[Megathread]Dumb questions good answers.

[Straight Hustlin]

Ok where the fuck does one shoot an T110. I have seriously have never come across such an impenetrable peice of shit before, and thats coming from someone who tried to kill a Ty-59 with a T-34. I had to duel one in my tiger II (w/ top gun) on ensk & The driver was definitely pro & did an awesome job of not showing me anything but the front of the tank. I tried every where I could think of, Tried the lower plate, but we were pretty much point blank so I had to angle way to low aim at it & thus couldnt get a good shot at it, Tried the cupola but bounced 2 off it. The only time I could actually do anything to the fucker was when the other survivor on my team, a T-54, started blasting him from the side & he repositioned. So I put a round into side, in the running board above the tracks & even that did pretty woe full damage. Ended up giving the fuck a steel wall.

[Mr Marram]

The front is nearly impossible to get though as you found out, best options were the lower glacis or commanders cupola as you said but they still have pretty good armour, I have bounced 240 pen rounds off them at close range.

The sides and back are made of wet paper, hitting them will rarely give bounces from ~150 pen guns, the side of the turret is somewhat sloped and bouncy so can deflect some rounds occasionally.

[untilted]

iirc turret ring can be penetrated quite reliably point blank

[Yankunytjatjara]

Can someone knowledgeable make a thread on the finer points of how to get the most xp from a match? Base capture points, the effect surviving has, the damage vs tier difference formula if known, stuff like that.

Kills lots of kills

please elaborate

because im wondering if a kill is a kill or if the damage plays a role in there aswell. i.e. shooting a 1hp tank and getting the kill, do you get xp for the kill or for the damage done?

I was only aware of the damage exp... The kill exp, if it is there at all, is abysmal.
Much more significant is killing higher tier tanks. I soloed an e-75 in kv-2, did nothing else, and got ace.

[VARRAKK]

iirc turret ring can be penetrated quite reliably point blank

^^ it also takes a epic amount of time to rep giving you time to get a good aim at the Commanders cupola.

You can easily pen the lower glacis if you know where to aim (much like the T95).
Or cycle in some gold ammo, that will deffo pen him.

[Torashuu]

I was only aware of the damage exp... The kill exp, if it is there at all, is abysmal.
Much more significant is killing higher tier tanks. I soloed an e-75 in kv-2, did nothing else, and got ace.

Kill exp is abysmal yes.

Also, as far as people have been able to ascertain there is no xp/credit modifier related to tier differences of combatants involved. Though it will 'feel' this way simply because higher tiers have more hp, needing more shots to kill resulting in the player to more damage in a game compared to one where they are topdog.

[Dahak]

I was only aware of the damage exp... The kill exp, if it is there at all, is abysmal.
Much more significant is killing higher tier tanks. I soloed an e-75 in kv-2, did nothing else, and got ace.

Kill exp is abysmal yes.

Also, as far as people have been able to ascertain there is no xp/credit modifier related to tier differences of combatants involved. Though it will 'feel' this way simply because higher tiers have more hp, needing more shots to kill resulting in the player to more damage in a game compared to one where they are topdog.

XP is modified, credits are not. At least, that's what the devs stated when the topic was last discussed. Unfortunately that discussion took place around the time they said "Whoops, we just discovered that we broke the credit modification based on tiers months ago, been that way for a while. Sucks to be you guys."

So it may be true, it may not be.

[Dirk Magnum]

To continue the line of questioning about XP, say you hit a tank for 200 damage that only had one HP left. Do you only get XP for that one HP of damage, or all of the damage that would have been done?

[zergl]

To continue the line of questioning about XP, say you hit a tank for 200 damage that only had one HP left. Do you only get XP for that one HP of damage, or all of the damage that would have been done?

P sure it's only for the one HP.

OTOH, you do get full XP/cred for the all the additional damage done by ammo racking or burning to death.

[Dahak]

To continue the line of questioning about XP, say you hit a tank for 200 damage that only had one HP left. Do you only get XP for that one HP of damage, or all of the damage that would have been done?

P sure it's only for the one HP.

OTOH, you do get full XP/cred for the all the additional damage done by ammo racking or burning to death.

Correct on both counts.

[spasm]

D-25t or 850HP engine on the Kv-3?

D-25t just has a one second faster reload than the d-2-5t, but I'm not sure how noticeable the extra 150HP will be on the kv-3.

[Mr Marram]

D-25t or 850HP engine on the Kv-3?

D-25t just has a one second faster reload than the d-2-5t, but I'm not sure how noticeable the extra 150HP will be on the kv-3.

Its still a stupidly slow, unagile brick either way, I would go for the gun if I had to do it again. Putting out more damage is much more preferable to moving slightly faster, TBH I didnt notice the change between engines.

[OrangeAfroMan]

Actually I disagree with the above. The first engine upgrade on the KV-3 is a waste, but the second one makes a very noticeable difference.

If I were doing it again, I'd go second engine first - positioning is everything.

[spasm]

Well, I went with the second 122 first.

Fucking hell, why even have a second 122. It's the exact same fucking gun, .8 second isn't noticeable in the reload at all.

[Navigator Six]

Well, I went with the second 122 first.

Fucking hell, why even have a second 122. It's the exact same fucking gun, .8 second isn't noticeable in the reload at all.

Er, it's not .8 seconds, yes? It's .8 more rounds per minute, which gives a much more significant difference:

60 seconds / 4.08 rounds per minute = 14.7 seconds per shot
60 seconds / 4.88 rounds per minute = 12.3 seconds per shot

Also +1 to the second engine upgrade. Pre-7.3 you didn't have the last engine available, and it truly was a brick. Much, much better with the second engine.

[Xiang Jiao]

D-25t or 850HP engine on the Kv-3?

D-25t just has a one second faster reload than the d-2-5t, but I'm not sure how noticeable the extra 150HP will be on the kv-3.

Its still a stupidly slow, unagile brick either way, I would go for the gun if I had to do it again. Putting out more damage is much more preferable to moving slightly faster, TBH I didnt notice the change between engines.

It's a subtle difference but it's there. I can sense it because I've played hundreds of games in the tier 6 KV-3. That said, I'd probably take the gun over the engine upgrade just for the reason that I expect the KV-3 to be sluggish, but I don't expect the gun to be as amazing as the IS (reload and aim time improves). It's a pleasant surprise.

[Mr Marram]

Ok where the fuck does one shoot an T110. I have seriously have never come across such an impenetrable peice of shit before, and thats coming from someone who tried to kill a Ty-59 with a T-34. I had to duel one in my tiger II (w/ top gun) on ensk & The driver was definitely pro & did an awesome job of not showing me anything but the front of the tank. I tried every where I could think of, Tried the lower plate, but we were pretty much point blank so I had to angle way to low aim at it & thus couldnt get a good shot at it, Tried the cupola but bounced 2 off it. The only time I could actually do anything to the fucker was when the other survivor on my team, a T-54, started blasting him from the side & he repositioned. So I put a round into side, in the running board above the tracks & even that did pretty woe full damage. Ended up giving the fuck a steel wall.

Going back to this, if you have the chance to aim at a T110 who is ignoring and facing you, aim at the VERY bottom of the front glacis, there is a lip there that is similar to the lip at the top of the turret on the E-100, (except that got patched), its very weak and flat so nice to hit and should give reliable damage there. I managed to take about 850 off a T110 in my E-50 before he freaked out and pulled back.

[Th3GoodSon]

Going back to the KV-3, the gun upgrade makes a significant difference to how the tank performs in battle; having driven the original tier 6, I was used to the shit ass speed and yes, second engine is dreamy (hill climbing change is noticeable and great) but the higher ROF is really, really good.

There seems to be a lot of KV-3 haters. At tier 7, I think it's a bit of a beast actually. There's damned all below it's tier that can hurt it if played right and it has lots of hit points to soak the damage

[Dahak]

My tier 7 KV-3 is actually performing truly awesomely. It might be that the stats aren't being dragged down by a grind from stock, but it's in my top 3 for average xp/game. If we eliminate the Tetrach (which I played one match in), it is second only to the new IS-4. Sample size is only 41 for the KV-3, though. Not really statistically significant.

I am quite enjoying it in a way I didn't with the IS, though.

[OrangeAfroMan]

Agree, very much enjoying my KV-3