Tag: World of Tanks

Tank Myths – Russian T-34

~ Sebastianul

For the second Tank Myths article I have decided to talk about some myths on the Russian T-34. It’s considered by many a revolutionary tank and by far the best tank ever built during World War II. My personal opinion is that it was highly overrated and exaggerated.

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Myth #1 – T-34 was the first tank ever to use sloped armour and nothing could penetrate it.

It is widely believed that the T-34 was the first tank ever to use sloped armour. However this is not true, French tanks like SOMUA S35 and R35, which had fully cast hulls and turrets, already had sloped armour. In World War I, sloped armour had been partially implemented by the French on their first tank, the Schneider CA1.

Other countries, like Germany, did some studies on the use of sloped armour before World War II and had several reasons not to use it:

  1. Sloped armour reduces the tank volume, resulting in reduced space for internal modules and crew space.
  2. It limits the gun size, one of the major points against sloped armour.
  3. Sloped armour changes the center of gravity in the tank.

We can correctly say, that it was the first mass produced tank to fully use the advantages of sloped armour, but it’s highly incorrect to say it was the first tank ever to use it.

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Top of the Fail Tree – Update

~ Sebastianul

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Hello everyone,

I have just noticed that Wargaming decided to read the complains about the “Top of the Tree” and changed a few things. If you remember my last post about this, the new Top of the Tree was going to give access, to anyone who voted for the winning tank, a set of special missions. WGEU created a topic in the Official EU Forum and asked for our opinion, and a lot of people complained about how the vote was conducted, and how people were only voting on the already winning tank, because you could see the results even before you voted. Seems they decided to read the complains and they have changed the following:

Important: We have listened to your opinions and suggestions following our reworked Top of the Tree Special announcement earlier this month and decided to make some important changes:
  • We noticed that many of you felt compelled to vote with the majority instead of picking the vehicle you genuinely want to be featured next. That’s why, starting immediately, eligibility for special missions will not depend on your vote in the poll.
  • Moreover, so as not to exclude anyone from enjoying this event to the fullest, we will grant players who have unlocked the vehicle in the past with the access to special missions as well.
Overall, it means that Top of the Tree missions will be available for every player who has the vehicle chosen by Community vote in their garage.

In my opinion, it still is a Top of the Fail Tree but at least anyone who owns the chosen tank will have access to the missions, and not just a chosen few voters. Not a great improvement, but better than nothing. Well done WGEU.

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TBTD – The only Dutch Tank in WWII & The Dutch Defensive Strategy

~ Sebastianul

In Throwback Thursday we’ll look back on some tank (historical) peculiarities. This week we’ll start with the Dutch Renault FT-17 and its fate throughout the war.
The Dutch might not be known for their extensive combat and resistance against the German invaders in May 1940. A little background insight will be given to show why the Dutch army was far from ready when Germany invaded.
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World of Aimbot – Update #3

~ Sebastianul

Seems that all the noise created by the most recent Aimbot video out there, finally made WG EU Staff react. On my previous update, WG Staff replied to me agreeing that the mod is indeed illegal. Now someone else in WG EU Staff agrees that the mod this player was using is illegal, and some WG EU Staff didn’t send the correct information back to the players who reported this situation.


You can check the Official EU Forum Topic if you want to see everything. Also WG EU Staff kindly reminded us that there is an official stance on mods, and players should use common sense to figure out themselves which mods are illegal.

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World of Aimbot – Update #2

~ Sebastianul

Hello everyone,
Wargaming replied to my questions and it seems I got a decent reply this time. If you haven’t read the previous posts, have a look at them:
– World of Aimbot – Update #1
– World of Aimbot
This time I got a more satisfying answer:

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To my understanding, it depends on whom you get to look at your ticket and you will get different feedback from Wargaming. Other players sent me emails with their tickets to Wargaming and one of them got the following:

“This player is using autoaim improved/autoaim+, this mod is capable of aiming this way. Even though this mod can help with aiming, it is not considered a cheat or a illegal mod.“

It seems for someone at Wargaming that this is not Aimbot, it’s just an improved autoaim that does everything for you. But for the guy who replied to me, it’s an illegal mod.

Also, Wargaming has been receiving more and more complains about this issue, and doesn’t seem to be doing much. The problem is that they made it so easy for players to use illegal mods, that now they are getting the “tail back” of doing nothing for a long time. And it’s not improving, they still are trying to do nothing about it, and this will create more problems for the players who play “clean” and are actually good at the game.

I can understand the Wargaming point of view, if you receive thousands of tickets with people just making random accusations, it would make you care less and just not take these reports seriously. On the other hand, what they should do, is investigate these mods and do something about them. Not having an official stand on what mods are illegal or not is not helping the Community or even them.

So my quest is now over, I will not go back to them because it will be pointless. But I will check the player and see if anything has been done.

There is also a great resource on how to get aimbots in the popular game Fortnite. I’ll leave a link to it as well.
Here is the link: https://www.gamevcore.com/how-to-get-aimbot-in-fortnite-on-nintendo-switch/

World of Aimbot – Update #1

~ Sebastianul

As many of you are aware, I have raised a ticket to Wargaming EU Support regarding the Aimbot video that was publishED today. If you haven’t seen the video and read my ticket to Wargaming, check the World of Aimbot post so you don’t miss anything.

I just got a reply back from Wargaming, and was I surprised with the reply? Hmmm…. No. I got the standard reply, that someone sitting on a chair, trying to decide if he should do some work for the day, just made his mind and copied & pasted it to my ticket and pressed send.

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“Stupid is, stupid does.” – Forest Gump

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