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I had a great game this morning. It was HImmelsdorf and I was driving my shiny new Grille. The scenario was an encounter where everyone goes to one cap point from opposite sides of the map. The flag was in the rail yard and my team was set up on the switchback just below the castle, a great place for artillery. But I was the only arty on my team, and there were two on theirs. Half my team headed into town by the down road and the other half went up and ran into a portion of the other team at the castle. I stayed where I was popping the occasional round down range until I was alone at my position and the teams were down to two and two. So I scooted down to help my lone team mate secure the cap point while the other team did the same. They were a KV-1 and an M7 Priest. Before I got there my team mate was gone and I was down to two rounds. I encountered the M7 on the road, he took a shot that missed me and I nailed him in one. I spotted the KV-1 and took my last shot which missed, but he didn't know I was out of ammo. With about two and a half minutes left I figures what the heck and charged to the flag, stoppin his capture. He was on the other side of the one bldg in the middle of the yard so I moved up to the opposite side and proceeded to play ring around the rosie with him hoping to bring the game to a draw. We got down to 53 seconds when I moved a bit too far out and he nailed me. But boy, what a harrowing couple of minutes I had there. Loads of fun. I think the KV driver was named nocchi something or other. Good fight dude, whoever you are. I love the games that get down to the last couple on each team. It means a good fight was waged by both sides, as it should be.

o_a

A rarity these days.

You're only at T4. Wait until you get to T6...then you'll start screaming bloody murder just like everyone else.

Whisky_A_Go_Go, on Jun 30 2012 - 16:53, said:

Well.... way to keep him interested in the game.
We need MORE people to balance out those tiers not less.

I had a game that was funny like that. Was on a TS server talking about how I hated the Pershing gun in this one round. Seemed all my shots bounced. At the end of the round I checked my kills and damage. 7 killed and 2 damage. I raged so hard.

I haven't played in Himmelsdorf as an SPG in a loooong time, however I love that railyard. Had a fair few good games back when I was grinding down the American SPG line.

tallstar5, on Jun 30 2012 - 16:38, said:

Nein.

One time, the loading in my game went really slow.It was on Ruinberg btw. Once the game loaded we had only 4 people on our team. I was in a Leopard. The enemy was really close to capping our flag so I had to move quick. They had 4 on the place I moved and I ended up swerving in and out of their tanks. I killed the M3 Lee in the back of the column and ran off. The enemy was capping our base so I ran back to the base and harassed the next tank in line, T-28 And ended up critically damaging it. As I was prepping for another strife on them, The KV(not one or too, this is before the split back in Ye Olde Beta) came looking for me. (Not a smart idea though)..On my second strife run I killed the T-28. Time was very low so I thought of waiting. Then the KV that was hunting for me found me. He ended up chasing me threw half the map and lost me. Since I was the last one on my team and time was low I instead on capping anyways. Time was at 30 seconds and the KV found me at least and popped a derp on me which blew of a track. I felt like a deer with a clipped leg and the KV was the hunter.Since he didn't have time to reload, He was going to ram me. But the thing he didn't know was I was in a area where big tanks can't get in. As he got close to me the walls halted him from ramming me. 5 seconds later, I was there, boxed in by that KV then the game Ended in a tie. :D

Esiliare, on Jun 30 2012 - 16:54, said:

That's what they did to make money: They made T5 & 6 so impossible to get past, people get sick of it and do one of two things: Buy a premium T8 and never go back or quit. It's one or the other. THAT is what has ruined the game. The only people playing T5 & 6 these days are people like me that just need the credits. We don't care about the tank, we don't particularly care if we win or lose. It's just the credits. That's all.

Now, minus me all you want, but at least I'm honest. That is the BIGGEST part of what has ruined the game: in their absolute lust for money, WG has created an environment where people play the vast majority of mid tier tanks for NO OTHER REASON than they need the money. It's one game after the other for the credits and who cares if you win or lose.

Blame the system and the developers that created the mess. Not the players that adapt to it and get the most out of it because they have no other choice.