that the Russian heavy line is -not- the line to focus on. A year ago they would have been, but their flagship tier 10 tanks at the end of the line are now among the worst of all tier 10 tanks, and they would be THE worst if the Maus didn't own that claim. The IS-7's speed was nerfed in the physics patch, and it's gun is terribly underpowered. The IS-4 has a better gun, but it's slow, it has non-existent frontal armor, and it's gun falls below average. If your goal isn't tier 10 tanks though, the Russian heavy line definitely holds a LOT of the best tanks across their respective tiers. Just not at tier 10. If you want a heavy line to finish to the end, go American. They have the two best heavies in the game currently at tier 10, and have a lot of tanks that compete for best at the lower tiers.
Oh yeah trust me, I'll likely never make it to Tier 10 
But on the off chance I decide to, I do also have the 110E5 in my sights. I'm climbing the Russian lines for the fun, but should the opportunity or motivation ever present itself, I've keeping a couple nice REAL T10 options open lol. The Russian lines are for the journey, as most if not all of the tanks along the way are quite good, or better, and fit my playstyle well.
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On July 06 2013 15:21 Duka08 wrote:Show nested quote +On July 06 2013 15:04 rd wrote:On July 06 2013 10:52 Duka08 wrote:On July 06 2013 08:57 rd wrote:On July 06 2013 03:20 Elegance wrote:
holy shit the T-150 is good. I'm only a "decent" player (only played for a month) and somehow i have a 2000-2100 efficiency with that tank after 34 games. The 107 is one of the best guns in tier 6, and the T-150's armor can bounce a KV-1S when angled properly. It's a beast of a tank if you can stay well positioned. After just over 1000 games I've finally decided to focus mostly on the Russian heavy line, especially since the KV-1 was one of my favorite (and best played) tanks. I finally spent the credits to get the KV-1S and I'm loving it so far, despite it being more like a medium than a heavy (very close to the top gun too yayaya). I'm equally excited to try the T-150, since I loved played the KV-1 as a tank that could take a beating, and I'm excited to work up both the KV-1S -> IS line as I am to get to the KV-3 and 4, for different reasons. It's nice to have some tanks that I really feel like fit my playstyle and allow me to focus my efforts rather than do the daily double on 6-8+ tanks >_> Right now playing the VK 36.01 and the KV-1S as I mentioned. Having a blast with both. I feel like I can probably play the Tiger/E75 line, the KV1S/IS7 line, and the T150/KV3/4/STI line for a very very long time and enjoy it... If you liked the KV-1 you'll love the T-150. It's an actual tier 6 heavy that plays exactly like the KV-1 did. It's actually near impervious when angled from a distance. I despised the KV-3 though, it's armor wasn't good enough to justify how slow it was, though it has the IS's amazing 122. I unlocked the KV-4 but didn't buy it yet, but I hear it's a much bigger improvement. That tank is very hard to pen without a point blank shot to the MG port or a very high pen gun. I'll actually be blunt though, and tell you that the Russian heavy line is -not- the line to focus on. A year ago they would have been, but their flagship tier 10 tanks at the end of the line are now among the worst of all tier 10 tanks, and they would be THE worst if the Maus didn't own that claim. The IS-7's speed was nerfed in the physics patch, and it's gun is terribly underpowered. The IS-4 has a better gun, but it's slow, it has non-existent frontal armor, and it's gun falls below average. If your goal isn't tier 10 tanks though, the Russian heavy line definitely holds a LOT of the best tanks across their respective tiers. Just not at tier 10. If you want a heavy line to finish to the end, go American. They have the two best heavies in the game currently at tier 10, and have a lot of tanks that compete for best at the lower tiers. Oh yeah trust me, I'll likely never make it to Tier 10 But on the off chance I decide to, I do also have the 110E5 in my sights. I'm climbing the Russian lines for the fun, but should the opportunity or motivation ever present itself, I've keeping a couple nice REAL T10 options open lol. The Russian lines are for the journey, as most if not all of the tanks along the way are quite good, or better, and fit my playstyle well.
I'm just saying if you're going to focus on climbing up a line, the American is the one to do it. The Russian heavies are the tanks you play once a day for the daily bonus. I got the IS-8 just before the IS-7 was nerfed and now I'm at the T-44 grinding up to the T-54. T-54 line is another really good russian line, though it's played completely differently.
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On July 06 2013 17:15 rd wrote:Show nested quote +On July 06 2013 15:21 Duka08 wrote:On July 06 2013 15:04 rd wrote:On July 06 2013 10:52 Duka08 wrote:On July 06 2013 08:57 rd wrote:On July 06 2013 03:20 Elegance wrote:
holy shit the T-150 is good. I'm only a "decent" player (only played for a month) and somehow i have a 2000-2100 efficiency with that tank after 34 games. The 107 is one of the best guns in tier 6, and the T-150's armor can bounce a KV-1S when angled properly. It's a beast of a tank if you can stay well positioned. After just over 1000 games I've finally decided to focus mostly on the Russian heavy line, especially since the KV-1 was one of my favorite (and best played) tanks. I finally spent the credits to get the KV-1S and I'm loving it so far, despite it being more like a medium than a heavy (very close to the top gun too yayaya). I'm equally excited to try the T-150, since I loved played the KV-1 as a tank that could take a beating, and I'm excited to work up both the KV-1S -> IS line as I am to get to the KV-3 and 4, for different reasons. It's nice to have some tanks that I really feel like fit my playstyle and allow me to focus my efforts rather than do the daily double on 6-8+ tanks >_> Right now playing the VK 36.01 and the KV-1S as I mentioned. Having a blast with both. I feel like I can probably play the Tiger/E75 line, the KV1S/IS7 line, and the T150/KV3/4/STI line for a very very long time and enjoy it... If you liked the KV-1 you'll love the T-150. It's an actual tier 6 heavy that plays exactly like the KV-1 did. It's actually near impervious when angled from a distance. I despised the KV-3 though, it's armor wasn't good enough to justify how slow it was, though it has the IS's amazing 122. I unlocked the KV-4 but didn't buy it yet, but I hear it's a much bigger improvement. That tank is very hard to pen without a point blank shot to the MG port or a very high pen gun. I'll actually be blunt though, and tell you that the Russian heavy line is -not- the line to focus on. A year ago they would have been, but their flagship tier 10 tanks at the end of the line are now among the worst of all tier 10 tanks, and they would be THE worst if the Maus didn't own that claim. The IS-7's speed was nerfed in the physics patch, and it's gun is terribly underpowered. The IS-4 has a better gun, but it's slow, it has non-existent frontal armor, and it's gun falls below average. If your goal isn't tier 10 tanks though, the Russian heavy line definitely holds a LOT of the best tanks across their respective tiers. Just not at tier 10. If you want a heavy line to finish to the end, go American. They have the two best heavies in the game currently at tier 10, and have a lot of tanks that compete for best at the lower tiers. Oh yeah trust me, I'll likely never make it to Tier 10 But on the off chance I decide to, I do also have the 110E5 in my sights. I'm climbing the Russian lines for the fun, but should the opportunity or motivation ever present itself, I've keeping a couple nice REAL T10 options open lol. The Russian lines are for the journey, as most if not all of the tanks along the way are quite good, or better, and fit my playstyle well. I'm just saying if you're going to focus on climbing up a line, the American is the one to do it. The Russian heavies are the tanks you play once a day for the daily bonus. I got the IS-8 just before the IS-7 was nerfed and now I'm at the T-44 grinding up to the T-54. T-54 line is another really good russian line, though it's played completely differently.
If climbing up to Tier9 is the goal, it's the german heavy line. Also the WZ120, which is considered to be one if not the best T9 med ingame with basically the IS-4 gun (same RoF, pen, damage) on a nimble, small medium. Don't know about the T9 us autoloader, (forgot the name, i'm still stuck on the T71), but climbing up there is a pain in the butt. Especially to retrain from light to medium on T8 hurts.
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looks like they forgot that the cromwell (and crusader) are getting 30% credit bonus for the on track event. Making loads of creds with the cromwell right now
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On July 07 2013 05:26 Elegance wrote:
looks like they forgot that the cromwell (and crusader) are getting 30% credit bonus for the on track event. Making loads of creds with the cromwell right now
You sure that isn't the double credits for Tiers 5 and 6 this weekend?
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On July 07 2013 00:51 m4inbrain wrote:Show nested quote +On July 06 2013 17:15 rd wrote:On July 06 2013 15:21 Duka08 wrote:On July 06 2013 15:04 rd wrote:On July 06 2013 10:52 Duka08 wrote:On July 06 2013 08:57 rd wrote:On July 06 2013 03:20 Elegance wrote:
holy shit the T-150 is good. I'm only a "decent" player (only played for a month) and somehow i have a 2000-2100 efficiency with that tank after 34 games. The 107 is one of the best guns in tier 6, and the T-150's armor can bounce a KV-1S when angled properly. It's a beast of a tank if you can stay well positioned. After just over 1000 games I've finally decided to focus mostly on the Russian heavy line, especially since the KV-1 was one of my favorite (and best played) tanks. I finally spent the credits to get the KV-1S and I'm loving it so far, despite it being more like a medium than a heavy (very close to the top gun too yayaya). I'm equally excited to try the T-150, since I loved played the KV-1 as a tank that could take a beating, and I'm excited to work up both the KV-1S -> IS line as I am to get to the KV-3 and 4, for different reasons. It's nice to have some tanks that I really feel like fit my playstyle and allow me to focus my efforts rather than do the daily double on 6-8+ tanks >_> Right now playing the VK 36.01 and the KV-1S as I mentioned. Having a blast with both. I feel like I can probably play the Tiger/E75 line, the KV1S/IS7 line, and the T150/KV3/4/STI line for a very very long time and enjoy it... If you liked the KV-1 you'll love the T-150. It's an actual tier 6 heavy that plays exactly like the KV-1 did. It's actually near impervious when angled from a distance. I despised the KV-3 though, it's armor wasn't good enough to justify how slow it was, though it has the IS's amazing 122. I unlocked the KV-4 but didn't buy it yet, but I hear it's a much bigger improvement. That tank is very hard to pen without a point blank shot to the MG port or a very high pen gun. I'll actually be blunt though, and tell you that the Russian heavy line is -not- the line to focus on. A year ago they would have been, but their flagship tier 10 tanks at the end of the line are now among the worst of all tier 10 tanks, and they would be THE worst if the Maus didn't own that claim. The IS-7's speed was nerfed in the physics patch, and it's gun is terribly underpowered. The IS-4 has a better gun, but it's slow, it has non-existent frontal armor, and it's gun falls below average. If your goal isn't tier 10 tanks though, the Russian heavy line definitely holds a LOT of the best tanks across their respective tiers. Just not at tier 10. If you want a heavy line to finish to the end, go American. They have the two best heavies in the game currently at tier 10, and have a lot of tanks that compete for best at the lower tiers. Oh yeah trust me, I'll likely never make it to Tier 10 But on the off chance I decide to, I do also have the 110E5 in my sights. I'm climbing the Russian lines for the fun, but should the opportunity or motivation ever present itself, I've keeping a couple nice REAL T10 options open lol. The Russian lines are for the journey, as most if not all of the tanks along the way are quite good, or better, and fit my playstyle well. I'm just saying if you're going to focus on climbing up a line, the American is the one to do it. The Russian heavies are the tanks you play once a day for the daily bonus. I got the IS-8 just before the IS-7 was nerfed and now I'm at the T-44 grinding up to the T-54. T-54 line is another really good russian line, though it's played completely differently. If climbing up to Tier9 is the goal, it's the german heavy line. Also the WZ120, which is considered to be one if not the best T9 med ingame with basically the IS-4 gun (same RoF, pen, damage) on a nimble, small medium. Don't know about the T9 us autoloader, (forgot the name, i'm still stuck on the T71), but climbing up there is a pain in the butt. Especially to retrain from light to medium on T8 hurts.
My goal wasn't tier 9, it's the T62A. I'd go for a T110E5, T57, Batchat, or a Leopard 1, but I'm much closer to the T62A.
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On July 07 2013 05:32 Duka08 wrote:Show nested quote +On July 07 2013 05:26 Elegance wrote:
looks like they forgot that the cromwell (and crusader) are getting 30% credit bonus for the on track event. Making loads of creds with the cromwell right now You sure that isn't the double credits for Tiers 5 and 6 this weekend?
im getting 130% without top damage
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The T-150 is really rough stock. Trying not to cave and spend some free XP on it.
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The T-150 is easily my best tank. It's stronmgest point is probably the fact that no one fears it enough. The tank is usually so underrepresented, that no one has it on the radar. Then you start to fuck them up, bounce everything that is not a Hellcat or KV1S and give no damn 
Although i really hated the tank for the first around 50 games, you need an experienced crew.
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Yeah it's just a rough stock grind, moreso than I expected. By the time I get the real gun and presumably the rest of the modules, my crew will be 100% and it should be a blast.
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On July 10 2013 23:56 Duka08 wrote:
Yeah it's just a rough stock grind, moreso than I expected. By the time I get the real gun and presumably the rest of the modules, my crew will be 100% and it should be a blast.
Are you using the 122? I barely noticed the difference transitioning from the KV-1 to the T-150. The 122 is an incredible gun, especially vs higher tier tanks. T-150 is definitely low on the list of bad stock tanks.
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On July 07 2013 12:01 rd wrote:Show nested quote +On July 07 2013 00:51 m4inbrain wrote:On July 06 2013 17:15 rd wrote:On July 06 2013 15:21 Duka08 wrote:On July 06 2013 15:04 rd wrote:On July 06 2013 10:52 Duka08 wrote:On July 06 2013 08:57 rd wrote:On July 06 2013 03:20 Elegance wrote:
holy shit the T-150 is good. I'm only a "decent" player (only played for a month) and somehow i have a 2000-2100 efficiency with that tank after 34 games. The 107 is one of the best guns in tier 6, and the T-150's armor can bounce a KV-1S when angled properly. It's a beast of a tank if you can stay well positioned. After just over 1000 games I've finally decided to focus mostly on the Russian heavy line, especially since the KV-1 was one of my favorite (and best played) tanks. I finally spent the credits to get the KV-1S and I'm loving it so far, despite it being more like a medium than a heavy (very close to the top gun too yayaya). I'm equally excited to try the T-150, since I loved played the KV-1 as a tank that could take a beating, and I'm excited to work up both the KV-1S -> IS line as I am to get to the KV-3 and 4, for different reasons. It's nice to have some tanks that I really feel like fit my playstyle and allow me to focus my efforts rather than do the daily double on 6-8+ tanks >_> Right now playing the VK 36.01 and the KV-1S as I mentioned. Having a blast with both. I feel like I can probably play the Tiger/E75 line, the KV1S/IS7 line, and the T150/KV3/4/STI line for a very very long time and enjoy it... If you liked the KV-1 you'll love the T-150. It's an actual tier 6 heavy that plays exactly like the KV-1 did. It's actually near impervious when angled from a distance. I despised the KV-3 though, it's armor wasn't good enough to justify how slow it was, though it has the IS's amazing 122. I unlocked the KV-4 but didn't buy it yet, but I hear it's a much bigger improvement. That tank is very hard to pen without a point blank shot to the MG port or a very high pen gun. I'll actually be blunt though, and tell you that the Russian heavy line is -not- the line to focus on. A year ago they would have been, but their flagship tier 10 tanks at the end of the line are now among the worst of all tier 10 tanks, and they would be THE worst if the Maus didn't own that claim. The IS-7's speed was nerfed in the physics patch, and it's gun is terribly underpowered. The IS-4 has a better gun, but it's slow, it has non-existent frontal armor, and it's gun falls below average. If your goal isn't tier 10 tanks though, the Russian heavy line definitely holds a LOT of the best tanks across their respective tiers. Just not at tier 10. If you want a heavy line to finish to the end, go American. They have the two best heavies in the game currently at tier 10, and have a lot of tanks that compete for best at the lower tiers. Oh yeah trust me, I'll likely never make it to Tier 10 But on the off chance I decide to, I do also have the 110E5 in my sights. I'm climbing the Russian lines for the fun, but should the opportunity or motivation ever present itself, I've keeping a couple nice REAL T10 options open lol. The Russian lines are for the journey, as most if not all of the tanks along the way are quite good, or better, and fit my playstyle well. I'm just saying if you're going to focus on climbing up a line, the American is the one to do it. The Russian heavies are the tanks you play once a day for the daily bonus. I got the IS-8 just before the IS-7 was nerfed and now I'm at the T-44 grinding up to the T-54. T-54 line is another really good russian line, though it's played completely differently. If climbing up to Tier9 is the goal, it's the german heavy line. Also the WZ120, which is considered to be one if not the best T9 med ingame with basically the IS-4 gun (same RoF, pen, damage) on a nimble, small medium. Don't know about the T9 us autoloader, (forgot the name, i'm still stuck on the T71), but climbing up there is a pain in the butt. Especially to retrain from light to medium on T8 hurts. My goal wasn't tier 9, it's the T62A. I'd go for a T110E5, T57, Batchat, or a Leopard 1, but I'm much closer to the T62A.
It was meant for Duka, since he said that he doesn't think he'll reach Tier10.
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The comet seems rather sub par
edit: nvm its not that bad
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On July 11 2013 17:07 rd wrote:Show nested quote +On July 10 2013 23:56 Duka08 wrote:
Yeah it's just a rough stock grind, moreso than I expected. By the time I get the real gun and presumably the rest of the modules, my crew will be 100% and it should be a blast. Are you using the 122? I barely noticed the difference transitioning from the KV-1 to the T-150. The 122 is an incredible gun, especially vs higher tier tanks. T-150 is definitely low on the list of bad stock tanks.
Idk it feels exactly like the KV-1 for now, but just one battle tier higher. I am using the 122, which I definitely under appreciated until I used it on the KV-1S grind until I got the top gun. I haven't played in a couple days, been busy, maybe I just had a rough day on the T-150 and it'll come around. I'm sure once I get a couple upgrades, especially that beastly cannon, it'll be a blast. It feels like driving a KV1 in higher tier games, which yes means still tanky and bouncing some shots, but a bit TOO sluggish to be coupled with a lack of a good gun.
Again, likely only stock. Very excited to get the upgrades.
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