Oh my god guys I just had the most hilarious match ever, you have to check this out
We get to end of the match and it's just me and a crusader and on the enemy team is a KV-1S and a T1 heavy
I really don't want to spoil it so please watch the replay:
Le video
Hopefully the URL works...
I'd really like to make it into a video as well to put on Youtube because I think this is just amazing, I starting saving replays in general now, deleting the unmemorable ones.

Har har, that was a great game, "the little crusader that could".
To be honest, I expected to see poor gameplay from you, but you surprised me first with having the correct gun for the KV-1 and then you didn't do even half the beginner mistakes I thought you would! And you were damn lucky VS the Dicker Maxes they should have penetrated much more.

GG

OMG thank you <3
It means a lot to know I did well, I'm doing a lot better with the KV-1 and the U-11 is just plain fun
The rush against the Dicker's was just plain luck, but I suppose since they were mostly shooting at my front on a downward slope I had an advantage
But that chase with the VK 3601 was just painful

If you do have any helpful hints or things that I'm not utilising properly I would be happy to hear them.

I'm merrily on my way to the Cromwell.
The Covenanter is a ♥♥♥♥ beast, by the way.

Well, im talking with a buddy of mine (hes addicted to WoT) and he said that a Artillery is the most expensive tank in WoT, but also one of the mightiest. I forgot the name, anyone knows it? Its a T-92 or something...

Actually the T-92 is fairly cheap being as it's only tier 8 compared to the tier 10s
T-92: 3,545,000
Any tier 10: 6,100,000

Artillery, even with the recent repair price increase, is probably still one of the best money makers short of a premium tank up to tier 5. At tier 6 everything tends to go down hill sharply for artillery.

Though technically speaking the BDR G18 is the best non premo money maker.

Tier 5 vehicles are really good at making money.

The T-92 can be a beast - but they are not more expensive (EXP wise) then Tier 2 to Tier 10 Heavy - it's the same. Credit-wise they are cheaper.

And yeah, Tier 5 artys (OMgHUMMEL<3<3) are quite good for making credits.



If the Crommie get to be top tier - you should win.



Angle yo hull, unless you are in a IS tank. Also get 1-2 gold(for credits) shells, you might not use them every battle, but the 122mm can murder high tiers with gold.

Also you can often hold the right mouse button and see if you can aim on an enemy without stopping (red outline) then way you won't lose speed for no reson.

So I'm not supposed to use the 85mm for the KV?

Nooooo. Although it's not bad, it's not as good as the 122mm. See it like this:
KV-1 meets many low armored tanks, your 61penetration (160 pen with HEAT, bring 2-5 of them) of the 122mm will often get through the armour and might one-shot them, you do have slow-ish reload, so aim. The 85 will most likely penetrate but you'll have to hit the target ~3-4 times, but you fire fast enough to neglate aiming.

It's a matter of taste I guess, smart-aggresive style : 122mm for sure. Defensive-second line-sniper (there are no sniper tanks btw, no not even TD's they should get up and ambush.) : 85mm

Some TDs are better at sniping than others, though. The first two turreted yankee TDs, M8A1 and T49 iirc, are pretty damn good snipers with a fast reload and accurate cannons.
Also, they have ♥♥♥♥ for armour.

Also the M8A1 has god awful turret traverse speed. HE rounds from the last gun on it can generally do 80% typically on similar tiered vehicles.

I'm more of a brawler I guess. Explains all of my early deaths.

I feel like the 57mm on the T-34 is good enough to snipe with, really.