Fair enough. AB is totally doable. I just prefer RB at this BR due to the fact that you can actually sneak around without the auto spot system ruining your flank lol. I forget the round name but you want to be rocking your APHE with the biggest explosive mass. its listed in the stat card for the ammo
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Guess i forgot the main tip…DONT PLAY HIGH tiers until you are ready for it…
At higher tiers combat is faster, ranges are longer and most importantly…enemies are MUCH better.
Play low tiers until you understand what is happening…and move slower from there…
I am guessing that most opponents of your King Tigers can see and shoot you farther away than you can see them…at those tiers you need to scout the field BEFORE moving…and spot the enemy with binos or gunsights…
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I can’t see half the enemies when the auto spot is “off”/“doormant”. It seems like it cycles on and off?
I figured working my way up from the bottom would help that, but apparently I’m kinda slow
Also, I found my stats on Statshark. Good Lord that was depressing . Ironically enough, my naval RB stats were worse than my ground AB stats. Maybe because I last longer in a boat, but I’m also currently struggling with cruisers.
Light tanks in the German tree are the most rare things i’ve seen lol
Probably for good reason. It’s quick but useless, otherwise.
Well, I played tonight for the first time in a while, maybe 3 months.
Yeah, I just suck at this. Longest time alive in 3 matches was 1:40. There ain’t any getting better if you can’t stay alive. I hit an enemy 4 times with a Jagdtiger, might as well had a BB gun. One shot, directly through the front sends me back to the hangar.
I mean obviously with 3 month pause you wont do well on your first game. I returned to ground after taking 3 month break and felt like i launched WT for the first time when it came to map awarness.
With what and where?
Id be surprised if 128mm APHE didnt gave you express ticket to hangar.
Blockquote Id be surprised if 128mm APHE didnt gave you express ticket to hangar.
Well, I have news. It didn’t send my opponent anywhere. I was using the Jagdtiger
I got killed 30 seconds into a match.
Through a boulder.
This is absolute horse shit.
On the other hand, I never could - and still can’t - play arcade. I cannot figure out how I am supposed to fight without surprise attacks, effective sniping, ambushes, etc. I only played Air Arcade, then I discovered Ground Realistic. I was immediately hooked. I consider it to be the electronic version of Hide and Seek.
While in Arcade you are permanently spotted wherever you go, and there is no way whatsoever to hide, in RB you can. You can jump out at people. If you hide well, then they don’t see you. Simple as that. The only thing I see worthwhile in Arcade is training your reflexes to react to someone charging you.
Now I am not saying that arcade is not fun for some people, or worthwhile. HOWEVER: It may actually be far easier to use realistic.
Regarding the spawn points cost, it might - might - be worth it for you to play RB, even though the limited-spawns-per-battle is very limiting. If you play RB, you might have an edge on your enemies, if only by ambush. It is valid tactics to set up somewhere on the front line and just let them come to you. Granted, it is boring, but it could work. Additionally, that playstyle is very close indeed to how German tanks are supposed to be played. If you want me to I can underline some things I try to think about and implement, but if not then all good. Finally, I don’t know if you have tried this or not, but try watching some pros play, and learn from them! Youtube taught me to play this game. Litterally.
playing arcade is the worst thing if you want to get better,
Sometimes people would rather accept that the hardest part of learning how to succeed in War Thunder is losing. Speaking from experience I remember bum-rushing people and objectives un-knowingly driving right into someone either with their engine off, or holding an angle I didn’t even know existed. The hardest part of the game isn’t the grind, its learning how to make the grind more efficient
Trust me, if you aren’t learning a new angle, new spot, or a different way to play your vehicle every time you play War Thunder your wasting your time. Ask me how I know.
“Sometimes people would rather accept that the hardest part of learning how to succeed in War Thunder is losing.”
Not sure if that was in combat to what I was saying or agreement, but I definitely agree…
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I would also say;
Given that you are playing tiger 2s, Arcade doesn’t sound like a good idea. I tried it a bit, and for some reason armour doesn’t seem to count. That renders things like tiger 2s useless.
I feel like playing arcade is just making things harder for yourself, its essentially training you to play a very specific way, and expect specific things to happen, so when you eventually get tired of slow progress and swap to RB, it feels like everything changes.
Well I have exactly zero useful experience with the game mode, so it’s not for me to judge. However, it is more fun for me in GRB
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and more productive
Blockquotefor some reason armour doesn’t seem to count. That renders things like tiger 2s useless
You’re exactly right. I’m one shot by almost everything. The turret, to the side of the barrel, is cardboard. It also doesn’t help I’m fighting stuff developed in the 80s, but that’s a different issue.
Fair enough. One thing I will say is that in Realistic, the armour is far more noticeable. You will still get one shot in the turret cheek, but that’s what happens to Tigers in my experience.
This is a guide my TheCodMineMan, talking about the Tiger 2 in GRB.