Tales of epic victory

[Lusulpher]

My 2nd trainee for the week is on the opposing team, my team ignores advice, charges chokepoint early, my trainee congrats them on losing the game. I watch as he kills them. I am pleased. He shall make a powerful ally, another Dark Jedi...

I avoid him because he knows my map logic, and he gets nuked by arty. I recover game and he probably chews his team out.
[I warned him about his lack of arty-paranoia] But his team failed to arty me and I reset against 3 people and go on to kill the arty.

Team was thrilled. And they deserve the win too, they came back and helped me fight. SO RARE IT'S SCARY IT HAPPENED.

Feels good, feels really good.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/bhk57wkhef...ORCE.wotreplay
It would be 3,700 doubled. At least I get my scout medal.


Also, anyone noticing arty bouncing/zerocritting more shells. Like guns/sides not being penned?

[Varcaus]

Victory!
Battle: Live Oaks Wednesday, July 18, 2012 9:48:36 PM
Vehicle: VK 3001 (P)
Experience received: 1,948
Credits received: 39,870 (fine for causing damage to allies: 210)
Battle Achievements: Böelter's Medal, Steel Wall, Top Gun, Sharpshooter, Mastery Badge: "Ace Tanker"

[Dirk Magnum]

I was AFK since hitting the "Battle!" button, and came back to the situation shown in the spoiler.

Victory!
Battle: Lakeville Wednesday, July 18, 2012 9:36:59 PM
Vehicle: Hummel
Experience received: 482 (x2 for the first victory each day)
Credits received: 9,019

Also Lusulpher no I have not noticed that about arty lately, even if I have evolved beyond the need to shoot.

  Spoiler:

[Daco]

Victory!
Battle: Live Oaks Wednesday, July 18, 2012 9:48:36 PM
Vehicle: VK 3001 (P)
Experience received: 1,948
Credits received: 39,870 (fine for causing damage to allies: 210)
Battle Achievements: Böelter's Medal, Steel Wall, Top Gun, Sharpshooter, Mastery Badge: "Ace Tanker"

That needs you to post a replay with it 0.o

[Varcaus]

Victory!
Battle: Live Oaks Wednesday, July 18, 2012 9:48:36 PM
Vehicle: VK 3001 (P)
Experience received: 1,948
Credits received: 39,870 (fine for causing damage to allies: 210)
Battle Achievements: Böelter's Medal, Steel Wall, Top Gun, Sharpshooter, Mastery Badge: "Ace Tanker"

That needs you to post a replay with it 0.o

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B0S...UhwQ0dIT0VFMnM Think this is it

[Xiang Jiao]

This one requires a setup. Not so much epic as quirky, my platoon mate discos at absolutely the worst time on Encounter Himmelsdorf. It turns out his power went out momentarily due to thunderstorms while we were in the heat of battle. Hilarity ensues...

http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php...08866376868347

[dzajic]

An uphill battle.

Victory!
Battle: Malinovka Thursday, July 19, 2012 12:34:42 PM
Vehicle: Ferdinand
Experience received: 3,200 (x2 for the first victory each day)
Credits received: 53,685
Battle Achievements: Top Gun

Only 6 kills. Still was close, and we won by killing them all with 10 seconds left on the clock.

Malinovka, assault, I'm on attacking team. T9 game. Went all the way right trough the long forest on edge of map. Our team epically failed on other side long before we got anywhere close. Both our T9 heavies died. They got IS-8 and JTiger still alive. As well as T28proto and S51 out of dangerous tanks, and a lot of lower importance stuff. We are some 3 or 4 kills behind at this point. And with great fortune teammates ahead of me start lighting hill campers up.

Managed to get all the way to the top. Killed stuff. I realize there is 30sec left on the clock and that their IS8 and JTiger are down to the church on north west. I guess they considered the game won and went for additional kills. Thankfully our surviving low tiers are attacking them. I manage to limp myself to position to shoot at JTiger. Both at very low hp, mutual suicide. In same couple of seconds rest of my team kills that IS8 and we win with 10 seconds left on the clock.

[Daco]

Victory!
Battle: Live Oaks Wednesday, July 18, 2012 9:48:36 PM
Vehicle: VK 3001 (P)
Experience received: 1,948
Credits received: 39,870 (fine for causing damage to allies: 210)
Battle Achievements: Böelter's Medal, Steel Wall, Top Gun, Sharpshooter, Mastery Badge: "Ace Tanker"

That needs you to post a replay with it 0.o

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B0S...UhwQ0dIT0VFMnM Think this is it

That is definitely not the right one. You drove forward and exploded :P

[Varcaus]

Victory!
Battle: Live Oaks Wednesday, July 18, 2012 9:48:36 PM
Vehicle: VK 3001 (P)
Experience received: 1,948
Credits received: 39,870 (fine for causing damage to allies: 210)
Battle Achievements: Böelter's Medal, Steel Wall, Top Gun, Sharpshooter, Mastery Badge: "Ace Tanker"

That needs you to post a replay with it 0.o

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B0S...UhwQ0dIT0VFMnM Think this is it

That is definitely not the right one. You drove forward and exploded :P

Welp will upload the right one when I get home.

[Varcaus]

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B0S...V90UnM0RWc5a2c Here it is Daco

[Daco]

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B0S...V90UnM0RWc5a2c Here it is Daco

M8 I didn't even know it was possible for a P to preform like that 0.o

Good work.

[Varcaus]

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B0S...V90UnM0RWc5a2c Here it is Daco

M8 I didn't even know it was possible for a P to preform like that 0.o

Good work.

Thank you mate was the first game with the new engine and the crew is only about 90% so i not sure if imma keep it will have to see post mm changes (it gets really fast though)

[Dirk Magnum]

Hey finally an epic medal. Was on a defending team so I didn't actually have to destroy the last six attackers but oh wells. Of course the fact that they couldn't win 6 v 1 was still pretty derp.

Victory!
Battle: Karelia Thursday, July 19, 2012 7:24:18 PM
Vehicle: Löwe
Experience received: 513
Credits received: 36,817
Battle Achievements: Kolobanov's Medal

[zergl]

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B0S...V90UnM0RWc5a2c Here it is Daco

M8 I didn't even know it was possible for a P to preform like that 0.o

Good work.

Thank you mate was the first game with the new engine and the crew is only about 90% so i not sure if imma keep it will have to see post mm changes (it gets really fast though)

I've been saying it in beta (haven't touched it since, though) and it would appear to still be true:

The VKP is one of the absolutely worst pieces of crap while stock, but fully upgraded with a decent crew it can be a ridiculously fun tank.


Also you were disgustingly lucky to survive at around 12:00, still a very nice game, though.


Also this replay actually tempts me to buy it again.

[Dogbeast]

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B0S...V90UnM0RWc5a2c Here it is Daco

M8 I didn't even know it was possible for a P to preform like that 0.o

Good work.

Thank you mate was the first game with the new engine and the crew is only about 90% so i not sure if imma keep it will have to see post mm changes (it gets really fast though)

I've been saying it in beta (haven't touched it since, though) and it would appear to still be true:

The VKP is one of the absolutely worst pieces of crap while stock, but fully upgraded with a decent crew it can be a ridiculously fun tank.


Also you were disgustingly lucky to survive at around 12:00, still a very nice game, though.


Also this replay actually tempts me to buy it again.

I'll leave this sitting here, the words unspoken hanging in the air...

[Fourfingers frankie]

Decided to bite the bullet and make a dash for the batshit before it goes up a tier.

Started this morning with 4k on the AMX 13 90. I had played eight games in the tank at that point and was at 50%. Since this morning i've gathered 50k including doing 34 games and i'm now at 59%. Its a great little tank (and i cant wait for the new gun).

On topic i just did this match - my second 2k match ever!

Victory!
Battle: Malinovka 20 July 2012 21:01:07
Vehicle: AMX 13 90
Experience received: 2,188
Credits received: 50,113
Battle Achievements: Mastery Badge: "Ace Tanker"

[Plave]

Victory!
Battle: Fisherman's Bay 21 July 2012 13:38:53
Vehicle: T34
Experience received: 3,818 (x2 for the first victory each day)
Credits received: 125,941
Battle Achievements: Steel Wall

Not particularly amazing apart from the fact I somehow got steel wall in a t34 from a match full of t10's!

[Mi Lai]

Defeat
Battle: Erlenberg Sunday, July 22, 2012 1:47:38 AM
Vehicle: T49
Experience received: 913
Credits received: 42,273
Battle Achievements: Sniper

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Shame they'll nerf it's credit income next patch .

[Lusulpher]

After 4 days got a Bat game where I was best player on both teams...Top Gun, Boeltors...

I felt nothing as I killed the younglings.
Also, I just found out who this guy is, the one dying in the first 30secs[50B]. He blamed my arty platoon earlier that day for him getting pinned on enemy side of map... And my rng was busy missing parked tanks on my side.
In this game he tells me to rush a JT...I have no HP after retaking this hill 2x...And I cannot trust my team.
There's aggressive playing and then there is this guy. And I love aggression.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/r1im11tvhy...NESS.wotreplay

[Elias M]

Just had excellent game on lakeville.

North spawn. Move towards town while heavies go around the top. I see their BatChat and AMX 13 75 moving into town so I decide to hang back and intercept them as they come out of town. Sure enough, BatChat comes screaming out of the town and I put him down quickly, he doesn't even get a shot off. Moving in, I find the AMX 13 and leave him on 50hp to burn out. Turn corner, see KV-1S which I always set on fire (purposefully, I'm getting good at lighting people on fire) and a second shot knocks him out.

Friendly Chaffee is now with me and he dings up enemy Lorraine which I finish off. MOving up to the church, knock out a Type 59 and take my first hit of the game from arty. I go up to the top road where our heavies are slugging it out against their heavies. I get a few penetrations, then suddenly the enemy Lorraine 155 appears just as I get a shell in the breech. They dies in revenge for the earlier hit suffered.

Enemy E-75 has push uncontested up the middle road, so I head back to a sniper position. Our S-51 knocks a good portion of its help left, and while the Chaffee knife-fights it I put 2 shells into its rear and kill that.

Meanwhile on top road our heavies have pushed through and are mobbing the last IS-4 which I finish off. I'm too late into their base to get the JTiger or Jpanther, but I'm the only tank fast enough to go down into the valley to get the E-100 which is facehugging an IS-7, neither of which are doing any damage to each other. Two nice, close range shots into the engine block knock out the final tank.

Admittedly a fair number or quick and easy kills, but I like to think I was playing a medium tank properly: moving around the battlefield as and when required, making opportunistic shots/kills against heavier tanks, bullying smaller tanks and then pushing through when an opening presents itself.

Final tally:

Victory!
Battle: Lakeville 22 July 2012 09:59:59
Vehicle: M46 Patton
Experience received: 2,208
Credits received: 66,921
Battle Achievements: Böelter's Medal, Top Gun, Sniper, Sharpshooter, Master Gunner, Mastery Badge: "Ace Tanker"