Russia has a great line up so hang in there and keep watching other players to pick up on tactics. Also map knowledge is huge so experience will help a lot. Also know Ground RB is plagued by illegal mods so you’ll get better at spotting that also.
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Maybe try France? At BR 4.0 you get the AMX 13 FL-11, while its gun is not stable (must stop to shoot) it’s a good scout and it often survives the first shot. After this you get the EBR and a powerful ARL-44 tank with fat shells that are deadly at close range. Plus the armour is better than most vehicles that I play (officially ARL-44 is a tank destroyer, ranked BR 5.3).
We need more spaa players in the game. I’ve experimented with spaa from about 6 different nations and I try all the different ammo types. Italy has an atrocious spaa (M42 Contraereo) but I found that Perforante mod.35 is possibly the best ammo for that vehicle. It shoots planes very effectively. So I experiment a lot with different ammo. Bosvark is my favourite spaa… sometimes the “red” ammos work better than “blue”… I don’t know why but the incendiary sometimes works better, especially when planes are flying straight at me.
I’m glad that you enjoy playing spaa. By using spaa, you slow down the enemy team and ruin their strategy. Great fun! They never expect it and there are many bad CAS players at Rank II and Rank III.
Honestly I agree that the lineup is great but they I don’t think they are my type of vehicles. I tried playing the Pz IV H and was doing quite well in it. I was getting on average 1-2 kills per life in it with only a few times with 0 kills. It felt great to play and I feel like Germany may be my type of nation for tanks. Researching the VK 3002 right now and currently enjoying my lineup unlike my Russian lineup. Seems like I might just stick with Germany as they also have really cool tanks like the marder’s , gerard’s, and tiger 2’s.
Well, use your senses, hearing and sight obviously, but use your 6th sense, if you think that an enemy is sitting behind a corner don’t peak it, avoid it.
Troll, the guy is asking for help and you crap on him.
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Dude hit me up in game and I’ll play with you. Don’t stress.
I’ll only be online again on sunday though EU window :)
I do attempt to do that however, I will say that my 6th sense always thinks there is someone around a certain corner and then a teammate pushes it and it’s just fine and no one is there. Most of the time I can use that 6th sense.
My problem is sight. I wear a gaming headset so I need not worry about hearing as it gives me an ungodly amount of situational awareness in CQC. However, with sight, I have a really hard time. For example, Berlin and Karmelia(I think that’s what it is called? It’s the one forest map.) Every single time I get Karmelia, I really think just about leaving the match. I can’t see anything on that map and it doesn’t help when people cover their tank with bushes to prevent me from seeing them or hitting their weak spots. Also happens when people decide to sit in a bunch of trees the entire game on maps and I have trouble seeing them as well.
Berlin isn’t as bad as the movement of tanks stands out a lot compared to the still greyness of it but it is still hard.
I love maps like Sinai and Finland for that reason. Tanks stand out so much compared to the vast open desert or bright snow and their camos don’t usually help that much in those maps. It’s so nice to see your enemy on that map instead of blindly looking around hoping someone appears in your vision.
Unfortunately I will not be able to log on sunday due to some stuff I have going on that day. Thanks for your offer though. :)
No stress man, I’m usually around anyways. So if you ever feel like it (not obligated) just dm me :)
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He simply has to get better, that’s all. Its pointless to complain that someone else has simply put more effort to the game and therefore is better at it. I know what truth really hurts you (based on squadron you are in) but whenever you like it or not there is always a better player somewhere and the struggle is simply a part of the process.
Yeah life is hard and then you die. I learned that in the real military. But at the end of the day this is a video game, and if you act like a dick in a video game what does that make you in real life? And the ‘hard truth’ is the people in my squadron are really good people and we accept and welcome new players; and no matter how good you are, we don’t want you if you are a dick. It’s being a team player that counts.
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Playing Russia - the Bias code nation - and still struggling? I’m very amused, but I’ll still offer some tips.
Map knowledge and positioning are extremely important. Try to learn the maps.
YouTube and the internet are your friends in regards to knowledge of maps and modes.
Protection analysis isn’t perfect, but it gives you knowledge aswell in regards to weak spots and where your loaded shells can pen.
Practicing your rangefinding is a huge deal, I recommend practicing it.
SPAA. Vital part of a line-up. Keep it with you and practice.
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Now that’s good advice 8)
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@ICrayonEatr You’ve got this youtube channel that presents tactics for winning on most maps.
Videos in English or French, in GAB or GRB.
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4.7-5.3 is where the game starts to get sweaty with tryhards and heavily undertiered German tanks, consider dropping back to 3.3ish with the early T-34s and KV-1s (you really have to know what you’re doing to make any progress with the T-34-85s). Or consider grinding some other nations up to rank 2 like U.S and Germany and getting more experience in WT maps with the Shermans with decent armour and vertical stabiliser/Panzer IVs with the powerful long 75mm (also undertiered but whos counting, Panzer IVG is 3.3 while Chi Nu II is 4.3 lmao).
Also don’t sleep on reserve tier arcade, it’s stupid fun, arcade earns more crew points (very valuable when starting out), it’s cheap to throw talismans on reserve vehicles and the games spotting will help you out a little more until you get the hang of scouting around with binoculars.
The Early T-34s and 11.0+ is where Russia is good, the rest of the tech tree is incredibly mid to poor regardless of the immense amount of cope you will find from people saying the tree is godly because they reverse into battle with a Panther D or continuously shoot the Upper Frontal Plate of a T-72B in their brand new XM-1. Unless you switch to UK, France, Japan or maybe Italy you won’t be making things harder for yourself.
Oh I get it. When I started I only played German and was very happy racking up kills with the F 2. That said, there are so many great vehicles to play at some point start working on the other trees. The M24 and the M18 are great fun on the American side. The French AMX 13, EBR and SA50 are great (though the EBR and SA50 have had their BRs jacked so they are not what they were). The Brit Cromwells can be fun too you just have to play knowing you have the worst back up gear in the game. Anyway, good luck and have fun!
Unfortunately due to the fact that I will never be playing 11.0 as I’m not a fan of top tier, I am going to start researching Rank 3 and 4 Germany. I already have the Tiger H1 (this thing is busted when it’s angled), Panther D(haven’t played it in a match where anything really has happened so i’m not sure), and the VK 3002(Sometimes I do well in it, other times I do quite badly in it.) I also have the Hetzer and Ostwind in my lineup and will be researching the Ostwind 2 soon. Germany has more to offer to me than Russia, so I will be sticking with them for the forseeable future.
I will say that yes, while they are indeed the bias nation, their tanks don’t fit my playstyle.
I’m going to make a bit of a comparison here, but take the BF 109 F4. One of the best planes in the game at a BR of 4.0. It outmatches almost everything on the battlefield. It is super easy to do well in, however, I do not. This is because this plane isn’t my playstyle. Yes, it may be good in the hands of other pilots, but not in mine because I simply don’t like how you play it.
And then you look at the Etendard, a 9.0 jet that is very hated by most of the people who flew it due to its very restrictive play style. However, this is my favorite plane in the game and I do exceptionally well in it. Even though it isn’t a great plane, it fits my play style perfectly which means I do better in it.
This is the same way I feel about Russian and German tanks. The Russians are like the 109. Great tanks, but I hate their play style. The Germans are like the Etendard. Only difference being that the Germans are actually very good and fit my play style perfectly.
It sounds like to me you climbed the tech tree a little bit too fast.
Try start with learning the vehicles, your own and potential enemies. Study their pros and cons and try to utilize your pros against their cons. e.g. use your armor against smaller guns and use your speed to flank heavy targets. Learn how to position yourself when you have to be exposed to enemy line-of-sight to maximize your armor efficiency and minimize the risk. Shoot enemy weekpoints like ammo rack and crew members, if you are not confident in one-shot your enemy, it’s always safe to disable their armament by shooting their breach or barrel.
Learn the maps and make use of the enviroment. Hide behind a building or rock for cover when you feel in danger. Try to anticipate enemy movement and set up ambush or flanking. Cover your teammates and make it a team effort. Follow your own pace to engage the enemy.
There are also many tutorial videos on YouTube doing a much better job than Gaijin did. I highly recommend every player to watch some of those as even veterans may learn something new.
I hope you can get the hang of it soon, and see you on the battlefield! O7
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I recommend https://www.youtube.com/@McKonggaming for new players, this guy barely gets any views, but his map knowledge is good, and he replies to comments.
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