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[bluephoenix]

I'm pretty terribad at the tank portion. And the matchmaking is hilariously bad, even for beta. Starter T-26 against a group of Panzer IV's? Yeah, that's an inducement to keep playing....

It's got potential but I think I'll stick to the skies.

Those Pz4s only have 30 mms of armor and a very weak gun.

If you want to see unbalance, try playing with the early PZ4s or any other tier 1 german tank, you will have to face T50s and T34s which you can not even penetrate with your 43mm pen gun.
Other than that, at tier 2 the game becomes incredibly fun, especially when you play the simulator battles, which don't place big markers over the enemy tanks.

[Zrk2]

When facing German tanks just aim for the view slits. A >45mm cannon will punch through the armour on pretty much any german tank. The Sturmgeshitstuffen or whatevers love to charge right up close and blow people away, but you can kill them easily if you let them charge, then shoot at the window to the right of their turret. 1 APHE shell to that window = 1 kill

[intense]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jICMXz8_rAg

[TheBronzePickle]

The balance gets a lot better in the mid-to-late game. Everyone has long guns and can kill each other effectively at range, versus the early game where the Russians have a massive advantage and the early-mid game where the Germans first get long guns and get revenge on the Russians.

[Aseaheru]

I fucking hate bad network connections...

In other news, hello!


And why is the topic title "casual"? Theres fucking sim battles.

[Anvilfolk]

Because nobody plays the sim battles and everyone is in arcade mode, or in another similarly non-realistic mode

[Comp112]

You know, the worst thing about this game to me is the constant complaining by the players. GF releases, and its just constant whining. Before that, people constantly complaining about planes. At least, on the WT subreddit.

It drives me insane.

[bluephoenix]

Because nobody plays the sim battles and everyone is in arcade mode, or in another similarly non-realistic mode

I only play the sim mode and a lot of other people do too, I barely have to wait a minute for a battle.

[10ebbor10]

The forums are the same, you know.

[Aklyon]

Well the GF complaints aren't exactly unsupportable. Starting as the german tanks is basically a waste of time until you get to have revenge on the russians later.

[Anvilfolk]

Because nobody plays the sim battles and everyone is in arcade mode, or in another similarly non-realistic mode

I only play the sim mode and a lot of other people do too, I barely have to wait a minute for a battle.

That's actually good to know. Back when I was trying it, it was basically 5+ minutes! Is this the full-realism/most realistic mode? They changed the names at some point and I get confused

[TheBronzePickle]

Tank sim is a lot more popular than plane sim. For one, it's actually playable for most people, and the fact you can only see enemies on the minimap means there's a lot more opportunity for sneaking around, which is extremely fun. It's also challenging, but not overwhelming, because you actually have to learn how to aim your gun yourself, which is thankfully not that hard. Just because you shoot first doesn't mean you hit first, and that goes both ways.

[Aseaheru]

Anyone able to play about now and want to get a squad up?

[Anvilfolk]

There's actually a Bay12 squad. Someone from here created it, and I did end up flying a little bit with a few fellow B12ers

If you're really into realism, I'd still put in a good word for IL-2 1946 and it's massively persistent online campaigns with organised squadrons and another good word for Cliffs of Dover's insane realism and 100 players in a single server in european timezones

[Aseaheru]

Allready got a squad, so that sucks.