Here I am, logging in for the first time with the new patch, get Sinai for Assault Ground Arcade. Hm, looks quite different…ok, heading for my preferred position behind the rocks in B4/5, just north of the reload circle - and they’re gone. Removed. I have no idea why, and my attempt to load a custom match with Sands of Sinai to look around for a replacement position doesn’t help because about 1/3 of the Assault map (which is only about 6% of SoS to begin with) is outside of the boundaries, so I have no time to scout it, look around, make a decision.
It took me a while to actually notice the B4/5 spot - before that I hated Sinai in every BR bracket, after that I could stomach it up to 5.7-6.3. The higher ones are basically masochist-only, I did those a few times while gearing up the Tiger II (H) and Leopard 1, but in the upper three brackets it’s just pain without any fun.
Now I’m actually missing the filter function that’s available for PvP but not assault - I can’t unselect maps I don’t feel like playing, so it’s a nine-minute penalty every time I bail out because either the map or the gameplay there thanks to toxic players stinks to high heaven. My record so far is Sinai five times in a row, so that was 45 minutes of either enforced downtime or a turkey shoot for the bots.
Since the bots can and will hit me through the tiniest gap between buildings and in some cases even through windows, I would have to do something my brain isn’t wired for (maybe others are, but mine isn’t) - I need to keep track of every single bot tank in relation to my position and building/alley gaps, which I can’t. This isn’t fun, I certainly don’t play games for this sort of thing.
It’s unlikely that my request will be granted, but please either undo the changes or include the map filter functionality for Assault or put the rocks back in B4/5.
I agree - it happend like I’m afraid of when I have read the intended map-changes for that update. Always the same…why, dear Gaijin developers, put you efforts in changing (mostly: “worsening”) long existing maps?
Do you have no other - more important - things to do? Like correcting (also long existing) bugs for example?
No… introducing new one seems to be much better… :-(
E. g. : did some try after this update to drive with your (full-tracked!) tank on rocky ground? No? Try it… its like on the frozen lakes in some winter maps… Why? The last 10 yrs it was no problem… but now.
If you play assaults for boosters only, I recommend you do it at BR 2.3 in ground and in BR 3.7 in air. The enemies have weak armor, easily one shot, planes are slow and your base has tons of HP on every possible map.
My total PvP time in tanks so far was 2:21 hours, according to the profile. On the other hand I played so much Assault that I’m rank 92, have researched every single vehicle in the German tree, my six tank crews are all at level 142, I have 52 million SL, 201 universal and 176 tank backups. Let’s just say “a lot”.
I’m not what is called a “wehraboo”, but have no interest in tanks from other countries. Not saying they’re bad or German ones are better, it’s just that I have no wish to play them. I may or may not start doing more PvP at some point, haven’t decided yet, but over the 15 months I’ve been doing this I did notice that Assault is a bit of a stepchild. Quite limited choice of six maps to begin with, introducing bugs such as stacked tank spawns with the until-this-morning patch (up to 8 kills with a single shot) and no fixing them, and the bot planes are annoying the hell out of me.
It does make matters worse by 1/6 if one of the maps gets messed up for no gain.
Isn’t that somebody who I.) plays only German stuff and II.) thinks it’s better than anything else? While I’m matching the first condition, I’m most certainly not fitting the second.
The new Tank Assault is a nightmare. Just not playable at all. Way too hard.
Unless you got 3 or more abrams with A2 or helicopters with 16 hellfires, you can hardly win a game.
I just have no idea why they make 8.3+ so hard? They want to force people to buy parts using GE?
I gave it two more tries, and have to say that in my opinion this is now a map for masochists or those with the ability to keep track of everything at once. Will not play it for the foreseeable future, which removes one of six assault maps for me, with Maginot being close to becoming another one.
The worst part? I forgot to mention that the assault map part is a spawn point for the large PvP version Sands of Sinai. Anything done there has no effect on the gameplay that I can see, it’s just cosmetic. What exactly was the point of reworking this particular corner?
Why would u buy parts with GE now? Its 2-3 games to get parts on top tier tanks now, and you can field repair now aswell, and then full repair on point or get repaired by ally. There is no need to spend GE for modules anymore.
The only way you’re beating the wehraboo allegations rn is if you’re actually German.
I’m going to miss this tbh, the random tank space launch was funny
On topic though; I don’t find Sinai all that different but my main spot (if I didn’t close the game before it loaded) was somewhere else. The main spawn is still fish in a barrel and one of the enemy spawns which caused a lot of problems now has a ton of rock cover that they now phase through. It would be a huge overall improvement if they dropped Sinai from Assault rotation.
Then I’m saved, I guess, being German from the ground up, born and living in Frankfurt.
As for Sinai, I was hit three times before I noticed that it wasn’t a single tank in front of me, but a succession rolling past a gap hitting me from behind. I have been annoyed by the magic bot shots since I started playing, but these are really ridiculous. It’s like the IS-2s on Kursk hitting you through the scope the moment you come out behind a building at full speed, meaning they fire at a target that’s blocked from sight - and when you do get blown up during an IS-2 wave, despite their loading time there will always be one just waiting for you to get back into position.
Yeah, drop Sinai, replace it with another one. Just give Assault a bit more attention, not introducing bugs with a new major patch, then maybe repair with the next one.
From my observations, the boosters are depending on time and win. If the match is a win for the players, it’s a +300% booster and a universal backup. In case of a loss, duration determines the booster percentage.
The low-level tanks - I don’t understand why there is no threshold for joining. Seeing a Panzer II in a 5,7-6,3 isn’t even ha-ha funny, that’s one wasted player slot. I don’t play squadron stuff because I have no interest in any of those vehicles (including the Leo2 PL), so I can’t say if that gives them more points, but most of the time the low-tier tanks are in squads.
As for grinding upgrades…especially with the Leopard 2 family this wasn’t a lot of fun. Lucky for me that I have all the tanks I really want fully upgraded, even though I mainly play my Cat6 preset (Tiger H/E, Panther D/A/G/F). I have a top-tier preset with Leo 2A4 buyware, 2A4/5/6/7 and a Gepard A2, but haven’t used in a while due to the Leos being ammo-cripples. The extended loading time once the turret bustle is empty makes this a rather unenjoyable experience, and the Gepard A2 has been heavily devalued by the ammo crate stunt.
The achievement section says that I bought 76 tanks, and have 25 fully upgraded.
If they wanted to change the buildings and the textures that is fine, but to remove every spot that you had a chance to hide at to attack the waves incoming… with the elusive ‘speeds’ that these ai tanks suddenly drive on any and all terrain as you struggle has really ruined this completely…
I have noticed that even the icons to which you could replenish your vehicle if you reach it are in the same spots as before so some are missing as well as a few that are now just floating about 30ft above the ground…
The spawn issue for players has even been more apparent with spawning on top of each other at the start… I swear I saw someone spawn inside a building at the start of one.
@Stona_WT Any insight or comment as to if this will be addressed that you know of?