Starting to struggle in wt, is there anything I can do to not?

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Welcome to higher BR’s. Things will only get more expensive as you climb the ranks (otherwise people would be at rank VIII in a couple weeks in some cases)

The playstyles change drastically as you change BR’s. Now (with the Hellcat especially), you arent meant to go toe to toe with other armor… the M18 really doesnt have armor. You should use its mobility to flex and support on the battlefield (and spot targets). Frontal engagements (especially against heavies) dont pan out well for it without knowing exact weakspots to hit on whatever you are shooting at (unless it is another lightly armored vehicle).

Planes are a whole other breed entirely. Go into ARB at 1.0 and just tinker and learn. You wont jump straight into aircraft and excel unless you are exceptionally gifted and it comes natural, or the other team is so inept that they just fly into your shots willingly. I get my butt handed to me in ARB when I used to do well in it. I went to Sim battles for a bit and god knows I cant fly RB now unless I go back and relearn all of the techniques since it is a different playstyle (much like tanks compared to air).

Angling is only really viable in some vehicles (looking at heavies especially)… even then, once you enter the realm of HEAT / HEATFS / APFSDS it means little to nothing.

That is 100% of your angling problem right now. None of those (except the M4 if you are lucky) are going to do anything while angled…

TLDR: Play as if you have no armor… being seen = dead (which most of your lineup isnt designed to take a hit anyway outside of the M4, which will only bounce poor shots or rounds with just shy of the required pen… which experienced players will still one shot because of the gun port. Another thing to consider, it isnt a race to higher BR’s. Get comfortable with the tanks you use. Use them until you know them like the back of your hand then move up. With a few exceptions, you will still be able to use some from your old lineups (especially the Hellcat) as you climb, and you will be able to wreck higher BR vehicles with it because you will know how to make the tank work for you.

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Without money WT will cease to exist - make sure you are REALLY happy not helping it survive.

The more tech trees and types of vehicle you play, the more you can use free repairs to minimise expenditure - when you ground troops are all damaged you can go play air or naval, or a different nation while they repair.

not getting seen is your best defence against dying, so possibly learning to hide and use binoculars to find targets?

You have a fairly light lineup so even more emphasis on my previous point - don’t get seen!

Also consider making more crew slots - the fist few for SL are reasonably cheap.

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There is no “magic solution”…i am a bit ahead (i have some 7.0+ lineups) and i also noticed everything became much harder…
The other players are better (on average) and everything costs more…so it takes longer.
I simply “accepted” vehicles take longer to research and i actually started taking more time to learn the vehicles, since i now have to use them longer…
I also went back and started unlocking cammos…it is a reason to player lower BRs and it is actually fun.
Also…you can play other nations…and take them to 6.0 as well…

I know this is NOT what you were asking…but freemium game models imply an increasing cost to progress…
You can buy premium to increase rewards…but sooner or later you will run into a similar issue…and it costs money :)
People also say getting better…(more kills less deaths) will make a big difference AND IT REALLY DOES (i can see it on games i do well)…but i personally reached my “skill limit”…so i don’t do so well on most games…

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One thing I wanted to point out is that angling is mostly a tank specific strategy. Some of the Shermans benefit slightly from angling but not enough to be concerned about it most of the time, because their armor is already designed to be angled from the front based off of placement. Also, if you angle some tanks like the M4A1 Sherman, then you will actually make it easier to pen you from the front so you don’t want to angle that tank at all.

Tanks like the reserve tier Stuarts and the 3.7 Chafee are light tanks and don’t really benefit from angling at all. Trying to angle them will not increase your armor enough to matter and will just be one more thing to keep track of.

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Ok, so after all the tips I did get better, although i do need a bit more practise.

In a nutshell, here’s what i do now:

  1. start off with an assault ground arcade because it can help me get a booster and i rarely loose money from it, rather i gain. (i use my “5.3” (quoted as i play realistic, real one is 6.0))
  2. Play in a 4.0 lineup, only including the m10 gmc, chaffee and m4a2. Despite the m4a2 not being spaded and not even having the M62(?) shell, i can take out one person before getting destroyed.
    • Before you ask, YES i flank with my chaffee, and YES it’s sucessful.
  3. If i become more confident, i could try going in only the m18? Idk.

If you have any tips or tricks, tell me! I am happy to change this as listening to you all did help me play better :)

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Additionally, if anyone is wondering, this is how much more silver lions i got after 2 DAYS of playing, not weeks, DAYS!

For some context, i started out with ~12k (stated in first message(?))
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Although quick question, seeing how the m40 was earlier called “better as an anti tank”, which ammo should i use for it? I can never seem to pen anything, so it could be my aim.

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target the sides of tanks dont go head on against tiger2 /panthers tiger H you can pen the sides of the flat part of the frontal armor

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Alright, but which ammo should i use? (Mk2, Default, etc)

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for the tanks not the spaa although that spaa is actually mounted on a vietnam era tank hull so you have neutral steering that you can use to your advantage (also m41 is the tank that the hull is from)

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So, should i use any ammo?

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use aphe for tanks, for the spaa I honestly its only really good against light and sometimes medium tanks (from the side)

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Alright, thank you!

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To add don’t use apcr it’s borderline useless

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honestly APCR isn’t that bad (in my experience)

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Update: I just got the research for the M6A1 Complete! Should I:

A. Buy it but dont use it.
B. Buy it and use it.
C. Buy it to get the T1E1
D. None of the above

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C t1e1 is much better and can actually reverse at a excellent speed, also go for the m41 once it get its apfsds it can one shot tigers from the side

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It’s kinda dookie compared to the Shermans, cause the armour shape means you can’t angle it, and it still has weak armour pointed straight. A huge silhouette and pretty slow aswell. It’s like a glass cannon except with a very average cannon.

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Hey,
i would call myself a top player and one of my most beloved Deck is my T20 deck, so i played USA 5.7-6.3 a shit ton.

There is in general not real other advice then to “learn to play”. You say u get 0-1 kills per battle? Thats worse then a bot would do.

Yes the economie of the game is kinda trash, especially wihtout premium tanks and prem acc, but ofc it gets better when you perfom better, what a surprise…

But i can give you a quick rundown on your tanks, maybe that helps already.

M18, Fast, good flanker, killable by 50cal and is an absolute glass cannon, to perfom in it you need to know the maps, need to know where to go and where not to go. Not easy for beginners i guess.

M4s, Medioce mobility, bad reverse, up to 26kmh stabilised gun, okayish penetration. To perform you need to use your gun stabilisation, keep away from potential situation where u need to reverse and u need to know where you can pen the enemy and u can not affort to do a non penetration or misshot. Also barely enough armor to withstand 20mm fire, any tank gun will pen you 99% of the time, so dont get shot.
Also not so easy for beginners i would guess.

M36 Slugger, Good mobility, good gun, good reverse, killable by 50cal but better then m18.
Same issues as M18 but has a gun that has enough pen to kill every tank more reliable then the 76mm.
Also not easy for beginners i guess but better thanks to the gun.

The real and biggest impact u will have if you play with others together, let them explain you the basics, learn from them, the game is way to complex to find out everythink on your own. Also learn the enemy tanks, how fast they are, how much armor they have, how much reload, gun depression and so on… the more knowledge u have of the enemy the more you can use that to your advantage.

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I made some progress at 6.0; starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel!

I quickly went back to 6.0 to see if all my work made a difference, and yes - it did!

Just this game, i got 10k silver lions! (totally not because i scouted everything, got a lucky kill and took over a zone ;)

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I would like to thank EVERYONE now; I finally became not dogwater at 6.0!

I get 5k - 15k a game, which is more than i did when i re-entered 4.0, got actually good with my tanks AND even got balancer once!

Seeing how I gained skill, i probably will be closing this post if i can (idk if i can or how to if i can)

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