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#4120073 - 05/13/15 08:24 PM Tigers Tonight !!  
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Kameraden,

I can run both my Tigers tonight, should be a great evening.

S!


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#4120127 - 05/14/15 12:05 AM Re: Tigers Tonight !! [Re: Lipfert]  
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And me stuck in a room with crappy wifi - sigh

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#4120160 - 05/14/15 01:53 AM Re: Tigers Tonight !! [Re: Lipfert]  
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Maaaaaan..i had a terrible run. Lost my first two Tiger matches after getting bombed by P51's about a minute out of spawn. Third match i lost a track due to two fighters picking on me, again less than a minute from kick off, whilst repairing one came back and finished me with rockets. Packed up my toys, threw my lollies out of the pram and called it quits for the night biggrin


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#4120379 - 05/14/15 03:35 PM Re: Tigers Tonight !! [Re: Ajay]  
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Originally Posted By: Ajay
Maaaaaan..i had a terrible run. Lost my first two Tiger matches after getting bombed by P51's about a minute out of spawn. Third match i lost a track due to two fighters picking on me, again less than a minute from kick off, whilst repairing one came back and finished me with rockets. Packed up my toys, threw my lollies out of the pram and called it quits for the night biggrin


Kameraden,

I know I hate the aircraft in these games, lost a few myself during the evening. The Berlin map is really turning into a brawl and I am enjoying it. The Kursk map I have no idea what I am supposed to be doing on, typically roll right from the river and use lot's of Long Range rounds.

S!


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#4120510 - 05/14/15 08:42 PM Re: Tigers Tonight !! [Re: Lipfert]  
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The Kursk map is a good map, that and Mozdok are my favourites...

#4120581 - 05/15/15 12:54 AM Re: Tigers Tonight !! [Re: Lipfert]  
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Am I the only one having a hell of a time now hitting airplanes out of the sky with machine guns? Can only hit them now of they are within 800 feet from me.

#4120644 - 05/15/15 08:31 AM Re: Tigers Tonight !! [Re: Trooper117]  
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Originally Posted By: Trooper117
The Kursk map is a good map, that and Mozdok are my favourites...


Same. Eastern Europe runs third for me although i do like Poland as well. If they dumped Karelia, Jungle and Kuban for sim mode i would be extremely happy smile


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#4120648 - 05/15/15 08:40 AM Re: Tigers Tonight !! [Re: Ajay]  
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Originally Posted By: Ajay
Originally Posted By: Trooper117
The Kursk map is a good map, that and Mozdok are my favourites...


Same. Eastern Europe runs third for me although i do like Poland as well. If they dumped Karelia, Jungle and Kuban for sim mode i would be extremely happy smile


If they dumped Jungle from all modes, I think the entire WT community would be much happier.

#4120657 - 05/15/15 10:34 AM Re: Tigers Tonight !! [Re: Ajay]  
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Originally Posted By: Ajay
Originally Posted By: Trooper117
The Kursk map is a good map, that and Mozdok are my favourites...


Same. Eastern Europe runs third for me although i do like Poland as well. If they dumped Karelia, Jungle and Kuban for sim mode i would be extremely happy smile


As would I.


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#4120974 - 05/16/15 10:36 AM Re: Tigers Tonight !! [Re: Lipfert]  
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Jungle can be fun in summat fast and squirrely like the M22 though, except for the scroats taking advantage of the low quality thingummy. Which of course spoils any scenario to different degrees.



#4122064 - 05/19/15 11:13 AM Re: Tigers Tonight !! [Re: Lipfert]  
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Tiger H1 is up again , time for long range pew pew. I really want to bag myself a Calliope !


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#4122079 - 05/19/15 12:07 PM Re: Tigers Tonight !! [Re: Lipfert]  
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I was on the jungle map trundling along the beach in my H1 when I took a full on broadside from a Calliope hiding behind a rock. Holy crap! I just managed to turn toward him before I lost my engine and then just sat there taking rocket after rocket, was wondering if he was ever going to run out!! I still had turret power and kept my MG on him so was plastering him with that while my loader recovered consciousness and then reloaded the gun - meanwhile he put two rounds into my front armour without penetrating. In the end, and entirely unfairly I know, my gun came up and I put a shell through his turret and killed him.

I went on chat and apologised to him smile

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a) A Tiger can survive a full broadside and two rounds from a Calliope
b) However, you will probably need to change your trousers afterwards

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#4122092 - 05/19/15 12:37 PM Re: Tigers Tonight !! [Re: Lipfert]  
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Hehe since I am now working on US aircraft and tanks I had the opportunity to see a calliope in action. I just followed it around and watched the carnage. attack


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#4122136 - 05/19/15 01:45 PM Re: Tigers Tonight !! [Re: HeinKill]  
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Originally Posted By: HeinKill


Moral of the story:

a) A Tiger can survive a full broadside and two rounds from a Calliope
b) However, you will probably need to change your trousers afterwards

H







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I ended up having a half decent run. Three firsts in a row with the H1 with only two kills each time and no caps. Lost my Tiger every time though so unimpressed pitchafit Switched to the Osty and grabbed a Mustang, two sturmies, a P47, a bunch of M18's and a t34/57 over a couple of matches. Still never saw a Calliope though.


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#4122393 - 05/20/15 04:05 AM Re: Tigers Tonight !! [Re: Lipfert]  
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Kameraden,

Brutal night playing German, totally over matched with the Order of Battle. M18 rush and pretty much nothing you can to about it, to fast to track and nothing to deal with the spawn points.

We even had the perfect ambush setup, but again so fast you cannot track them when they rush.

S!

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#4122413 - 05/20/15 06:50 AM Re: Tigers Tonight !! [Re: Lipfert]  
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Just goes to show how some nights are good, and some not...I had a good one. Won 5 battles, lost 2. Focused on long range engagements, got a couple of kills at crazy long distances - M18 drivers using their tanks as SPGs are my favourite. Love the ability of the Tiger to take a few hits and keep fighting.


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#4122439 - 05/20/15 11:09 AM Re: Tigers Tonight !! [Re: Lipfert]  
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I think most people have learned how to combat the M18 now, not seeing the total walk over matches anymore and crazy kill counts they were first getting. They are definitely the meanest things the American line has but once you counter that initial rush you can push back and take the win in the second half of the match when you play patiently.


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#4122489 - 05/20/15 01:11 PM Re: Tigers Tonight !! [Re: Lipfert]  
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Originally Posted By: Lipfert


We even had the perfect ambush setup, but again so fast you cannot track them when they rush.

S!


No matter how fast they drive to get to the cap, they have to stay in one place to capture it. The trick is to expect them to race ahead and either try to rush the cap, or set up an ambush for you. If you resist the temptation to push ahead yourself, as Ajay says, they will come to you. So all I do now is get a good flanking position over our own cap and prepare to defend it against rushing M18s. Once that is done, I can move out and help the attack. Of course you need eyes behind, because the swines like getting behind your spawn and approaching the cap from behind.

I own the M18 and I know it aint no fun sitting still in it, the only fun is when it is flying along in a flanking move, or rushing to a cap. Most M18 drivers won't be patient enough to creep along carefully in it.

H

PS, now if I could also say I've lost my fear of the IS3, I'd be a happy man.


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#4122521 - 05/20/15 03:02 PM Re: Tigers Tonight !! [Re: Lipfert]  
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Kameraden,

This will sound odd, but the most success I have had against the American M Series was with the Marder III and III H. When I first started out I thought how in the hell am I going to stay alive, but oddly I did really well in them finding the perfect ambush spot and just waiting.

The problem with the M18 the other evening was they were running the edges of the map and constantly getting in behind us. Once that happens, I've been toast and I just wish I could get these guys online to team up.

S!


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#4122536 - 05/20/15 03:49 PM Re: Tigers Tonight !! [Re: Lipfert]  
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That sounds odd Lipfert smile

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