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[#Freek]

How many games does it take to even get to a tiger? I've played probably 500 and am only at like a hetzer...

[MittinsKittens]

Yeah, that is a point. How many games am I looking at before I can get and kit out a tiger?
Also, what's the tiger like vs other tanks?

[JustCarnage]

Well, the tiger seems to be the worst tier 7 heavy tank due to its flat armor. The tank has a large amount of HP, but thats just to compensate for the lack of deflection. It plays like a TD, you sit back and snipe with your 88. The short 88 does not have enough accuracy, but the long 88 will be a great improvement. Due to it being a tiger, it has the habit of drawing unwanted attention during battles. Youll most likely enjoy the VK 3601 and the KT to a greater extent than the tiger. Both the KT and VK3601 are good for acquiring Top Guns and Wittmann medals.

[Mister Schmidt]

VK3601H is an amazing tank for its tier.

[AmPM]

Angles work, Tiger is not sloped, but if you face it at about 50 degrees to the target it bounces all day.

Also, as to how many games. About 760 for the Tiger, done 130 in the Tiger. 2:1 win ratio.

[JustCarnage]

Sure, angles can work, but thats entirely dependent on your opponent deciding to shoot the front of your tank, rather than the exposed sides. Frequent module damage doesnt help it either, but at least they finally fixed the mantlet. The T29 and IS have no issues penetrating tiger armor and tier 6s usually have no issues either. It would have better if the developers gave the tiger an armor buff rather than giving it more HP (which is why the American heavy tanks are the best when ideal cover is present). The only thing you can really do with a tiger is sit back, as pen and accuracy values that the enemy depends on begins to fail while you can easily deal damage.

Also, win ratio is an insignificant statistic as it is mainly dependent on luck. The only time where you can have a significant impact on the outcome of a game is when you are top tier as you have the ability to deal a significant amount of damage to the other team. Other than that, you depend on the competence of randoms and the stupidity of the enemy.

[AmPM]

If they shoot at your sides, which are not that much weaker on the Tiger, they are at an extreme angle. Lots of deflections.

Why would you not use your range, accuracy, pen and fast reload with a Tiger? Going in close and brawling is doing it wrong.

[LeoPhone]

VK3601H is an amazing tank for its tier.

VK3601 would be a nice tank but 90% of the games I play are against IS4s and T34s. patch seems to have made the matchmaking even worse :/

[Mgallun74]

man, this game is a DRAAAAAAGGGGGGGG, i finally got a pzgr1 all hooked up with everthing, got to elite status, got the 50mm, and was plunking stuff

but sheesh, some games the other team would have like 3 to 5 fast moving tanks just rush the base, this game doesnt seem to be all that useful for TDs with minimal setup time..

then i tried a pz35t, hooked it up, blah, sucka..

i think i may just get a pz2, hook him all up and go there until i can get my pz3.

also, spgs are way to accurate, its like 1 dude will come with range and wham, these guys who you can even see are dropping dimes on you like nothing

how does the spgs work? do you just shot at the minmap area or something? because them things are deadly accurate

[LeoPhone]

SPGs have god view - you camera is looking down on the map.
tanks on the minimap will also be always visible for them, while for all tanks they need to be in their sight range.

and yeah, they are way too accurate. I'd suggest to go for medium tanks so they trouble you the least amount.
US and USSR mediums are the best, although the panzer 3/4 and VK3002DB are not bad either I suppose.

[MittinsKittens]

How SPG work, When you "zoom" in you don't zoom in through the barrel. You go to over the map look. Basically, you get an RTS view of the map, and your accuracy circle is place on it like that. Depending on the angle ect it can be a perfect to circle to a very long Oval (the Oval is fine if you the tank is in it because it makes it nearly a sure fire to hit them).
But yeah, basically, to play it well, you need spotters so you can aim and hit people and you need to be in the right places to make it easier to hit them.

Best way to think of it is, it's a point and click adventure with a snazzy "Combine" button. You click on the enemy tanks and you combine a shell with them, Usually they die and you get points.
Rinse/Repeat until you die or you win.

So yeah, thats why SPG's can hit nearly every time if you stand still/detracked.

TL;DR Verison. See Enemy, Press Shift, Point, Click, Win.

Edit:- Fucking Ninja'd D:

[sgMisten]

Thought that I'd pay to play.

But open beta lasted so long that I got everything I wanted, don't want to grind again playing almost the same thing. May work my way up to a T5 tank if I get really bored - which I doubt.

Still, if you're new to WoT, it's fairly easy to get up to Tier 5 tanks.

Beyond Tier 6, you get lumped together with the higher tiers way too often and that kills your fun factor.

[puddin]

wellt he new patchs coming out are goign to give alot more new options and best of all, American TDS, M10s m18s M36 sluggers and such.  Looks to be alot of fun.

[DasNoob]

ok i might have to check this out.  Is it at all similar to Darkest hour etc?

[LeoPhone]

It's all very arcadey. I didn't play darkest hour but I did play forgotten hope 2. and in that game driving around in a tiger felt a lot more epic than in wot.

in WoT the maps are small. you basically sit behind a corner at one of the two attack routes and wait until red icons show up on your screen.

[brn4meplz]

Darkest hour has alot more factual feel to it.(multipel crew etc)

World of Tanks is designed as just an arcade super fun time. There is no fall of shot, only leading your target. They get the element of random chance pretty good though. It's still alot of fun Especially in my crap tanks when I pull miracles out of my ass to crush tanks that are bigger then me.

[Demon767]

forgotten hope 2 tank warfare is the best.

[puddin]

THEY HAS DAH WARMAP>.........http://uc.worldoftanks.com/uc/clanwars/maps/earth/reg_01/

EIR MOD IS A TRATIOR@@@@@

But i need 15 peopel in the clan to play 1 game in a teir 5 tank or higher to participate in the warmap... We need more fucking peoepl!

[Mgallun74]

THEY HAS DAH WARMAP>.........http://uc.worldoftanks.com/uc/clanwars/maps/earth/reg_01/

EIR MOD IS A TRATIOR@@@@@

But i need 15 peopel in the clan to play 1 game in a teir 5 tank or higher to participate in the warmap... We need more fucking peoepl!

lol, sorry, i dont have a T5 yet, i have a fully decked out elite p2 thou lol. 

[MittinsKittens]

Im trying to tier up, but the grind is already getting to me and I'm not even out of the 2nd tier yet