War Thunder (F2P Air/Ground combat MMO)

Rank 3 Germans. I did start using SPAA vehicles to counter the Hellcats and had some success with it. I don't think anyone at that rank expects to get taken out with the Gepard. :lol: I had one string of kills with the Wirbelwind where I took out an M3 75mm, a Sherman 105 and a Hellcat consecutively and somehow managed to not get hit by any of them.
 
GTPorsche
Rank 3 Germans. I did start using SPAA vehicles to counter the Hellcats and had some success with it. I don't think anyone at that rank expects to get taken out with the Gepard. :lol: I had one string of kills with the Wirbelwind where I took out an M3 75mm, a Sherman 105 and a Hellcat consecutively and somehow managed to not get hit by any of them.
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See? You found your own way to defeat M18s. A strange way for sure, but you can't argue against decent results. :lol: I don't always use a AA to take out tanks, but I feel like it, why not.

In other news, my venerable StuG has finally been replaced with the first Tier II version. It's still one of my favourite ground units, regardless of the greatness that the M3 GMC was to me, because it did so much. Example; earlier today. During a battle in Hurtgen Forest, some scrub tried to sneak in a cheap shot with a light tank. Somehow, he missed the vital part that would prevent me from fighting back (the engine), which allowed me to slowly turn my tank around and blitz him with a single tank shell. Oh StuG, never change... :lol:
 
It's not 100% effective, especially when you end up swarmed by 3 of them.... and then respawn in yet another SPAA and immediately get destroyed because there are two of them at the spawn waiting for anyone who dares re-enter the game.
 
GTPorsche
It's not 100% effective, especially when you end up swarmed by 3 of them.... and then respawn in yet another SPAA and immediately get destroyed because there are two of them at the spawn waiting for anyone who dares re-enter the game.
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To be honest, it's not really an exclusive M18 tactic. I've seen that happen many times in Arcade Battle myself. Sometimes it's just a lack of focus that allows for a group of enemy tanks to swarm a spawn point and pelt anyone with shells and bullets. I was a victim of that during a battle in that Fortress map; I had just respawned in an American tank, and not even 3 or 4 seconds later, boom. Instant death.
 
GTPorsche
It's definitely an M18 thing when the match just started and no one on your team is even close to the middle of the map.
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I won't disagree with that, it is hard to get close to any spot if you 6 or 7 Tank Destroyers aiming their long-range guns at you. The only way to fight fire is with fire, huh...
 
haitch40
Just had a guy turn into me and blame me for crashing into him. :lol:
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"Hey, why did you crash into me!?"

"I... didn't?"

"No, I was flying towards you and crashed into you. that means you crashed into me, somehow."

Oh, some dumb players never change... :lol:

In the meantime, a recent small update has changed something about the favourite unit of someone I know; the Jagdpanther's armor has been upgraded.

http://warthunder.com/en/game/changelog/current/442

Aaand apparently another small update has been released today. This one removes something from Arcade ground battles; friendly fire. Now, if you're aiming at a friendly unit and fire, the armament will be disabled when do that. Shell ricochet will still harm them, however.
 
haitch40
Just had a guy turn into me and blame me for crashing into him. :lol:
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Had that happen multiple times.

I also got teamkilled the other day when a Tiger shot at a dead M10 that I had just killed and his shot went into my wirbelwind. Got no "sorry" from that guy either. Not sure why he didn't use his MG...
 
GTPorsche
I think I'll just go back to airplanes. The M18 has ruined the balance of ground battles and ruined my efforts to unlock tanks/upgrades.
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Funny you have said this, because guess what happened:

http://warthunder.com/en/game/changelog/current/444

For those who won't bother to click the link, Gaijin has nerfed both the M10's and the M18's maximum fire rate in the latest server update. @Rage Racer was right, go figure.
 
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Niku Driver HC
Because apparently too many have voiced their complaints over being overrun by American Tier II Tank Destroyers, I guess.
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I mean, I understand the Hellcat nerf. That's fine.

But the M10 has problems of it's own. The weak vertical turret drive + the slow turret traverse is already a problem. Now they go and nerf the fire rate. I can't seem to catch a break with my U.S TDs.
 
DurWinning
I mean, I understand the Hellcat nerf. That's fine.

But the M10 has problems of it's own. The weak vertical turret drive + the slow turret traverse is already a problem. Now they go and nerf the fire rate. I can't seem to catch a break with my U.S TDs.
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To be fair, it's not like the other two countries' TDs are flawless; the German TD turrets can barely turn at all, and once you go past the ZIS, so do the Russians. The only other difference is armor, and perhaps the ammo layouts...
 
Started playing again today since I got home from school.... Been fund. Like the new match locations, especially Normandy beach, but I haven't played a game where the beach is emphasized at all....

I'd like to see something like the Ardennes but not sure if that'll come.

Imbalancing wise, I'm still a noob at this. I don't even have 100 hours in game..
 
The nerf did nothing at all.

Also: In my experience since the latest patch with ground forces in RB

Play as American: US vs Russia/Germany, US/Russia vs Germany, very rarely US/Germany vs Russia
Play as Germans: Germany/Russia vs US, Germany vs US/Russia
Play as Russians: Russia vs Germany, Russia/Germany vs US, Russia/US vs Germany.

Either way, Germany is screwed when I play them.
 
That's it, I've had it. No more ground battles for me until that OP M18 is fixed or removed or put to 9.0BR. Whatever it needs to be balanced properly...

I'm going back to the skies....
 
Daym. I started the "Gold battles" wager and thought I'll gain some gold on the German tanks, and yesterday I got one stage (50 eagles), but today, Stalins and T-44s have crushed my Jagdpanther and King Tiger into dust. Perhaps, the devs have upped the Soviet tanks for the Victory Day? :D

Oh, by the way, War Thunder and "Patriot Park" host an exhibition - "Weapons of Victory" - near the Kremlin walls.
I'll visit it tomorrow.
 
Rage Racer
Daym. I started the "Gold battles" wager and thought I'll gain some gold on the German tanks, and yesterday I got one stage (50 eagles), but today, Stalins and T-44s have crushed my Jagdpanther and King Tiger into dust. Perhaps, the devs have upped the Soviet tanks for the Victory Day? :D

Oh, by the way, War Thunder and "Patriot Park" host an exhibition - "Weapons of Victory" - near the Kremlin walls.
I'll visit it tomorrow.
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I'd say Russian tanks always had an advantage over the rest, considering how many times I got my hide destroyed by T-34s (and the irony of this is that now I am part of that group, since I got the T-34 1940 recently...). Just saying.

Also, did something change in the research menu? Because I am playing the game, and there's this weird 30% discount sign over some of the tanks' names...

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Delete... wondered how long it ran for...

looks like I'm gonna be doing some all nighters again with a premium account to get things done..

Too bad I have to help my grandmother sell her house though...
 

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