World of Tanks - Free to play Panzer MMO

**Graphic** · 07-20-2011, 07:05

Originally Posted by Sigurd

Not deliberately trying to promote the game, but why? the T-34 is what? tier 5? I have enough credits to buy the PzIV (tier 5) with 75% crew and have earned enough experience to research it without using one ounce of gold.
Some of my latter games got me plenty of experience (around 1000 a game) and if you are lucky you do very well in your first game of the day and get double experience in a what would be high yield game.

The tier 4 PzIII is actually pretty fun tank to play, esp. if you play it like a light tank, sneaking around the flanks and taking out your enemy SPGs. It can save your teams game as the enemy seem to panic when they suddenly realize I am there. They will send a lot of resources trying to take me out which just gives me more experience when I "detect" them. If my team is paying attention they get great intel and can move accordingly and we win.

I will get into the PzIV soon and grind it up to the long 75mm sniper gun, which is also a fun way of playing. The vanilla tanks are what is really boring to play. A fully upgraded tank is rather fun.

"but why?"

I'm not sure what you were asking me.

If its "why did you want the T-34," the long and short of it is that its a cool tank and I like it.

**Sigurd** · 07-20-2011, 07:45

Originally Posted by Graphic

"but why?"

I'm not sure what you were asking me.

If its "why did you want the T-34," the long and short of it is that its a cool tank and I like it.

You said: 'Sadly I can't do it again, especially with no gold'.
I asked why, because there is not much grinding up to a level 5 tank. Getting past that and we can talk again. I got the Hummel by grinding it from a PzIV.
I decided that I found it tedious to grind my way back to a Tiger, so decided I should start another line. A Heavy Soviet line. (I always had problems with the same tiered IS, playing as Tiger I)
I have now a IS with the sweet 122mm and I haven't spent an ounce of Gold yet in this game.

The IS is however problematic due to its rather expensive ammo. I break even or just over in not so good wins. And almost always lose money in games where we are defeated. On a rare occasion when I do brilliantly I can rake in up to 30k, but will fork out about 10k on ammo. That is why I keep the Hummel. I need it to get me into plus money wise.

I think the IS is the very top tank you can have in the Heavy line before needing a premium account.
I want to continue to a IS-3, but then I might have to spend some money on this game. I dread the idea of running around in a stock tank - now that is boring.

Advice for the day, try to research as much as possible if your tank has components that the next tank also uses.
The 100mm that I unlocked with the KV-3 was invaluable for the IS as that had only a 85mm as stock.

**Graphic** · 07-20-2011, 08:42

I can't do it again because light tanks are extremely boring, and increasingly frustrating as you get the higher and higher ones.

I don't require the standard lecture about how I should be scouting instead of trying to get kills, I should move from cover to cover, etc. I'm aware. It's just not fun.

On a related note, I like planes more than tanks, so World of Planes could be great. If they include the Me-262 and stuff like that I wonder how they'd balance it with the prop planes.

**Samurai Waki** · 07-20-2011, 08:55

I'm with Graphic on this one-- After losing my IS-3, I just couldn't bring myself to restart; I played around for a bit, but I'm too impatient to do it all over again.

**Sigurd** · 07-21-2011, 10:11

I wonder how many this is true for.
I know I was upset for losing my King Tiger, and the price for playing the Beta was a semi crappy M4something.
But playing small tanks is not too boring, and you advance pretty fast.

In the games with the PzIII was at the bottom of the list, I positioned myself in a such a way that I could run with full speed into enemy territory.
I didn't go at once but waited maybe 2 min. Then pointed at the mini-map saying I am going here. Pay attention. Objective - revealing as much as possible and staying alive as long as possible. And if I was lucky I would run into an arty or two along the way.