Badger: Worth The Grind in World of Tanks?

[@MaxGamingFPS]

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[@АлексейЩербак-я9ф]

Historical reference. In AT 8, they planned to install a flamethrower and therefore wanted to "disguise it as a machine gun" in order to get a "pleasant bonus" at a close distance to the infantry. The project was rejected at the stage of technical documentation. p.s. Previously, this information was in the game, when you could read the full history of the machine and its combat path.

[@ohgord-qc3qd]

Brilliant job in the Badger!...The lack of a turret in the Tortoise and Badger is compensated by pretty decent gun and hull traverse speeds, which can still be boosted with IRM, so on open maps those that try to flank your Tortoise better have the speed or face the wrong end of a 5 second reload!

[@imnotusingmyrealname4566]

BADGER IS UNDERRATED

[@chillshock2144]

I absolutely love the precision of your videos. From weakspots to equipment, to strengths and weaknesses. This really helps not only playing the tanks, but also fighting them. Thanks a bunch!

[@chrome3307]

Thinking about grinding this tank. The slowness and lack of turret has always turned me away. But this video is exactly what I need to start the line. Gracias Max.

[@MaxGamingFPS]

The guns on this line, more than make up for it IMO.

[@chrome3307]

@@MaxGamingFPS Good point, exactly why I will soon start this line.

[@PuddingCh]

Cheers for this video Max! I have only ever tried a few TDs: TS-5: Was a rental thing, quite liked it Skorpion: Another rental; liked the alpha, but otherwise was rather irritated by it TL-7: Got this as a drop, and unless you clip someone out the tank is just sad...takes forever to aim, gun blooms too much to take advantage of the interclip (unless its pointblank), and you absolutely cant fire on the move because the game will send your shell either into the ground or into the sky Just started on the UK TD line and gunning for the Badger, so its great timing that you created this!

[@bolsonaro-ku9uz]

Try the t28 American non turreted tier 8

[@barrysworld640]

Wow heck of a game, Max! Nice to see what the Badger is capable of in the hands of a great player like yourself! Sadly I am NOT a very good player and am sitting with an embarrassing 12% winrate after my first 8 games! Coming from an over 50% winrate with my tortoise, this has been rather shocking! Gun accuracy is treating me terrible (worse than what you experienced early in this game) as seems every shot I take bounces, even in a few cases where in frustration I fired premium ammo at Tier 8 hull-down heavies and still saw my rounds mostly do no damage. So this combined with some poor match-making and arty that seems to love me, my Badger experience has been brutal thus far! Here's hoping things will improve now that I have watched you play! :)

[@lidija3616]

Very nice to listen u really,u present tanks best on youtube for sure. U deserve 1m subs man.

[@imnotusingmyrealname4566]

6:06 When he's talking about using your armor effectively in the Type 5 Heavy, you know it's BAD.😂😂😂

[@domberry1502]

The Badger is my only X tank but I was so disappointed after the Tortoise that I barely play it. Thanks for the advice, it's good.

[@s4wrs]

Absolutely fabulous play Max. Loved the rundown on the Grind as well. Well done and thanks

[@counterpoints_]

Man! Your game at the end here is really selling this tank! Thanks for the guide, Max.

[@dirufanboy1971]

I used to love the AT 2 back when it had 203mm of armour all over the front bits. Me and a Hetzer once held off half the enemy team on one flank in a T5 game......good times.

[@pokellector_nl6712]

i remember those good times!

[@dambis77]

13:31 What do you think about the Udes15/16 style "Vital Spark"?

[@MaxGamingFPS]

Don't like it that much tbf

[@Zachkilla]

Was kind of hoping you were going to make a video on the Badger, wasn’t disappointed, keep up the good work max! peepoCute ❤

[@psour33]

I had only great time with the Tortoise at T9, not so much with this one.

[@parsembleu]

Hi Max! Thank you for detailed explanation on the line. I am grinding it atm, and I plan to stop at tier 9 n the Tortoise. I am starting the AT15 and for the moment, I have some fun with the line.

[@M45KY]

Perma-tracking that deathstar was glorious! xD - insane game btw

[@Julian_0500]

realy enjoy your videos man! truely a underrated youtuber

[@Rekkit_71]

I laughed so hard with your « never worried » face ! 😂

[@arsicpedja]

Compared to other TDs in tier 10 Badger has large week spot on that lower plate, everything else it's good.

[@tinylittlegiant]

I did well in the AT8, because of the gun position, so you can just go half-half beside the wall, but AT7 is just pure horror for the user, AT15 is just there for the grind, i mean, the Turtle I is just straight out better in every way, it's like a mini Badger with nicer match up

[@АлексейЩербак-я9ф]

I played Tortoiza and Badger. But I liked Yagdtigr the most. Although it is large and without armor.

[@georgekn3mp]

I have sat on the AT-7 for a long time now with no time to play it, I just don't have the time to grind up even though I have AT-15 unlocked and want the Torti... so my grind has been as slow as the TD's actually are 😄 I was finally finished this week on the Foch B and Bobject 268/4 and been grinding field mods on those, two very different playstyles

[@АлексейЩербак-я9ф]

Well, you can accumulate "Drawings". For a combat pass. Also, during the Christmas holidays. They give a lot of drawings, either just like that, or for what, you pump in the "Christmas tree". Yes, it is not as fast as you would like, but you can save both your nervous system and resources. Because to pass AT 7 in the initial configuration is simply "abuse of yourself". In my opinion, only the "Black Prince" is worse (150 hp damage at level 7 and play against E 75), AMH 65 t (which does not go, and cardboard) and the initial configuration of the SU 101 (where you need to open 2 unnecessary guns to play on the "mediocre gun").

[@georgekn3mp]

@@АлексейЩербак-я9ф yeah all that is true, like trying the French heavies, where even the top tier can be worse than the stock turret like on AMX M4 51 😁 as far as using blueprints to skip tanks in a line, I use my blueprints to reduce the XP burden on the tier 9 and 10's as those can be a long slog if you can't reduce the grind. (I have mostly 8,9, and some 10's) in almost every branch of the tech tree except the British assault TD's lol.

[@bobbyfunk99]

@ 14:15 how did he use that configurator screen @max

[@imnotusingmyrealname4566]

The British tech tree is actually pretty damn good, except for that light line....

[@imnotusingmyrealname4566]

I just recently started playing again with the goal of getting ace tankers on every tech tree or collector tank I play but I now wonder if I should do thid to myself. I have never had a worse experience than trying to get ace tankers at Tier 1, 2 and 3, it's just so bad. What should I do?

[@domberry1502]

Persevere :) They are satisfying and adds to a sense of completion. It is the grind of nightmares though. Hey, when you get lucky it's such a buzz :D

[@ghostchips6146]

I am currently on Tortoise and it gets wrecked in T10 matching, can't wait to get Badger

[@tinylittlegiant]

if you get wrecked with Tortoise in T10, you're not playing the tank right, and your exp on the Badger might be worse. I love the Tortoise so much, i 2 marked it out of pure joy without even grinding the thing

[@jackalsniper892]

@@tinylittlegiantlmao, I hate the tortoise I get wrecked with it, but I love the badger and 3 marked it, but tortoise sucks

[@generalknez3942]

​@jackalsniper892 just the heat vs the flat spot in the superstructure = ez pen every time. Not to mention that many, many people, including me, play the almighty Jagdpanzer E 100 which is one of the most popular TDs at tier 10 (because its fun). No matter what angle you make TDs like E3 will just go through you with their monster APCRs.

[@OmegAtlAnt]

I think one of your best games right there

[@TheJagdPanzerE100]

The Tier 9 Tortoise is just better than the Badger, its like the E4 line, nice video and very good gameplay!

[@marshmallowman7136]

I hated the T30, E4 works much better for me.

[@ghostchips6146]

It's not better, gets wrecked nowadays

[@garyhardison9265]

The line treated me great but after unlocking turtle I became bored with the game play. It’s a beautiful line and if you’re a patient player very rewarding IMO

[@MaxGamingFPS]

Turtle is the premium.

[@garyhardison9265]

@@MaxGamingFPS my bad was thinking about the tier 9

[@bl4ck_v1per6]

I think the Badger could definitely be one of the tanks we shoud put experimental HP on. Pretty much the entire side of the super Struktur is a Ammo wrack, a bit like the 279e

[@bismikamukti8951]

that fv215b must be paid actor that max bring to put a smile to us gg tho

[@sahilakshay1098]

Great video... do you have a similar video for t110 e3?

[@camrenwick]

Thanks for the video

[@failp1ayer435]

impressive badger game, didn't sweat watching it at all

[@durachoks]

Imo its just a S.Conq without a turret, also playstyle is very similar, and if you ask me to pick a TD to get maximum dpg numbers, Id prob go with badger, but I can see how it can be very frustrating to play for and average gamer.

[@mojobag01]

Well that was thorough.

[@h.a8681]

Its nice to see theyre buffing the AT15, the top speed increase is really nice. Hitting around 30kph with a turbo is really nice. However the armour is still dogshit for tier 8, it would have been better from them to just improve the armour in my opinion tbh

[@EnergiaRocket]

The only one I didn't like along that line was the AT15. Really doesn't hold up in tier 8.

[@jesushankerstein9487]

I think I've had some of the most fun playing the mid tier tanks in this line. I remember a KV-2 pushing me through a heavy flank on redshire. I was his armor and the DPM. It was disgusting.

[@alexwetterling3658]

I'm currently working down this line and was really enjoying it until I got to the AT7 now it's kinda annoying but I'm almost done with it

[@johnhall9695]

Nice job in the badger, 😊

[@pencilcase8068]

Please do a video on the meta breaking T62A

[@marshmallowman7136]

The badger would be decent if it had the gun traverse angle of the tortoise. It was such a let down after the tortoise. Looks cool though.

[@AegonK]

Tortoise, a bunker on tracks with a MEAN cannon, Max? 😂

[@lancekeanumalate2146]

Im a free to play player, can i ask something Is the line worth it, I dont' have any credit boosters or other EXP boosters and i wanted to get a tank that can help me get the 279E

[@everythinggaming7938]

I found the armour was useless until tier 9 before 9 your weak spots act like a magnet and all shots seem to hit it even with me moving to make it harder. Plus gold rounds make your feel like a slow XP pinyada. It was a slug of a grind but once you get the tortoise everything changes I'm averaging 4k dmg over 120 games

[@bismikamukti8951]

dunno why, whatever the AT u showed in the video, then i see kekl pic, i laughed

[@zingez7768]

Love the badger and tortoise

[@Nele_BiH]

back in time i hated entire line just to get deathstar

[@Kydari]

Badgers gun is also good on paper, but i fkn swear it has the in game acc of an is 7

[@АлексейЩербак-я9ф]

In this game, the Object 705 A shoots "visually better and more accurately" than the Grill 15. Accordingly, accuracy is a "number to reassure the player". But what is "Reassurance", well, here the information is completely different😂😂

[@OuTLawsHappY]

Nice set of mind.

[@TheSilent333]

I had my hand over the unsubscribe button waiting to hear what you had to say about my Tortoise.... Seriously though, it's one of my top 3 favorite tanks. Permatracking people feels so dirty, but so fun. And bullying tier 7's is just hilarious. I suffered through Onslaught just to get the bond turbo for it. I might buy the badger one day to give it a whirl, but I'm not in a rush. Great video, and killer game!

[@jariheimoluoto4959]

Everything below tier 9 is incredibly painful. They are slow with low alpha and questionable armor. It is so painful that i recomend blueprinting tortoise just so you dont have to play with the tier 8. I would free exp past the tier 7 to get to tier 8. Lower tiers can be played as the amount of xp required isnt that much. Also 5 times xp missions premium account and boosters can make the experience better and and when i say better i mean faster. Like s conq line most of the tanks are horrible to play perform poorly and loose games. How ever bager line is even worse.

[@desainisme]

Grinding AT15 is hurting my a**, because with gold it easily got penetrated

[@wotbot7013]

It was worth for me cuz of AT15 and Tortoise...i dont like badger too much so far

[@gytispranskunas4984]

Grind the Tortoise, forget that Badger even exist.

[@stalehelvik6316]

What a amazing game in badger

[@evobsm2328]

T62A: this is a pain to watch. Also T62A: 2.2k damage when the badger did 3 times his amount loool

[@pencilcase8068]

This tank is lucky that it doesn't meet the super hellcat. If the super hellcat was a tier 10 this tank would be obselete like ever tier 10 TD

[@marktester5799]

It, like the Super Chaffee, are "Super" for a reason! I suspect that reason is sarcasm.

[@Milkydrink_]

Nah keep the Tortoise and always think about the map you are on and go towards something which can hide or limit the exposure of your cupola

[@anshuldwivedi1919]

That accuracy is why I hate the badger. Got it 3 years ago and have barely played 25 matches in it. Even though the numbers on the accuracy are good but the fking spread within the aiming circle is garbage (just like all french guns in the game)

[@klmn48]

It worth anyway! If you play enough long the game you will grind all tier X!

[@OmegAtlAnt]

21:17 "load AC.. kill this guy ...."

[@actrosa3732]

gotta say the at 15 for me was terrible but in the end its worth it

[@Kydari]

Badger fkn socks, yes it can be amazing when you sit in those positions where the enemy is helpless and your dpm punches thr9ugh them. But. Most games you feel trapped and useless for your team, you are too slow to get good positions you can't side scrape at all, the alpha is so low that people with auto loaders won't feel scared to poke and dump 3 shells in you. Any td will butter through your armor even hull down with gold. Arty won't leave you the fk alone bc they hit you consistently for 500+ dmg every time. And say you DO get in that position, the gold pen is so bad that you get stuck in a Hulldown stalemate where neither can pen or ar willing to move. The badger is overall good on paper but by far the worst 10 td in game 😅

[@durachoks]

but when you get to farm, oh boy...but otherwise agree kinda frustrating to play in a LOT of situations

[@АлексейЩербак-я9ф]

And even Yagdtigr and T 95 can overtake you.

[@soulbrothers7789]

Tortoise the best TD

[@dradonie]

Probably one of the most annoying tanks to play againsts if you dont have APCR

[@FlashTempo]

badger or minotauro ?

[@marcinm5830]

277 magic armor 😉

[@supershid464]

the tree is worth it simply for the tortoise

[@bjhtubewwd]

nice game...

[@ziginaigra]

u rly didnt check how much 277 bounce 😂u spend like 100k credits just on him

[@bradleycoles9018]

so much gold spamming, totally ruined the game for me

[@ghostchips6146]

Tortoise hay days are long gone thnx to gold spam

[@fomalhaut9]

Noice

[@Brescaz]

No

[@first_m3m3]

I have had better games with the tortoise than the badger

[@RossTang]

uninstalled

[@martinjinks3215]

dont worry (M60) be happy ouu whoo hoo ouu whoo ouu hoooo :D lmao . love the second third look yah gave tickled me pink :P

[@bradlyfan]

Got invited to a top 25 clan :) … Omw to t95/fv4201 :)