[Bonde]

Hehe, I just noticed that the Jagdtiger can upgrade to that engine as well, so I'll just spend my exp on it and make the grind to the Ferdinand a little easier.

[kirederf7]

That feel when you one shot an is3 with your KT.

[TheTalon]

First battle in the Stug III and I claimed 4 tanks. Not a bad little TD. Most of the stuff is researched already except for the tracks and one Gun, so it was a nice transition from the Hetzer

Edited:

And now those tracks are researched. Easy peasy

[CarlR]

Scrappa posted:

I have only ever had one issue with the game which I sent a ticket for. I was banned because my username was "Scrappa55" and they thought 55 was some nazi stuff so I sent them a ticket and the same day they responded saying I can get my name changed to get unbanned. Had it changed the next day.

I don't know if they are normally like this or I was lucky but from what I've seen it's very fast.

all names with SS or 55 or 88 are temporarily suspended pending a name change, once a new proper name is chosen the account is free to play again, this is due to Law within Germany about Nazi stuff... and WG's EU and RU servers are in Germany...so we cant really piss them off.

[VOSK]

Even though it costs gold, I find myself customizing my crew a lot... I can't be the only one that does that?

[elitehakor v2]

CarlR posted:

all names with SS or 55 or 88 are temporarily suspended pending a name change, once a new proper name is chosen the account is free to play again, this is due to Law within Germany about Nazi stuff... and WG's EU and RU servers are in Germany...so we cant really piss them off.

So I can't go around and shout BRENNEN JUDEN ZEIT in games?

[JDB]

Apache249 posted:

No, you don't understand. Low tier arty doesn't do shit. T92s, GWEs, 261s fuck off.

Of course low tier arty doesnt do shit thats totally why im ranked 2,003rd in the world for win % out of my 1k battles

[TheTalon]

I just calculated my efficiency

It sucks

[DEANO90]

In KV, team mate slugger was mouthing off telling me to attack, there was nothing in my reticle, then when I move forward to attack a medium, he shoots me in the rear of the turret, ammo racks and kills me... GOOD GAME

[N-12_Aden]

JDB posted:

Of course low tier arty doesnt do shit thats totally why im ranked 2,003rd in the world for win % out of my 1k battles

He's saying that low-tier arty isn't the Mighty Hammer of Holy Fucking God with GPS technology.

[Awesomecaek]

Doom14 posted:

My T25 AT is a fucking good luck charm. Abruptly, it's been getting about one loss every five to ten wins. It alone has pulled my win/loss ratio in my favor by a full percent.

I just.. I just don't think I can give up it's raw speed for the frontal armor of the T28.

T28 has no frontal armor to speak of.

Played a round yesterday, got penetrated by a KT and IS-3 at 400meters of distance into the upper front hull (not hatches or anything), until I died.

[Orkel]

To summarize MM 2.0

- The matchmaker will now avoid placing the player in the same position in the list repeatedly (i.e. you no longer get strings of five times or more being bottom of the list).
- The matchmaker will now see the entire queue at all times when filling matches, instead of seeing tanks one by one and slotting them in. This should avoid unbalances created by platoons, lessen tank stacking and promote diversity, and reduce the chance of arty-parties.
- It will be possible to instate limits of how many tanks of a certain type are allowed in a battle. For example "no more than 3 artillery per side" or "no more than 6 Type 59's per battle". However, this feature will be initially disabled (they probably want to see how the other changes pan out first).
- While maximum battle tier spreads won't be reduced, the matchmaker will now attempt to fill battles with smaller tier spreads if the amount of tanks in the queue allows it. Dev mentioned something about battles with only a single tier being possible.

There was a post on the NA forums translating a russian preview of the various features a month ago or so, but I can't find it right now.

So it will be quite a big improvement.

[kirederf7]

Orkel posted:

To summarize MM 2.0


So it will be quite a big improvement.

Can't wait for that!

[Bonde]

Oh boy, if this matchmaking is going to be as good as they say it is, some tanks will actually be playable again.

[Kilgore 2nd]

Should make the game a lot more fun to play and feel less of a grind for some of the not so good tanks

[Ama-zake]

Bonde posted:

Oh boy, if this matchmaking is going to be as good as they say it is, some tanks will actually be playable again.

Aside from the "scout matchmaking" on the Tier 4 lights.

[Orkel]

7.2 also adds messages that pop up when you spot an enemy and when your allies damage or destroy enemies you're spotting. Really useful for (bush)scouts.

[Raidyr]

So when is matchmaking 2.0 coming?

[TheTalon]

I want it yesterday

Hell I wanted it in closed beta

[Awesomecaek]

Dev mentioned something about battles with only a single tier being possible.

No arty.

Tier 10 only.

Final destination. (Malinovka)

[Goblin_5]

Awesomecaek posted:

Tier 10 only match.

No arty.

Final destination.

AMX 40s only

Got into the WoWP american alpha because I was a moron and found the european alpha sign-up page days later I blame the news page filled with russian tanks that aren't even in the next patch.

[Inplabth]

Are there separate signups for the different regions? I just signed up for the global alpha.

[Valdor]

Oh hey look still no invite


What a surprise. Betting I won't get it tomorrow either so I'll have to wait the entire weekend just to see if I get it on Monday, which I still probably won't.

[Goblin_5]

Inplabth posted:

Are there separate signups for the different regions? I just signed up for the global alpha.

That's how I understood it, but I might have misunderstood something on the way

[VOSK]

Valdor posted:

Oh hey look still no invite


What a surprise. Betting I won't get it tomorrow either so I'll have to wait the entire weekend just to see if I get it on Monday, which I still probably won't.

Not alone dude. I'm indifferent at this point now. If I have to I'll just wait till the beta.

[scout1]

Valdor posted:

Oh hey look still no invite


What a surprise. Betting I won't get it tomorrow either so I'll have to wait the entire weekend just to see if I get it on Monday, which I still probably won't.

Why are you so excited for it


It is honestly shit

[Goblin_5]

scout1 posted:

It is honestly shit

[FlakAttack]

Valdor posted:

Oh hey look still no invite


What a surprise. Betting I won't get it tomorrow either so I'll have to wait the entire weekend just to see if I get it on Monday, which I still probably won't.

Yeah Valdor... it's an alpha. Most games in this phase are barebones tests of game mechanics and just trying to get a feel for the future game. If it was a beta I'd understand a little excitement but really, don't expect a miracle from an alpha. I imagine it's barely a game at the moment (and that's not meant to be an insult, that's the reality of alpha-testing)

[VOSK]

War gaming said it should be ready by late spring/early summer. Sooo...Im expecting November.

[LtBubbles]

Timebomb575 posted:

Our ammo rack is hit!

It's like the THING tried to mimic a tank or something

[ayaki]

scout1 posted:

Why are you so excited for it


It is honestly shit

Properly tiered battles would be good, imagine 30 biplanes going at it. Also it's an alpha so i don't know what you're doing judging it already.

[VOSK]

LtBubbles posted:

It's like the THING tried to mimic a tank or something

That poor Panzer crew...I hope they didn't feel it.

[N-12_Aden]

VOSK posted:

That poor Panzer crew...I hope they didn't feel it.

I don't even know if that pic is real or not, but I would assume they were vaporized if they were in the thing.

[Trunk Monkay]

JDB posted:

Of course low tier arty doesnt do shit thats totally why im ranked 2,003rd in the world for win % out of my 1k battles

oh man, you mean to tell me you can sit in the back of the map in a bush and look through a satelite view of the map and kill noobs who don't know how to play yet? teach me your skills almighty master~~~.

[goon165]

Timebomb575 posted:

Our ammo rack is hit!

THEY HIT OUR AMMUNITION RACK!, WE'RE NOW A MODERN ART SCULPTURE!

[TheTalon]

Sweet, the Tiger's half off right now

Up to 58% discount on premium shells
50% off the following vehicles:
KV-3 - 539,100 (normally 1,078,200)
IS - 712,000 (normally 1,424,000)
PzKpfw VI Tiger - 628,350 (normally 1,256,700)
PzKpfw VI Tiger (P) - 638,250 (normally 1,276,500)
M6 - 320,150 (normally 640,300)
T29 - 725,100 (normally 1,450,300)
ARL 44 - 381,500 (normally 763,000)
AMX M4 (1945) - 647,750 (normally 1,295,500)
Churchill - 750 (normally 1,500)

[NoDachi]

Trunk Monkay posted:

oh man, you mean to tell me you can sit in the back of the map in a bush and look through a satelite view of the map and kill noobs who don't know how to play yet? teach me your skills almighty master~~~.

It's pretty easy just to say in like a PzII with a good crew and mods and farm noobs all day and get a good global rating.

[Doom14]

Awesomecaek posted:

T28 has no frontal armor to speak of.

Played a round yesterday, got penetrated by a KT and IS-3 at 400meters of distance into the upper front hull (not hatches or anything), until I died.

The reason I will miss the speed is because there's got to be about 12 matches recently I've booked it back to base and stopped a cap/scout/medium from doing nasty things. T25 AT has some insane speed and is oddly bouncy against other American tanks.

[Trunk Monkay]

NoDachi posted:

It's pretty easy just to say in like a PzII with a good crew and mods and farm noobs all day and get a good global rating.

pretty much, but thats at least a little bit more respectable than using artillery on noobs.

[Valdor]

FlakAttack posted:

Yeah Valdor... it's an alpha. Most games in this phase are barebones tests of game mechanics and just trying to get a feel for the future game. If it was a beta I'd understand a little excitement but really, don't expect a miracle from an alpha. I imagine it's barely a game at the moment (and that's not meant to be an insult, that's the reality of alpha-testing)

Not expecting a super amazing game that's going to be the best thing I've ever played, but with a few friends already in the global alpha I'd love to be able to play with them. Plus tanks are getting rather boring.

Edited:

Also just a question, I hope to god it doesn't work this way. If he's accepting people with a 100% on the quiz over those with a lower score, and he's picking them first then... won't people who didn't answer it 100% correctly keep getting pushed farther back by people making clone accounts to get the right answers?

So basically, get one wrong and you never get in.

Edited:

Well not never but extremely late compared to others