World of Tanks

[Arvoreen]

Massively is giving away promo codes for World of Tanks this weekend: http://t.co/zGnwsNs

[Habbaku]

Sorry, no more keys are available.

[Threviel]

Slargieboy and other euros: What's your nick?

[Slargos]

Slargieboy and other euros: What's your nick?

I nick Slargmann

I play next to nothing these days though. I've even stopped doing my daily doubles. Insane-busy at work, to the point that when I get home all I have the energy for is dropping into bed. 

[Shade]

What is better if I were to pay gold for a tank. The KV-5 or spend 5,000 more gold and get the Lowe? I feel like the KV-5 is better because of the larger amount of Armour and the few more hp it has but I am no expert so I have no idea. What do you guys think?

[Berkut]

SO I finished the Tier V M41 US SPG.

217 matches played.
301 kills
258,000 damage - 1188 damage/match

To put that in perspective, my Panther-2 is averaging 840 damage/match, at Tier 8.

I open up the game this morning, and see new patch notes, including:

Rebalanced parameters of American SPGs and several SPGs of other tank trees.

Doh!

[Berkut]

What is better if I were to pay gold for a tank. The KV-5 or spend 5,000 more gold and get the Lowe? I feel like the KV-5 is better because of the larger amount of Armour and the few more hp it has but I am no expert so I have no idea. What do you guys think?

What is better is to not spend gold for tanks.

[Slargos]

What is better if I were to pay gold for a tank. The KV-5 or spend 5,000 more gold and get the Lowe? I feel like the KV-5 is better because of the larger amount of Armour and the few more hp it has but I am no expert so I have no idea. What do you guys think?

The KV-5 is a nice tank, but I would say get the Löwe. You want a tank that hits hard when you get premiums since the more damage you dish out the more credits you get and the premium tanks get a credit bonus. More armour also means more opportunity for delivering presents down range, but frankly I prefer the more reliable cannon on the Löwe. Additionally, the KV-5 has some pretty massive weak spots on the front which nullify much of its advantage.

[Shade]

What is better if I were to pay gold for a tank. The KV-5 or spend 5,000 more gold and get the Lowe? I feel like the KV-5 is better because of the larger amount of Armour and the few more hp it has but I am no expert so I have no idea. What do you guys think?

The KV-5 is a nice tank, but I would say get the Löwe. You want a tank that hits hard when you get premiums since the more damage you dish out the more credits you get and the premium tanks get a credit bonus. More armour also means more opportunity for delivering presents down range, but frankly I prefer the more reliable cannon on the Löwe. Additionally, the KV-5 has some pretty massive weak spots on the front which nullify much of its advantage.

ok thank you

[frunk]

SO I finished the Tier V M41 US SPG.

217 matches played.
301 kills
258,000 damage - 1188 damage/match

To put that in perspective, my Panther-2 is averaging 840 damage/match, at Tier 8.

I open up the game this morning, and see new patch notes, including:

Rebalanced parameters of American SPGs and several SPGs of other tank trees.

Doh!

That's pretty similar to my numbers with the Hummel.

316 matches played.
361 kills
376,978 damage - 1193 damage/match

In comparison my GW Panther has:

221 matches played.
242 kills
369258 damage - 1671 damage/match

I think my play style has migrated away from going for kills and/or towards targeting the bigger heavies/TDs.

[Berkut]

Yep, I've totally switched to Slargos "more damage >> more kills" strategy, both in straight up and especially with artillery. I will actually switch targets away from a low HP left target to a "fresh" target, assuming one of the DF guys can finish off the nearly dead.

[frunk]

Yep, I've totally switched to Slargos "more damage >> more kills" strategy, both in straight up and especially with artillery. I will actually switch targets away from a low HP left target to a "fresh" target, assuming one of the DF guys can finish off the nearly dead.

Yeah, it gets to the point that if there's a nearly dead light or medium it's annoying to have to waste a shell on them.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

I'm still trying to survive my matches. lol

[Tamas]

I know the Hetzer is a higher tier, but does it have the awesome firepower of the maxed out Marder gun? In other words, does it worth the credits?

[Slargos]

I know the Hetzer is a higher tier, but does it have the awesome firepower of the maxed out Marder gun? In other words, does it worth the credits?

The Marder is a very special tank. The guy with the highest victory % on the Euro server plays the Marder exclusively, so for its tier it is obviously one of the most efficient tanks of the game.

I prefer the Hetzer, however, since it is the first german TD that can actually trade shots with the tanks it faces. The hetzer also has one of the best TD camo ratings of the game, AFAIK, so it's a great platform. My favourite tank of the game is the JagdPanther, and since the Hetzer is a stepping stone towards it, obviously my answer is going to be: Yes. It's worth it.