World of Tanks

[Arvoreen]

So which is the better gun on the Hetzer?  The 7.5cm or the 10.5cm?  Looks like 10.5 has 3x the damage, but a lot less penetration....

[Tamas]

So which is the better gun on the Hetzer?  The 7.5cm or the 10.5cm?  Looks like 10.5 has 3x the damage, but a lot less penetration....

The 10.5cm Oh, what a gun. It has enough damage that you don't have to worry about penetration. Load only HE shells, and enjoy the ride. 

[Iormlund]

Not anymore. After the HE nerf you need to hit weakpoints or penetrate to do significant damage.

[DGuller]

Now that was a fun match....got Reaper, Top Gun and Sniper

You got ~1000 XP after killing 7 enemies?  Did you kill them after they surrendered?

[Arvoreen]

Now that was a fun match....got Reaper, Top Gun and Sniper

You got ~1000 XP after killing 7 enemies?  Did you kill them after they surrendered?

Alas, I'm a cheap bastard and don't pay for 'premium account'. 

[C.C.R.]

Finished grinding on my Stug so that I could buy the Jagdpaner IV for half price.  The increased hit points rock, but the starting gun is frickin' painful.  My first game in the thing I got Sharpshooter without scratching the paint on a single enemy tank... :p

The guns on that will remain comperatively weak, especially considering that you are used to the awesomnesses which are the previous 3 German TDs. But it has good armor and HP and can hide very well. Just adopt to being a hidden support gun, and not a one-man killing machine.
And then you shall progress to the Jagdpanther which, when maxed out, is one awesome vehicle.

I'm about 1500 xp from getting the 88 -- I'm hoping that will be an upgrade from the long 75, with which I can hit a gnat's ass flying but can't penetrate a hooker with a fistful of Franklins...



In other news, an anecdote that I can't get out of my head:  In my last game in the Stug, I was hiding in cover, minding my own business when one of our scouts lit up an enemy Wespe.  Moving away from me.  Uphill.  Blooped a 105 HE round into his open cuppola and, well, Easiest.  Kill.  Evah.  Strange how this game works out sometimes.  It's a lot like golf -- even when you have a shitty game, there's always that one shot that brings you back...

[C.C.R.]

The 105mm (OK, 10.5cm, whatever) in the Hetzer was Teh Awesome.  That was the rig where I got my only Top Gun, which was a game in Ruinberg where I just couldn't miss -- The Enemy was particularily inept that evening, blundering into the muzzle flash of my wholesome, HE'y goodness & shit.  Good Times...

[DGuller]

Did I say that I really love my IS-4?  In my 59 games with it, I got 9 Steel Walls.  My armor is my cover. 

[DGuller]

Damn, I faced about 8 tanks by myself on one level, although I had some support from the hill nearby.  It took them 29 hits to kill my IS-4, and those were mostly from tier 8 and 9, and I nearly made it if it weren't for the last Type 59 that survived.  Got 2100 XP from that battle and a Confederate.

[DGuller]

SU-152 with a 122 mm gun really rocks.  Same gun as the IS, but more accurate with nearly double the firing rate.

[C.C.R.]

I almost had my first "YOU ARE TEH FUKKN NOOB" spazz attack just now.  Arctic Region in my Jagdpanther, bunch of Tier V medium chickenshits left me out alone on the left to die.  Have the 88/L71, but no upgraded suspension or armor, so I was fucked.  By the time that I realized that they were leaving me out to dry it was too late to back up.  Oh, well.  I didn't stick around to see how that chickenshit Sherman fared against that T29...

:p

[C.C.R.]

Is the 10.5/L52 worth my time in my Jagdpanther, or should I just save the creds?

[Berkut]

Not only is it worth your time, it is pretty much the entire fucking point of the JagdPanther.

[C.C.R.]

Alrighty then.  I had just heard conflicting opinions & thought that I would ask somebody a little more, well, friendly...

[katmai]

So you came to Languish? smooth move hoss