Yeah the 3001P isn't a very good tank, as we've previously discussed, the Tiger P though is a bit of a monster and definitely worth the grind.
Good frontal armour, decent gun with good accuracy and good pen (compared to the Russian guns of the same level which have 175pen the Tiger has 200pen), bit slow and sides and back are fairly weak though.
Been told the VK Ausf A plays a lot like a bigger, upgunned version of the Panzer IV apparently so should be right up your street DSMX.
Right I'm off for five days on holiday so sadly won't be WoTing but then I have an additional 12 days off work after that so will be grinding my ass off to get out of the shitty IS-8 and into the final glorious payoff that is the IS-7.
After that I'll be continuing down the Maus tree and rebuying my Tiger P (sold it for the money to buy the IS-8) and working on that.
I know the Maus isn't considered a great Tier 10 tanks thanks to the new tier 10 guns on other tanks with high pen but...damn it...I just want one.
Got complimented twice today ingame which was nice, first was on my T-34 working in a wolfpack with a Matilda and another T-34, managed to take out a T1HT, PzIII/IV. M3 Lee and all their arty on the Siegfried Line.
Second time was on my IS-8, guy was complaining about the other Tier 9s and half the teas all having apparently low win ratings and efficiency, asked what mine was and he said it was 'pretty good for someone with less thank 4k battles and I had an above average win rating'.
Thankfully didn't manage to dissapoint, taking out 3 tanks, M36 tank Destroyer, Jadtiger and a GwPanther.
Unfortunately we still lost...god knows how but we still lost..
Edit:
Oh just forgot I got accused of cheating today, yay first time ever!
Look it's not my fault that WG really badly designed the El Halluf encounter map and stuck this hugeass rock in the capture circle which provides complete cover from enemy artillery AND requires your tank to be 'flushed out' by other enemies.
Also not my fault that you all charged in pairs or singularly to try to flush me out when that single AMX could have killed me if he'd rushed me before my bodyguard of two Tiger Ps turned up and effectively shielded me behind them (they used their larger bulk to completely cover me so that I couldn't get hit) instead of trying to go up the hill for some reason.
Seriously I thought their AMX would have got there first, I was the fastest tank on my team I know the AMX is quicker than me.
If I see stupid design choices that can be used like that for a win, I'm going to take it.
Edited by Dr_Mech at 02:26:37 29-06-2012
Edited by Dr_Mech at 02:28:09 29-06-2012
Good frontal armour, decent gun with good accuracy and good pen (compared to the Russian guns of the same level which have 175pen the Tiger has 200pen), bit slow and sides and back are fairly weak though.
Been told the VK Ausf A plays a lot like a bigger, upgunned version of the Panzer IV apparently so should be right up your street DSMX.
Right I'm off for five days on holiday so sadly won't be WoTing but then I have an additional 12 days off work after that so will be grinding my ass off to get out of the shitty IS-8 and into the final glorious payoff that is the IS-7.
After that I'll be continuing down the Maus tree and rebuying my Tiger P (sold it for the money to buy the IS-8) and working on that.
I know the Maus isn't considered a great Tier 10 tanks thanks to the new tier 10 guns on other tanks with high pen but...damn it...I just want one.
Got complimented twice today ingame which was nice, first was on my T-34 working in a wolfpack with a Matilda and another T-34, managed to take out a T1HT, PzIII/IV. M3 Lee and all their arty on the Siegfried Line.
Second time was on my IS-8, guy was complaining about the other Tier 9s and half the teas all having apparently low win ratings and efficiency, asked what mine was and he said it was 'pretty good for someone with less thank 4k battles and I had an above average win rating'.
Thankfully didn't manage to dissapoint, taking out 3 tanks, M36 tank Destroyer, Jadtiger and a GwPanther.
Unfortunately we still lost...god knows how but we still lost..
Edit:
Oh just forgot I got accused of cheating today, yay first time ever!
Look it's not my fault that WG really badly designed the El Halluf encounter map and stuck this hugeass rock in the capture circle which provides complete cover from enemy artillery AND requires your tank to be 'flushed out' by other enemies.
Also not my fault that you all charged in pairs or singularly to try to flush me out when that single AMX could have killed me if he'd rushed me before my bodyguard of two Tiger Ps turned up and effectively shielded me behind them (they used their larger bulk to completely cover me so that I couldn't get hit) instead of trying to go up the hill for some reason.
Seriously I thought their AMX would have got there first, I was the fastest tank on my team I know the AMX is quicker than me.
If I see stupid design choices that can be used like that for a win, I'm going to take it.
Edited by Dr_Mech at 02:26:37 29-06-2012
Edited by Dr_Mech at 02:28:09 29-06-2012
