Yes, ran through my x2's already tonight.  Same username, look me up.

Watchmann

Yes, ran through my x2's already tonight.  Same username, look me up.

Sorry, haven't tried that game.  Being more of a sci-fi fan, I've ended up spending my gaming time on Star Trek Online more than even WoW.

Haven't tried it... Not a fan of on-line games anymore, although I still love to fly campaigns in Red Baron 3D and Combat Flight Simulator II, and I'll occasionally pull out Panzer Elite...   Generally speaking, on-line gaming has taken it's toll on me, simply because there's no way to reach through the screen and just choke the living **** outta some of the kiddies who desperately deserve it...

I have to admit I'm a player of a couple of online games, WOW and World of Tanks. Got a Tiger and JagdPanther II. Problem I have on the Europe servers is the Eastern bloc guys not talking in English! and I'm sure some must have some hacks for their accuracy. I'm about 48% win rate too but I like the fact I can log on for 30 minutes and just blow some stuff up!

Phil

Hans von Hammer

Haven't tried it... Not a fan of on-line games anymore, although I still love to fly campaigns in Red Baron 3D and Combat Flight Simulator II, and I'll occasionally pull out Panzer Elite...   Generally speaking, on-line gaming has taken it's toll on me, simply because there's no way to reach through the screen and just choke the living **** outta some of the kiddies who desperately deserve it...

P mitch

I have to admit I'm a player of a couple of online games, WOW and World of Tanks. Got a Tiger and JagdPanther II. Problem I have on the Europe servers is the Eastern bloc guys not talking in English! and I'm sure some must have some hacks for their accuracy. I'm about 48% win rate too but I like the fact I can log on for 30 minutes and just blow some stuff up!

Phil

The other thing is...the premium account. How can you compete against someone buying everything? They say the game is free, and is for the most part...you can play all you want and not spend a dime..but when an M6 heavy gets "one-shot-ed"...someone bought their shells. I know by having everyone competeing together, it`s a way to get more people frustrated and get them to start spending money, and let`s face it, making moneyoff the game is the real goal for the owners...IMO.

I would like to play it but the ***holes should make it mac friendly...
at least these thing don't break down every couple of months...

I read that they are making a world of planes version to...
Not mac friendly either...

Whatever, I still have my consoles, at least I don't have any issues there...
With regards, Ninetalis.

Sorry guys...didn`t know about the MAC thing. And, yes, there is a World of Planes on the way...I can only imagine how frustrating that`s gonna be...lol.  I played for a bit this afternoon,basically was mis-matched the entire time, playing against tanks 2-3 tiers higher than mine, and as you could guess, got my butt kicked 95% of the time. I swear I`m gonna quit every "bad" session but, I can`t...it`s like nerd crack...lol.

No...

Manstein's revenge

No...

Len, as far as buying stuff for the game, just but more models.  Some of them have coupons for the game in them!  Seems like a win-win to me!  I haven't been playing this game.  The game that has sucked the time from me is DayZ.  It's a zombie survival game.  Definitely fun!

I play it and like it but its not for rivet counters, i have a M10, and a M4E8 my username is chiaman

I applied for the world of warplanes beta but they haven't gotten back to me yet.

Played for awhile and got up to an M-10 but ended getting burnt out on the game. Same maps and players on your side who want to rush the enemy base leaving your team with half strength before the game even begins in earnest. May have to pick it up and start again, been too busy playing Skyrim through for the second time here lately.

Btw: what's this Mac thing? Isn't that a hamburger?

Gamera

Btw: what's this Mac thing? Isn't that a hamburger?

The Apple Imac, maybe Macintosh sounds more familiar?
  

Ninetalis

Gamera

Btw: what's this Mac thing? Isn't that a hamburger?

It may be another sort of sandwich to a New Yorker like you, but it's not...
(couldn't resist with that sig you have )  

The Apple Imac, maybe Macintosh sounds more familiar?
  

Gamera

Ninetalis: just giving you Apple guys a hard time - Mac like Big Mac - you know a McDonald's hamburger...

;)

Gamera

Ninetalis: just giving you Apple guys a hard time - Mac like Big Mac - you know a McDonald's hamburger...

Ninetalis

Gamera

Btw: what's this Mac thing? Isn't that a hamburger?

The Apple Imac, maybe Macintosh sounds more familiar?

Gee guys you're making me hungery.

Think I'll have a BlackBerry for desert.

professordeath

Gamera, the blackberry is kinda chewy, but eating is about all they are good for. Lol

FYI: you can get the happy meal with apple slices. So, you can have both if you like, and you get a toy!!

LOL guys!

Ninetalis: funny I was a Commodore guy long before I was a PC guy. If Commodore hadn't committed suicide through sheer stupidity I'd probably be typing this on an Amiga (sigh).

...I thought "Amiga" was Spanish for " girlfriend"....

Yeah, that's where the name came from. The original name was Hi-Toro which kept being confused with the lawnmower!!!

Back in 1977 Commodore introduced the first home computer (well the first one that didn't come as a box of parts you had to build yourself) and they called it the Commodore PET - I kid you not after the pet rock fad. It was supposed to sound 'friendly'. Same with the Vic-20 - it was supposed to be a friendly name. Go figure.....

Back to WoT, I have been playing so much that it is seriously cutting into my bench time. I am up to a tier 6 Panzer IV. I like the idea of playing on a clan with anyone elso. How do we look eachother up on this game?

My apologies, I didn't mean to veer so far off subject. Watchman gave me a lot of help showing me the ropes when I first started. I'd love to fight with you guys. My handle is Gamera977 and have pretty much maxed out a M3 and M5 Stuart light and a M10 and T40 TD.

I have a tier 3 M2MT  elite, a tier 6 Sherman M4A3E2, also elite, a Tier6 M6, crew around 96% trained, A Pz III/IV tier 5, crew close to 100% and a VK3601H tier 6, crew around 90%. I`m losing alot lately, which gets me frustrated. I had an awesome battle with my Pz III/IV, my whole team was wiped out, 5 enemy...2 arty`s, a KV-1 that was around 50% and a few others. I was defending my base and fought `em all off and won. Had a total of 8 kills that game. Beat my old best with the M2, which was 7. I keep getting put into battles where I am the lowest tier vehicle. I don`t like camping so I get into the mix and die...pizzes me off sometimes, especially getting one-shot-ed by an invisi-tank or some punk-azz arty driver.....

And yes, it keeps me away from the bench more too....which I will be sitting down at after I finish this post...

...especially getting one-shot-ed by an invisi-tank or some punk-azz arty driver.....

As a former "real-world" Red Leg, I can attest that an HE Quick155mm WILL take out any WW2 tank.. The issue isn't destroying a tank with direct-fire.. It's hitting it with the first round.. It usually takes three on a moving target...  But when it's "steel-on-steel", the clanker's a goner.. Gimme an M40 or even an M12...  

Also, if a tank wanders into a 155m (or even a 105mm Battery) Battery's AOF (Azimuth-of-Fire), he better be shooting at us from hull defilade first..  There are VERY few units that can match the organic fire-power of an Field Artillery Battery..  We've got the six howitzers plus a minimum of 12 .50 cals (to knock a tanks tracks off if he exposes them) for a mobilty kill.. Then the guns will eat the tank..

I play aswell, my name's "Pineapple" if anyone wants to look me up. Just got my Jagdpanther today, with the long 88 it's very nice . Also, the British tanks are being released early tomorrow, think I'll make a start on their medium line.

No field artillery in the game Hans...just SPG`s and TD`s. But they are talking about adding infantry and Howies in later versions....

Too many pineapples in game!

Is it possible for a person set up his own passworded server and run it by "Invitation" or "Members Only"?    Kinda like what some of us did when Sierra shut down it's "Red Baron 3D" servers..

A server would be set up, and only bona-fied members of recognized Squadrons and Staffels would have access on "Game Day"...

If that's the case, then I'd play probably.. But I don't care for "open to the public" servers (unless i just wanna blow stuff up for a hour or so)

No, but you can create a "room" and invite your friends to play in that room.

What's the room's capacity? Enough for two tank platoons or, even better, companies?

Standard battles are set at 15 on each side.  In a room, you need at least one on each side, max 15 on each side.

I don't play in the rooms much, so i had forgotten that you don't earn experience there, so you can't progress through the game to get larger tanks.  So, Hans, if you don't want to play with the regular slobs, then you won't get much enjoyment from the game.

Watchmann

I don't play in the rooms much, so i had forgotten that you don't earn experience there, so you can't progress through the game to get larger tanks.  So, Hans, if you don't want to play with the regular slobs, then you won't get much enjoyment from the game.

You can still platoon up with a couple of friends though, it makes random matches a bit more bearable. Playing company battles also nets you a good amount of experience and credits.

Yes, but if he doesn't play, he'll still be in his lol tractor.

BTW, what's your screen name, there are LOTS of pineapples.

It's just "Pineapple", no number's or anything

Strange, the only just "Pineapple" I can find hasn't had a single battle.  Can't be you.  Perhaps we are on different servers?  North America, "WoT".

Ah, I'm on the EU server, that's the problem.

:(

Won`t be hard to find me..."Troublemaker66"...I`m on the N.A. server.

Yep, sent you a convo tonight, must have missed it.

Watchmann

Yep, sent you a convo tonight, must have missed it.

Watchmann

I don't play in the rooms much, so i had forgotten that you don't earn experience there, so you can't progress through the game to get larger tanks.  So, Hans, if you don't want to play with the regular slobs, then you won't get much enjoyment from the game.

Too bad..  But if one could get enough interest in forming a few dedicated units, say, one Axis, one Allied, things could be fun.. Might take a while though..

I've been playing for 1.5 years...up to tier 10 on several lines.  Love it, great game.

It's not a simulation, it's a game.

Hmmm.. I prefer a sim... Guess I'll pass on D/Ling it..

Hans, you should check it out.  It is free and it is addicting.

There is nothing like rolling across the steppes and mowing down other tanks in my Maus.

As if you needed another addition.

I started yesterday.....names gearz77     OMG how much fun Im having!!!!!   wont get to log on till 6 tonight....

what can I do in that little T1 tin can I start in?  .....when I fired,  my crew said I think that one bounced off! 

Chromdome35

Hans, you should check it out.  It is free and it is addicting.

There is nothing like rolling across the steppes and mowing down other tanks in my Maus.

As if you needed another addition.

Heh.. Guess what I'm looking for is a sim, ala "Panzer Elite"... Is WoT "arcade-style" or "Sim-Style".. I want a sim, where I'm using the joystick and keyboard, and I'm "inside" the tank, not looking at it from outside.. Any screen-shots?

Hey Hans....it took me a min but I was rolling around outside the tank, then I accidently scrolled my mouse wheel in....  Then I was inside the tank looking out.  I could even magnify the scope for the shot.  I was hit and the tank commander got knocked out....  lol   I lost a track  =[  and all kinds of crap went down.  After few minutes everything is repaired but only so much...its a field repair.  Gotta repair your tank in the garage,   upgrade it too.  You can upgrade anything.  Its a cross between a sim and arcade.  Leaning towards the sim when insde the tank.  I jumped my tank and broke a track  =[  Very addicting, and its nice the everyone is a real person, except your tank crew.  But they really talk, like when you lock on the gunner ask permission to fire or says that one too far away.

Ok.. Wondered about the crew-voices being used.. Helps a lot with the "Immersion Factor"...

Ripcord: You start out on a newbie battlefield and shouldn't be facing anything much more powerful than your T1 plus the other players are rookies too so you're pretty evenly matched.

Hans: Yeah the game is mostly arcade. You drive the tank with your WASD keys and rotate the turret (if you have one) and look around with the mouse. Most of the time you'll be using the bird's eye third person view on your vehicle but you can zoom in using a gun's eye view- in fact it's the only way I can hit anything. As Ripcord said you get a pile of different tanks, tank destroyers, and SPGs available but you start out with a cheap light tank and have to gain experience and money to invest in research to buy better hardware (bigger engine, better gun, etc) and to eventually jump to a bigger more powerful AFV.

Their website is here. Click on Media for screenshots and videos.  

The voice acting is good, but funny it's English with an American accent for everyone- even Soviet and German vehicles! 

Maybe not your cup o' tea Hans but as the guys said- it's free to play, you only need to pay to get special premium tanks and equipment. So try it, play around with it, and if you don't like it delete it- the only thing you've lost is the time invested. 

BTW: Sorry I haven't been on the game much, bad ISP problems, after Thanksgiving I need to call the cable company and see if they can straighten this mess out. TV is messing up too, other night it was so fuzzy on Mythbusters I couldn't tell Adam and Jamie apart! Hopefully will be back on the game soon- look for Gamera977 - all my vehicles are US Army or British.  

SPG for the win!  Although I feel like Im cheating....

Gamera

BTW: Sorry I haven't been on the game much, bad ISP problems, after Thanksgiving I need to call the cable company and see if they can straighten this mess out. TV is messing up too, other night it was so fuzzy on Mythbusters I couldn't tell Adam and Jamie apart! Hopefully will be back on the game soon- look for Gamera977 - all my vehicles are US Army or British.  

I play under the name Stryk9.  I love the low tier light tanks...even though I have all the big iron I still enjoy playing tier 1 and 2 tanks...it's just a whole bunch of fun.

My favorite tanks in the game are

#1)  M36 Slugger.  Decent Armor great gun for it's tier and I get really good match maker results with it.  60% win rate over 500 battles in this great TD.

#2)  IS3 another great tank with good balance of power and a decent gun

#4)  T-62A  A beast on the battlefield

iraqiwildman

How do we look eachother up on this game?

Tim, click on the Contacts button at the bottom of the garage screen.  Switch to the Find Contacts tab, and enter the name you want to search for.  Select the name you want, and click the Add Contact button at the bottom of the window.

Chromdome35

I play under the name Stryk9.  I love the low tier light tanks...even though I have all the big iron I still enjoy playing tier 1 and 2 tanks...it's just a whole bunch of fun.

My favorite tanks in the game are

#1)  M36 Slugger.  Decent Armor great gun for it's tier and I get really good match maker results with it.  60% win rate over 500 battles in this great TD.

#2)  IS3 another great tank with good balance of power and a decent gun

#4)  T-62A  A beast on the battlefield

1: M6

2: M4A3E2

3: Churchhill I

4:T-50

5:VK3601

6: Pz III/IV

It`s taken me what seems like forever to get this far...think I`ve been at it since last March. It`s tough going up against guys that are "buying" their tanks and all the other stuff but understand why it`s that way...sure makes me want to get a premium account but $99 bucks???

Anyway....we definately should all list our WoT names and hook up to platoon or company battle...should be fun!

Oh...my name is the same...troublemaker66.

Len,

Yes I do have a premium account, but find that it only provides one real advantage and that is the 1.5x payout on credits and exp in battles.  Even with Premium it still takes forever to grind to the upper tiers.  I've never bought my way up by spending gold for credits or exp.

I have bought a few premium tanks which I play occasionally; however, the premium tanks aren't really very good compared to other tanks of the same tier.  They do make LOTS of credits though and that is the primary reason why I and others will play them.  

Chromdome35

Len,

Yes I do have a premium account, but find that it only provides one real advantage and that is the 1.5x payout on credits and exp in battles.  Even with Premium it still takes forever to grind to the upper tiers.  I've never bought my way up by spending gold for credits or exp.

I have bought a few premium tanks which I play occasionally; however, the premium tanks aren't really very good compared to other tanks of the same tier.  They do make LOTS of credits though and that is the primary reason why I and others will play them.  

I've played almost 9000 battles now and have grown accustomed to the camo AKA "cloaking" mechanism.  There are a lot of variables that go into a tank's visibility factor and It can be frustrating at times.  I've never understood how the house/car/tree is fully visible but the King Tiger sitting next to it isn't.  I guess that's the part of the WOT that is more game and less sim.

I can't tell you the number of times that I've gotten an opposing tank down to less than 50 hp's and then repeated shots in the flank hit for no damage or bounce off.

Besides it's flaws, I still love it.  Hang in there it gets easier.

I go by the name paperpanzer66, and having fun whilst playing! Currently at the Hetzer, and no premium account, too much of a cheapskate for that. Can't wait for the upper teirs!

PaperPanzer

I go by the name paperpanzer66, and having fun whilst playing! Currently at the Hetzer, and no premium account, too much of a cheapskate for that. Can't wait for the upper teirs!

I've seen you on there troubelemaker66, I play as joeynobody.  Don't have a premium account, just makes upgrading slower -but the game is fun, so I don't mind.  have a IS-3, T-50, T34-85, and a AMX75 that I hate.  No Artys and SPGs though.

Just bought a SPG for the first time, interesting change of pace.

Guess I'm a bit of a jerk, the only things I'm good at are sniping with my hidden camoed cloaked tank destroyer and lobbing shells at range with my artillery. I pretty much suck at taking anyone on face-to-face and hand-to-hand in a fair fight...

Gamera

Just bought a SPG for the first time, interesting change of pace.

Guess I'm a bit of a jerk, the only things I'm good at are sniping with my hidden camoed cloaked tank destroyer and lobbing shells at range with my artillery. I pretty much suck at taking anyone on face-to-face and hand-to-hand in a fair fight...

Len

What is this cloaking device I keep hearing?  I only play allied, usually light tanks.  All I have ever seen is a camo net for 1 mil.  Nothing to research either.

just thought id ask, anyone else here using premium vehicles? I have a Ram- II.

Speaking of arty, i decided yesterday to head down the french line, just to change the usual pace of things...  already advanced tiers, and have the tier III fully upgraded.

To answer your question, ripcord, ill try my best... the "cloaking device" is not an add- on. It is merely a system that removes your vehicle from view if far away or behind cover. This turns off if you fire or move into the open. The camo net and camo pattern that can be applied to your tank merely reduces detection chance.

PaperPanzer

just thought id ask, anyone else here using premium vehicles? I have a Ram- II.

Speaking of arty, i decided yesterday to head down the french line, just to change the usual pace of things...  already advanced tiers, and have the tier III fully upgraded.

To answer your question, ripcord, ill try my best... the "cloaking device" is not an add- on. It is merely a system that removes your vehicle from view if far away or behind cover. This turns off if you fire or move into the open. The camo net and camo pattern that can be applied to your tank merely reduces detection chance.

The equipment can keep you "cloaked" for a few seconds longer and sometimes they have to get really close to spot ya. There`s also equipment that will help you detect a tank quicker and keep `em lit up a little longer than usual...not sure how long you stay visible once you fire your gun but I would bet it`s close to 10 seconds. Hope this helped...lol...

Len

Yeah I use the term 'cloaked' jokingly for getting shot repeatedly by a tank that never shows up on the map or having an enemy you were shooting at seem to just blink out and vanish without having moved under cover. I still haven't watched the video on the mechanics of visibility yet but really need to. Eventually I just got tired of being drop-shotted by an opponent I never see and went out and bought a TD and put a camo net on her - if you can't beat 'em join 'em eh?  

Gamera

Yeah I use the term 'cloaked' jokingly for getting shot repeatedly by a tank that never shows up on the map or having an enemy you were shooting at seem to just blink out and vanish without having moved under cover. I still haven't watched the video on the mechanics of visibility yet but really need to. Eventually I just got tired of being drop-shotted by an opponent I never see and went out and bought a TD and put a camo net on her - if you can't beat 'em join 'em eh?  

troublemaker66

Gamera

Yeah I use the term 'cloaked' jokingly for getting shot repeatedly by a tank that never shows up on the map or having an enemy you were shooting at seem to just blink out and vanish without having moved under cover. I still haven't watched the video on the mechanics of visibility yet but really need to. Eventually I just got tired of being drop-shotted by an opponent I never see and went out and bought a TD and put a camo net on her - if you can't beat 'em join 'em eh?  

The term for that is "Invisitank"...gotta trip over him to see him. Some TD`s can see really far, especially if he bought the coated optics in the equipment section. SPG`s are very far-sighted too...nothin` like getting one-shot-ed from an invisitank or arty...scared my wife more than once when I screamed at my laptop....

that's arty for ya... dangerous until you get close, i wonder how many people have put complaint messages in arty players just because of the vehicle they play.

So..  my super speedy go kart light tank you aint  (<--for the grammer thread ) never gonna catch one hit blow up tank ...(breath)  can not see these ninja tanks when I go by?  Oh... I see where you said you can see them if you get close enough...  ok never mind.  At this point its gonna be easier to hit post then delete.  (its closer to the mouse cursor.)

PS  lol at my kamaze medals..  which you should have if you have a light tank... 

they say "Destroy a higher-tier enemy vehicle by ramming it. Once per battle"   umm i have never seen a kamakaze do it twice....

PaperPanzer

 

that's arty for ya... dangerous until you get close, i wonder how many people have put complaint messages in arty players just because of the vehicle they play.

troublemaker66

PaperPanzer

 

that's arty for ya... dangerous until you get close, i wonder how many people have put complaint messages in arty players just because of the vehicle they play.

I lost my temper a few times at arty drivers...they just pizz me off with their long range nonsense...be a man and get a real tank you$&#@!$!

Oh wow, maybe I should retire my little T57

Ripcord: I wouldn't think a light would have too much trouble with artillery if you keep moving fast and erratically. Yeah I'll pot-shot lights with my inviso-tank but I prefer to wait till some heavy comes rolling along in the open all big and bad, noting can hurt me, and then BLAM!

been going at it some more tonight... decided to take a stab at the french heavy line as well...

troublemaker66: sorry for not responding until late at your quick message whilst i was in WoT... in the middle of battling... 

This is the video I referred to on the mechanics of camo and 'invisitanks':

PaperPanzer

been going at it some more tonight... decided to take a stab at the french heavy line as well...

troublemaker66: sorry for not responding until late at your quick message whilst i was in WoT... in the middle of battling... 

I haven't encountered hackers... yet. But, of course, they could also be using gold ammo... i don't know why so many other users complain about it... as said earlier, if you can't beat em, join em! Unfortunately my connection cut out around 9pm, didn't come back after midnight... (yeah yeah... i stayed up.)

PaperPanzer

I haven't encountered hackers... yet. But, of course, they could also be using gold ammo... i don't know why so many other users complain about it... as said earlier, if you can't beat em, join em! Unfortunately my connection cut out around 9pm, didn't come back after midnight... (yeah yeah... i stayed up.)

There are hackers in WoT?

I've come across bots, afk's, teamkillers, and many moron, but never hackers.

Alex Shaw

PaperPanzer

I haven't encountered hackers... yet. But, of course, they could also be using gold ammo... i don't know why so many other users complain about it... as said earlier, if you can't beat em, join em! Unfortunately my connection cut out around 9pm, didn't come back after midnight... (yeah yeah... i stayed up.)

There are hackers in WoT?

I've come across bots, afk's, teamkillers, and many moron, but never hackers.

Just had fun platooning up with Troublemaker and PaperPanzer.  Good games guys!!!  Let's do it again soon.

Chromdome35

Just had fun platooning up with Troublemaker and PaperPanzer.  Good games guys!!!  Let's do it again soon.

Chromdome35 decided to show me a tier X battle in my Ram II, I have to say i've never felt so small, what was funny was i was the only tank left, i was too afraid to move out of cover!

Picture of me and Chromdome35 in our Marders (after Troublemaker66 left) -

And three of my StuGIII (which should really be called a StuK III, because it has the 10.5 cm howitzer)-

Before I log out, I feel that my avatar, the Waffentrager, should be put in WoT. If Dragon introduces new ones, shouldn't WoT?

just my 5 cents.

If you want to feel even smaller, try it in a T-50....I don`t even bother firing my gun, just spot and run for my life... It is fun pestering a big tank...their turrets turn slow and I do circles around him...just don`t get in front of the gun....keeps him "lit up" until "big brother" shows up...then I zip away and find a new tank to harass...quite fun...hate it when someone does it to me tho`.......

Len

I have just joined up, took me all day to load, and have just been running through the training package. Been killed 3 times already (you would never guess i was a Warrior gunner). Going to take me a while to get used to it. I did look a couple of months ago but it looked to confuseing. But not quite as bad as i thought.

What`s your screen name Bish?

Bish1969

Bish

Bish1969

Search my name troublemaker66 and I should be able to see your name also. Wonder why you didn`t show up?

Bish lives in the UK... different server.  You can play with Alex (Pineapple), Bish.  Wish we could all play together tho.  T.T

Watchmann

Bish lives in the UK... different server.  You can play with Alex (Pineapple), Bish.  Wish we could all play together tho.  T.T

Shame all the severs can't be integrated together, but they're struggling enough as it is. I don't think WG have upgraded them since open beta. Also, just in case anyone missed it, there is a code on the WoT EU website that gives you 1 day of Premium access, and 300,000 credits worth of consumables (that I sold straight away!).

A while back i downloaded curse client a mod add on for world of tanks. so far i only have a reload timer mod but there are a lot to download.

modeler#1

A while back i downloaded curse client a mod add on for world of tanks. so far i only have a reload timer mod but there are a lot to download.

Speaking of mods, there is a really nice Christmas themed garage mod I stumbled across a couple of days ago. Link for anyone who wants it - http://forum.worldoftanks.com/index.php?/topic/182455-081082-christmas-garage-and-other-goodies/

Two tanks were chasing my SPG so I drove into the lake so they would not get the kill. 

Sorry...but I am gonna get a premium account for 30 days....  I keep telling myself nothings gonna changed, reason...im not gonna spend on gold rounds..

So i can only locate or play with guys on the European server, is that right?

Funny, I've seen people tying in Cyrillic/Russian on the US/Canada server. I just assumed they were Russians?

Finally earned enough experience and money to buy a M18 Hellcat the other night. Wow, what a difference from my M10- it's like going from a dump truck to a sports car!

Gamera

Funny, I've seen people tying in Cyrillic/Russian on the US/Canada server. I just assumed they were Russians?

Finally earned enough experience and money to buy a M18 Hellcat the other night. Wow, what a difference from my M10- it's like going from a dump truck to a sports car!

M18's a great TD, just don't let the speed get you into trouble! A lot of the time you see them charging off by themselves only to be killed one minute into the match

i chose the m36 instead of the m18 i find the m36 slow

Yeah, I use it like my M10 moving from cover to cover or hiding behind the heavies sniping at the enemy.  The greater speed and agility of the M18 allow me to spend less time in the open and vulnerable.

I've seen M18s rush the foe, gotta remember the vehicle is still a glass cannon- killer punch but paper thin armour.

Modeler#1: I've always liked the M36 Jackson but everyone told me to go with the Hellcat.

Looking forward to earning my 90mm gun!

Alex Shaw

Gamera

Funny, I've seen people tying in Cyrillic/Russian on the US/Canada server. I just assumed they were Russians?

Finally earned enough experience and money to buy a M18 Hellcat the other night. Wow, what a difference from my M10- it's like going from a dump truck to a sports car!

M18's a great TD, just don't let the speed get you into trouble! A lot of the time you see them charging off by themselves only to be killed one minute into the match

I dislike dying one minute into the match.  Sometimes when I do, I stay to watch the battle.  Few are very entertaining.

The premium account...man do the credits and xp fly in...but its to me no different then the free account.  I  still get mashed fairly easily.  I could buy gold rounds but man are they expensive so I refused to.

Oh my gosh the M8A1 is so fun. =]

I was looking through the WoT site today and noticed they have a World of Warplanes in development. Couldn't find a release date though. Has anyone heard anything on this.

At this rate, i will never get any models done.

The also have World of Warships or battleships...   I got banned for thinking out loud so I kinda veered away.  The ban has been lifted but I like to sniff glue.

I got access to the Alpha build of World of Warplanes a few months ago. It seemed good enough, but my laptop wasn't capable of running it at a smooth FPS so I passed on it. I believe it is in Beta testing now, you can sign up for that if you want to try it out.

I see the Beta test thing, it says closed so i assume you had to be invited or something. I am in no rush and will wait until its release. Still getting to grips with WoT.

I saw the world of ships as well. But not sure about that one.

anybody have the t-50? oh boy what a joy to drive!

Also what do you guys think about the holiday garage?

modeler#1

anybody have the t-50? oh boy what a joy to drive!

Also what do you guys think about the holiday garage?

 About the holiday scheme,they did the same kinda thing during Halloween...I think it`s kinda cool, if you sit and listen to it for a while, you can hear people hootin` in the distance, like a party in the woods when we were kids...lol.

I rathe rthe like the holiday garage. And they have some nice pressies for the holidays. I am really enjoying this game.

Good to see you guys having fun, last couple times I've played I've gotten so honked off I had to quit it to keep my blood pressure down...

Other night I whacked a light tank with my 76mm, the gunner yelled 'Penetration' but it didn't do any damage whatsoever at all. Then ended up getting hit and instant killed by one enemy shot, I know a Hellcat didn't have a great deal of armour but geeze louise. Plus I think they've changed the maps around, I used to find a good spot and snipe, now it seems I can hardly do that anymore, and an American TD can't go head to head in a slugging match.

Maybe I'll be back in a couple of weeks...  

Gamera

Good to see you guys having fun, last couple times I've played I've gotten so honked off I had to quit it to keep my blood pressure down...

Other night I whacked a light tank with my 76mm, the gunner yelled 'Penetration' but it didn't do any damage whatsoever at all. Then ended up getting hit and instant killed by one enemy shot, I know a Hellcat didn't have a great deal of armour but geeze louise. Plus I think they've changed the maps around, I used to find a good spot and snipe, now it seems I can hardly do that anymore, and an American TD can't go head to head in a slugging match.

Maybe I'll be back in a couple of weeks...  

...then there`s the Match Maker...I must`ve pizzed that thing off because I never enter a battle, with any of my tanks, as the highest tier tank. I`d say outta 10 battles , I`d come in at the middle or lower 8 battles. I`ve been losing more credits than earning. Now that I bought my Tiger, and burned up all my credits in doing so, I`m back to the grind. I mostly play from 7-9 pm , just to get my bonus XP. I`m with Cliff...getting ready to take a "leave of absence"..lol.

Lol. Sounds like they nerfed everything again...

Well, yesterday I bought (finally!) a Jagdpanzer IV. I'm kinda disappointed with it... it has sloped armor, but everything can pen it... grrr... I need the upgraded suspension (which costs 4,100 XP) to mount anything better, so im essentially stuck with a stock vehicle. Right now im grinding out credits on my StuG III, so i can get better crew training and modules for the Jagdpanzer... so I dont have to grind it as much.

Going to take a long time before i get a Jagdpanther II...

PaperPanzer

Lol. Sounds like they nerfed everything again...

Well, yesterday I bought (finally!) a Jagdpanzer IV. I'm kinda disappointed with it... it has sloped armor, but everything can pen it... grrr... I need the upgraded suspension (which costs 4,100 XP) to mount anything better, so im essentially stuck with a stock vehicle. Right now im grinding out credits on my StuG III, so i can get better crew training and modules for the Jagdpanzer... so I dont have to grind it as much.

Going to take a long time before i get a Jagdpanther II...

The JagdPanzer IV is the turd of the German TD line I'm afraid. Even with the top gun, you'll find it hard to penetrate anything from the front  in your tier or higher. The rest of the line is great though, after the Jagdpanzer you get the fantastic Jagdpanther, then either the Ferdinand or Jagdpanther II. I brought the Ferdi today (was hoping it would be on sale, but wasn't ), and even in it's stock setup it's pretty good.

Gee, hate to see other people having problems but at least I know I'm not alone now! 

I'm also having some problems with my ISP just cutting out every now and then so I probably won't be on for a week or so. Bummer, I was hoping to earn enough XP to get my Hellcat a 90mm gun. Oh well...

Len, I'll probably be back in a week or two, depends on how things go. 

I have noticed the same issues as you guys. A couple of time i got penetrations but it didn't seem to reduce the damage. And also a couple of times i have been taken out with one shot and having 100% health. I know on one occasion it was a Hetzer took me out, and i was in a Pz IIIA. But still i would have thought it would have taken more than one hit. Then yesterday i was hit twice in quick succession by the same tank. And it wasn't one with a cannon like the Pz II has. Theres deffinatly something going on.

Some of the low tier Brit tanks have an anti aircraft pom pom that can shoot 4 times in rapid succession.  One of those may have hit you.

Bish

I have noticed the same issues as you guys. A couple of time i got penetrations but it didn't seem to reduce the damage. And also a couple of times i have been taken out with one shot and having 100% health. I know on one occasion it was a Hetzer took me out, and i was in a Pz IIIA. But still i would have thought it would have taken more than one hit. Then yesterday i was hit twice in quick succession by the same tank. And it wasn't one with a cannon like the Pz II has. Theres deffinatly something going on.

The 0 damage penetrating hits do damage in a way; they knock out modules or kill crew members (e.g. kill  the driver, damage the gun ect.), although this damage isn't reflected in the tanks overall HP. And yeah, the Hetzer with the howitzer is pretty devastating, if it penetrates it can kill anything in it's tier or lower with a single shot. You can also get one-shotted by arty quite often, especially at lower tiers, which is always annoying

Thaks Alex. Seems odd that you can do that sort of damage and it not reflect in the vehicles health. I sort of understood it with the Hetzer, and ye it did have the gun gun. But i am sure its happened with other vehicles. I must say i have taken out a vehicle that was 100% with one round from a wespe. Was rather pleased with that.

Watchmann

Some of the low tier Brit tanks have an anti aircraft pom pom that can shoot 4 times in rapid succession.  One of those may have hit you.

Possably, i can't remeber what it was now. Will have to make a note next time.

Heres another one i don't get. The otehr day i was hideing behind a building and got taken out by a round which went straight through said building. And just now i was on the Abbey map. I was in the square with buildings all around and got hit from behind. So i turned the turret and there was no one there. A second round took me out. I am sure some people are able to fire through buildings. Anyone else had this happen.

Bish

Heres another one i don't get. The otehr day i was hideing behind a building and got taken out by a round which went straight through said building. And just now i was on the Abbey map. I was in the square with buildings all around and got hit from behind. So i turned the turret and there was no one there. A second round took me out. I am sure some people are able to fire through buildings. Anyone else had this happen.

Bish

Watchmann

Some of the low tier Brit tanks have an anti aircraft pom pom that can shoot 4 times in rapid succession.  One of those may have hit you.

Possably, i can't remeber what it was now. Will have to make a note next time.

troublemaker66

Bish

Watchmann

Some of the low tier Brit tanks have an anti aircraft pom pom that can shoot 4 times in rapid succession.  One of those may have hit you.

Possably, i can't remeber what it was now. Will have to make a note next time.

I know it wasn`t an AA gun killing my Tiger, which is a tier VII...unless a higher tier light tank has some sort of auto-cannon...still shouldn`t have been killed in 2 shots at 100% armor. Those lower tier 37mm cannons plink off of most higher tier armor.

The only thing I can think of that can kill a Tiger in 2 hits would be arty. That or you ran into a high-tier Russian TD...

PaperPanzer

Bish

Heres another one i don't get. The otehr day i was hideing behind a building and got taken out by a round which went straight through said building. And just now i was on the Abbey map. I was in the square with buildings all around and got hit from behind. So i turned the turret and there was no one there. A second round took me out. I am sure some people are able to fire through buildings. Anyone else had this happen.

The closest i encountered to that was an invisible hacker, appeared today on the opposing team, and proceeded to shoot everyone on my team, whilst we could not see him... rawr!

I swore I was taken out from behind buildings before, but if one part of your tank is stickin` out from behind cover a sniper will pick you off.

Alex Shaw

Bish

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 You can also get one-shotted by arty quite often, especially at lower tiers, which is always annoying

troublemaker66

PaperPanzer

Bish

Heres another one i don't get. The otehr day i was hideing behind a building and got taken out by a round which went straight through said building. And just now i was on the Abbey map. I was in the square with buildings all around and got hit from behind. So i turned the turret and there was no one there. A second round took me out. I am sure some people are able to fire through buildings. Anyone else had this happen.

The closest i encountered to that was an invisible hacker, appeared today on the opposing team, and proceeded to shoot everyone on my team, whilst we could not see him... rawr!

exactly...invisitanks. One answer is the enemy player purchased the binocs and coated optics....can see way far away with that combo...was up against a French LT that had us spotted across the map and their arty lit us up. They could also have cammo nets and paint, which adds to their stealth. I have nets on 2 vehicles, don`t seem to help much tho`...lol.

I swore I was taken out from behind buildings before, but if one part of your tank is stickin` out from behind cover a sniper will pick you off.

I once saw a situation once where there was just a French scout and an ISU-152 left on our team. The ISU parked up behind a bush, sent the scout off to spot targets, and killed the 3 remaining heavies on the enemy team, without being spotted once! Those Russian TD's are damned stealthy

Alex Shaw

troublemaker66

Bish

Watchmann

Some of the low tier Brit tanks have an anti aircraft pom pom that can shoot 4 times in rapid succession.  One of those may have hit you.

Possably, i can't remeber what it was now. Will have to make a note next time.

I know it wasn`t an AA gun killing my Tiger, which is a tier VII...unless a higher tier light tank has some sort of auto-cannon...still shouldn`t have been killed in 2 shots at 100% armor. Those lower tier 37mm cannons plink off of most higher tier armor.

The only thing I can think of that can kill a Tiger in 2 hits would be arty. That or you ran into a high-tier Russian TD...

Hey : ]    I have been following along for a while hoping someone would bring it up,  yet have not. For all of those claiming ninja snipers...if its not your ping then your most likely right....  What I am talking about are mods.    There are a great number of them,  most can be had from the curse client.  Including magnifing sniper mode...You can be seen from across the map....  Is it cheating...probly.  I see it this way.  They have it.  Does it ruin the game.  Definitly.  

oh and google the hit skin mod.  it removes any artwork on the tanks and replaces them with ..well look

orange are ammo racks, clear no armor,  green tons of armor.  yes people play like this.

Ripcord

Hey : ]    I have been following along for a while hoping someone would bring it up,  yet have not. For all of those claiming ninja snipers...if its not your ping then your most likely right....  What I am talking about are mods.    There are a great number of them,  most can be had from the curse client.  Including magnifing sniper mode...You can be seen from across the map....  Is it cheating...probly.  I see it this way.  They have it.  Does it ruin the game.  Definitly.  

oh and google the hit skin mod.  it removes any artwork on the tanks and replaces them with ..well look

orange are ammo racks, clear no armor,  green tons of armor.  yes people play like this.

Hitbox skins, zoom-out/in mods, freefly camera mods, tracer mods, agent orange mods, bots... in other words, lots of ways to annoy people in this game! I do not believe there an any actual "hacks" in this game though. I've been on the WoT forums for quite a while now, and every week or so someone will complain about being killed by a "hacker". Truth is, most of the time they've either just got ammo-racked, or been hit by two tanks at once

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...   

check out how far I zoom out...

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

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

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

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

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...  

That one is called DAR artillary sight.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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.

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

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

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....

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.

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.

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. 

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

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

SkippyOU110

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

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!

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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