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r/WorldofTanks•
kingpool

Why should I play it?

I'm tired of this game. It's matchmaker is total trash. I play for three days. I don't have all the equipment. I have some. Every game I'm always the weakest, I can barely scratch enemy. Why matchmaker considers it fun to put person with 3 days experience and equipment against people who have couple of trillion points invested in equipment?

What should I do? How to continue?

I'm really bored of not making difference. Even tier 1 games contain people with fully equipped tanks, all consumables, binoculars (wtf, I dont have 500k invested in tanks), camo nets etc etc. I win some games, when I get carried, it's still boring.

Not ok.

Posted May 5, 2013, 10:40 PM UTC

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Ubaro•

Are you asking for sympathy here or something? I don't see what the problem is, if you don't enjoy playing the game then don't play it. Seems pretty simple to me.

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kingpoolOP•

No, I ask how can I enjoy game where there is already huge experience gap between me and 29 other players in same time and then there is also huge equipment gap.

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Ubaro•

Everyone started out same as you: no equipment no experience. They probably enjoyed it anyways, I know I did. Clearly this game isn't for you.

if you don't enjoy playing the game then don't play it. Seems pretty simple to me.

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noneofcon[RDDTX]•

What tanks have you been playing? Do you know how to upgrade your tanks and buy new ones?

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kingpoolOP•

Leichttraktor - all modules, no mount equipment, crew 65%, 65%, 64%

Pz.Kpfw. S35 739 (f) - all modules, no mount equipment, crew 100%, 88%, 88%

Panzerjäger I - all modules, no mount equipment, crew 80%, 66%, 67%

Hetzer - no 10,5cm gun, Fug 37 radio (working towards better radio), crew all 82%, camo net, improved vent 1

Sturmpanzer I Bison - all modules, no mount equipment, crew 79% commander, 60% others

Sturmpanzer II - all modules, except best radio, no mount equipment crew 79% commander, 60% others

I do know how to buy and upgrade stuff. I just don't have enough points to get that stuff.

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noneofcon[RDDTX]•

Which tank do you enjoy the most out of those and why? Each country has its own flavor and some fit better with certain play styles then others.

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kingpoolOP•

Leichttraktor - I enjoy that there is usually no high tier tanks in this game, its really enjoyable and easier to learn maps.

Pz.Kpfw. S35 739 - I enjoy it a lot, I hate that I'm always in games with tier V and VI. So I must be really careful or I just get hit once and blow up

Hetzer - My favorite, I like that its strong and after upgrades it's also reasonably fast. I love sniping type of games, so I like Hetzer most. It's hard to snipe with my 75mm gun (Pak 39/L48) because I have no experience and I tend not even scratch enemy. When we win I usually just sit still somewhere and wait for perfect shot and others wipe enemy team out before I get it. Or I get blown up by some light tank in 2 seconds.

http://www.noobmeter.com/player/eu/Smayck

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noneofcon[RDDTX]•

Some of the early British and US TDs have good frontal armor and reasonable accuracy. The soviet TDs have weak frontal armor but good guns and the su-85 is a good sniper.

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gud_luk•

If it's not fun then don't play. Give it a break and maybe come back later and see if you like it more. Games are supposed to be fun.

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kingpoolOP•

Totally agree, what I was frustrated about is the fact that everyone has so much experience and there are no new players except me and matchmaker put's me to games with very good and very experienced games with best equipment available.

It get's really old being blown up in your stock hetzer by tier VI or VII tank in under 30 seconds.

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emery03•

First of all, binoculars and those equipment are not necessary and I don't think I spent the money on those until around tier V. Just the other day I bought a Ltraktor back with a shit crew just to play with my friend and did just fine. I think you are simply frustrated by how poorly you are doing and just blaming everything in the game at this point. Right now it is clearly not the game for you and as other people have said I think you need to take a break from the game and come back to it at another time. Especially if--as you say--you are still bored if you win.

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kingpoolOP•

binoculars and those equipment are not necessary

You are discovered first, You are dead.

I don't think I spent the money on those until around tier V

Time has passed, I was in tier I game where people had full equipment

I think you are simply frustrated by how poorly you are doing and just blaming everything in the game at this point.

Yes I'm doing poorly, http://www.noobmeter.com/player/eu/Smayck

I'm not frustrated with everything, I'm frustrated with developers that they do not separate noobs from pros. I don't think noob like me has place in game with person like this: http://www.noobmeter.com/player/eu/ScarlettJohansson . In my opinion matchmaker does not work.

you are still bored if you win.

I'm bored because I make no impact in wins. I hate the fact that matchmaker always puts me to games 2-3 tiers higher then me. I'm always lowest tier, in every game, I also always have least amount of experience, so I tend not to make difference and suck. I know I need to grind to get experience and modules, what I really want to know is how.

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HDPE•

Once you get the ELC, then everything becomes irrelevant. :)

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kingpoolOP•

What is ELC?

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HDPE•

I should''ve gave a better response to your question. First what tanks have you been playing? And may I ask what nation you're currently playing in?

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kingpoolOP•

http://www.reddit.com/r/WorldofTanks/comments/1dr85y/why_should_i_play_it/c9t2djb

Here it is:

Leichttraktor - all modules, no mount equipment, crew 65%, 65%, 64%

Pz.Kpfw. S35 739 (f) - all modules, no mount equipment, crew 100%, 88%, 88%

Panzerjäger I - all modules, no mount equipment, crew 80%, 66%, 67%

Hetzer - no 10,5cm gun, Fug 37 radio (working towards better radio), crew all 82%, camo net, improved vent 1

Sturmpanzer I Bison - all modules, no mount equipment, crew 79% commander, 60% others

Sturmpanzer II - all modules, except best radio, no mount equipment crew 79% commander, 60% others

I had no idea what ELC is, I should have googled it. I dont know anything about French tanks yet, this game has so many.

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HDPE•

Ah no worries about, was only joking about the ELC anyway haha.

I have already mostly read other peoples response about improving your game experience, but I would like to also point out that you could always platoon with other tankers to help improve your help game experience.

It did certainly help my gaming experience at the start and playing with friends really helps the grind of tanks.

If you are on the NA server you can add me. username: HDPE

don't give up. :)

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HDPE•

The answer to your problems. :)

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kingpoolOP•

Right now my feeling is that ELC means UNINSTALL

Sorry

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MoarishMoootz (Siema_God) [RDDT2]•

I'd rather uninstall then have to play the ELC.

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emery03•

ELC (AMX) is a tier V French light tank.

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MoarishMoootz (Siema_God) [RDDT2]•

Don't grind light tanks at first and personally anything under t6 is facepalm land, so i'd wait until you hit t5/6 before making a decision on quitting or not.

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LightningGeekTimmayx•

Waiting till tier 5 or 6 means a lot of work for someone who has not found any enjoyment in the game so far.

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kingpoolOP•

I was over-frustrated by last night matchmaking. Seems that all the noobs went to sleep and I just got continuously put to games with tier VI and VII fully upgraded tanks and got blown up really fast. My experience with map's is bad and on top of experience gap they also had much better equipment.

I thought then it's good idea to stop grinding hetzer modules and go do some LTraktor fun with other people at my level. I go to game and to my surprise it was full of gloating how they drive tier 1 tanks with more expensive equipment attached then I have invested in all my equipment together.

That really pissed me off, not players, developers, because they can't develop proper matchmaking to keep noobs from pros.

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noneofcon[RDDTX]•

http://wiki.worldoftanks.com/images/a/a0/Matchmaking_Chart.png

Certain light tanks and all arty get different match making then other tanks and get put into higher battle tier games as scouts and long range fire support respectively. It might be best to avoid those tanks for now.

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kingpoolOP•

Thanks, it helps to know. I just play Bison out of these.

I was put to tier VII tanks game with Hetzer

I was put to tier V tanks game with Pz.Kpfw. S35 739

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