World of Light Tanks - WoT Guide

Updated 20/05/2010 (v.0.6.4.0)

Having played World of Tanks extensively during closed beta testing and now after launch, I thought I would come along and start writing up a few guides, starting off with the bane of artillery, the Light Tank.

Review: World of Tanks

World of Tanks

Developer: Wargaming.net

Back in October I brought you an article, Tank You, World of Tanks :), which introduced you all to a new free-to-play MMO which was in Closed Beta Testing at the time. The game was released on April 12th and of course, I have given it a thoroughly good thrashing to bring you a review.

Black Prophecy: Revisited

About 4 months on from my original preview of Black Prophecy I have came back to see how the game is after its release in Europe

When I left Black Prophecy closed beta in January, it had the basis of a great game but felt rather shallow in depth and despite a thoroughly good fun prologue/tutorial, if a little buggy and lengthy, it definitely lacked something to keep a user drawn in. Add on top of this multiple patches, server downtimes and server lag issues, it was quite clear that the beta testers were in for a rough ride early on.

The T-54: Yet another OP Russian Tank?

After the patch we have noticed a few more T-54's, Pershings, GW Panthers and the new tanks filtering through into our fights and having played alongside/gone up against most of them, I have to say that they have added a bit more spice to the game...

v.0.6.2.5 + v.0.6.2.6 + v.0.6.2.7 patch notes

These are the patch notes from the World of Tanks Forums.

Ho-Ho-Ho Merry World of Tanks Christmas!

So apart from a certain number of us on the very first day, we have noticed a gift of 500 gold per day as opposed to the usual 150... well, Merry Christmas from the Developers there! We're getting 500 gold per day until the 2nd January to spend on Premium and other lovely stuffs

Update to my guides

As we are nearing v.0.6.2.4 I have started to update my guides, starting with my Tank Destroyer Guide.

I have played about 1,000 games (or more) since my last real update so hopefully I can bring something extra to the table and hopefully educate the playerbase that little bit more!

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Taking a look at what the new patch notes really mean

v.0.6.2.4 is coming and we have seen the patch notes. I am going to be taking a look at certain parts in closer detail and occasionally bringing together multiple points to rationalise how these suggestions will affect the game.

Much maligned Malinovka

Diary of Unteroffizier Meister

Much maligned Malinovka

Date: 02 December 2010 10:32:17 UTC

Tank: JagdPanther

Designation: 'Feuerschutz'

Crew: Unteroffizier Meister (Commander), Unteroffizier Muiziere (Gunner), Unteroffizier Meindl (Driver), Gefreiter Fischböck (Radio), Unteroffizier Pellengahr (Loader).

We lay in wait for an enemy advance...

Review: Forsaken World Closed Beta Phase 1

As closed beta phase 1 closes I felt it appropriate to summarise my thoughts and feelings on the game to date. Phase 2 starts on the 24th November so I would like to wish everyone good luck at being invited to join us!

War Diary Pt2

Diary of Technical Sergeant Betts

The Battle for Pagorki 19 November 2010 11:04:18 UTC

Tank: T29

Designation: 'Mickey'

Crew: Technical Sergeant Betts (Commander), Staff Sergeants Dancer (Gunner) & Symcotts (Driver), Sergeants 'Phones' Flower (Radio) & 'Reboundie' Boundie (Loader) and Corporal Bates (Loader)

War Diaries

So I thought it would be a cool diversion from the seriousness of the guides to introduce some sort of war diary blogs to my site.

The mighty American Heavy Tanks are too mighty?

The standing joke in World of Tanks right now is how weak the American tanks are. With guns that are low penetration, low damage with fast reload speed being their only positive offensive point and subpar armour protection on the hull... could they possibly nerf these tanks even further?

The T29 Heavy Tank is one of the tanks being nerfed - Why?

General World of Tanks FAQ-type Guide

So I am doing this in rather the reverse to natural order but I felt I could do more good for the community by pushing out guides for the more established player base. Now it's the time for a newcomers guide and hopefully I will cover all of the basics required to find your way around World of Tanks.

Will you be pushing for the Pershing?

Over on the WoT forums Overlord, a Developer, has announced that they have been working hard to bring us the M26 Pershing, a Tier 9 American Medium Tank. An iconic American tank alongside the Sherman, it will surely be a fans favourite and give the T-44 a run for it's money!

Guide to Self Propeplled Guns aka Arty

We have so far trained in the use of Light, Medium and Heavy tanks and also improved our understanding of how to use the Tank Destroyers, now I hope to enlighten you to the ways of the Self Propellled Guns (SPG), also known as Artillery or Arty.

Daily Quest and Daily Event Guide

Sunshine13 of the Forsaken World Forums has allowed me the great pleasure of posting their guide on my blog. All credit goes to sunshine13 for this fantastic guide to most of the daily quests in the Forsaken World realm. All work below is that of sunshine13, not my own.

Daily Quest and Event Guide

World of Tanks is back up!!!

v.0.6.1.5 is now patched up...

Let's lock and load!!!

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Updated v.0.6.1.5 WoT Patch News!

The maintenance works are scheduled for November 11, 4:00 am EST / 9:00 am UTC.

Reason: updating game servers to v.0.6.1.5

Estimated downtime: up to 8 hours. (At time of posting, the WoT servers have been down for 3 1/2 hours.)

Notice: No daily server restart is scheduled for November 11. 

Thread Creator: Overlord

Source: http://forum.worldoftanks.com/index.php?/topic/16449-maintenance-works-november-11/page__pid__219475#entry219475

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More Phase 1 closed beta Invites are set out!!

Direct from crabclaw, an Administrator on the Forsaken World Community Forums, additional phase 1 invites have been sent out!