I decided to buy myself some power,unfortunately I chose poorly.There goes 1500 Gold down the pan.

The Churchill is slow and can't fire HE rounds so to try to keep it competitive I have to purchase premium rounds for gold and it's getting expensive.

I have to lol when I join some games and look around at my fellow players before the round start.My Churchill looks like a toy compared to others.

I now have half my Clan hooked on this game

ALmost done with the grind in the VK3002(DB), and the Panther is within reach. I just need the credits for it now, heh. COsts a whopping 1.99mill(!)

I was playing for quite a while; but soon got bored of paying for tanks/upgrades just to get owned in the next battle by tanks at a higher tier. Plus, the lack of teamwork doesn't help either when most people just rush to their deaths trying to get a few extra credits for an upgrade; leaving the people who actually want to stay alive to fend for themselves.

This is a problem. But then again it's no different for a lot of on-line games unfortunately.

Forming a platoon with friends/clan mates seems the only way to overcome this.

I've been playing this game everyday for... the past month or so. Here are a few things I've learned:

1. If you're spending real money on this, splurge and buy a Lowe. It's a German heavy. Best sniping gun in the game, but slow as heck. Makes a #%&*$#-load of credits though. I remember looking at upgrades costing 500,000 creds and thinking "how could anyone afford that?" My Lowe makes me 20-30K in profits on a good battle (and I'm not playing with a premium account so I don't get the 50% bonus XP and credits), so 500,000 is just a couple of easy fights away.
2. Playing with a platoon or a clan increases the fun factor a lot. Sure, you may still be doomed by the matchmaker but it's fun doing battles and coordinating with other players, not mindlessly flailing about the battlefield.
3. Know your role. You may be in a heavy tank but that heavy might be better suited to sniping than being a front-line tank.
4. Look at the other guys. Sometimes you may luck on a game wherein other players know what they are doing, leap-frog advancing towards the enemy. Go and give them support.
5. Have fun. You will not always win, you will not always be alive at the end of the battle. Make your presence count and make your contribution to the team.

If you are spending lots of gold on rounds you are doings something wrong. Better to spend it on upgraded crew to 100 percent (particularly the loader). Then equip with an autoram. The 57mm suddenly becomes almost as quick to reload as an autocannon, and if you get in flank attacks can quickly reduced even heavy tanks to rubble.

Dont get in close. Standoff near cover, get on the flank, and pump rounds in as quick as possible. With a good crew, I find the Churchill a very good tank indeed. I very rarely use gold rounds for it.

Thanks Stuart,I no longer buy the premium rounds.I'm not really sure they were much better anyway.
Working on the crews now.

I sold the Churchill now but I miss it

No need for premium rounds in this game. Not unless you're doing clan wars anyway, wherein every advantage counts.

Aim for the spot between the left and right tracks, that's usually the "soft spot" for tanks, where the front armor meets the bottom armor/plate.

The platoon system only allows 3 players??

Plus,if you want to create a clan you need 15 players with tier 5 tanks.

I hope they address this in a future update.

Creating a Clan only requires one person with a premier account and spending X gold.

To join in Clan wars you need 15 members, yes.

The EU SimHQ clan has... 3