The number of World of Tanks fans has exceeded 75 million people around the world. But not everyone knows that there are little tricks in this game that allow you to gain an advantage over players who do not know them. Knowing the secrets of the game and the ability to use them is what distinguishes an experienced player from a beginner.
The first thing that the player sees when entering the battle is the list of tanks included in the teams. As a rule, tanks of a level higher and a level lower than the player's tank participate in the battle. Everyone would like to enter the battle every time, being at the top of the list, but they rarely succeed. However, if you create a platoon and take a low-tier tank into it, the chance to be in the top increases dramatically, since the world of tanks balancer will try to assemble teams with a minimum spread of tank levels. At the same time, a low-tier tank will gain a higher profitability than in a game with equal opponents. The fact is that for detecting and damaging a high-tier tank, they give more silver than for the same actions in relation to a lower-tier tank.
Secrets of Economics
Sooner or later, almost all players in the world of tanks start purchasing a premium account. After all, already on level 7 vehicles, the game without a premium account becomes unprofitable (in terms of in-game silver). And only the best players can play on level 8-9 vehicles without leaving the minus. Usually they are looking for a way out in purchasing a premium account or premium tanks (vehicles with increased profitability). But there is also a third way - playing on level 5-6 tanks. It is they who, from the entire line of researched vehicles, have the best profitability and can provide all tanks in the hangar with silver.
Shooting Secrets
Almost all newbies do not know what to do if the armor of an enemy tank is not penetrated by the available weapon. In this case, it is necessary to target the vulnerabilities that each tank has, without exception. They penetrate the most well: the lower armor plate, the junction between the turret and the hull, the commander's cupola, the hatches of the driver and radio operator. All tanks have much thicker frontal armor than the side and rear armor. If the enemy does not penetrate the forehead, then almost always it can be destroyed by shooting at the side and stern. The only exception is British vehicles - the stern booking is pretty good. Almost all American tanks have an invulnerable turret, but they penetrate well into the hull. English are the opposite. The armor of Soviet and Chinese tanks often ricochets, so you need to aim at them carefully. French (except for Tier II-IV) and Japanese tanks have very weak armor, but powerful guns.
Knowing when and what shells should be used is very helpful in battle. As a rule, beginners use either only armor-piercing or high-explosive fragmentation shells. If there is a sufficient amount of in-game silver or gold - premium projectiles. Professionals know that AP rounds penetrate thick armor and do the maximum damage they can. The constant use of high-explosive fragmentation shells is justified only on large-caliber vehicles - self-propelled guns and some models of tank destroyers. On conventional vehicles, land mines are used either against heavily armored opponents, when there are no premium rounds, or against vehicles with an open cabin. Also, high-explosive fragmentation ammunition is indispensable when you need to damage an enemy module, a crew member of an enemy tank, or shoot down a caterpillar.
Premium shells with high armor penetration are very expensive. There is no point in using them all the time. Carry 5-7 of them with you and use them on heavily armored enemies. Or when the outcome of the battle may depend on one shot.
Advantages in battle
A good advantage in battle is the use of additional equipment and consumables. Equipment can give an additional bonus to camouflage and detection of enemies, to the protection of the tank and its modules, and other advantages. The correct choice of equipment will help the player to adapt the vehicle to his style of play as much as possible, enhance the advantages of the tank or eliminate its shortcomings. Additional equipment will help you quickly fix a breakdown under enemy fire, heal a shell-shocked crew member or put out a fire.
Don't spare silver or gold when transferring your crew. This will help to retrain tankers for another vehicle with minimal or no experience loss.
Only three pieces of additional equipment can be installed on each tank. Further improvement of the characteristics of each specific tank is possible only through the pumping of the crew. Each crew member can learn several skills and abilities that give good advantages in battle. In theory, each tanker can learn all the skills and abilities available for his specialty. In practice, this is limited only by the fact that learning each subsequent skill requires 2 times more experience than the previous one.
