World of Tanks Beta

I just cant wait until the bring the EU servers back on line, some times the lag can get really bad.

Its very frustrating to see a tank in the distance that you want to snipe and then it warps 100 meters in the opposite direction :D

Love the game though :D
 
Datamonkey said:
I just cant wait until the bring the EU servers back on line, some times the lag can get really bad.

Its very frustrating to see a tank in the distance that you want to snipe and then it warps 100 meters in the opposite direction :D

Love the game though :D
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The warping is an engine issue rather than lag. Apparently it's fixed in one of the next patches, although they did say that for the last patch :P
 
Until it is fixed next patch though you can always just right click the enemy tank for auto aiming as that is not effected by the visual warping. So if the tank seems to be still and yet auto aim is moving your crosshair, then you know the tank is warping. I always do that at long range, even if it is just turning it on for a second and then off again, just to see if the tank is truely stationary.
 
SkeeterUK said:
Im in a panzer III at the mo...

I used to dispise the game cos of arty tho far too easy with that overhead view and one shot kills it kinda kills playing it...

Anyone got any tips to combat the really bad lag us ukers have with this game?
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The Pz III is a wonderful little tank! Once fully upgraded it goes like stink and you will be popping off enemy arty as you whizz by laughing. The gun I usually use is the single-shot cannon [can't remember the name off-hand] and load it with HE. Your aim should be scouting and trying to get easy kills on arty etc.

Auto-aim is fantastic for a little tank. Auto-target an enemy and just keep shooting while you drive around them. If there is only one enemy tank near you, manual aim is also much better at close range than at distance.

You shouldn't be trying to hit enemies from afar until you are in a higher tier Medium or Heavy, since your shot will just bounce off even if you do hit.

iviv said:
Also, the KV is a big, useless brick made of ugh. The upgraded turret has +100 hp for the tank, but it turns at the same speed as the tank. If you try to turn the turret one way, and turn the tank the other, they cancel each other out! Did I mention its slow?
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The KV does move like a slug dragging a brick, but I thought it was a fantastic tank overall. I wouldn't bother using the KV-2 turrent unless you have the 107mm - which is absolutely amazing. You should get this cannon since you will use it on your KV-3 when you get it.

I found the best way to play the KV [once you get the 107] is to act like a turreted TD. Stupidly powerful and you will be one-shotting smaller tanks until the cows come home. You will even give the bigger heavies some grief with well-aimed shots.

You're going to adore the KV-3 when you get it. Isn't any faster than the KV, but it can take such a massive beating. It's the only tank I have owned so far where I am not worried about any arty below S-51 or Hummel. Amazing to see arty shots bounce off or do next to no damage! :D

I have just grinded the XP I need for an IS - but still got about 400K credits to farm first :(
 
Dist said:
Until it is fixed next patch though you can always just right click the enemy tank for auto aiming as that is not effected by the visual warping. So if the tank seems to be still and yet auto aim is moving your crosshair, then you know the tank is warping. I always do that at long range, even if it is just turning it on for a second and then off again, just to see if the tank is truely stationary.
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Auto-aim still isn't completely accurate when tracking a moving target. Someone on the WoT forums came up with a great little technique. Basically you see where the Auto-Aim puts the crosshair, then you switch off auto-aim, then move the crosshair slightly further ahead and then fire.

Admittedly I have struggled to make this work reliably, but I have scored a few uncanny hits using it. I think once your gunner(s) have reached 100% this trick is less needed, as auto-aim becomes more accurate.
 
SiriusB said:
Basically you see where the Auto-Aim puts the crosshair, then you switch off auto-aim, then move the crosshair slightly further ahead and then fire.
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What I have to do most of the time now, can't wait for the servers to be put back to Europe, only changed my ping by 30 but made shooting a pain due to pauses between hitting m1 and firing..
 
They are patching the servers now, should be up by 18:30.
size is 59mb i think.

v. 0.5.5 changelog:

- 2 new maps: Komarin and Cliff.
- Adjusted speed of burning of all tanks during the fire. Now the tank will burn at about 5% of durability per second.
- Fixed collision-model of tank "Tiger I". Significantly decreased size of turret rotation mechanism.
- Balance and vehicle tweaks:
• StuG III, VK1602, SU-76 - decreased tracks repair time.
• StuG III - added rammer.
• Grille price increased from 140.400 to 147.100 credits.
• BT-7 - increased traverse speed for both suspensions by 4 deg/sec. 7% accuracy increase for the 2nd suspension added.
• Fixed truck rotation on SU-14.
• SU-26 – weakened platform rotation mechanism.
• PzIV – Hummel upgrade cost increased from 34.220 to 35.400 experience.
• KV - S-51 upgrade cost decreased from 144.730 to 127.320 experience.
• VK3002DB the 2nd suspension upgrade cost decreased by 4.000 experience, total VK3002DB - Panther upgrade cost increased by 4.000 experience.

Release date - 21 October 2010

nice that we get 2 new maps to test.
 
I really hope we dont have to start all over again when the game is released. I will hate grinding a second time around for the same things as it can take bloomin ages especially for low - mid tier stuff which i just got a vk300p and trying to earn xp for it is a hell of a job as its crap with just a new suspension and 2nd radio on it.
 
SkeeterUK said:
I really hope we dont have to start all over again when the game is released. I will hate grinding a second time around for the same things as it can take bloomin ages especially for low - mid tier stuff which i just got a vk300p and trying to earn xp for it is a hell of a job as its crap with just a new suspension and 2nd radio on it.
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You will have to, and it will be worse once the game is released too because without the free daily gold it will be harder to keep up premium. And without premium that will instantly make some of the high end tanks simply unaffordable to run.
 
I thought this game was a bit slow, waited ages for a slow tank battle, and when I did all the other guys sped off and killed the enemy before I got there...

Sniff, wanted a Tiger tank of my very own too.
 
They better keep the gold coming daily when the games out for free otherwise there is no chance im playing this game as golds the only thing stopping me from quitting the game fully due to the long process of xp and cash without the free gold.

Nice game and stuff but i do not have the patients to grind all the way through all this again and if theres no free gold etc then forget it as it will take 3x or more longer to move to the next tank. Its slow enough as is.
 
SkeeterUK said:
They better keep the gold coming daily when the games out for free otherwise there is no chance im playing this game as golds the only thing stopping me from quitting the game fully due to the long process of xp and cash without the free gold.

Nice game and stuff but i do not have the patients to grind all the way through all this again and if theres no free gold etc then forget it as it will take 3x or more longer to move to the next tank. Its slow enough as is.
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+1
 
There will be no free daily gold on release. The devs would never get any money otherwise. I have heard the price for gold is pretty reasonable, going off the Russian server.

To be honest, I don't think Premium is that important in the lower-to-mid tiers anyway. I got to a VK3601H on German tree and KV on Russian tree before I started using Premium. It would be nice if there was a non-gold way of transfering free XP though.
 
Guess thats fixed the future of the game for me then. No free gold when released means i aint playing it when its out. Shame cos i like the game and spend 6+ hrs a day on it. But i dont like the idea of forcing ppl to pay for somit i mean ok its a free game but to enjoy it u need the gold and premium features otherwise ull never get anywhere at a reasonable time.

Here is to a long long long beta of the game then lol.
 
SkeeterUK what are you on mate?

So how do you propose the devs make money on this venture?

The game is ace, and you say so yourself? but refuse to support the devs?

Crazy!
 
SkeeterUK said:
Guess thats fixed the future of the game for me then. No free gold when released means i aint playing it when its out. Shame cos i like the game and spend 6+ hrs a day on it. But i dont like the idea of forcing ppl to pay for somit i mean ok its a free game but to enjoy it u need the gold and premium features otherwise ull never get anywhere at a reasonable time.

Here is to a long long long beta of the game then lol.
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'The devs are making a great game I'm spending 6 hours a day playing, but I refuse to pay them £5-10 a month for all their hard work.'

:rolleyes:
 
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