World of Uninstall I'm never playing again...... Re-instaling.

[Dirk Magnum]

IS researched. Undistributed experience spent: 0. Free Experience spent: 22,400.
'IS' purchased successfully. You have spent credits: 712,000.

edit: first match

Victory!
Battle: Fjords Monday, May 07, 2012 11:22:07 PM
Vehicle: IS
Experience received: 5,000 (x5 for the first victory each day)
Credits received: 31,194
Battle Achievements: Mastery Badge: III Class, Master Gunner

[Straight Hustlin]

TBH the 2k gold/2mil credits deal in the gift store isn't bad, and neither is the T-25 package for 11 bucks. Especially if you have the t-25 and then it just gets turned into more gold.

yeah and all the ones under charity gives 75% to a veterans fund. I bought 2 T-14 packages & the 2k gold 2m credit package. The gold credit package works out to like 7000 gold.

Also got the Ty-59 gift package, I used to think this thing was so OP, now I know its OP

[Skidrowpunk]

Chaffee I want to love you so. But I am just so terribad with you

*edit* i want to be like the faggot chaffee that just sniped my T29 from half a map away with AP on lakeville GG

[filingo]

tanks no work this morning

[Aeolos]

Same, I guess they're patching. Oh well.

[Mr Marram]

tanks no work this morning

Patch day today, worse than CCP they go from early ish GMT to afternoon.

[illusionalsgcty]

Chaffee I want to love you so. But I am just so terribad with you

*edit* i want to be like the faggot chaffee that just sniped my T29 from half a map away with AP on lakeville GG

The Chaffee excels in certain situations, and is a weird style of light to play. You must be able to play to the tank's strengths and exploit any mistakes the other team makes, or you'll end up dying very quickly. Unlike the other tier 5 scouts or the French lights, you don't always have the speed to get you out of trouble, so be smart and don't put yourself in bad situations to begin with. It is not as easy to turn games around with a Chaffee as it is one of the better mediums for example. It just takes a bit more practice, but it is well worth it.

I've found I do best in the Chaffee when I'm prowling around, using terrain to expose just enough of my tank to see where people are, then back off and take another pass or relocate, according to what you spot. You have excellent agility, make sure you're using it to your advantage at all times. Things like 100 octane gas and a well skilled driver help a lot. The top gun and stabilizer is an amazing combo, it's fairly easy to maintain a high hit ratio without too much effort. If you're driving right, using your teammates as a distraction and terrain as cover, you'll be quite hard to kill and can put out some impressive damage.

[Stormscion]

Chaffe is classified light tank but it performs tasks that most people think mediums should do.
Same as vk2801 tho they approach same tasks from deferent angles ( vk2801 loves stationary positions to engage enemies due to how 105mm works ).
That means you are not just scout / spotter you are there to kill enemies , first intercept and destroy enemy scouts and be generally opportunist go from one side on the map and destroy weak enemies.
Sure one of tasks is scouting but you play those tanks because they have good guns and good speed so you build scouting around that. Example would be while T50 type of tanks would just love to pass through any terrain that lets them maneuver easy and survive might not be good idea for chaffe or vk or amx13 because it might not be suited for engaging those enemies that you are scouting. For t50s it is irrelevant because there guns are not as powerful they are merely there for defense against lights and killing arty or isolated tanks.
Use there speed to get into good positions and rape enemies. Same goes for amx13.
Now , leopard t50-2 t50 and those kind of tanks are "true scouts" in what general player base sees as scouts ( incorrectly ofc ) that means they are suited to both penetration of enemy lines and arty run suiciding but also to sit in the bush on strategic positions and spot from there. Why ? Because they have good camo and good speed , small size etc while having weak guns they dont lose much when sitting in the bush not shooting. But amx13 90 losses a lot because it cant use its very good gun in the process. Ofc it is all situational but you get the point. You are not using tank to its fullest potential.

More over again any task in the game is not bound to one class of the tanks. You can scout in heavy tanks if you want. You can lead charge in both light and heavy and medium tanks , even tank destroyers. Depends of tanks and situations. How you adapt in those situation and how well you understand and use your tank is what makes you good player. Examples are numerous , from people that expect for example E50 to perform roles of brawling as well as T54 just because it is classified as medium tank and in theres world medium tank has to have brawling capabilities whilst they completely ignore its strengths. In fact brawling capabilities of more then half of the medium classified tanks are pathetic. Weight is just small part of entire story what one tank is and how it should perform.
That is why i play Vk2801 with 105mm more like some random would play medium tank but most of the player base play it like suicide scout and perform mediocre with it ( at best ). That is why you should not play pz4 like t-34 or e50 like t54 pershing like t44 etc etc. In medium tank and to the lesses extent light tank department it is hardest to understand roles of each tank for ordinary player because classification is very loose and trying to pin point it is very hard but it is obvious that medium tank can be anything and perform anything that means if you are new you cant expect something from tank just because it is medium it can excel at long range combat ambush flank brawl pushing spotting ... really anything. Ofc something is better something is worse but and for that you will be penalized heavily more so then heavy tanks would ( that is how WG balances there game mediums are always more penalized heavies are strongest tanks overall ).

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Long story short.

Dont let classification of the tank weight guide and restrict you how to play with it. Observe his weaknesses and strengths and build on that instead of forcing your self to play some artificial created and idealized idea of what different weight classes of tanks can or should do.
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I feel i am repeating every few months like broken record but i like to act smart , also i am bored w8ing for servers to come up

[Siriothrax]

I play the Chaffee pretty much the same way I play the 13 90. At the beginning, a bit of a passive scouter and occasionally an active scouter, which then transitions into a hunter-killer mode of punishing any overextended enemy or finding seams in their defense to crack open with flanking firepower. Always find the best way to be a massive (tiny?) SOB to the other team.

[AssaultHamster]

Wow... Is8 is fucking useless. Has a lower frontal hull the size of a football field that anything above tier 5 can penetrate. Last two games in it every single shot that penetrated me hit there.

Suggestions? Its not like you can angle it, as its a prow hull, and doing that just makes the side of the prow closest to the enemy a giant, easy target?

Anyone here played it on test and have tips?

[Tordin Varglund]

tips?

sell it

[dzajic]

If I didn't have to grind IS-7 I'd gladly sell big IS-3. Gun's nice and all that... but against fully upgraded T9 and all T10 tanks (ok E100 might ding you once in a while, if he isn't using mouse gun) YOU DONT HAVE ANY ARMOR. 175pen can take you from front, same like IS-3 so its also all T8 heavies and many T8 meds. You have zero gun depression so hull down is nearly impossible.

M103 is imho much more nimbler, even if it has lower max speed. And aims so much faster and has more accurate gun.

[Stormscion]

So far i enjoy is8 tier9 is7 pretty much , even more nimbler also more compact. I love gun , very similar to new USA 120mm even tho i prefer accuracy and aim time over 40 more damage.
I think this patch is good for overall balance of the game.

[AssaultHamster]

I think I might, I kinda want a Maus anyway.

[Skidrowpunk]

Illusion and stormy dropping some Chaffee SCIENCE.

I did a bit better after the post with the upgraded gun. I started playing it like I play my Patton (not how you would think..). It does well for me as a Patton that is faster and shoots quicker while exploding much faster. I scout if possible at first, then pull back, and swing between areas on the map i'm needed. Sometimes I even pull a profit.

[Straight Hustlin]

Speaking of Chaffeeeee, Last night during a match on mountain pass, Starting from the north, I initally started going towards the southern pass, Noticed that too many people were doing the same, so I turned around and went to the north. Before I could even get there an enemy chaffee had broken through the line and raped our stug, pz4, a churchill, KV-1S & circled a retarded KV-5 who kept trying to track him instead of dealing with an IS-3 & lowe that were now showing up & raping the shit out of him. By the time my Lowe and another KV got there it was all over & we got swarmed by 5 or 6 tanks. He then went on to smack down a Priest sitting ontop of the hill not paying attention and doing fuck all. Even tho most of the tanks were pretty inferior to him, he played it exactly right, went right for the tanks that would give him the most trouble, and just distracted the ones he couldnt deal with on his own. I had to give him mad Props. While it sucked to watch my team get raped like retards, it really was a pleasure to watch him do it.

[filingo]

Defeat
Battle: Live Oaks 08 May 2012 16:21:00
Vehicle: KV-2
Experience received: 1,120
Credits received: 42,927
Battle Achievements: Mastery Badge: III Class, Master Gunner

WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT FROM ME TEAM

SERIOUSLY

[AssaultHamster]

Had a 1200 exp loss yesterday too man... Had to take the old Panzer Hotchkiss out to let off steam.

[Mythago]

Victory!
Battle: Mines 08 May 2012 17:48:07
Vehicle: KV-3
Experience received: 5,560 (x5 for the first victory each day)
Credits received: 30,207
Battle Achievements: Mastery Badge: I Class, Master Gunner, Reaper, Steel Wall

I think I might be keeping this one

[Nooby]

I want the new sovjet heavies, but I have to grind all the way up from the MS-1. GAWD.
I could go KV 13 -> IS, since I have it unlocked, but the other line looks more interesting and I already played IS and IS 3 in beta.