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[linktoinsanity]

So Link convinced me to play this again.

Edit: time to put the game back to sleep I think. Nothing has changed in the many years since I stopped playing it, only made things look shiny.

You were supposed to play it with chipps and I, you know for old times sake, not subject yourself to it alone!

 

[it1uk]

You were supposed to play it with chipps and I, you know for old times sake, not subject yourself to it alone!

I remember Chipps and i think it was Abby, was a good few years ago when we done a few clan wars battles.

 

[chipps101]

i remember me too

 

[izzop]

It's certainly a lot of glitter they've used to polish this turd!

 

[Hodders]

OK, I've spent a few hours on the new server. My thoughts:

Removed maps - mostly a good shout. The maps removed were totally unbalanced and favoured one meta over any other - artillery on Kharkov anyone ?

Maps like Fjords have been opened up massively in a way that makes passive scouting possible and also adds locations for TDs. It does seem that they have tried to make certain classes relevant again. I genuinely think they have tried to address some of the map issues. Erlenberg is basically a brand new map which will have to be 'learnt' again.

Sure the MM still sucks. 3/5/7 is a disaster if your top tiers are useless/afk/bots. The solution here is to detect and punish bots/afk more heavily. Community is still hugely toxic. They need in game trusted 'mods' (just like OcUK does) with policing powers and certainly powers to refer issues that actually get looked at.

Overall - 1.0. Graphics look very pretty. Map changes mostly beneficial. MM needs work. Community still toxic.

 

[eekfek]

The new maps look barren, and the lack of fog seems to ruin it a bit for me.

two games today, both defeats.... last match 15-0 loss ... top of dmg with 900+ in a t92 hahaha

 

[OspreyO]

I reinstalled again. Won a few last night but lost a lot more than I won.

Still having spotting issues. Tanks go from spotted to unspotted very fast. Tanks within proximity spotting range just vanish at times.

The tactics that seem to work for me is either play something with great camo or something that uses speed to get out of trouble. But lose the top tanks on your team and it's impossible to recover because of the match making.

 

[Hodders]

They need to realise the 3/5/7 is a disaster. But what alternative is there if you are not prepared to either reduce the tier spread to 1 or to share out idiots so that your 3 top tier tanks aren't idiots looking at a platoon of 54% players on the other side?

Had a match a couple of days ago. 3/5/7, I was bottom tier in a medium. Our three T10s were AFK, AFK, and a 43% w.r. bot that camped base all game........ we lost 15-4.

At T8 you just seem to be bottom tier in 3/5/7 about 80% of the time.

 

[eekfek]

So fed up with bad teams I've decided to just see how much abuse I can give out before i'm banned..... seems it's impossible ... just like fair MM it won't happen !!

 

[Limpnoodle]

you can get 1000 free gold through playing world of warplanes, its also a pretty good game
just do a few easy missions

also its easier to grind free exp on warplanes, go figure

 

[FTM]

like that the maps seem more accessible for tank destroyers


fjords in particular has opened up a bit with decent cover

 

[neoboy]

So fed up with bad teams I've decided to just see how much abuse I can give out before i'm banned..... seems it's impossible ... just like fair MM it won't happen !!

It is impossible, not proud but amount of abuse I put into chat the last 4 weeks before quitting was unreal. Maybe you have to make anti Soviet jokes or something to get noticed?

 

[linktoinsanity]

I know someone who seems to spend his life constantly chatbanned, maybe he just happens to go on a personal level to someone who happens to be a mod. Or maybe more recently they have cut down on mods/ the mods have stopped playing or whatever.

 

[eekfek]

It is impossible, not proud but amount of abuse I put into chat the last 4 weeks before quitting was unreal. Maybe you have to make anti Soviet jokes or something to get noticed?

I will try harder !!!

To be fair I do offer players advice in chat, but when you see your top tier Heavy hiding in a bush at the back of the map next to arty for the duration of the battle I think they deserve it.

 

[neoboy]

Maybe that's where I was going wrong, I just throw general abuse at the useless **** ******* that are my team, but no one in particular

Apparently it's easy-ish to get banned by being a **** in the general chat that you see in the garage but I honestly don't even know what purpose that channel serves so never used it.

 

[eekfek]

Have a strange bug atm.

If I try sending a crew to the barracks so I can place them in another Prem Tank the crew still shows as being on the first tank, if I click to another tank and go back they are not there.

Now, If I try to place them into a diff prem (same class ie Med) they won't move!?!??! no idea what's happened just wondering if it's since patch 1.0.0.1 ?

 

[ademcg]

Have a strange bug atm.

If I try sending a crew to the barracks so I can place them in another Prem Tank the crew still shows as being on the first tank, if I click to another tank and go back they are not there.

Now, If I try to place them into a diff prem (same class ie Med) they won't move!?!??! no idea what's happened just wondering if it's since patch 1.0.0.1 ?

if you are playing with a mod pack, ensure you have not clicked return crew in the mod pack

 

[Telecaster]

I don't like this patch at all, I'm not really fussed about the visual changes as WOT to me has never been about eye candy.

I may only be imagining it but things seem to be firing from stealth completely unspotted for much much longer, I see many more big heavies parked in bushes now playing as TDs and just not getting spotted even with some high tier lights doing some fairly risky spotting runs. In fact I saw a pair of batchats get absolutely wrecked by a Black Prince both shooting from stealth and spotting them for his team, it was ridiculous.

I'm a very very handy LT player and I noticed an instant reduction in spotting ability and spotting fewer tanks doing the same sort of things as pre patch, they've definitely messed with something on this side of things, either directly or indirectly with the map changes.

 

[Boycey0211]

I don't like this patch at all, I'm not really fussed about the visual changes as WOT to me has never been about eye candy.

I may only be imagining it but things seem to be firing from stealth completely unspotted for much much longer, I see many more big heavies parked in bushes now playing as TDs and just not getting spotted even with some high tier lights doing some fairly risky spotting runs. In fact I saw a pair of batchats get absolutely wrecked by a Black Prince both shooting from stealth and spotting them for his team, it was ridiculous.

I'm a very very handy LT player and I noticed an instant reduction in spotting ability and spotting fewer tanks doing the same sort of things as pre patch, they've definitely messed with something on this side of things, either directly or indirectly with the map changes.

On the other hand I get really annoyed with the LT's that scoot over the hill for 0.03 of a second and spot everyone on your team, but clever enough to only expose themselves enough to get the spot.

I know its good gameplay tactics but its a massive case of 'REALLY' just before 3 artys focus you non stop for the next 10 mins.

Spotting was far too easy before, just dl'ing the new patch now so will find out!

 

[eekfek]

if you are playing with a mod pack, ensure you have not clicked return crew in the mod pack

No mods at all mate, just doing a repair to client to see if something corrupted.