I have 23 tanks in my garage.....

1. M22 Locust

2. T2 medium

3. RamII

4. M4A3E2 Sherman Jumbo

5. T-20 Medium

6. M6 Heavy

7.T-29

8. M18 Hellcat

9. Cromwell

10. Black Prince

11. Leichttraktor

12. Luchs

13. T-25

14. Tiger I

15. Lowe

16. T-127

17. T-50

18. KV1S

19. IS

20. IS3

21. SU-26

22. SU-5

23. Type-T-34

....5 of them are premiums. The Lowe was given to me as a gift....$50 tank! Obviously, I`ve spent some money on the game because I wanted to compete in clan wars when they were at the lower tiers. Now they are back to tier 10 and I`m back to the grind. On the bright side, I`ve been building again while taking breaks from the game...lol.

Len

Well, I figured most players would go with the Soviet and German tech trees so I ended up going mostly with the American line- now I see lots of US tanks so I got into the British and Chinese lines just to be different!

Len: Thanks for the head's up! The real Cromwell was slightly faster but slightly less well armored than the M4 Sherman so I guess it fits. I've burnt enough time into the game now that I guess I might as well keep working toward it rather than starting over on the US, UK, or USSR medium tech trees. I went up the M7 US medium path instead of the M3 Lee/Grant- then they added the auto-loading US tanks and the M7 no longer leads to the M4 Sherman. And I've got the Matilda Black Prince to train the crew up with. 

Please send me a screen shot of the IS-8 when you get it- sounds awesome!  

Bish: You're right, the Chinese tanks are mostly Soviet ones with a few modest improvements here and there but fewer upgrade options. Not sure there's much point to going up that path unless like me you just want something different.

My highest vehicle is still my M18 Hellkitty. I think I'm spreading myself too thin:

US turreted tank destroyer line- M18

US SPG line- M37

US medium auto-loader line- M7 (still annoyed they changed the tree around, I was aiming for a Sherman)

US light line- M5 Stuart

UK medium line- Crusader

PLA medium line - Type T-34

Premium tank- UK medium - Matilda Black Prince

troublemaker66

Bish

Have you guys seen the new 8.4 update. I am just downloading it now and it says they have a Pz I. This should be interesting. Surely it doesn't start of with 2 MG's. And i am not really into British armour, but those TD's look interesting.

Haven`t gotten it at my locale yet but should soon. I`ve worked my way up to an IS 3....that and a Lowe are my highest tier tanks. I have the IS8 researched and I`m grinding away to get the coin to buy it...something like 3.3 million..... 

I only revently got to Tier V with a Pz III/IV. Just getting some of my other lines to the same level before i go to VI. I wouldn't mind a Lowe though.

I haven't bothered with the Chinese ones. I just assumed they would be the same as the Soviets ones.

Gamera

Bish: Haven't played any of the German stuff yet but I have been fooling around with the new Chinese tanks they recently added. Went though the Vickers light tank and the M3 Stuart (again 4th Stuart I've played) and just bought the PLA T-34. Still hanging on to the captured Japanese Type 97 Chi-Ha just for fun.

Also have a British Crusader and working toward a Cromwell, though it's the Comet I really want.

I worked my butt off to get the Cromwell and I`m not really liking it right now. Seems like it`s alot tougher when you`re up against one than when driving one...lol. It has good speed and moves  great  but has weak, flat armor...whatever you do, keep moving when you`re in it or die.... 

I want a Comet also but I currently have to grind my way up to a tier 9 so I can do clan wars. I can use my tier 8`s for now but don`t really stand much of a chance against tier 10 tanks.

Len

Bish

Have you guys seen the new 8.4 update. I am just downloading it now and it says they have a Pz I. This should be interesting. Surely it doesn't start of with 2 MG's. And i am not really into British armour, but those TD's look interesting.

Bish: Haven't played any of the German stuff yet but I have been fooling around with the new Chinese tanks they recently added. Went though the Vickers light tank and the M3 Stuart (again 4th Stuart I've played) and just bought the PLA T-34. Still hanging on to the captured Japanese Type 97 Chi-Ha just for fun.

Also have a British Crusader and working toward a Cromwell, though it's the Comet I really want.

Have you guys seen the new 8.4 update. I am just downloading it now and it says they have a Pz I. This should be interesting. Surely it doesn't start of with 2 MG's. And i am not really into British armour, but those TD's look interesting.

Skippy: I'll try to remember to look you up, I game under the name Gamera977.

I stepped away from the game for about a month but got back into it about a week or so ago. Finally coughed up some cash for the game - I wish someone had told me about Premium tanks. My new Matilda Black Prince is a free xp and silver making machine!

SkippyOU110

I play.  Skip110 is the name.  I play anything German plus US TDs/SPGs and British meds/heavies.

I play.  Skip110 is the name.  I play anything German plus US TDs/SPGs and British meds/heavies.

If i can get the damn thing to work, it keeps saying theres an error at the 4% mark on the update.

Well Mike, you did get me to pick up 'Dead Island'... 

Not that I'm complaining, running over zombies with a truck is so much fun it's another reason I haven't been playing as much WoT lately. 

I assume you're on a NZ/Aussie/Pacific server or otherwise I'd l'd love to fight a battle or three with you. 

Well dammit. Thanks to you lot ive got ANOTHER game i need to play. lol

downloading as we speak. my sn is scorpiomikey, same as on here.

If you've got an unzipper installed you should be able to click on the download to unzip. Then open the files and drag and drop.  I think you only need the ones under GUI.

Hey Cliff. Got to the part with the GUI files....didn`t see anything like that...I downloaded the J1mbo mod. Do you have to unzip it 1st? I`m pretty stupid when it comes to this kinda stuff. And, do I just drag it into the 8.2 folder? Sorry man...need to be walked thru....

I apologize to post this but...theres no camo on my screen...  lol

I have an add on the removed all camo to increase my ping , fps, and load time.  

http://www.curse.com/wot-mods/worldoftanks/artasans_no_camo

BTW: Found this awesome 'skin' for my M18 with foliage!

I installed these:

Damage Map Mod: Probably a better one out there- this one doesn't show all tanks.

Cute gals: Replaces the pictures of your crew with cute gals.

Over target markers: Better IDing of foes and damage remaining.

DAR Artillery Site: Helps to target using SPGs.

J1mbo's Crosshair Mod: Allows you to zoom waaaaaaay out and easier to site on foes.

Anyway those are just the ones I installed - I'm sure there are far better mods out there.

How to install:

On Win7 - I dunno about XP or Win8

Open Documents

Click on Local Disk C: on the left menu

Click Games

Click World_of_Tanks

Click res_mods

Click your latest version- should be the last one on the list - 0.8.2 right now

I drag and drop them so reduce the window to half size on the screen - hit the window button in the NE corner of the screen it's the middle one and reduce the window to half the screen on the right.

Open Documents again

Window it too- so you have both windows on the screen - this one half size on the left

Click downloads at the top of the left menu

Click the download from the list

Open the GUI file on downloads- find where it goes on the game files on the right and just drag and drop them.

Yeah, mostly mods change only your game, aka they change the graphics and sound like painting your tank with 'My Little Pony' characters (shudder), change the pictures of your crew to pretty girls, alter the voices etc. They don't actually alter the game mechanics.

The changes to the interface seem a little more involved but they still don't make your tank drive faster, hit harder, take more damage etc, they just change the view and controls. So it really cheating anymore than buying a better mouse or a bigger monitor is cheating.

I've had the bumping thing happen too, don't get it, you're parked in some bushes and some guy on your own team just comes up and rams you over and over. Weird...

troublemaker66

Ok guys, I`m a little confused. I`m no computer wiz, just like playing the games. Where are these mods? The only mods I knew about were the ones in the game that you have to buy with credits or gold. Are these extra-caricular? If they are, it`s definately cheating. How do you change the reticul from game to server?? These things may be part of the reason why I`m gettin` my azz handed to me lately..lol.

Also noticing alot of "trolls" lately, starting nonsense in the beginning of games. Had a guy in a Pz38 harassing me in my Churchill I so much I had to kill him just to be able to get into the battle!! Of course, I`m the jerk...lol.

This is a good place to find mods -

http://www.curse.com/wot-mods/worldoftanks

I believe all the mods on there are legal, WoT seemingly endorsed the site by posting a link to it in a news article once. Some of them are a bit iffy though; there hasn't been a definitive yes or no as to whether zoom out mods and "agent-orange" mods, among others, are legal.

I have had something similar Len. I took up position on one side of some bushes, so i was in cover. And this guy in a russian TD came over and kept bumping me. Not sure if he thought that spot was reserved (i didn't see any signs). I came very close to putting a cap in his backside.

Ok guys, I`m a little confused. I`m no computer wiz, just like playing the games. Where are these mods? The only mods I knew about were the ones in the game that you have to buy with credits or gold. Are these extra-caricular? If they are, it`s definately cheating. How do you change the reticul from game to server?? These things may be part of the reason why I`m gettin` my azz handed to me lately..lol.

Also noticing alot of "trolls" lately, starting nonsense in the beginning of games. Had a guy in a Pz38 harassing me in my Churchill I so much I had to kill him just to be able to get into the battle!! Of course, I`m the jerk...lol.

That one is called DAR artillary sight.

Ripcord

I also recommend you gentlemen enable the server reticle.  So that you hit what the server sees, not what your slow ping lagging client reticle sees....   lol

Thanks Mike, will give it a try. Also going to try out some of other mods too. 

Funny, I've downloaded a pile of mods for Skyrim, mostly to replace armour of the female characters in the game with chainmail bikinis...

Looking at the stats the Hellcat has frontal armour of 13mm as opposed to the 51mm on my old M10- that could explain a lot about me getting one-shotted...  

What reticle mod are you using Ripcord? Looks much nicer than the original one

I also recommend you gentlemen enable the server reticle.  So that you hit what the server sees, not what your slow ping lagging client reticle sees....   lol

Hey some artillary shots...

zoom out to space to find ya

then I can see your radiator fans spinning...

or...maybe a close up of your tank track links...

=D

Gamera

Interesting, I'd seen mods to paint your tank with 'My Little Pony' decals etc  but not these. I might have to give some of them a try, I keep trying to hit heavies in their vulnerable areas but I'm not very good at it. 

I don' t think anyone is hacking the game but there are a lot of people out there way better than me, maybe they should open a server just for people like me that suck at FPSers. And there may be people with various installed equipment and camo that gives them an advantage, I don't blame them, you should get more if you pay for the game. My issue is that I used to run about a 50-60% win rate, here lately I've dropped down to about 20% or so. Could be my M18 is in a higher tier than my M10 and I'm facing better opponents- frankly I dunno...   

Or your teammates have just turned out to be a bunch of morons! They usually come out of hiding when these sort of specials are on, so don't blame yourself if your winrate starts to drop