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Soldato
I still need 4 more wins for my GE Wager, anyone around tonight to assist me?
Still got 4 GE wagers to use as well
Still got 4 GE wagers to use as well
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I still need 4 more wins for my GE Wager, anyone around tonight to assist me?
Still got 4 GE wagers to use as well
Aye, from 17.30-18.30, then 21.30 to late.
I also KV1-B'd, Matt. So far, no bad games in it.
Smashed the face of a Tiger H1 in in my first battle with it. Felt gooooood
Aye, from 17.30-18.30, then 21.30 to late.
I also KV1-B'd, Matt. So far, no bad games in it.
Smashed the face of a Tiger H1 in in my first battle with it. Felt gooooood
In. The. Face.
From what I've seen of it so far, I suspect there is something fishy with it. Deliberately or otherwise.
It's supposed to have the KwK40 L48 long-barrelled 75mm gun that the late model Pz4's use, but it just didnt' *FEEL* like that. I've used that gun plenty, and it takes some work to kill with it! I was using PzGr39 ammo, and if I'm honest it felt far more like I was using the PzGr39/42 ammo that the KwK42 75mm uses. (That's the Panther's 75mm cannon, which hits like a steam train!)
The Russian developers couldn't possibly have gotten the code behind the scenes wrong now, could they?
I still need 4 more wins for my GE Wager, anyone around tonight to assist me?
Still got 4 GE wagers to use as well
I may well be around, give me a yell if I'm online and I'll help out.
Soldato
I'm going to start returning to hangar if I get 5.7 battles in my 4.7 lineups cos the bumming just isn't worth it anymore, absolutely futile.
But I thought you liked the bumming?
It is massively frustrating though, especially when it'd be so simple to fix. Maximum opponent rating should be 2 BR 'jumps' up not 3.
There does seem to be a bit of a capability jump in tanks around that era, the stuff at 5.7 just utterly abuses anything at 4.7 and lower. Tigers vs Pz4's? No contest. If a T34 can murder Pz4's, a Tiger can sit there all day taking shots from Pz4's and kill them.
So use dirty tactics instead
Soldato
So use dirty tactics instead
poo on them?
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It's interesting to note that if you use really early stuff you get to use the high speed and maneuverability to get around tougher opponents and get some engine shots in (M5A1 VS a Sherman? or T34?).
But this doesn't translate later on to Shermans or T34s being able to pull the same trick on Panthers, Tigers or IS2's. It could work on the Maus, but that's more the single extreme example of a rule-breaker that actually PROVES the rule.
In fact, I think you might be better off using an M5A1 or an M22 against a Panther-level tank than you would be using a T34, as long as you could stay out of his gunsights.
Through their letterbox, in proper OcUK style.
Failing that, drivers viewing slot will do!
Oh lord. You've just given us a new challenge, haven't you Brain?
Soldato
I'm guessing you haven't seen the turret traverse rate on a panther then? Its ridiculously fast, and with a 37mm gun you cant take out the turret drive.
Tiger, yes, but that also has the 90 degree instant penetration rule, the panther is sloped to **** . If you somehow managed to take out his engine, he'll turn round and pump you.
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I never said it was going to be easy.
As far as I can see, you would be on a knife edge the entire time, with your speed as the only thing keeping you alive.
If he gets a shot on you, you're dead.
If he's smart and fires a HE round NEAR you, you're likely very damaged and have to slow down or stop, THEN you're dead.
If he has mates with him, you're dead.
If the terrain is wrong, or he sits by a wall, you're dead.
AND LETS NOT FORGET because you're gun is pathetic, to stand even a tiny chance of penning him, you have to get point blank at very specific spots before you fire.
Unless you have that M8 premium thing Matt_FSR got, which I believe is pretty nippy...
What is the gun on that, Matt?
Or... maybe if there was a squad of you...
Soldato
You mean the M8 with the open top that can get machine-gunned to death? Erm.....
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Had some great games in me P51-D yesterday. Seems to hold its speed better now. Can escape enemies by going into a nice shallow dive, reaching around 450mph then lightly climb back up and you have a nice big gap to turn and persue. Think I managed around ten kills in 3 games with it which gets some nice rp in rb 
Had some great games in me P51-D yesterday. Seems to hold its speed better now. Can escape enemies by going into a nice shallow dive, reaching around 450mph then lightly climb back up and you have a nice big gap to turn and persue. Think I managed around ten kills in 3 games with it which gets some nice rp in rb
Horay! More getting Mustang'd for the rest of us!
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Ah this was in rb, you chaps normally ab where speed don't really matter so much.
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So question.
Why is the American ground forces lineup so weak in Realistic battles? I've lost count of the amount of matches where half of the American team im on is out of the game within the first few minutes of it starting. Everyone spawns in M18's and then doesnt have enough Spawn points when it gets popped to continue.
Its really dragging on me now as its making progress difficult with back to back losses
Why is the American ground forces lineup so weak in Realistic battles? I've lost count of the amount of matches where half of the American team im on is out of the game within the first few minutes of it starting. Everyone spawns in M18's and then doesnt have enough Spawn points when it gets popped to continue.
Its really dragging on me now as its making progress difficult with back to back losses
Soldato