Hey Odd, I had the same thought of using the Achilles to try and deal with the Russians. Like you I discovered it was fairly lackluster. From what I've heard it sounds like the problem is that most tanks don't have volumetric armor. So lots of armor models incorrectly have overlapping armor in pixel width lines. When shells were pixel sized ,the odds of hitting said spot was quite low, but now that shells have volume it is very likely to hit one of those spots. One glaring example is the Pz 4s front plate, it went from being easy to pen with a 104 mm pen Sherman gun to being quite tricky because you'll hit some BS pixel. The T-34s and KVs definitely benefited the most however. I don't have much hope that any of it will get fixed, because Gaijin would need to invest the money to remodel most tanks armor. And we know that isn't a thing they would do.
" invest the money to remodel most tanks armor. " they allready remodeled them... for example T-34 driver hatch was a weak spot when they introduced tanks in this game. M3 Stuart was able to pen that hatch and that stuff under the barrel of T-34/76 that bounced Odds shot was also easy to pen... Not to mention how they added magical amortization to T-34, before the best option was to make a shot in move and then stop as T-34 was rocking back and fortg almost as long as Italian tank destroyer on low tier so you would be almost able to finish reload of new shell in that time.
Even before the change, when I used capped 17 pounder ammo in test drive and shot at the Panther, it never penetrated the front plate. In the armor analysis, of course, it says it should go through no problem. Game is just F'ed up.
Few people know that the T-34 usually had to stop to fire so that the turret would not fall off. Additionally, the hatch in the front fuselage jammed on average after a week and the crew climbed in through the turret. In addition, a direct hit, taken on this hatch, caused it to fall inside and tear off the driver's head and legs of the loader and the gunner.
Hey odd I have a story from the other day it was me in a church 3 and a random church 1 and us vs 2 kvs and i got 1 and critted the other but he got me then out came the backup church 3 and we won that heavy tank engagement took up the whole match
ok guys was it just me or when Odd called for help did that whole team start charging forward ? I just thought that was kinda cool. I mean that was like an action movie big moment right there.
Really wish you could do missile convergance on planes. So wasteful to have to yeet 1 of your missiles whenever you go for tanks. (I know some planes fire 1 after the other)
Something very satisfying about achieving a one shot with AP. It's different than APHE or darts. Something so nice about the feeling of your shell just plowing through the entire enemy tank and crew. You know you earned that kill.
You're my favourite Warthunder youtuber now and have helped take away my anxiety I get from playing this game. Do KV-1C next! since everyone is playing 4.0 KV-1, the german one absolutely stomps them.
Well ... I've been playing WT since 2012, reading guides, flying attack planes and trying to hit anything with those damn rockets and nothing. Even my Polish stubbornness and willingness to mad sacrifice are not helping. Meanwhile, some crazy Scotsman, hits what he wants and when he wants and also says that he already has boomer eyesight. All Scots have that? Because in Poland we only say that the Scots invented copper wire when two of them argued about a penny;)
I've been playing this all weekend. Another thing why it's better than the M10 is that the MG has a higher pitch up like the M24. I key it to fire independently of the turret speed and have shot a few planes down, then reset it to go back into place.
I remember when the kv1E was in the russian tech tree I even unlocked and spaded it but it disappeared some years back and it honestly makes me mad it was my favorite kv1 to us
IMHO I think that Gaijin made the Russian tanks unstoppable to kind of celebrate the Russian "Tanker Day" they had recently. They will probably set things back to the way they were shortly with the next adjustment. I hope I'm right...I really do...
I'm pretty much done with WT. High tier hasn't been fun for a while. Now, they are messing with low and mid tier. The volumetric change isn't necessarily bad (in fact, I think it is a good change to make it more realistic), but gaijin just doesn't to the full job to balance out the gameplay. You know end up with whole teams of whatever meta is overpowered because everyone plays whatever dominates the BR. Everything is now just a struggle and it sucks the joy out of the game. Only fun I get out of the game now is watching Odd or some others play.
Gaijin: New volumetric shels Me who just decided to start grinding german tech tree: "cries volumetric tears" Everything is just bouncing off of KV-1 .... even wehen i am up close and aim for that little triangle on the side of the turet with flat 75mm of armor (if iam not mistaken)
Dear Od Gaijin could just say , Idk implement a similar thing to warzone but Instead of number of players on a team you would have presets for a 3 vehicle slot battle. Or 1 vehicles slot battle. Alternatively you would say have battles that have a cap limit . So you would have 3 spawns max and take away the mechanic for respawn points . This solution adds a new game mode , and solves a really stupid problem. This allows newbs to have way more leniency and keeps players in the game. Another thing is the spawn camping , this is my idea for gaijin , make it that certain types of tanks spawn at different spots in the map , so light tanks forward , medium in the middle and heavy/td In the back . Also if the enemy team moves forward then just push back the map position. Therefore take away the cap zones and it will be a tug of war , new mode that would bleed tickets from time in a zone.
Please oddballz!!! M36 with F4U-4B??? Trust me it’s a good line up and you can even bring in the easy 8 if you want! Just please! Stop the torture!!! D:
I am trying to grind the Pizza line but these shell changes have made the grind a terrible experience now. Ricochet of russians constantly while getting one shot in the process. Can't beat them then join them I guess. Last night a couple of time there was nothing in the matchmaking other than %100 Russians 😳 probably the most Russian Bias update in the history of this game to the point %90+ of matchmaking is nothing but Russians now😂😂
When i heard the second song (God save the queen) I immediately thought, hey that's America (My Country Tis of Thee) and then I hit the link in the description and remembered the song is an american version of God Save the Queen.
When I started playing I really wasn’t fond of the Achilles or M10 but after a lot of playing and learning the game I love these tonks especially the Achilles.
Man I wish world of tanks blitz had critical one hit locations like war thunder. I mean if you smoke the ammo or engine it should kill it one shot. Not do a pile of damage like it normally does.
