Is the US Tech Tree in War Thunder hard at 7.7 or do I just suck?

[@nitro112345]

War Thunder vet here, love the video. Some tips when playing at this BR: when you engined that light tank on American desert and all you could hit was the engine and driver you could have gotten the kill by staying where you were and waiting for the driver to be replaced. It's a cheesy tactic but necessary when you start getting to higher BR's. When using the M163 best thing to do when firing at a plane over 1km is to use your gunner's sight. The lead indicator is more accurate in the gunner's sight then in third person. You did a great job waiting for planes to commit to an attack before firing! Also be aware that a lot of tanks (especially light tanks) can use the commander to fire the main gun. That is why when you knocked out the gunner on the DF105 he was able to fire back.

[@thetartanrooster]

Thanks for putting in the time to comment, these are all great tips and some useful info!

[@SuperMaxdragon]

One tip comes to mind. Learn to shut off your engine when someone is approaching a corner. Can lull them into complacency at times.

[@Darksgt23]

I'm working through the American Tech Tree now, I'm at 6.7. I'm also 9.3 in the German Tech Tree. My main advice that you can try. When your hiding around a corner and trying to ambush someone, you can hit "i" (I think that's the default key) to turn off your engine. You'll be relatively silent and have better chances of someone driving around the corner and hitting them. You can then move or hit "i" again and reposition or adapt as needed. Works best with more faster and more mobile vehicles but still works for slower tanks, just need to account for their slower acceleration. Also at 9:55 , You did knock out his Commander, Loader, and Gunner. I think he has a more experienced/aced crew so he was able to fill his gunner role faster than you could reload. With it being French it's also possible he had an auto loader or already had a round loaded when his gunner came back.

[@thetartanrooster]

@@Darksgt23 ah I see thanks for the tip, I'll try some silent ambushes!

[@DarjinValentine]

Just got to 7.7 a few weeks ago, it made me go back to playing the 3.7 & 3.3 Shermans. Good luck my guy

[@johntheleprechaun178]

I just recently started using 8.3 Germany. There seems to be a lack of people playing 7.7 and I got constantly up tiered to 8.7 as well. Once I got to 8.3, I either go to 7.7 or 9.3 constantly. So it either feels like a cakewalk or like I may as well be fighting America's modern military. The leopard 1 feels terrible for me, maybe I will enjoy it when I unlock the rangefinder, but the APDS lacks damage compared to APHE that other countries get. For the US, I recently got to 6.7, and my friend is higher than me at about 8.3. From what I can tell, unlocking APHE for the American tanks at any tier (until top of course) is very important. I had the most fun playing the US when I treat the heavy tanks' armor like it's a light tank. Because of how much I have died to people driving at full speeds, it seems as if everyone has full stabilizers while my suspension has gotten worse and feels like low tier Germany again. There is a big gap in the technology between tanks sometimes. Consequently, I started playing MUCH slower and I have found that I played much better then.

[@ahzekahriman4255]

I struggled a lot with USA 7.7-8.0 too! I found that I could do pretty well with the M103, so long as I played conservatively. It gets a little better at 9.3, especially with the M60A1 AOS. The stabilizer really is amazing.

[@PinnkMann1]

The bestest I can give you is to use the protection tool, while int he hanger. IIt can be missleading at times, but I find it best to see how much of an angle you need to bounce rounds. You shuld try and rember where the amo is on enemy tanks you face alot. For example, I'm currenly at 6.3 BR for the US and tend to face a lot of Tiger 2's, most of ht amo is in the back of the turrent. So, I do my best to aim for that spot. I would also suggest to tim for weak points on tanks. I find that with any APHE rounds you can aim kinda of anywhere on a tank and kill it as long as you can pen that spot. For other rounds like HEAT-FS you have to sim more carefully. HEAT-FS rounds can also be used to over presaure open topped or very light vehicles. Another tip is try not to over extend your cover, being patient is better then showing weeker parts of your tank around a corner. Is also importent to try and not over angle your tank. I find this the hardest thing to get out of doing. I find more success in my 76 Jumbo Sherman when I angle my front armor slightly rather then point my tracks at the enemy tank. It doest hurt to use the range finder if your tank has one, it helps you to hit tanks from further away.

[@andybrooks4070]

I play almost every major nation and most are around that 6.7-7.0 range, Russia I have up to 8.0. Man USA is tough at 7.0-7.7 just 90mm all day long that barely have enough to pen heavy tanks at 6.7 let alone 7.7. Also bought the centurion action X not fully knowing how painful sabot is and then realizing all there other tanks use sabot as well. Also I'm glad the algorithm dropped this video on me because it was a good watch, and to know someone with relatively low hours like me has similar issues except I see that you have a lot of planes and I just cannot fly worth a damn so

[@3dprints3]

I have over 1600 hours on war thunder and I’m only level 56. I still don’t understand what’s happening but you’re just gotta keep grinding on. You might get discouraged at sometimes because you gotta keep going if you wanna reach top-tier.

[@mishimishifus7243]

bro what, i got to lvl 100 in like 500 hours or less lol, you do not have 1600 hours

[@mike_rauch]

America 7.7 for me was so terrible that I went back to play 6.7 and 5.3 to grind it out. Nothing in my 7.7 lineup is spaded. But do not fear, 8.3 is very fun and 9.0 is pretty ok

[@mcduckling01]

You sound like Havok, a For Honor youtuber, also I agree that US cold war era tech tree is actual cheeks , its the worse grind ive ever had than the rest lmao

[@Moufybird]

Reached 10.3 for America, the 7.3-8.3 grind was the worst I've ever seen. It's definitely not a skill issue. One thing I found is that more often than at other br are easily predictable. Apart from that, I think just having good knowledge of the tanks you face will help a lot. (e.g: the Somua SM that killed you at 9:58 has an auto loader and gunner replenishment is generally between 10-16 seconds, which is faster than you reload)

[@SpringfieldChan]

The Cold war era matches in america is 50/50, It can extremely good, or extremely bad just depends if you are either down tier or uptier

[@vickolous]

i first started playing about a month or 2 back, and have been grinding the british tree, and have recently reached 7.0 and i must say i absolutely fucking hate it. the fact that british tanks at br7 have terrible armour and sabots which have no spall and shatter most the time is depressing, but worst of all is that your first br7 tanks are the centurian mk3 and the FV4202, but the mk3 is 7.7 which means most times you get uptiered against people at br8, i've been in lobbies against people with a br8.3 tank, while im stuck with these br7 tanks with virtually no modifications since i cant pen anything from the front, they're too slow to flank so by the time i get anywhere, someone is already in a sniping position to take me out, and if i do pen it does virtually nothing half the time. its a horrific experience, and ive actually given up and gone back to br4.7 to use the avenger and firefly instead to grind rp, because there is simply nothing i can do. i'll just keep going until i get to the Chieftain Mk 10, since its got decent armour, decent speed and its when you first get APFSDS, although its still much later than its russian counterparts so i assume it'll still be a nightmare

[@michaelthebarbarian3380]

This is my favorite US line up lol M-103, 2 T-32s, an M-48.. what is there not to love?

[@jasonhunter5790]

5.7-8 BR is US best win rate if you’re struggling it’s genuinely skill issue

[@GodKingUvenk]

keep playing 7.3 with the t32 m47 and the spaa until you can get the 8.3 8.7 or 9.0 8.3 is meh 8.7 and 9.0 due to the amount of downtiers are amazing with the rise tts and the xm803

[@alvarohernani6645]

Close to 10 years, they are in a weird in between. Half late WW2 and Half Early cold war. And the #@€& stock apcr

[@kinsgaming8197]

the LARGEST problem with 7.7+ is the fact that the players there are giga sweats or cheating probably the second by literal inches is the third person camera you cannot move in 7.7+ people will sit behind hills / walls and wait for you to pull out overall you did aight you need to side scrape better you were angling the wrong way when you got in that corner duel I used to play world of tanks and had purple stats on a lot of my tanks but war thunder is just pain you either die to a guy holding a hill with third person or cas I REALLY want to know how the big youtubers always get to that perfect spot where they dumpster 5+ people and never get countered ive sat in many of their spots and people still instantly shoot at me

[@freakgamertaco]

So a little change u could do is turn off Gras in the scope in the options it helps a tone lets u see more in most situations 👍

[@NoOnesHome2025]

doesn't that defeat the purpose of owning a modern video card o.O

[@freakgamertaco]

@@NoOnesHome2025 Yes Maybe XD but i rather see more or have the upper hand bc i don´t see the gras that the enemy is hiding behind tbh

[@NoOnesHome2025]

@@freakgamertaco i think you're trying too hard tbh, put the game on movie quality and enjoy the new fire animations like the rest of us :D

[@NoOnesHome2025]

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[@Fulcrum909]

I main usa and have 2.2k hours and 7.7 for us is really a good br ive carried my team multiple times with the 7.7 lineup and once got a nuke with it, so its a verry good line up, but as how heavy tanks go in an uptier you kinda suffer from all the heat rounds

[@captaindaddy69420]

Nah, I am in the same place in the US tech tree and its just not fun how hard it is. It feels incredibly unfair. I have about 1500 hours.

[@random_stranger9017]

7.7 america is actually so bad its not your fault i suffer the same 😔

[@hankstorm3135]

yea not a fan of that tier either. things get slow and clunky

[@SuperMaxdragon]

Another. Turn off grass in gunners sights.

[@fire_drake12.arc.24]

The US tree as a whole is thoroughly terrible and full of over-br'd vehicles. You most certainly made some mistakes but its also significantly the fault of putting yourself into a shit tree.