Who Are The Dedicated SPG Players?

[@dph1usa]

I recently had a stroke, I play SPG'S because they do not require quite as much hand movement as most of the other tanks.

[@hillbillyscholar8126]

No singing Claus? "He's stunned again...whoaaa!"

[@waltertavcar7059]

Claus, I am a die-hard arty player...and dont hide it. Then I crossed someone that BLEW ME AWAY, last week. He has 83k games played (63k are in the LeF) Yes thats 3/4 games in this one arty. I wish I could remember his name. I pinged him after the game and congratulated him. He responded that his goal is 100k in the Lef. 😵‍💫

[@mpwaterhouse]

Yikes, I just don't think I could play a leafblower that much - I got one in a loot box on the EU several years ago, I just didn't like the ammo choices and lack of speed so have only played two games but won them both so hanging on to my 100% WR :) I'd rather play my Bishop or FV304.

[@Shauma_llama]

Played SPGs when I was mad at the game and wanted to vent my rage. Used to have a lot of fun playing SPGs with another SPG player whe called himself SchlampeWahnsinn. Funny guy. Only person I knew through gaming that I ended up meeting IRL. 😂

[@brucegoodwin634]

"I love the smell of Char Futur in the morning!" That's a t-shirt, Claus!! LOL

[@OneWorldHistory]

After all these years they found the happy medium for SPGs. Like in real war versus armor, it’s all about the shock of high explosive, not actual damage. This is one of wargaming’s few true victories in world of tanks. Playing these monsters is fun.

[@stsid1]

Second player did awesome. I play the M44, which needs it's load time shortened.

[@edwardbailey7911]

Back in the day I one shot a full health IS-6. Was glorious. Those were the days. Wargaming nerfed SPG's to oblivion in WOTs but won't nerf their equivalent in World of Warships (CVs) in World of Warships.

[@dkgaming8622]

I have to disagree vigorously with the "equivalent" part - in WoWS there are actual AA countermeasures available to the players, and we have to pilot our "shells" correctly. Which is actually super fun if you ask me.

[@stevenpage9269]

thanks Klaus! I'm an SPG guy, only managed to 2-mark my best ones. No 3 marks

[@ricb1261]

SPG's - baby we talk all night, but that ain't getting us no where

[@CocoDave37]

SPG Lives matter too!

[@vincentwiddershoven2122]

@artysarepeopletoo is spreading... lol. Great videos Claus and wonderfull work from the SPG players.

[@DJhinckley]

These 2 games show exactly how WoT penalises artillery in terms of reduced XP compared to other tank types.

[@mickleblade]

Good

[@mpwaterhouse]

Certainly not good if you find yourself outnumbered on one flank and need friendly arty in play to suppress advances by the enemy on that flank. Not good if you need critical enemies perma-tracked. And also not good if you want your arty to suppress and/or take out the arty that's shooting at you!

[@calvinryder3195]

Its all about the stun, and the first team to shoot a stun tank is the team that wins most of the time. dont even waste time with any of the other shells, if its medals you want or MoE. stun as many as you can and leave the kill to your team mates'

[@randypaul1868]

I love the GW E 100 :)) over 5.5k battles with it unfortunnatly just 2 marks still :(

[@alex.mielus]

Not a dedicated spg player but I like giving 'em up the deriere from time to time 🙄 from above 🤣

[@AntzWar]

Dedication is definitely the word for good SPG play, I don't play them enough to get good just not exciting enough for me, I only have the British Loyd GC and Birch Gun for low tier messing around occasionally

[@wage_beast]

Maybe our boy is feeling the heat from the competition?

[@neilwilliams2907]

I had a good game with my 155 58 yesterday. So close to SPG 15 with 3300+ damage and 2800+ assist, but the game was a draw 😞.

[@SanDiegoCaliforniaUSA]

I'd rather watch Claus play an SPG more than some reply of an SPG. Plus Claus could show some of these viewers lower tiered SPG play.

[@reptilespantoso]

When a Sh1tbarn blows up my AMX 30, I play my tier 7 SPGs. Because.

[@generalknez3942]

Not a dedicated spg player but am surely grinding for t9 french one. Currently im marking my JgPz and so far hes at 61,5% so im not gonna rest for a while cause its a really fun tank! Anyway, i like autoloader french t10 spg to spite the mf unicums lmao

[@t_az3346]

I don't mind a game of spg's ever now and then. Means I get to drink my coffee while.playing😅

[@ewok40k]

the thing about SPG is, they truly shine in prolonged battles when they can slowly but surely add up damage and assissts... but most games nowadays are 3-5 minutes blowouts, so SPG have hard time doing much

[@brezposelnislovenije770]

Klaus its caled snap shot perk ...ps non shot AP thats a myth

[@blue_beephang-glider5417]

Random or Rigged? Shooting close ==> Loader and Ammo rack... Spotting and get seen ==> Tracked can't move, Repair kit, Engine can't move, BOOM! Random 🤔? Hundreds of times???

[@stephengraham1153]

Sorry Claus, looks like this might be the last video I can watch. KZbin will shortly prevent me from playing all videos. They tell me that I have an Ad Blocker installed, but I don't and they won't respond to feedback.

[@WimvdBrink]

Just ignore the message ..

[@wargamingrefugee9065]

Hi, Some web browser security settings -- blocking third party cookies, enhanced tracking protection, browsing in a private window, et cetera -- will trigger a false positive ad blocker pop up on some web sites.

[@zemankraluje2418]

arty love ^^

[@yawningkitty457]

The sky cancer in the first game is the type of clicker I used to hate, got a mega long reload but instead of doing something usefull, like try to find where the enemy spg is hiding, nope, just tab out and go back to watching pron hub.

[@amazingronaldo9656]

Show us on the doll where the arty hurt you.

[@yawningkitty457]

@@amazingronaldo9656 I can't, I burned the doll when I unistalled the game.

[@snippidippi]

Must be very meaningless being a spg player as its 1 minute reload, 80% misses and 20% splash damage and suicidal in last minut

[@sandsea]

I don't get it, I've sent you S-51 game a month or so ago, which at least 7x more interesting, and noooo, it's nooot goooood enough for Claus. But this hunk of garbage games :|

[@davidp4596]

SPGs ruin the game, won't be watching today.

[@linyarin]

What has ruined the game has been the introduction of the Mario Karts

[@martalogu218]

Reloading the WT or foch155 and sitting in a bush is even more horrible imao than playing arty. Playing arty is fun and relaxing for me. Anyway this doesnt look like a good arty player imao

[@rickydavis5422]

I play the Sexton. I've had 10 kills as my best. Wish I could get a mark on my barrel. Not sure why barrel marks are for tier 5 and up. I feel it would make lower tiers more fun to play.

[@morstyrannis1951]

I suspect it’s to provide less incentive for seal clubbing.

[@WOTArtyNoobs]

There are literally dozens of Arty players in some clans with 3 marked Arty. Many of them are members of WOT Arty Noobs and share their techniques with others. A lot of these players can be seen smashing the enemy on our channel (WOT Arty Noobs) and frequently they win the game for their team with a single shot in the right place, by taking out the enemy team one by one or by stunning the enemy to let their team mates take the kills.

[@Dpixtion]

All players hate SPG when it’s raining down on them but love SPG when they save their butts…

[@wargamingrefugee9065]

Back in the old days, when light tanks still had scout matchmaking and War Gaming's Deforestation Department hadn't stripped all of the bushes, brush and trees from the maps, I quickly learned a good arty player was an aggressive and sneaky light tank driver's only friend. The other tanks couldn't shoot what wasn't rendered or line of sight for them, but arty, they could fire well into the enemy's rear. I also learned that everybody loved to kill enemy arty, especially the arty player(s) on my team.

[@jc-d6179]

Oh yes!

[@Mr1DragonLord]

The game used to mean and be something with old SPG, the new SPG is a joke and people complain about it because they have no skill. IF they can't even play with the way the SPG currently is. Then they should just quit playing the game. Most the people that cry about spg are just the losers who sit in the open and sit there just getting hit by them. Smart players learn to move.

[@mpwaterhouse]

@@Mr1DragonLord Indeed - likely short-attention-span WN8 heat-seeking players who simply get annoyed as they are stunned over and over. They simply don't have the patience (or willing to crater their WN8) to go and actually play enough SPGs to learn how to effectively counter them!!! -

[@mpwaterhouse]

@@wargamingrefugee9065 Skilled and supportive friendly arty still works for assists for sneaky and zippy LTs against enemy LTs and light MTs but the low damage on everything else is pretty sad for the arty player :(

[@fps079]

Mernin' Claus. Never play spg but I don't rage against them. Sometimes they are the only hope when an enemy is entrenched and hull down.

[@mickleblade]

Nice in theory but they always select the lightly armoured targets

[@tomsemmens6275]

I used to play SPGs when i got home on from work and just needed to relax without too much thinking. You see, once upon a time this game offered something to middle aged guys who worked regular jobs. You know, the ones who paid for an account, purchased the odd premium tank and spent a bit at Xmas but also had a dog, a family and friends, and think paying hundreds of dollars to win is ridiculous so they quit.

[@armandosignore3120]

Thanks for the SPG vids. How about a good BISHOP game?!

[@larryselkirk426]

Thanks for the spg video Claus. They are my second favorite class of vehicle.

[@garrybrough72]

I love playing SPG. I guess that being a bit older, and also noticing I get a bit of "motion sickness" when playing tanks I found that I can join in, have fun, and these days do quite well in SPGs (not like unicom level) but feeling like I'm contibuting to the outcome of battles. So yes I do like the old SPG game. I prefer the British ones which although tend to do less damage than the Soviet or American guns l find them way more accurate. So be nice to SPG players.

[@douglasbuck8986]

Hash tag ME too....no waiting for targets. You can support any flank without having to relocate. You can focus down targets that need to be eliminated and help weaker teams win.

[@kens32052]

SPG lives matter lol.

[@thefrankbsshow]

You ask how often i play an SPG. Simple, over 75k Arty games, M53 55 55,K most counter Medals on all server are mine (2047) . Fegano Krawall

[@roberthart3305]

My overall favorite now is the GW Panther. I've found it to have the most consistent gun of the arties I use regularly. I generally stay away from the tier 10s because they take WAY too long to load, especially the 155 58. Of the tier 10 SPGs, I prefer the Object, it is a fast, (relatively) well armored vehicle, but you have to learn where the W key is. Kudos to the 155 58 player, a lot of patience there, in spite of the wait for the reloads.

[@webyankee6558]

There is no excuse for making reloads so long and the lack of damage is also unexceptionable. I like playing SPG but these mechanics just make playing WOT useless

[@singncarpenter6270]

It's weird how the mid tier SPGs seem to do more alpha damage than the high tiers.

[@slimslamfl]

Probably because they penetrate more

[@WimvdBrink]

I play them but its frustrating most of the time, getting a direct hit with an arty and do almost no damage while the stupid car with minimal ammo makes more damage, that BC is kind of fun but with enemy anti arty it is dangerous to stay in one place, all that complaining about arties .. most of dumb players who stay at the same spot even when hit multiple times by an arty .. just play them and stop complaining, its the rock paper scissors thing ..

[@oiyouoverhere1112]

I used to enjoy the french artillery line, the only artillery line I ground all way to 10. I wasn't a Arty only player, I had T10 Heavies, Mediums and TDs too. But when they completely screwed over Arty, because of the whining little b**tards, I lost interest. In the game entirely.....

[@kalashnikov1343]

The French tier VI arty was the best. IIRC, it had the highest alpha at tier 6, 950, and it absolutely slapped. You could punish tier VIIIs no problem

[@mpwaterhouse]

@@kalashnikov1343 Yup agreed, my Tier VI AMX 13 F3 still has my best 100+ game win rate for an SPG at 61.74%

[@woodyamsterdam]

I guess that the hatred towards SPGs still originates from the old days that an arty could one-shot a full health heavy. In the current version of WOT they have become a complete joke, thanks to WG that have nerfed them to death. The last nerf+HE changes, plus the sound detection perk was the last nail in the coffin. Shells are flying through the air like fucking bottlerockets, giving away your general position and average damage on a direct hit has become approx 40% less. It’s very hard nowadays to 3 mark your arty. I play arty because of age related diminishing eye sight and slower reflexes. (turning 70 next year) Still enjoy it though and often enough I finish on top of my team in damage dealt. Got all tier 10 arties except for the French one and recently I finally managed to get my 2nd mark on my tier 7 G.W. Panther. The replay is on the WotArtyNoobs channel. Anyway, thanks for doing this video and best wishes from Photobomber.

[@robertvonschumann7297]

I play only british FV 3805 with stock gun cause of reload, to do missions, advice from you Claus ✌

[@kkmik5933]

I can't make that BC 155 work. Most games are under 1K damage

[@kevinhennessey3189]

Use SPG if I have a daily mission like 7 crits in a game.

[@stevewebster5729]

The reload on the French thing would kill me. Give me the Bishop any day - the fun of having to get forward and a (for arty) fast firing gun...

[@Kanikalion]

53/55 is still the go to SPG. But really, you can't go wrong for fun with any of the t8 or 9 American heavies, TDs, and SPGs. Just a great little tech tree section.

[@mudducke8]

I have essential tremors so SPG is the easiest for me to play.

[@sjoerdwillemsen7946]

Obj 261 has 20 shells with an average reload of 30sec, that is 10 minutes of continues fire, 15 minutes in a match makes you somewhat hesitant to waste a shot since you dont want to run out.

[@CarelessOkuu]

My favorite SPG right now is Crusader SP with the small gun, so much fun using it

[@darylsapergia3663]

I stopped playing SPG's when my top-down view stopped working, mid game????? Used to like playing the few I had, from tier 5 (leaf-blower) to Obj. 261. Stopped playing T-92 due to inability to hit anything. The 261 rocked, though.

[@kizzzit5724]

Patient ?? Not hardly... It's my biggest downfall playing this game *sigh* I have 4 Arty's tier 6-9 All American .. Only got them to do the damn Campaigns .. AND I switch to them after being Hounded/focused by arty for4-5 games in a row.. Then I switch and won't shoot another tank Until Ive counter-battery the other arty on the other team... for a couple three games.... Then I feel better and go back to Tanks until it happens again LOL THANKS Video's !!

[@DadBeard-pi2oy]

I am pretty much ARTY and SniperTD player its just easier on my old eyes and reaction times.. yes I am old and like the plays style of the ARTY and TD's KEep the vids coming you crazy Canadian!!! And keep up the excellent work eh!

[@Derguz]

Honestly I've been doing the arty missoins for the T-55A (right now I'm at the StugIV, mission 3) and there's a reason why I used the certs to get the arty missions done in the first place... I have never, in my life, ever, at any time, in all those years I have shared with other people on this remarkable blue jewel in the vast universe of emptiness.... Quite felt the meaningless of life and the void of stagnant unexistance as when I've played arty.. It's not enjoyable. Nothing happens and by god it's easy to rake up dmg - but it's boring as shi... I'm not sure I have the stamina for the missions.... let alone the disgrace, the shame of knowing - I did arty missions.

[@OriginalYonta]

SPG's is still fun, against all odds (and nerves). I am a light (fast) tank player and i usually get the most help from spg (still). They are fun to play as well and give the game dept. I understand the hate they get but thats usually from peoples who don't play SPG's so they don't know the skills it take. Ooooooh he is just klicking, well i have news for you; so are you ;). Much love to you Claus and give Marty a belly rub for me, and get one for yourself as well :) PS. more science pls.

[@evanlawrence7289]

Used to be a dedicated SPG player until they removed old AP. It was mere chance if you hit something then hoped it penned and didn't hit the tracks. If those two dice rolls aligned 2,000 damage in one shell was so rewarding. SPG gameplay isn't as rewarding to me as it used to be, but I'll still roll out the m12 every once in awhile. Thanks for the video Claus. My spg playing style got replaced by JG E100.

[@russwoodward8251]

Good SPG games. Thanks

[@7errafirma]

arty is actually bad for good players, I have over 8600 rating, I begrudgingly play arty whenever there is a ''...7 crits...'' daily mission, because if you don't get that mission out of the way, you might have to play a lot of battles and then you can get like ''kill 4 tanks in a battle'' as the bonus mission and doing these missions can take you a lot of battles. I don't wanna play more than 10-12 average battles a day. so, yeah, arty guarantees that you''ll do those crits missions in a single match 99% of the time. they really need to do something about those daily missions.

[@Dennys854]

If you leave stealth now I'll take away a little part of ye Ooh no, Red Team TD, please don't go And if you spot scouts now I'll stun them for all eternity Ooh no, team mates, please don't go Ooh spotter, I just want you to stay.....

[@paulvamos7319]

The M44 is the SPG I have had the most fun in, even got a raider medal for capping and not being detected the entire game! 😂

[@micpic119]

Same here. got the raider. 10K+ games, 2 mark barrel. best all around SPG IMO.

[@Regard015]

@@micpic119you have 10k games and can’t even 3 mark it LMAO

[@micpic119]

IKR@@Regard015

[@yoshyusmc]

I play SPG when I RNG bad teams in rando. I love my BC. Your first Anti-SPG kill is a huge rush. You do your team a great service as well.

[@michaelmedicworldoftanks33fps]

Only chanel that acknowledges that spg players are people too and why not when on average 4/30 in every game are spgs and that's 13% of all players which could be about 30000 people all around the world 😁

[@peterbassey9668]

The high degree of influence of the game over every SPG shot quickly drove me from ever touching them in the game. I've sold out every last SPG i had and am now more dedicated to TD gameplay.

[@garyhardison9265]

I suck playing Arty, 5 games was enough for me. Primarily light tank player so 1 game I’m spotting for them, next hunting them for a Pascuchi medal 😂

[@frankstolar1575]

Sup my man.Went on wot yesterday. WHOLE new game.Played a bit said f this.Uninstalled and said goodbye.Goodbye

[@victorduffy4459]

I still hate SPGs. On the bright side, I accidentally found out I can run the sound from WOT into my new guitar amp. The game sounds great through a 40 watt amp.

[@kaboom-zf2bl]

mines is a crap spg map it is way too tiny .. and has ony 3 decent spot for spgs on either side ... and they are well known MINES should never need spgs

[@gregzemo7163]

A reload taking forever and three hits for... les than 1000 dgts at Tier X ? That's excruciating...

[@amazingronaldo9656]

Now I am singing Claus! We got a little ol Conway, Shootin through the night. Yea we got a little ol Conway, aint she a beautiful sight? Come on let's shoot the Conway, aint nothing gonna get in our way, we gonna rock that Conway, cross the USA! Conway. Conway

[@RicoMnc]

I like playing arty or do passive spotting from an OP spot in a light for the same reason. I can drink my beer and eat my sandwich without too much interruption...

[@gerardr6107]

Just had a Radley Walters medal + a high caliber with my lefh yesterday 😁🤩😉 yeah, I know, you hate me !

[@jimtilley1158]

ARTY PARTY!!! Arty 4 Life. I got the T10 French, T9 is better I think.

[@jso2016]

Please do a SPG counter battery tactics episode - someone are for sure experts in that kind of game play. I try to be when I play SPG, but I'm still just a muppet :-)

[@dkgaming8622]

That's something I'd love to see. The "tracers" mechanic relies too much on a player's graphics settings, which makes it super confusing in so many cases - that, and the intentionally-added fake variation (obfuscation) to the tracer's rendered position. As a main SPG player myself, I find that unnecessary ,and actually detrimental to the game as a whole because it de-incentivizes arty players from using the keyboard, since the game code already "lies" about arty's position to anyone without a cheat mod.

[@Chuckles..]

We really need a vid like that. I am primarily an spg player and playing counter battery can be a big waste of time if you don't kill the enemy art.

[@mpwaterhouse]

@@Chuckles.. You don't always have to kill the enemy arty - just suppress and force them to relocate or even better bait them in trying to shoot back. In maps where there are few clear shots of enemy tanks its better to lob one at an enemy rather than end the game with a load of unused ordinance :)

[@mpwaterhouse]

My longer range arty play tends to be very mobile with a lot of angle options - I prefer faster arty such as the French tier 6-10, German tier 7 and the American tier 6. For giggles, I like the short-range high-arc types such as the British arty tier 5-7 and the old German tier 4 st Pz II

[@danhay2505]

Watching an SPG replay is about as enjoyable as constipation with a hangover… (not fun)

[@MarcUK]

What about SPG's that don't have the shells that can stun? No marks on your barrel for YOU!

[@hielkovisser4753]

I was Claus but the older players not as handy for those shit wheeld paying for this shit game. but no worries i quit the game pay for it yourself now, by the way your account has buffs other haver not

[@artm1973]

Ever since they added the BZ-176 I play just so I can focus them.

[@Observerl]

If the Arty is on the team with the top demage dealers, this shows that the opposing team were just muppets, but not just them but also their own team. At least that's how it was almost 5 years ago. I don't know whether this is still the case today. I think this replay has proven it.

[@Abboman111]

Good timing for some arty gameplay, I just painted exterior walls of a house and had to watch the paint dry😅

[@Vic-Bee]

I'm a happy arti player.. well, at least until WG nerf'd them. Then I sold many but kept the French tier 10 among a rare few. It's very accurate but can't dmg tier 10 TD's or Hvy on which it bounces often. I like the Russian 261 because of its accuracy and faster reload and the Brit because of its lobbing ability and splash radius.

[@radovan7970]

Another poor arta hater

[@Chuckles..]

Good job Claus, their tier 10 Russ and Frenchie are the best spgs in the game imhop.

[@patton9696]

I am because of all the camping. I just focus fire TDs hiding in the back

[@Pinsonneaultmotorsports]

How do you find these replays. I do have one in my scorpion G getting a ace tanker. How do I send them to you

[@134iqsigmamale5]

You lost me from the begining when you said SPG players are people too.

[@wotviewer]

just goes to prove RNG is biased towards those with "good" stats as some of those exact same shots would not have done that for me and I was spotted moving to the same location as the 261

[@Hellblazzer]

Back in the day I played spg in lazy days. Was kind of handy when having a cigarette too.

[@stinkymcfly8994]

3 marked in my Hummel years ago before WoT nerfed the SPGs.

[@junoboom]

Certainly not an FV304, but damn they are fun to watch imo :)

[@sayerrobin]

I managed to 2 mark the FV304 but I'm not sure that really counts as artty.

[@hp60679]

I play spg a lot. M-44 and gun carrier is my favourites

[@headhunter7052]

time for the seminary for Claus - to work on your Bishop skills.