Random Tips From a 5200 Hour Ground Player in War Thunder (vol. 2)
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- Опубліковано 10 тра 2024
- I've been playing War Thunder for quite some time... and here's my second video containing tips to improve your effectiveness in Ground Realistic battles.
Hope you enjoy, and if you have any other cheeky tips, hit the comments with em!
00:00 Intro
00:56 Turn off join in progress
01:13 Turn off grass in sight
01:34 Camera from tank gunner sight
02:13 Don't take too much ammo
04:41 Take the right kind of ammo
06:36 Don't shoot through smoke
07:09 Cheeky squad ping through smoke
07:22 Ping the map when you die
07:51 Spawn protection functions
08:21 Uptier or downtier?
09:46 Red breech = dead breech
10:55 Best ways to spend Golden Eagles
14:17 Expert crew qualification
15:57 A bit about gamemodes
18:04 Learn from mistakes using Replays & Customs
18:52 Corner peeking tactics
19:53 Crosshair placement
20:40 fin
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I have a fresh squadron ready for you to join! =rbYT2= 😊
And I made some small mistakes:
The 6.7 heavy tank SP cost in a full uptier is 100 SP not 110 SP (actually not sure if this is true)
Free Ace qualification does not require the crew level.
Also red turret ring does not affect traverse. My bad.
If your cant find the squadron, seach for rbYT2 atleast in my case the = was a problem.
Hey Ryan, question, does crew agility affect the crewman replacing the dead one. Or the dead one? For example I upgrade the agility of the radioman. Does that mean he can get into the gunners seat quicker if my gunner dies? Or do I need to upgrade the agility of the gunner. So his limber corpse can be chucked out of the way faster by the radioman replacing him?
@@Deuce_and_a_half Actually the agility skills for individual members contribute to a "global" skill for that crew slot, if that makes sense. Basically increasing any agility skill makes any crew replacement faster no matter who it is. Same with Field Repair.
And the tank destroyer spawn in a max downtier is 130sp @ryanberry
@@ryanberry_ Oh right, very helpful, thanks a million :)
British and French players staring at the ammo section like it's witchcraft.
I'm a brit main and when Im deciding how much ammo to bring I usually add another 25 to 35 percent more ammo than I think I need
And tiger players ammo max 1 and 2s
I play France gotta say i carry the amount the auto loader says and never more than that lmao
Its quite hard sometimes, especially in churchills where the ammo is exposed, but you have reasonable armor are a pop gun so ya have to weigh up the risk vs rewards. Sometimes I've brought 20 shells and still been ammoracked. But i also remember one awesome time where i basically did a tank version of rorke's drift in a Churchill 7, firing like 60+ rounds down range and scoring 13 knockouts Just camped the objective to keep rearming me :P
Why them specificly? I mean these are german main habits
Small note about the ammo types, whereas APFSDS usually is the superior choise, there are some vehicles where due to low calibre and spall you might be actually better off using HEATFS. Such as for example the M41D
That is a good note. But imo it's personal preference. I still use the APFSDS as my main shell on M41D and even Type 69 😂
@@ryanberry_ yeah that is perfectly valid! For some reason the Type 69 APFSDS absolutely slaps for me, but the M41D just let me down one too many times lmao
Can't belive you guys are playing the M41D voluntarily 😂
Totaly didnt whale my way past the M41D :p
M41d made me suffer😂
Underrated tip that I don't hear mentioned a lot. Make sure the slots you use to grind aircraft in air battles corresponds to the slot you use for CAS in ground battles!
Not just that, but additionally I try to assign the same type of vehicle (light, medium&heavy tank, SPAA, aircraft) to each slot consistently in all BRs so the crew skills fit the best always (I still have only a few slots where the crew is on very high level everywhere where it matters).
I use slots for vehicle types so that I don't have to pay for training when I change the lineup.
I moved few planes from slots, they were max level (75) and i had over 45.000 points so i maxed naval crews.
My lineup is 5 slots first slot for light tanks, second fpr mediums, third for heavy&tank destroyers, 4th for spaas and 5 for aircrafts, with the aircrafts I assign all of them to the same slot so I don't waste SL in multiple crew training. I apply this in all tech trees and it saves you some SL.
@@gabrielhenrique3547 I farm crew xp points with premiums on air arcade battles around 5.0-6.0 br to maximize profit and crew rp per hour because top tier no one plays arcade battles and you'll get stuck in a 3-5mins queue.
Small tip, you dont have to open the map itself, you can just simply hold down Alt and mark on the small minimap in the bottom right
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was looking for someone to say this, this is a worthwhile tip man, has saved me many seconds and allowed me to see people that would only have been visible for the time the menu was open.
That is true! I personally don't use it though because my map button is 2nd nature at this point. And also the main map is much larger and therefore more accurate to ping with.
@@ryanberry_ you can make the mini map like 166% larger so you can still ping accurately.
@@swoosh13 I have my minimap at max size, the main map is still at least twice as large. To each their own!
from a 5800 hour player, i highly recommend tank sim around the mid-high BRs (5.7-8.7). There's certain lineups (7.7-ish w/ maus, 8.0 ish with Strv 103, etc.) where some vehicles that are hard to enjoy in RB really shine. The Strv 103 for example is amazing at sniping, since you practically only face BR412D and such (APHEBC and such) which really struggle to pen Strv103. Combined with a LR, 4 second autoloaded reload it's really forgiving and a blast to play. Maus too has a similar situation, where your armour actually works really well and can easily juggle multiple enemies since sim matches are usually a lot smaller than RB.
TLDR: Play SIM ground more! You can basically guarantee yourself a full downtier if you pick from the higher BR vehicles of a certain bracket!
I fucking love ground sim but I just can't stand the queue times man. And it has some cancerous rules too like being able to spawn CAS early. I wish it was more accessible and balanced, but yeah, sim rules
@@ryanberry_ the only thing i dislike about their "sim" mode is ww2 tanks STILL facing 1954 E.B.R.s :'D
@@Schimml0rd bruh that sim bracket is so fucked, the 54 EBR is literally evil against the tanks it faces 💀💀
A tip on the ammo stowage in leopard 2 variants. If you bring 16 shells, there won’t be any ammo in the body. There’s space for 15 shells in the turret and 1 in the barrel when you start a game!
and in the semovente m41m go full ammo. yeah. like that td only has 8 shels😂
On battle maps it is more beneficial to defend and counter attack then to attack. Simply taking good spot and waiting for enemy team to overextend will most of the time get you easier win then going into enemy that does exactly that.
I fully agree, just had a match (even though we still lost) where i managed to get 21 kills just defending our cap (each team had one cap) a few days ago.
Doesn't work all the time, if the enemy has some brain cells they will flank and demolish you.
This is bad if you're going for activity percent at all for any reason.
Can be said about any gamemode though
For people wanting to know how many rounds to bring for different tanks, the War Thunder Wiki is a great source of information. It gives a picture for every tank showing which racks are emptied first, and whether the rounds disappear one-by-one, or in groups.
I think the most important takeaway is: He has over 5200 hours and yet somewhat lower level crews. This is one of the most p2w mechanics in this game. F2P crew leveling is somewhat super slow.
I play every nation equally so that's why. I don't have a single vehicle with 1000 battles and only have 2 with over 1000 ground kills. But yeah, it's also slow to level and single points in some skills get really expensive
It wasn't meant as an insult ;).
I think I have twice your playtime and I also play everything incl. Naval except for Israel. I think I only have one tank crew on 150 and that's my German spaa crew slot. I have quite some aircrews on max level 75 and some naval crews on max. 100. Btw. Crew levels much faster in arcade, I actually earned easy over 40k crew points back in the day when helis were introduced (arcade mode) and I grinded full us heli tree with the ah1g (got a random talisman) and you could farm bases with hydras.
Also crew points can be earned in naval as example but allocated to a tank crew as long as it is the same crew slot. Naval arcade is very easy for events and the earned crew points can be used for a tank crew as well.
Maybe you can include that in your next vid ;)
averaging 80 crew level isnt somewhat low lmao what are you smoking
Might be worth mentioning how important sound settings are, I've played on and off since 2012/13 and only recently got a decent headset and turn down most sound effects, apart from enemy engine noise. It feels like a massive advantage to knowing where your enemy is in any close quarter engagements.
Yes, this!!! I have Headphones with excellent Surround Sound and it is a HUGE advantage imo.
After some time you're also able to distinguish the engine sounds and get an idea of what country the enemy rank is from, so you can already mentally prepare yourself to aim for weak spots.
I touched on sound in my previous tips video, and I definitely agree
@@ryanberry_ Oh nice one, I must have missed that, my bad!
@@ryanberry_ thanks for the efforts!
@@_al1k_ What are the headphones?
A good practice to get into is not slamming on the breaks when you see an enemy, especially if they see you. When using german tanks like the panther or tiger they have excellent suspension. You can roll the tank by tapping the forward key repeatedly to keep the tank moving at a constant 9-14 mph speed. With a targeting maxed out you basically have a effective stabilizer. And if you miss you just floor it and run to cover, most people struggle going through a panthers turret when it’s moving
I can’t tell if the German tanks having excellent suspension part is sarcasm or not.
@@IMP_ROM it’s not, in a tank like the T34 this method is incredibly unreliable because of how unstable it is. But in a panther going 10 mph it’s gun is almost completely smooth even with light bumps
A quick tip for lower tier matches - you can use the distance to cap points which is displayed on screen as a "measuring stick" to better gauge sight distances. Especially if the enemy is on the cap.
The map grid can also give you rough estimations of how far away people are
To add to your point about HEAT not going through objects. This is a much bigger hindrance than it initially sounds like. Also, not all objects in Warthunder are created equal so while you're doing mental calculations on if this bush will detonate your round or not, your target has lead down range already. It happens more than youd think.
This right here is the bane of my existence 😭
You can also tell its a full uptier by the nuke plane when playing at 5.7 or 8.3. It'll appear at 6.7 and change to a higher tier one at 9.3
Very common for me which I use a t-44 at 6.3 and can tell just by that
At 6.7, u get the b29 or tu4, at 8.0 (or 8.3 I don't remember) u get crambera or IL 28 I think, and in 9.something ull get the top-tier jet
@@DatBoi_TheGudBIASi know for a fact you get the jaguar on Sweden and Germany if im not mistaken
@@xlgapelsin6173 jaguar for nato countries, some random jet for non nato countriee
You should make a video specifically on situations where two tanks know each other are around a corner, and how to win that engagement. Such as baiting with your track then pivoting and shooting them, or popping smoke and using third person to see when your barrel moves and fire. As well as just side scraping to hopefully bait a shot that won't pen.
Best one is still ESS If you have one.
Side scraping has been the most effective way for me so far.
Let's pause for a moment and appreciate the level of realism and complexity of this incredible game
We cant deny that crew vitality is such a trolly and drastically (especially on soviet crew and german crews since they are either the most spread out or most cramped crews) important mechanic as well especially when aced, it lets the crews tank up so much damage especially from British apds or low tnt equivalent APHE from the post pen damage, at least that what i noticed and i been playing since late 2013s but thanks for making this guides, i am showing to my beginner friends cuz they cant stop asking me questions about the game while i am trying to sweat carry them in rb tank battles lol
Yes, crew skills are a more complex choice for me than suggested here. Generally I rate field repair much lower than vitality. And it also depends on the type of vehicle, in case of light vehicles (light tank, AA) I usually do not spend the experience on this as higher priority because if the opposition hits me than usually I won't be able to escape, so in this case vitality is even more important because if I survived the first shot somehow because of higher vitality then I have a better chance to return fire. This is especially valid for SPAAs. In case of medium and heavy tanks however I invest more into the repair skill, but still less than into vitality.
Additionally I try to assign the same type of vehicle to each slot consistently in all BRs so the crew skills fit the best always (I still have only a few slots where the crew is on very high level everwhere where it matters).
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Here is a chart for the BR costs which might help you if you don't know all of them specifically, the reference BR will be a vehicle that is 6.7 like he used
Light tanks/Medium tanks (they share the same spawn point cost)
150 SP: Maximum BR is 6.7
130 SP: Maximum BR is 7.0
120 SP: Maximum BR is 7.3
100 SP: Maximum BR is 7.7
Heavy tanks
160 SP: Maximum BR is 6.7
140 SP: Maximum BR is 7.0
130 SP: Maximum BR is 7.3
110 SP: Maximum BR is 7.7
Tank destroyers:
130 SP: Maximum BR is 6.7
110 SP: Maximum BR is 7.0
100 SP: Maximum BR is 7.3
90 SP: Maximum BR is 7.7
SPAA
110 SP: Maximum BR is 6.7
100 SP: Maximum BR is 7.0
90 SP: Maximum BR is 7.3
70 SP: Maximum BR is 7.7
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Is this still accurate?
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Important thing for people to think about in my opinion is what your first vehicle is in a match, do you wanna rush objective, creep the edges of the map, flank enemies or be that one guy everyone loves that spawns in SPAA to counter uptier helicopter players.
Seeing what map you're playing and which vehicle is best suited for the first push can make such a difference.
I always see my whole team spawn in T80BVMs and instantly die cuz they rush in vs a team of leopards, I'd rather flank around the side in a 2S25M using its mobility and spotting to gain a strong upper hand at the start.
Another tip would be looking at the enemy teams nations to know what you can expect to face.
This will also influence which vehicle you pick and how you want to move around the battlefield. Vs USA you really want to flank as their front is really strong, Germany aim for lower front hull or ammo etc.
Hope these help some people
i liked the uptier/downtier section a lot as i knew you could kinda tell based on the spawn point cost but didn't know the exact values. it's good to know that 80% of my matches are a full uptier and only like 10% are any sort of downtier
It helps a lot with setting expectations lol
This also very heavily depends on the br you are playing. Some br’s, such as 5.7, 6.7 and 2.7 are far more prone to uptiers, while 3.3, 6.3, etc are far more commonly downtiered. Keep this in mind as well.
@@jan_direction8146 The nation matters too, most BRs for Russia, you get uptiered and face higher tier tanks with better ammo and armour which forces you to play a certain way, kind of dry and boring IMO if its every match, if it was 30% of matches that I had to sweat to succeed that would be fine but I often will just instantly vaporise to APDSFS in tanks that don't even get to have HEAT and have armour plating half as thick as the APDSFS penetration values, also angling in many russian vehicles feels pointless, the hull almost always gets penetrated even from huge angles like 75+ degrees.
It really depends on what nation and BR you are playing. French 7.3 .7.7 gets downtiered a lot in my experience
Hey, great vid as always. Could you consider making content about your approach to maps and positioning? Such as specific routes that give good results or spots that are great for sniping?
Eventually I will do map videos
@@ryanberry_ definitely second this. I've been an off and on player for years now and have always struggled with map positioning because of that. When I find the right spots I do well, but most of the time it's luck not skill or map IQ.
On a side note, glad I found your channel, been loving your videos! I also got one of my friends back into WT recently and being able to point to your videos to help explain important concepts to my friend, has been invaluable to getting him to a competitive playing level!
Another good tip would be to not put a tank with higher BR in your lineup if you don't have anything that could back it up effectively. I've seen a lot of people playing their Tigers first only to get knocked out 3 minutes into match and taking a Pz III.
It may sound like too much work because you need to spade few vehicles but Arcade mode is very good for that.
3 things:
Your videos seem to be getting better and better ❤
"Targeting quality" effects dispersion similar to the "adjustment of fire" mod in addition to what you already said about traverse
I will be joining your discord, your squadron and I will personally harass you through said mediums because you seem like a pretty chill dude.
Building upon the third person camera:
If you have Track IR, you can extend your camera even FURTHER BEYOND the boundaries of the normal mouse aim, by abusing 3-axis movement. You can literally exploit up to TWICE the normal camera height and TWICE the length of your camera by enabling TrackIR in ground battles.
ooooo very fancy
Track wut?
@@DatBoi_TheGudBIAS TrackIR is a head tracking device+software that translates head movement into camera movements. Widely used in Flight/Space Simulations.
I'm at like 2k hours and this series does have some things I didn't know, and I'm really happy I found your videos!
I have been playing ground forces since release, and this video definitely explains things well. Thank you for informing all the new players!
Love it when you drop these videos. I’ll have try some of these out this weekend
Great video and solid tips, I hope your channel grows soon!
About tickets
I don't know exact numbers but there are cases when you have the point and tickets bleed for the enemy team but if the enemy captures the point your team's tickets can vanish pretty quickly especially when the match is taking a long time. Don't know the details but it's rather true
I could have expanded on that a bit more. Tickets bleed faster when there 3 or less active players on one team
ill add 2 things:
1- in an older video from gaijin, the chance of blowing up enemy ammo was based on the kinetic energy of the round(im assuming they meant only the non aphe or chemical shells), so pretty much the more energy a round can carry till it reaches the ammo, the bigger the chance to detonate it.
2- Ive been testing for a while and it seems that HE and HEAT are interchangeable when we are talking about open top vehicles. some heat shots at non vital spots on open top tanks are killing the crew(killed some m10s some days ago by hitting the back corner of the tank with HEAT)
Yeah HEAT can definitely do the same job as HE and HESH. It just depends on the explosive mass. Even APHE/APCBC with enough filler can perform the same role assuming it fuses on what you hit.
@@ryanberry_ the best tip i can give is: make the fun you want to have. Forget the grind, let it be consequence of you having fun. Im personally playing with gunner sights and using historical sights while playing ww2 tanks. Its harder to play, you gotta compensate some of them cuz the sight and the gun aint aligned horizontally but its fun. Playing a Tiger for example, entering gunner sight and seeing that distance dial instead of that bland default sight is amazing.
Yes if aviable take HEAT an not HE so if your facing amor your have at least the cange to penetrate like on German Tanks 12mm He vs 80/110mm Heat.
@@ttonin33 Plus the German HEAT round for the 88mm has more explosive, which factors into overpressure.
What can i say as a tournament player, its also very useful to learn how to ahoot through the smoke from the third sight, you can also say about this method.
Hell yeah dude! Thanks for this
VERY, VERY helpful for new players! Thank you for educating them... I, even though I'm not the best player, have gotten good over the years. Unfortunately, I never had videos like this to watch, so I learned these tricks over a few years.
Very nice video Ryan! I've already forwarded it to my friends and I can't wait to link it to people the next time when they accuse someone for "cheating". Btw, absolutely love the thumbnail! :)
Absolute legend. Thanks for the tips
learned few tricks here, i really appreciate the time and effort you put on these videos so that we learn something.
Also, it will be great if you can share some recommended map routes, one thing i know for sure is that experienced good players goes to different route than the majority of teammates, which if you follow them its brawl situation, but good players always knows where to go so that they can shoot the enemies side or back where they dont expect. Like the Turm III video you posted on the Vietnam map.
Thx for this video I was really waiting for this
thanks for the tips, Ryan!
The thing with ammo in my mind is that in most tanks, if i am hit in the ammo, i would have died anyways.
Therefore i take more ammo than people think I should and i do just fine
Yeah this is my thinking as well. Carrying what you need versus the minimal ammo load definitely does increase your chances of dying to a one shot, but its not enough of a difference for me to create a possibility of running out of ammo when I'm doing well and be forced to run for the nearest friendly cap zone like a headless chicken!
I basically aim to keep the ammo supply to the ready rack and the secondary ready rack, where possible.
It's personal preference for sure. I would still recommend taking the minimum amount of ammo you need to get the job done. Whatever's comfortable for you!
That's a very specialized thing, though. Some tanks have god-awful ammo stowage like the tiger, where you need to lower your ammo or you'll become a firecracker from the slightest breeze.
@@PdPete11795 I like to live dangerously, so I will with each match in that tank- lower the amount of shells i carry by 1. Once I run out of ammo, I add one shell the next time i spawn. If I run out again, I get one more, But don't remove any. By the time i've found that "perfect number", i've been killed enough times with no ammo in the rack or moved on to a new tank.
I do this to an extent, I look at the ammo racks and proceed from there. On the 20lber Cents I believe in full ammo because that rack will have ammo if you have 9 rounds or all of them. Pattons just suck for ammo placement, and the M41A1 I take enough to fill everything but the big front rack. Meanwhile W Sherman’s I just take full ammo because you have a fast reload and it’s all in a block on the floor
I loved this video!!! New sub bro
good stuff man, relatively new, not too much sinkable time. Made it to 3.3 and think I'll keep it at that.
I'm thankful to the youtube gods for finding another smaller WT creator.
glad to see youre using this wonderful sight for the abrams
Great video! I recently started playing WT, am running T3 tanks atm, around 4-5BR - having fun !
Great video!
YO thx for the video, I have around 1000+ hours and the qualifications part blew my mind as a F2P, sadly I cant do anything about the crew level other than keep grinding so yeah, nice video and keep up the good content!
easily the best tips video i have ever watched, i kinda suck at war thunder and this did really teach me about some mistakes i commonly make.
I was wondering if it was going to be a low tips quality video but after hearing this beatiful voice i knew i needed to finish the video
Thank you soooo much for making this vid. I swear I stopped enjoying the game for like a month, watching this vid made me just have an epiphany and look at my gameplay releasing that Im just not thinking right
one thing I recently found out that has been helpful for reviewing replays. In the settings there's an option that can make the replays rewind-able in increments of something like 10 20 30 60 90 or so on seconds. I find my self rewinding the replay to see it from many angles and perspectives to get an idea of how or why you got killed or sometimes you wanna save and record a replay in say OBS of something funny or epic you yourself pulled off.
I just started War Thunder, these videos are golden!
As someone who just started a few days ago. I hope to see more content from you. Subbed🔥
oh boi are you in for a ride
@@Schimml0rd I’m so ready for it but dang it’s overwhelming sometimes with so much stuff lol.
Really appreciate your tips videos. I didn't even know I could get Ace crew without paying GE!
this was great info even for arcade battles thanks
Dude you are my hero
Grass off chancing my life
Some people call me crazy for doing it, but playing with the actual gunner sight is so much more fun and rewarding to me.
Absolutely bro, that's why I love ground sim so much. Shame that gamemode is in such a shit state.
My reason for suggesting this in the video is only because I've seen some people struggling by having it on without knowing. But it is also personal preference
@@ryanberry_Oh yeah I understand completely. I just love that 'realism' experience.
You’re crazy 🤣
1,2k hours in, learned someting new. Thx dude
Really cool video. I sent this to my friend that I'm helping learn the game and it really helped them. Thanks for this!!
also, a video suggestion - you should try out the AMX-40, if you have it. it's really fun.
I actually finally bought and spaded the AMX-32 recently and plan to buy the 40 soon as well. Should be a nice upgrade in terms of mobility. Sad to lose that degree of gun depression though
how did the AMX-32 grind go? it was torturous for me lol, i was so happy when I finally got onto the AMX-40
the AMX-40 is really fun, and much better than the AMX-32 in practically every way; probably one of the most fun vehicles to play in the game imo. i just wish that composite armour was a little bit more useful, and that it had the same gun depression lol (though i've rarely ever had any issues with it).
@@hellohelloington9442 I honestly enjoyed the 32, sure it's a bit slow but it's quite survivable with taking only first stage ammo. And the 20mm is very funni for shooting barrels and lights. Much better spaded of course
@@ryanberry_ fair enough. i have it spaded, but it's always second choice for me. the loss of mobility just makes it sort of unbearable for me, but that might just be because i'm playing it wrong, because i sort of treat it like it's the AMX-40 now that I have it. maybe i should pay more attention to these tip videos and see how i do, lol
For ammo storage look at the wiki page on the vehicle, most tanks have diagrams of where ammo will be stored depending on how much ammo you have!
thats what i needed as a 200 hour begginer. Thanks.
your the best!!! thx!!!
thanks man
good vid
Not me spending around a thousand hours without that centered camera setting off and thinking everybody just aimed slightly left or right depending on where the optics were compared to the tank's barrel 😊
Depending on the map and the location you want to get to asap, you can obscure yourself by placing an artillery strike between the path where you will be visible/vulnerable for couple seconds and path where the enemies can kill you from. Dropping an artillery creates an effective enough smoke cloud that obscures enemy vision, giving you a better chance to get to your desired location.
Damn @ryanberry_, thanks for the highlight!
The thumbnail is 10/10🔥
Also, additional interesting fact: Only 2 tanks in the game have FORCED gunner view regardless of your options. Shturm S and Krizhantema. For some reason, these 2 tanks are the only ones with sight out of the gunner sight and not the ATGM. Despite every other ATGM tank having sight out of the ATGM.. , such as IT1, wiesel, atd
Thank you soo much for this tutorial for dummies. it rly helped
With regard to crosshair placement I tend to use C a lot. Similar to in aircraft, keep your gun/nose up and pointing in a useful direction (usually at a corner) while you look holding the gun in place with the C key
Thanks for the tips man. I have 1000hrs ingame and I didnt know the coner pushing trick... maybe thats why am so bad at pushing corners...😅 alwys looking for ways to improve my gameplay and not be a burden to my team.
If your interested I have a suggestion: tips on how to use custom sights their pros and cons and how to use them in game
Great basic guide. Well put together.
Thanks buddy 👍
1. If you buy a low/mid-tier premium, you can get extra mileage out of it by using it to grind crew skills in multiple slots by assigning it to each slot in turn.
2. Turn off auto-repair by unticking the wrench checkbox at the right side of your lineup box in the hanger. If you want to keep using a lineup with damaged vehicles you will get a one-click prompt to repair them all when you try to queue again, which adds less than a second to the time you need to do so. In the meantime you get free SL for the time it takes you to load back into the hanger, review the post-match card, assign RP, buy modules, &c. If you have it off when you ragequit/stop playing, the hours or days until the next time you play will reduce the repair cost when you do come back.
That's especially useful when you're starting out, where every SL counts and free repair times are short. With three lineups of 4-5 vehicles each, you can rotate between lineups and virtually never pay for repairs. Even into late WWII/early Cold War where repair times are a couple days, if you play 6-7 nations with lineups of 7-8 vehicles you can vary which ones you play each day and still barely ever pay for repairs.
3. Even if you intend to play Realistic (as you should), don't neglect Arcade as a training tool/for early grinding. Low-tier tanks are well-suited to chaining lots of kills, and low-tier vehicles have such meager rewards that getting 10 kills in Arcade is more rewarding than 2-3 in Realistic. It's also very useful for learning common routes and positions because of how the spotting system lets you keep track of the enemy team almost as well as your own, so you get a better idea of where to look and be wary of without needing to get shot first. Most of this knowledge carries over into RB.
AB is also very useful for learning how to aim low-velocity guns and SPAA. Howitzers and similar tend to be annoying to learn due to the high arc and long reload most are burdened with, so you can use the extra AB reticle to get an idea for how high to elevate for a given distance based purely on visuals instead of needing to use the rangefinder function or minimap. This is true for all guns, but it's most noticeable for these.
It's great for training with SPAA because of the constant flow of targets due to AB ground support mechanics, the relatively low threat of those aircraft because of semi-random loadouts and limited access to bombs, and the leading crosshair. It's much easier to get a feel for how to lead targets with each AA weapon when you're not guessing based on how the tracers fall while being strafed and bombed by five sky cancer mains with meta setups.
What if I just enjoy arcade more than realistic?
One of the things that helped me to play is the range finder and the ability to assign your crew to adapt your optics at said range coming from arcade that is the only thing you need to know to hit your shots
I just wanna add, the ammo racks can be looked up at the wiki site as well. They usually have a picture, and proper numbers saying which ammo racks empties at how many rounds.
Thanks u I've learned a lot!
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A ryan video a today, keeps my mental health up hurray
Note: in my experience even a light orange barrel is dead, missing even in point blank, never worked
Great tips video, subscribed. Ever considered of doing one of this kind for air rb as well? I will love to learn about crew skills for planes as well.
I don't play air RB at all unfortunately. I find it extremely boring and depressing lol
@@ryanberry_ we are on the same boat, i only play ground and mostly AB, but i wanted to expand on some others gamemode but that's it
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Thanks for the ammo amount tip i didn't know i could test drive and get the xray
Dang! This is a really fcking solid Video!
I did not expect to learn as much as i did. Keep up the great work, Love it!!
Thank you!! This is sooo helpful!! Hopefully I can unlearn my shitty habbits.
The crosshair placement part I think yeah its useful to be looking at each corner you pass but the reason people are typically aim a little lower is to avoid the obstruction that the crosshair has. Its a lot of clutter to have over your area of interest and can make it tougher to spot someone if you have that giant double crosshair passing over. I think keeping it just below the horizon is ideal. Another benefit is that it allows you to take flick shots as opposed to tracking shots which is what more people are comfortable doing. Same way in games like cod people who snipe will be looking near a target and only flick over them once they are ready to take a shot.
The Gunner Sight Option Just Blew My Mind, You Don't Know the Struggle I Was Having After Coming Back After a Few Years and Got Thrown Into High BR Ground RB Because of Friends.
I often get 2-4 kills when the enemy pushes into spawn and the match is lost. The best vehicles for that scenario for me has been Begleit and Gepard due to the RoF to benefit the most from the limited spawn protection.
Felt called out by the "tank gunner's sight" tip but in my defense I'm starting to get into Sim after 3k hours, and getting used to the gunner perspective in AB or RB is helping.
Damn those hours reminds me of my golden years of Counter Strike Global Offensive 😂 DMG LE CLASS 🫡
Nice Video ! Very helpful for new players . Give us old players some of Ur map knowledge and Juicy map positionings next time ;-) .
for weak spots, generally it’s turret cheeks, turret ring, or some variation based on vehicles. specific tanks will have specific spots as well, like the somua oscillating turret neck
about Crewskills, rangefinding is also a pretty good thing, helped me out a lot, might only helps in 2 out of 10 matches but it gives u 1-2 kills or more in these matches.
Usually only for new players, veterans get to remember the ranges and dont need it
15:52 this actually isn't true, if you manage to grind the free Ace crew, then you don't actually need the required crew level to claim it. That only applies to outright buying it with GE.
When loading into a full uptier, you can hit escape then 'back to hangar' to leave the game and play a different lineup!
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Here's a few others:
1. Entrenching can be useful, not always but it can be useful in some situations where you're able to take advantage of a spot without much opposition. You'll rarely see this in combat but it does exist!
2. Some vehicles, notably the Type 90 and Type 10/TKX tanks as well as I believe the KPZ-70/MBT-70, have Hydraulic Suspension, this is very rarely taken advantage of but can be used for a variety of things such as better line of sight, tricking the enemy into shooting somewhere they expect and missing or having their shell get eaten by your turret's ERA and internal protection. Additionally, you can force your tank to prioritize height on one track to either force an enemy to miss a shot or partially negate an incline that you're shooting with your tank horizontally on.
3. Some snowy maps have artificial snow that exists on top of the real collision box. You can tell if you can shoot through it by using binoculars or mouse aim in third person to get a potential shot off. This artificial snow also doesn't appear in Ultra-Low (and possibly Low) Quality settings.
Always bring HE on tanks that don’t have good weapons to take out lightly armored vehicles, cuz it will often automatically overpressure it, I do it all the time against m18s, m10s and m36s
Puma one tapping American TDs be like 😩
I've always understood agility as replacing knocked out crew members, so upgrading it on driver/gunner seems like the opposite of what u want to do considering they're never moving. If ur driver or gunner is alive they are at the driver or gunner spot. Radio operator/commander seems like the best to upgrade because they're the crew that moves. I could be totally wrong but that's the way I've understood it.
Hear hear! I was checking the comments to see if anyone else had already pointed out that little tidbit.
Logically it would make sense to me that the driver's "position" is what the skill is tied to and not the actual driver as a crew member. However that is also countered by the fact that a replaced driver has a base driving skill and can barely shift.
Still though I upgrade skills as shown in the video and idk, seems to work as I expect. Might need to bust this myth a bit
@@ryanberry_ Sounds very much like we either need someone to test the theory in a custom match and/or get confirmation from The Snail. Seems it could go either way and without proof, it remains theoretical from our perspective.
What I've been told is that the agility skill actually just counts the points of every crew member for the whole tank. but upgrading is much weaker. Kind of like how Field repair works.
I was also told it counts crew members who aren't even in the tank! so if you're driving something with a Radio operator. But the crew has agility points in that slot. It'll still boost you for that match
@@bobbobson5647 Assertions such as these beg the question, told by whom? I am not disputing that what you assert as it could very well be true.
Camera from tank gunner sight and bushes are fun :P
Tip: if your ammo count is a multiple of 5-10 add 1 extra round (I.e. if you have 20 or 25 rounds make it 21 or 26) because that extra round will be in your cannon breach instead of having 20 rounds where the 20th round will be in the breach so you will have 19 in your ammo rack
yes, for most tanks yes, but there are some minor mistakes on some tanks that have this bugged and you have visually 26 in storage, despite actually having 25 + 1 in the breech. (and i dont mean tanks where multiple rounds are grouped into one stack)
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Great video overall, you brought up some important stuff without going in to way too much detail.
02:15 - It's worth pointing out most ground vehicle's wiki page details a useful reduced ammo load to avoid filling the turret/hull/whatever under the Ammunition Racks subheading. Click 'Information' after right-clicking a vehicle and go learn some things!
15:50 - I thought the crew level was only required if you buy the Ace qualification with GE, but doesn't apply if you earned it with RP
18:00 - I thought you could also win Battle mode by re-capturing your team's point for an instant win, regardless of tickets
Yeah the Wiki is nice of course, but like I said in the video, I feel like discovering things on your own, using the provided tools, is a better way to retain what you learn. Everyone is different tho
You definitely don't win Battle by recapping your own zone. I recap it semi-often and it just counts as a capture and nothing happens.
For new players, since most recent patch, spawn protection either lasts 20 seconds, or 30 meters distance traveled from the point of spawning. It will also mark people that shoot at you while spawn protection is active. This in theory gives you 2-3 free shots on spawn. Use them.