I Gave Artillery another Chance and this is how it went

[@esbam2002]

I tell people all the time that best advice I got on how to deal with arty, was from an arty player. After complaining he told me to play arty. So I did. And a main reason I STRONGLY try to tell players not to skip the arty campaign missions with orders. Yes, arty is boring and I know you hate arty, but. One it's literally a waste of orders that can be used elsewhere. Second it's the best way to start learning arty as a class. Not to play it, but to not be bothered by it as much. The class is boring to me, but by playing arty I started to learn and watch what gets you targeted and singled out by arty players as I looked for much the same things. Where are you positioned, can I hit you easily or are you moving around making my aim more difficult. Groups, I loved groups of players chunked together to hit all of them. Things like this. I also started to learn areas of the map that arty couldn't reach, or hit at certain angles. Using rocks and hills as more cover, and cautious in areas that I knew arty could hit me at. Developing a habit of going through them as fast as I could, bounding from cover to cover for larger areas or if fighting on a hill shooting, dropping back, but instead of being stationary moving around to make myself a less desired target. I have no issues with arty in game. I'm rarely targeted or singled out that I see following what I learned. Only times I facepalm is the times that RNG has arty bitch slap my LT camping at 60kph while zig zagging to actively avoid arty. I am though in favor of limiting arty to 1 per team. As a LT main I love the spotting assist damage I get, especially high tier where you can smack and player for 1000+ hp, but I have seen the effect of 3 arty focusing a player. I can't see that as fun for that player. One is enough. I sadly as well have a shameful number of battles in the M44. My leFH might catch up as well. For me it's also not about the damage I do always, but all the effects that come with it. The red player is stunned, giving advantage to my team that is fighting them potentially. Also the psychological/hate factor. Hit a player enough times with arty, and they potentially get annoyed and start making mistakes that will get them knocked out. I also have the habit if a tank gets unspotted as I'm aiming to blind fire anyway on the position. That's fun when you do that and see tank destroyed, thinking yeah. That guy's probably pissed. At the very least I get some blind damage many times. If my team is rolling the red team faster than I can keep up, I'll either: A) Maneuver for better positioning/support. B) Overhead view in known arty camping locations to try and hit their arty players. I also like to hit the targeting ping as I can to give information to the team where I am aiming. An example would be the last WoT game I uploaded here in the leFH, where I pinged aiming information to the team.

[@TheFrXion]

All good things to know! Glad that I won't be playing arty anymore, since it almost made me fall asleep. I still had some fun with the T92 HMC when it was able to one shot things xD.

[@Alan-mb8zy]

Nice video, showcasing that arty isn’t a style of gameplay that requires no skill. Sadly because so many “influential” hull down “let’s not move” players have whinged and whined to wargaming, arty has been nerfed into an almost unplayable category. Seems like lights are heading for the same treatment looking at recent map changes. We’ll all be playing hull down heavies in the next couple of years with 0 - 0 draws 😂😂

[@TheFrXion]

I think artillery would be a lot better when they just fully embrace it to be a supporting class. Maybe they could add a round that could act as a flare and light up a certain part of the map. This would light up all the tanks in the circle of the flare and allow Arty to get assistance with damage. They could also add smoke shells to blind the enemy or allow for advances of your team. I just don't think that Wargaming wants to touch arty at all and leave it be as it is right now.

[@namegoeshereorhere5020]

A telling thing that shows how useless arty is these days is that you rarely see anyone blame them for losses like you used to, now they blame lights(the next most team dependant class). I did almost 3 mark the 304, the only really fun SPG to play, got to 94.7% then had 21 games in a row where I did crap. I only occasional play them now when I can't reroll a 7 crit mission.

[@TheFrXion]

You cant even blame anyone anymore. The time it takes to write a message is probably the 30 seconds you lose the game 😂. I was never a fan of arty, but it seems wrong that it doesnt get any support by wargaming. Makes the class seem pretty pointless. The constant LT bashing is also completely stupid. Just let the LTs play and learn. You can only get better by making mistakes.

[@neilh.5950]

Crusader SP more fun than the fv304. Congrats on 3 marking the 304, i can't figure out how to 3 mark the crusader sp to save my life

[@esbam2002]

Lazy players have always blamed LTs. We are supposed to rush to the front line to spot the red team so they can red line camp.

[@kiky2232]

I do not play arty and i do not know how to switch to bird mode 😂

[@TheFrXion]

Its G on my keyboard xD.

[@davidaio1019]

No comment's on dirty video 🤣 oh well i'm feeling dirty so i will wrote one mate😎✌... As i'm acing all tanks i have i still need to ace the low tier arty's And oh boy that's biggest pain in asss your shells is flying like rocks and everyone in tier I-VI is fast like a wind... BTW TIP USE THE MINI MAP AND KEYBOARD just don't tell this to arty players... Every arty has some differences so you need to make some check shots search for a new red line positions🤓 and at the mid/ending you need to find a W key in order to be safe and do the dmg... Now about the MINI MAP that you should max it out even if you playing with 27+ inch monitor... So use the mini MAXI MAP like this look at MAP for example you thinking hmmm should i go to A-1 and use the diagonal line in your head that and put that line in to a possible enemy positions now you need to remember that some arty's are bad at shooting higher so you should immediately think about this and say ok i can't go to A-1 with this arty because it's shells are doing low arch you get the point? And nowadays you see how long your shells gonna fly to that position so pre aim using that knowledge and last but not least use the EQUIPMENT on open arty use the Gunrammer + Rotation mechanism + Experimental mobility improvement... On the arty's with closed turrets use Gunrammer + Ventilation + Experimental mobility improvement. Ok ok a bonus TIP and Trick use the tier VIII-IX arty's for the missions well The U.K. tier IX ( with stock gun for stun duration missions) U.S.A. Tier IX for basically all mission but still the stun missions take U.K. russian is probably the one arty you should have a tier X but still for most of missions i would choose the tier IX but you gonna need to use both guns well for some missions stock and for some top gun... And now France+Germany arty for the missions you need tier VIII's, Oh oh oh super bonus TIP PLAY Arty when RNG is not on your side...😤 If you missing non penning your shots simply take arty and start balancing the RNG 🤪 P.S. I love to play from time to time FV 304 you can make it's speed up to 83.4 (km/h) and it's not stunning oh oh yes use Ctrl key and then press right mouse key on the map at position you wanna check shoot Example you are looking in to A-1 and wanna relocate your aim at E-4 simply hold Ctrl key and then press with a mouse on E-4 position on mini map NOTE you need to be in artillery view to do that trick.

[@TheFrXion]

Hahahaha, that is a lot of tips 😂. Well thanks, but I am finished with artillery. It is still useful for all the other players though! Good luck on your arty marking. It must be hell 🤣

[@davidaio1019]

@@TheFrXion NP mate and nah i will not mark arty's... just wanna ace all tanks and arty that i have left 20 low tier arty's to ace and some other tanks but high tier... Well atm got 490 ace badges and i have 600+ tanks :d so i will only play with arty to ace them and maybe in a future gonna try to finish all missions with honors to get that 1st campaign Obj.260 badge (the red one😊) i don't hate others and my self to mark the arty's... GL HF and cya in future videos

[@OneWhoKnowsThings6009]

@@TheFrXion The tier 8 and 9 Brit arty guns play em with stock stock they are the best guns.. No joke... its that bad...