World of Tanks

[Penty]

I've been playing WOT this weekend and it's a blast. Think FPS with WWII tanks and as you gain experience you can move from light tanks on up. It's currently in closed beta. Here is the application:

http://game.worldoftanks.com/registration/cbt/

 

They currently only have the German and Russian tanks enabled, but the American ones are coming soon.

 

Here is what I am currently manning.

[ilovetomatoes]

Could be interesting, I just signed up for a beta slot.

[Penty]

I wasted far too much time in there this weekend. =)

[VooDooPC]

Ohh, I want to play this. I totally signed up.

[Penty]

If you get in one thing to keep in mind, I just found out about this last night. With the fast tanks you will notice them sometimes flickering in and out of view. It's not a glitch, what is happening is that you are falling in and out of radio contact with whatever unit is spotting them.

[Unclean]

Ok, I just had to laugh at this - of all people telling us about "World of Tanks", it's Penty. That's like Primus telling us about "World of Hellbenders".

 

This is a cool idea though. So this is an MMO with realism?

[Penty]

semi-realism. If you want true realistic you need to play Red Orchestra.

 

The units physical model, guns, movement speed, turret speed and armor are spot on. Everything else is tweaked a little to make the game fun to play.

[VooDooPC]

How many different types of tanks are in the game? Are there also things to customize tanks (different armor, gun upgrades, decals)? Do you have a character with levels or just tanks?

[Penty]

With just the Russian and German tanks in, there are about 60. Devs have stated that with the American release it will rise to about 100; other countries will be added after launch.

 

Tree link http://game.worldoftanks.com/gallery/art/+tank_trees/

 

Upgrades are generally guns, engines, suspension and radios. They attempted to keep these historically accurate so some models have more options then others.

 

You can also buy extra equipment like improved spotting, spalling protection etc. There are consumables as well, but I don't think they are worth it, not for a 15min match.

 

The tank crews can also be further trained and you can move them from tank to tank.

 

No external decorations, or at least not yet.

 

No just tanks.

Edited September 13, 2010 by Penty

[Penty]

Here is a picture of my current tanks tree. You will notice the suspension and engine upgrades are highlighted, I've unlocked those.

[VooDooPC]

Low rider tank here I come!

[lousiest]

I iz coming!!!!

[VooDooPC]

This is actually pretty fun.

[JackieChan]

I iz coming!!!!

x2

[Laz.e.rus]

downloading the client now

[Penty]

Here is something interesting. If you have more than one tank in your garage when you die in one battle you can leave the battle, switch tanks and join a new battle.

 

Bah, in order to form a platoon one of the 3 must be running a premium account. Since we are all newbies we won't have enough gold for awhile.

[Penty]

My in game name is Penty. Let me know yours and I'll add it to my contact list.

[Laz.e.rus]

Lazerus

[lousiest]

Lousiest

 

So what do the upgrades mean? What does suspension do? I think engine upgrades make you go faster. What about radar upgrades?

[Penty]

A better suspension allows you to mount heaver equipment and improves handling. You are right about the engine, although the biggest improvements are in turning and acceleration. These are tanks, no radar. However the radio improvements allow you to talk to other tanks at a greater distance. If a tank on your side is within radio range and sees an enemy tank you can also see it. Better radios are really important for scouts and artillery.

Edited September 15, 2010 by Penty

[samurai nightling]

I'm gonna apply when i get home from work tonight i think. Sounds fun.

[VooDooPC]

How much is the premium account? And can you even have one in the beta?

[lousiest]

You can't buy gold in the beta I think, so if you've already converted the starter gold they gave, ; ;

[Penty]

You get 150 gold a day free in the beta. I didn't get any huge lump starting sum... at least not yet. Here is to hoping.

[ilovetomatoes]

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