7.2 Patch notes

[Dogbeast]

Wtf is up with the increase in penetrating hits that do no damage/criticals?

I had a game earlier in my T110 where I shot 10 penetrating hits on enemy tanks. Only 2 of which did any damage. 3 did critical hits (tracks on an E-50, no idea on the other 2). And of course the other 5 did no damage or criticals...yet the gunner either said they "went right through!", "Thats gotta hurt!", or similar.

Had a game right after that in my T30 where I had 2 much needed shots that did not do any damage and the 2nd time I ended up dying to a KV-5 because of it. KV-5 had 300hp left, I rounded a corner, took a shot at him, and nothing....He turned his turret a bit towards me and killed me.

:rage:

[sokken]

Not enough RNG to soften the blow on the bads, so WG added some more.

[Accipiter]

Wtf is up with the increase in penetrating hits that do no damage/criticals?

I had a game earlier in my T110 where I shot 10 penetrating hits on enemy tanks. Only 2 of which did any damage. 3 did critical hits (tracks on an E-50, no idea on the other 2). And of course the other 5 did no damage or criticals...yet the gunner either said they "went right through!", "Thats gotta hurt!", or similar.

Had a game right after that in my T30 where I had 2 much needed shots that did not do any damage and the 2nd time I ended up dying to a KV-5 because of it. KV-5 had 300hp left, I rounded a corner, took a shot at him, and nothing....He turned his turret a bit towards me and killed me.

:rage:

Had the same vs. a lone T110 (? the T10 US heavy): E100, me in the T34 and a Ferdinand. Either our shots would bounce, go straight through him (the tracer) oder crit without any damage. Killed us all with arti support while taking zero damage out of 15 shots. Of course it was all because he is so super pro bla bla...

[dzajic]

I think they never really fixed it. So a low damage gun (like 400dmg US guns on new T9 and T10 heavy... and the T34 gun as well) can pen a high tier tank and have all damage be absorbed by module or crewmember without any HP loss to tank. It was supposed to be fixed long time ago, but it most obviously hasn't been fixed. I still remember my epic lol when I placed a long 88 round straight trough drivers slit of KV3, of course causing a crit and 0 hp loss to the target.

Even better; if you have low enough damage, all your damage can be absorbed by crewmember or module without actually causing enough damage to knock them out.

[Stormscion]

i am happy about HE damage increase
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...shot_008-3.jpg

i mean hitting is3 from the front taking 150 to 200 damage is quite ok for 105mm , often penetrating for full damage etc ... wasnt like that after HE nerf

yay can play vk again

[Fourfingers frankie]

Im happy with the patch tbh. T34 is a good moneymaker and despite the whines is pretty good - I have a half decent percentage and got a good 7 kill match.

My favorite bit is the new class system. I thought I was awful in the tiger but learning I was in the top 20% is nice. Shows me all the painful effort was worth it :-)

Just using the 12t atm and the T50 while making a little money before I buy the king tiger and go grinding again. Should hopefully have enough free xp to get the turret and first gun so I dont have to roll stock :-)

[Varcaus]

Im happy with the patch tbh. T34 is a good moneymaker and despite the whines is pretty good - I have a half decent percentage and got a good 7 kill match.

My favorite bit is the new class system. I thought I was awful in the tiger but learning I was in the top 20% is nice. Shows me all the painful effort was worth it :-)

Just using the 12t atm and the T50 while making a little money before I buy the king tiger and go grinding again. Should hopefully have enough free xp to get the turret and first gun so I dont have to roll stock :-)

Why not grind with the tiger it makes nice money with a few kills.

[Fourfingers frankie]

while I do alright with the tiger the t34 and 12t gives me a better win rate and I want my global winrate above 50 (9 to go woop!) The tiger i just seem to break even and move between 8 and 15 losses under. Cant seem to get 50% in it.

[Xiang Jiao]

There should be an option to set which ammo you want to load first.

Actually there is. In garage, open the maintenance window of the tank, where you usually refill shells. You can highlight the shells' icon, click on the arrow icon that will appear, and you can then choose to change the order of the shells. Do not forget to click "resupply" afterwards, otherwise the change won't be saved.

The shell type of choice that you positioned on top will be the one loaded at the start of match. Also, this will automatically rebind that shell type to key 1.

Nice, thanks for cluing me in!

[VARRAKK]

Why isn't the Löwe and T-59 (good riddance) available anymore in the shop?

[Mr Marram]

Because the Lowe was OP at T8 and everyone bought it, same for type59. They are much improved over the alternative, KV-5.

[Aeolos]

Lowe not available anymore? I bought one two days ago, finally fell for it...

[Corwyna]

What are you on about? Lowe is still available (checked just in case). It was "nerfed" by increase in price, that was all.

[Varcaus]

Because the Lowe was OP at T8 and everyone bought it, same for type59. They are much improved over the alternative, KV-5.

KV-5 not to bad if you hide r2 and snipe.

[fomalhaut]

Because the Lowe was OP at T8 and everyone bought it, same for type59. They are much improved over the alternative, KV-5.

KV-5 not to bad if you hide r2 and snipe.

Which would still be done better by Lowe, and to a much lesser extent, T34. There are pretty much only 2 niche advantages that a KV-5 hold over Lowe and T34 :
- For players who are willing to invest $30 for a premium tank but not up to $50. Was obsoleted by Type 59, but at least now that Type is gone, KV-5 gains this advantage again.
- For players who are training or co-training (transferring between non-premiums and premiums) crews for their non-premium Soviet heavies.
A bit curious how will the new IS-6 premium obsolete the KV-5, although I imagine it won't have the 7500 gold price tag.

[VARRAKK]

Had a friend that wanted to buy a Löwe last week, wasn't available for him.

[fomalhaut]

BTW does anyone know what "tankers' voice by nation" option does? I enabled it, expecting for crews speaking in appropriate nation-based accents, but didn't notice any difference whatsoever?

[dzajic]

Had two 100k defeats with T34 and one 120k win so far. Not that bad for money making in the end. Repair cost is utterly lol for a T8 heavy tank.

[Eshnala]

Anyone else noticed a high ammount of no-dmg penetrating hits since 7.2? i get at least 3 or 4 per match, sometimes even more. (mostly played JT in the last time)

[Tordin Varglund]

Nope.