Ha ha, Smithy, we should be petitioning the devs that rooster tails sprayed on enemies should temporarily blind them. Geek had me playing my ELC over lunch today, which is all fun and games until a tier 8 team decides that the two ELC's can just about handle the win on their own. (so... we just didn't win) On that team, which is in order of XP earned, everything from the T-50-2 and down did absolutely no damage to the enemy. Not only that, but I checked ... the ELC did more damage than any tank on the team. That T-44 below my tank did less than 400 damage than the ELC that battle. Meanwhile, Geek was out for blood spotting and shooting everything like a mad man.
Not always....the ELC I play....depending on the map....as a sniper, or as fast attack. On open maps like steps I rule...and make mad money....good games I walk away alive and with 30k in profit...all that spotting and a couple of shots here and there....you never have to take a front shot with an elc...you can always move for a side or rear shot.
How the hell does 9 players on your team have only double digit EXP from a battle? Heck, driving a tank in circles can get more EXP.
i'm going to be in Teamspeak playing rounds off and on all day today (I have a light work schedule today ). Just having fun.. screwing around with the ELC.. Grinding: T7 T20 T6 KV-1S T6 M18 If you join up and I don't respond right away.. I'm probably on the phone but I'll be back in a few minutes.
I'm sure not getting a lot of XP with the ELC yet.. but it makes me yell "YEE HAW!" and laugh out loud a bunch
Good round in the ELC - I got one big punch in on each of their arti leaving both of them with less than 50 HP ... was being pursued by two lights so I couldn't get back to finish them (our arti did its job). Got my first scouting medal with a detection on 10 tanks
Perhaps he was playing "Highway" from the south and didn't know that big ravine at G3 was there I gotta admit.. I nerf'd myself into the abyss the first time I was on the map hauling arse in my M18. Muffin Man and I were playing yesterday and he took off straight at it in his ELC.. I yelled "TURN!" and he swerved.. and kinda bounced through the end of it at the last moment It is a mistake you only make once. <img src="http://wiki.worldoftanks.com/images/2/29/Highway.jpg" width=450>
I've been a machine this afternoon. a money losing machine. Some days it's just a bad idea I am digging the KV4 though, so thanks to whoever it was that thought that might be good for my play style (which is to just stand there adn take it )
I are have no headset actually, somewhere I do. i should dig that out. used to play EQ with friends down south. short story long. i will look into it.
I love how that armored car will have to get mentioned in the Wikipedia listings as probably the first 'tank' or armored-car that Syria ever produced like the Bob Semple tank does for New Zealand. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Semple_tank
It would be nice to see armord cars in the game....something like the Puma and Grayhound would be nice....but I would think they would have to move at warp 6 to keep everything scale.
To keep it balanced, they could haul ass on roads (100 kph isn't unreasonable, is it?) and bog down in bad terrain or steep hills. Paper-thin armor, limited gun sizes, but speed and optics and smaller sizes - might make an interesting inclusion to the game. Too bad they'll never do it.
I agree....they will never do it for several reasons....first off is the soviets never had any worth a crap, second is it would sure give arty fits.
It could lead to some interesting "protect the general" type game scenarios... where each team has a single armored car with a general inside - the goal of the other team is to kill the other team's armored car.