World of Tanks-chat (small-talk about everything)

Little tip about your bear, now that you got your first heavy, it would be wise to learn a thing or two about angling your tank. An angled KV1 is a KV1 that opponents ding non stop - this is cause when you angle your tank, your effective armor increases due to the shell having to go through more of the armor plate than it would have if it hit it straight.

so basically, in KV1, never position yourself like |_| , instead go for /_/

 

About the germans, up to tier 5 they are very mobile Pz IIIa, Pz III, Pz III/IV, but the guns are not so great, they are not snipers (low pen and accuracy). Tier 6 are less mobile, but you get guns that have good pen and dmg, tier 7 (panther) has very good pen and accuracy but have the same dmg as a tier 6 medium. Tier 8 Panther II has 5mm better pen than Panther, but it has much higher dmg per shoot and its more mobile. Tier 9 E50 great dmg and accuracy, not so good pen and mobility, and as for tier 10 E50M every thing is great.

There is the other line which leads to Leopard 1, but i didnt play any tanks from that line.

KV1 is good but when he is not that good in tier 7 battles, as T28 is in tier 6.
Ps. I told you so (T28 is the best. XD)

 

Good write up Hawx BUT, did you really like the T-28???

 

Yes. I have over 600 battles on him, and its my most played tank, even though i did i do 0 in him because i got oneshoted by Hezer, Pz IV, Stug III, KV1S, SPGs, T40, M4, T82, Kv1, Su100, Alecto, AT2, M10 and many more tanks. XD

 

Well actually, all heavies have a problem when matched with 2 tiers up, more problems than other tank types. TD and arty guns still work at +2 tiers, med mobility still works at +2 tiers as does light, heavy's armor and guns usually do not work at +2 tiers, and then they're very much so screwed

And no it's not possible to run into a tier 8 tank with a tier 5 anymore, used to be possible (old tier 5 KV would go to tier 9 battles, rest of tier 5 only up to tier 8). The only way to see one is to platoon with someone playing a tier 6 or higher, since platoon gets matched according to the highest tiered tank in it.

As for getting in 6 out of 9 tier 7 battles, that was just bad luck really

 

USA have T28 too, it's tier 8 TD. And about MM WG like to ruin peoples life by putting them, while they are stock, in +2 battles. I was going with my Vk3001h with stock gun (110mm of pen) in tier 8 battles all the time. Litterary all the time.

 

Yeah that is nice, extremely nice. XD

 

I dont know what to tell you, you will not get much more credits than regular tier 5 tank. Churchill III is slow, you can penetrate it easy (just go for the turret), and it has low penetration, but you have limited tier, a lot of HP, and gun that will ruin tanks which dont have that much armor. I would buy it, but i dont have it so dont listen to me. XD
Fox has it so listen to him. XD

 

Just reviewed it in the review thread. It does earn cash quite nicely too

 

and it just happened you've got someone that actually wrote a whole guide about it right here on the forums

I'll never forget my first game with that tank though. Live oaks, tier 5 game, plenty of tier 5's on both side, I go into the city, the entire rest of my team goes the other way. In the city I run into no less than 7 enemies, most of them tier 5 heavies and meds. I dealt 2000+ damage, got 4 kills and damaged a few more before they finally managed to destroy me.

The game was lost with the result 4:15 in the end...

 

T14 is not really bad, but it's bad if you don't know where to aim, it's a tank which you can take advantage of if you have many games played and lots of experience.
There are other options though, for example that british tier 5, I keep forgetting its name and can't be bothered to look it up now, I call it Excalibur xD , and it really seems like an interesting tank to get.
Also, you can look at tier 4 as well, Valentine II that I got right here on GO is awesome, it's a heavy tank disguised as a light, and it gets to play only against tanks of its tier, which is quite neat actually

 

If you going for german mediums, i would get T-25 if i were you (i have it and its good). Its agile like KV1, but on the straight line its very fast gun is good for tier 5 medium.

You can see details here.

T-25 - World Of Tanks

 

Yeah its always good to get a Premium tank that can fit with your other tanks. Meaning, you can stick existing crews in them. You have KV1 so Churchill is perfect