World of Tanks is a team-based massively multiplayer online action game dedicated to armored warfare. Throw yourself into the epic tank battles of World War II with other steel cowboys all over the world. Your arsenal includes more than 150 armored vehicles from America, Germany, and the Soviet Union, carefully detailed with historical accuracy.
A flexible system of authentic vehicle upgrade and development allows you to try any of the vehicles and weapons in the game. Whether you prefer to exhaust your foes with fast and maneuverable light tanks, make deep breaches in enemy lines with all-purpose medium tanks, use the force of giant tanks to eliminate opposing armored forces, or become a heavy sniper with long-range howitzers, each unit type has its own advantages and can be extremely effective when operated by a true tank ace.
But being a great tank commander alone isn't enough to win! In the World of Tanks, it’s all about teamwork. Victory is achieved by combining your combat skills with those of the other members of your team, each playing their own role on the battlefield. Just add your favorite strategy to build your own iron empire and manifest the indisputable authority of the tank power!
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Dive into intense tank-on-tank combat to enjoy an amazing new battlefield experience with a balance of multiple genres. A unique blend of these "ingredients,” supported by top-notch graphics and stunning audiovisual effects, provides endless challenge and excitement.
Simulator. Authentic models and vehicle characteristics make you feel like a real tank commander taking part in a furious armored offensive.
RPG. Your armored steed isn't just a tin can on tracks - it’s a living, evolving mechanism that should be treated accordingly. Research your available upgrades and modifications to enhance its performance on the battlefield. Action. Take part in joint operations to spot, track, and destroy enemy units and engage in head-to-head duels where your speed and reaction time is as important as in any co-op shooter.
Strategy. There’s only one simple rule to follow - don't be a hero. Rally your comrades to devise a battle plan and assign roles, then move out and defeat your enemy on the field of honor.
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New players jump into battle in less than a minute to take part in short, decisive combat actions designed to ensure fast and action-oriented warfare. As you are thrown onto the battlefield, you must be bold, decisive, and flexible to succeed in the maelstrom of iron and fire.
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Intense battles with up to 60 combat vehicles unfold on enormous and detailed battlefields featuring a variety of terrain from open fields with hills and forests to deserts and industrial zones. The terrain offers a wide scope for tactical decisions from aggressive fast-paced thrusts to elaborate flanking operations and diversionary attacks.
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Out to conquer the world? Then our highly addictive squad-based gameplay is your ultimate goal. Countless new lands and territories let you show off your teamwork - the key to victory. The distribution and timely accomplishment of tasks and objectives within your squad gives you a critical advantage over your disorganized rivals.
Subject: Re: World of Tanks Wed Sep 15, 2010 10:02 am
Ill probaly start playing this as soon as it goes Open Beta. I cba to apply for a Beta key XD
Dama Oscura
Posts : 243 Join date : 2010-04-10
Subject: Re: World of Tanks Wed Sep 15, 2010 10:46 am
World of Tanks began as a cool little tank game on the first day of closed beta ( I was there ), to a "Tigers, Tigers everywhere" fest. It's no longer even fun anymore with people being on the highest ranks of the IS chain. I've even fought people using a Maus. While on a T-46. It wasn't fun.
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Subject: Re: World of Tanks Wed Sep 15, 2010 1:17 pm
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Zaku350
Posts : 835 Join date : 2010-01-18 Age : 29 Location : New Jersey, USA
Subject: Re: World of Tanks Wed Sep 15, 2010 2:13 pm
Dama Oscura wrote:
World of Tanks began as a cool little tank game on the first day of closed beta ( I was there ), to a "Tigers, Tigers everywhere" fest. It's no longer even fun anymore with people being on the highest ranks of the IS chain. I've even fought people using a Maus. While on a T-46. It wasn't fun.
Odd, because you can't get pitted against Tanks that are outlandishly out of your level and or tier. There's a balancer.
Rutabega Moderator
Posts : 851 Join date : 2010-01-18 Age : 31
Subject: Re: World of Tanks Wed Sep 15, 2010 5:20 pm
Oh balls yes, this is quite possibly a dream come true, armored warfare is the epitome of my hobbies. It does however, need to be damn realistic to be for me, which includes how many of each tank are available, no mixing armies, proper ballistics and possibility of 1-3 people per tank, that is, not being able to drive and shoot at the same time, having to switch seats if you're the only person in the tank etc.
Edit: Looks okay. Reminds me more of battlestations midway sort of thing, though Im more in to a red orchestra sort of tank combat, which could be improved.
Dama Oscura
Posts : 243 Join date : 2010-04-10
Subject: Re: World of Tanks Wed Sep 15, 2010 6:43 pm
Zaku350 wrote:
Dama Oscura wrote:
World of Tanks began as a cool little tank game on the first day of closed beta ( I was there ), to a "Tigers, Tigers everywhere" fest. It's no longer even fun anymore with people being on the highest ranks of the IS chain. I've even fought people using a Maus. While on a T-46. It wasn't fun.
Odd, because you can't get pitted against Tanks that are outlandishly out of your level and or tier. There's a balancer.
Nope, there isn't, there's just starter and standard battles. When the game was starting out, it was rare to even see a heavy around. Now, it's at LEAST 4, and no metal bawx shit, no. IS or King Tigers. When a tank begins to replace artillery, you know there's gonna be balancing issues.
The main problem is that most medium tanks are outlandishly weak against heavies, it's almost not worth it if it wasn't for the fact you HAVE to go through that to get to a KV, which is kinda easy to kill because it turns it's turrets incredibly slow. Seriously, the most fun you can have in the game is with a rapegun or with a high tier Nazi antitank using VIP rounds. Not the Hertzer, though, it looks like a dick on threads.
Zaku350
Posts : 835 Join date : 2010-01-18 Age : 29 Location : New Jersey, USA
Subject: Re: World of Tanks Wed Sep 15, 2010 8:02 pm
Well, I enjoy it. And don't suffer from any of those problems. It's not a game that can be balanced spot on, though. While trying to stay realistic. The KV's turret is slow, because in real life, it was slow. Smaller tanks could easily wipe it out, but if it got a chance to fire, it'd blow right through some of the bigger stuff. And the medium tanks are amazing, what are you on about? I use a BT-2 for a good duration of the game, one of the lightest tanks, and easily rake up a few kills.
The game's not even about kills, even, you get just as much points for spotting, playing recon, or even decoy. It's not about your kill to death ratio.
thorogoodd
Posts : 701 Join date : 2010-04-19 Age : 27 Location : London, Ontario
Subject: Re: World of Tanks Wed Sep 15, 2010 8:10 pm
Zaku's Tank.
Dama Oscura
Posts : 243 Join date : 2010-04-10
Subject: Re: World of Tanks Wed Sep 15, 2010 8:42 pm
Zaku350 wrote:
Well, I enjoy it. And don't suffer from any of those problems. It's not a game that can be balanced spot on, though. While trying to stay realistic. The KV's turret is slow, because in real life, it was slow. Smaller tanks could easily wipe it out, but if it got a chance to fire, it'd blow right through some of the bigger stuff. And the medium tanks are amazing, what are you on about? I use a BT-2 for a good duration of the game, one of the lightest tanks, and easily rake up a few kills.
The game's not even about kills, even, you get just as much points for spotting, playing recon, or even decoy. It's not about your kill to death ratio.
Get a higher tier tank and you'll begin hating it. BT-2 is a light tank, you can still do starter battles with it.
Rutabega Moderator
Posts : 851 Join date : 2010-01-18 Age : 31
Subject: Re: World of Tanks Thu Sep 16, 2010 3:12 am
I'd like to point out that historically, while the KV-1 is a good tank in a battle of medium tanks since it's got good enough armor that pretty much all medium tank guns are useless against it and okay firepower it's god awful in terms of heavy tanks in and of themselves. Plus later stage Russian medium tanks could out-perform it in almost all catagories like the T-34/85 and Panther.
I'm gonna stop before I ramble on, Tanks are, like I said before my #1 hobby and if I could play this I would just to see what it's like, nuff said.
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