Why You Suck at War Thunder (And How to Get Better)

[@NXBXD]

The fact I just had 7 bad tank games and got a notification on my phone for this video right after my match 😅

[@LetsLaberWithMi]

The universe spoke to YOU personally 😂😂😂

[@NXBXD]

@@LetsLaberWithMi 😄 FR

[@ThommyofThenn]

We can all be learning from this. I sure am!

[@jakubw.2779]

We're connected now? Because it's the same for me. Absolutely bad time grinding m1a1. But like, you unistall the game bad time, and then i got this in my recommended

[@temperspace]

Im playing right now, taking a break. JUST started playing 8.0 and jeeees this is torture

[@LastGoatKnight]

I know one point. Gaijin in almost every update destroys engine noises. Sometimes you can't hear anything from your teammates' engines (eventhough I lowered my own so this wouldn't happen) while other times a Tiger II sneaks up on you (talking from experience)

[@joshharris2793]

I use a sound mod and it fixed that mostly for me, base sound is trash though

[@LastGoatKnight]

@@joshharris2793 you see, I don't even have that option, I play on console. No, I don't have a PC sadly

[@info0]

@@joshharris2793 sound mods can only do as much, but they can't fix broken game sound engine. Even with mods if you have more than 4 sound sources around you, 5th will go silent. It's engine limitation. I have died to silent tanks many times even with sound mods. Such is the nature of Gaijin game engine.

[@CyberneticArgumentCreator]

@@info0 It's because they never bus any of the sounds together, so it caps out. It's kind of like if you were trying to record on an 8 track and you put 8 mics on the drums and then complained that you couldn't record the guitar and bass and vocals. No dude, gather the drum kit into one mixing board, then feed that into one stereo in on the 8 track. Then use the rest for the other stuff. Edit: This is also why all the sounds are smashed and mega compressed and loud. There's no mixing, they just throw everything in at once into a main bus with a limiter. Once there are a few sound sources, it's hitting maximum volume and then starts squashing into the limiter. Basically the equivalent of "mixing" in base Garageband into a limiter with every track normalized.

[@skylarmorehead9883]

I looove how ppl actually think they know how some companies game engine is coded along with their sound engine as well, which has given them the knowledge to say for certain they know the sound engines limitations has some "major limitiations" lol ok Einsteins, and you base that off noo evidence other than "they know because a tiger tank snuck up on them and they didnt hear it in their 40 dollar logitech computer speakers lol". for instance, the dude saying he knows the games sound engine can only handle up to "4 vehicles" lmao dude GET REAL you dont know ANYTHING when it comes to game development let alone a companies multi million dollar game engine or "sound engine" UNLESS you are a dev from within that company! plain and simple none of you have ever done an ounce of research or taken into consideration the countless variables other than the the game itself that come into play as factors but have drawn this conclusion based off what.. becasue you just know? lol it couldnt possibly have anything to do with any sorta hardware that you own the sound card your pc is using the headphones or speakers you have you just all know its the Games sound engines ability to only render a max of 4 vehicles in an area... SMH and the other guy that has "solved it" by adding a sound mod to the game files, and that fixed the "sound engines" limitation right?! like are u serious kid? all of a sudden your experts in game development? but none of you are game devs? weird.. or work at gaijin.. even weirder.. but a tiger tank snuck up on you and exposed your skill issues so that gave you the insight and knowledge to know and understand a multi million dollar game developers game engine... GET REAL and GET OUTTA HERE WITH THAT NONSENSE!

[@nhienleminhhue6605]

after 2 years of playing this game I have come to this conclusion: 1. Stop listening to music and start listening to engine' noises 2. Do not rely on your armor this is a bad habit later on, praying for a none pen must be the last resolve as in real life 3. Use range finder 4. Do not move vast distances. move from cover to cover from one position to another cautiously while listening and watching for potential ambush. There will be sound and smoke from the engine compartment. 5. Do not try to engage multiple enemies at once, and do not appear from one position twice if the enemy has noticed. 6. Use the mini-map to know where the enemies are, and don't forget to point the enemies out for teammates. 7. Do not call on arty prematurely, wait under to aim is smallest. 8. Do not go directly to the capture point to capture it, wait for the enemies and then ambush them. Once capture a point move to an advantageous position and defend the point. Do not go for the spawn point. Flanking is the best option, avoid direct confrontation. 9. Do not go after the one that killed you, he knows. 10. Only take from 10 to 25 rounds.

[@Монаж]

I wish more people payed attention to No.8 :(

[@zacharycanell5197]

@@Монажwell said mate. Especially on the ammo. If your reload is 9+ seconds, don’t bother with more than 15 rounds. If it’s around 7 bring 20, 6 or less bring more but even then, ALWAYS pay attention to first stage ammo capacity

[@user-sg9ql8nk1u]

i dont rely on armor,i instead rely on enemy being completely blind and unaware of my position as i play like a rat lmfao

[@saeer5038]

Grest tips. I would add one more point that is the hardest: enjoy the game. It is grindy. It is frustrating, but it's game so go there and enjoy. Ps. F*** CAS for life

[@ThommyofThenn]

So many people seemingly don't use minimap at all. Ill mark enemies and even warn people that an enemy is right there, yet they drive straight into the ambush

[@davefedoruk6598]

Don't listen to him, in Ground RB keep firing all your machine guns all match, no one can hear them and it makes you look cool....

yes please do

[@CatWithAOpinion]

Lvl 38 wallet warrior fact checkers deem this to be true✅🤑🗣️‼️

[@thatguy46744]

Yeah! Gib me free kills plz😊

[@FoxFordgaming]

​@@thatguy46744 true lol😂

[@0AThijs]

Got my second nuke by just doing this, thanks! (0 deaths)

[@MrPanzer234]

bold of you to assume I'm even passable at the game

[@luigi59492]

Lol

[@roveradventures]

Tips: 1: Don't jump BRs without a fairly fleshed out selection. Like grabbing the tiger 1 without having the panthers or decent tank destroyers. As at 5.7 there's alot of heavy tanks that will laugh at your panzer 3s gun. 2: get used to uptiers, in my experience most battles once you have that well rounded BR tree you'll be uptiered more often than not. 3: don't be afraid to ground pound in air rb if the plane you're using is a little underperforming. Or play the role of strike aircraft interceptor but if you do, make sure you know where your allies are so they can cover you if someone comes in to dive on you. 4: if you play British, you'll know where most weak points are. Take that knowledge to nations with good APHE and its easy. 5: learn to angle but once you get into higher tiers throw angling out the window. The Conqueror is a great tank but angling will guarantee a one shot knock out. 6: if you get burned out, do take a break. The game can be enjoyable but also very draining. 7: try custom battle dogfights as they won't hurt your reward points, and generally they can be Air Rb with unlimited respawns so you can constantly try and learn against other planes.

[@ThommyofThenn]

Pin this!! Tip 1 is important because you don't want to use all your backups on one vehicle. Save the backups and just play whichever BR you have at least TWO main battle vehicles for (I.e. NOT support vehicles such as spaa). Another tip on grinding: You can also move your cursor over the vehicle you're researching and you will see a big mess of numbers. Look for words "efficient research progress" and you will see there is a particular vehicle that gives an RP bonus for whatever you're grinding!

[@ThommyofThenn]

On #3, do you think most people have their freelook button mapped to a button near their primary movement keys so they can switch between fluidly?

[@roveradventures]

@@ThommyofThenn Mines been mapped to C as default.

[@roveradventures]

Tips continued: 1: lead your SPAA shots. Do not aim directly at them like you do a tank. A hit is a hit, and if it crashes due to poor piloting you WILL get the assist or kill credit. 2: if you have a mouse like a G502 with multiple buttons. Map your missiles and bombs to those buttons in air battles. In ground, map your 2nd gun to a button on the mouse. The T1E1/M6A1 is much more effective when using the 76 for hard targets and the smaller gun to trick targets into thinking you fired, or killing light armored targets since the reload is much faster. 3: learn to hull down early. Angling is important especially early on (slightly angled panzer 3 can be a menace and is good practice for a tiger or KV or churchill. But once you get into leopards, comets hull down is a friend. Japan and Sweden have really good reload rates, decent to really good APHE (filler and reasonable pen) and good gun depression but very meh armor. So fighting at range, and ambushing is all you get unless you get lucky and bounce or Glance a shot. Side note: I'm only 100 days in and chose british as my main faction. The churchill armor will NOT save you at 5.7. At 4.7 and equal tier the mark 7 is a menace to most things. Solid shot generally will knock out barrels and tracks and you can just move around to their weaker sides.

[@roveradventures]

@@ThommyofThenn oh and be prepared to suffer as sweden. The A21/J21 are very fun.. BUT. YOU HAVE TO GRIND THE BOMBERS TO GET TO THEM and imo their survivability is fairly low. Not much armor (I don't even think the glass is bulletproof, and the turrets aren't much to write home about) But oh when you get the J21s...it makes up for it. Climb to 10K ft. Or don't. Head on if you can dodge them (convergence at 400 for me) If they try to out-turn you you usually will clip a wing or tail. Do NOT head on a wyvern or Do-335. 🤣

[@rstebnicki]

The main problem is that other players have also been playing for 10 years. Because of this, most know what and how.

[@catritonix]

true i quit because i just couldn't find a way to live on any map for Longer than a few minutes. everyone always knows every corner to look at and every position to cover

[@robertharris6092]

​@@catritonix thata only at mid and high tier. The hours of time you spent at low tier with other noobs is when youre supposes to be learning the maps.

[@marshalljulie3676]

Exactly as a New player you should grind your way up so you learn the mechanics instead of buying premium and die at top tier

[@poop-wj9dm]

10years??? Imagine how many things you could have done instead of wt

[@imperialwhovian3461]

​@@marshalljulie3676i just started and constantly get sniped across a map

[@daltonharter3786]

For ground, I tell my friends that play that they need to actually pay attention to intel. So that constant look at the map is good. If you have a lousy shot or know where someone is. Send a short burst of mg on the target so you can mark them for a couple seconds. That map provides a whole of info that can help you be successful

[@danielpetrucci8952]

I just use by Binos from behind cover to mark enemies

[@BillyCrabtree-ob6py]

I agree with the last tip. My playstyle is usually driving or flying slowly and deliberately. When I try to do rushing and LEROOOY JEEEENKINS Stuff right into the battle i get gutted like a fish and thus earn little to nothing in return . But when i take my time my survival rate is higher and i earn a little to much more stuff.

[@thatguy46744]

The biggest issue i see with players more than anything combined is ABHORRENT positioning. And that noone seems to capture points, or capitalize on great chokepoints/terrain on the caps.

[@Smokasaurus]

It's beyond frustrating when you see that arc of teammates on the map just camping a point that they don't own and nobody's there to even contest.

[@barronhelmutschnitzelnazi2188]

Or teammate(s) camping one spot the whole entire game and is trying to snipe across the map while the enemy team owns all the caps. Like, do something useful 😂

[@robertharris6092]

​@@barronhelmutschnitzelnazi2188 not every tank can brawl. A 60+ ton casemate with a 20+ second reload is not going to survive at close range against the enemy. And it wasnt designed to.

[@barronhelmutschnitzelnazi2188]

@@robertharris6092 What you described is like 1% of the vehicles in the game. Most people do not use that kind of vehicle and still sit back and watch. Light vehicles brawl perfectly fine even without any armor. Even during a close combat brawl, positioning is still important to get the first shot in.

[@robertharris6092]

@@barronhelmutschnitzelnazi2188 light tanks do not brawl well. Youre using a tank the enemy can pen anywhere. Thus only requiring about 2 seconds to aim at somewhere that can be a kill shot. Cs a tank that will often have to aim for weakspots. Which usualy takes about 4 seconds for the gunner to aim at. Youll lose against someone aware of your presence 90% of the time.

[@alexandersergal]

being a hunter irl i find my favorite play style is what i call "deer hunting" where i find a good place to hide where enemy traffic is and then get a few kills before changing positions. I managed to get a nuke doing this.

[@CommodoreRayne.IMP.C-1824]

Another tip for situational awareness for both tanks and planes, look at the minimap every few seconds. In tanks it allows you to know where enemies are and see if anyone is trying to sneak past you. Planes is fairly similar but its more about making sure you're not outnumbered or not being dived on. In short, you were given a map for a reason, bloody use it! 😂

[@NOBULEC08thirdaccount]

1:10 its mainly because war thunder is adverising itself as a dynamic war simulator not a uh... sniping simulator for tanks not ifv's tho i might be wrong

[@SAK11RA]

I’ve had people drive in front of my gun sight and get mad at ME lmao. Like open your eyes bro!

[@scyobiempire4450]

i’m a bad player (as i don’t have the best vision so sometimes i miss tanks in the distance) but once i had a heavy tank just ram into me and completely throw off my aiming :/

[@SAK11RA]

@ yep happened to me too, and the guy had a whole bunch of space that he could have used to move but nah, actively detriment your teammates lol

[@coyragon96]

The find your own playstyle thing is the most important thing I could think of, I found for me that I enjoy playing Italy way more than every other country because of my playstyle and that lets me play 10 times better

[@oldie-se]

The most underrated skill in WT ... patience!

[@armoredlumberjack1999]

true

[@Aizen_Sosuke999]

Yea Patience that will took you 1 to 2 years to reach high tier

[@oldie-se]

​@@Aizen_Sosuke999 Where do we stand in the high tier? Massive ODL because people have died off and don't realise anything. Then they start cheating ... it all starts with impatience.

[@justTyping]

Some for WoT. In early days in my clan we had the rule "dont be THAT guy". "That guy" was the one running blindly into enemy lines. Sadly with age I somehow lost my patience. The WT "activity" measurment also makes me wonder how patient you can be.

[@tibcsikid5775]

Nice video. Next could you make a "how to avoid tilting in wt" video? Lets be honest, the wt community is full of toxic wastes that live on tilting ppl. A guide on how to avoid/deal with filth like that would benefit a lot of ppl.

[@hampusnilsson6950]

Have a like. Veteran on props for years on and of but i kinda needed the Christian II now on sale coz reasons. Never played above rank 4 before. So guilty of buying a high tier tank and having my ass handed to me every other game. It's a process and a steep learning curve. Looking forward for more does and dont content. Curse of the booster is real. Cheers

[@julixfelixfan7308]

I can tell from my experience that i had no problems in high tier when i was playing for about 30h and buying a 9.7 plane. I actually thought it was a lot easier than in low tier because the planes are easier to maneuver

[@Ferrarilover108]

The most important is to always use Binoculars in Ground RB.... will improve your experience overnight

[@afrenchdude5331]

One of the key aspect to be competitive in WT is to have a solid lineup and you should always have this mind when you research your vehicles. A solid line up means having at least a good SPAA, 2 tanks, maybe one or 2 planes from different category (most likely fighter and attacker).

[@cheften2mk]

Higher BRs arent harder than mid BR. If you suck at one you suck at the other. And you learn both while playing.

[@michaelvigil5321]

Also it doesn't really matter where you start at in the game, every 1.0 BR increase is a completely new set of vehicles that you will have to learn including your own. With 3500 in game hours I'm still learning new spots, new weakspots, new ways to use everything my vehicle has to offer. The reason War Thunder players are so unanimously bad is because it's too much for most to learn and remember within a reasonable amount of time.

[@donovanchau3483]

If anything it’s kinda easier besides the helicopters. I got tired of playing mid tier Germany so I went into a high tier US game for the first time in half a year and I ended up top scoring in a full uptier with a mostly stock M60A3 TTS. All those light skinned Leopards and BMPs remove any need for precise weak spot aiming that I have to do at 6.0 Germany.

[@justmarc2015]

This is totally wrong. Top tier plays way differently than ranks 3-6

[@zihongezrali6053]

​@@donovanchau3483the technical term is soft skinned

[@Alexein455]

One of the most important things is to choose the right machine for a particular map or BR. Example for Germany 6.0: Open map: panther, tank destroyers City: Tiger, Ostwind 2, 155mm howitzer Down Tier: heavy tank, TD or medium - enemy destruction Up Tier: light tank (Puma trololo time) or AA - assisting your team The key is good positioning and keeping an eye on what's going on around you. Even heavily armored tanks have weak spots, if you have a problem with some, stutter where to shoot. It's certainly not easy to hit an IS3 within a mile to the driver's hatch, but...

[@alsenar2]

Played a game today on Stalingrad were i killed two enemy tanks in close range and guess what...they did not hear me coming. But i heard them miles away already. That's the difference. Listen to the game sound and you will have a much better experience, especially on close combat maps.

[@ThommyofThenn]

5:00 What I do is make a mini-game of it. I call it "no man left behind" and you guessed it, if I see a teammate repairing or rejuvenating crewmen, then I do my best to reach them and depending on their vehicle/situation, either give them smoke, angle myself in front of them to deflect some fire, or more rarely come behind them and turn on my tow cable. (This only works rarely as people tend to panic when immobilised or zone out while waiting to die) The best thing is to exit aka "J out" or ask for help. You might get lucky and have a teammate come to your aid!

[@justTyping]

On the other hand: I think trying to help someone who is in the open and get permanently shot, might be suicide. Especially if he is focused by more than one enemy tank.

[@hobojoe0448]

After a thousand hours on warthunder, I can reasonably say finding YOUR playstyle makes all the difference in how comfortable you are

[@armoredlumberjack1999]

I'm fairy good at the game but watching videos like this is always interesting. My personal tips that always help me are: 1. NEVER rush a cap point, instead go and flank it and wait for the enemy to rush it/come to you or even bypass you, then you get to take out multiple guys at once from the back for a good dopamine hit. 2. Patience is your best weapon, I'm not saying to camp but don't be reckless. 3. Winning the game > getting kills 4. Speed > Armor 6. Try different positions on different maps until you find the one that you like the most, don't just go the same way every game only to get killed again and again. 5. ALWAYS move inside of the deadzone and never above it. 7. After a kill, depending on the circumstances, try to change position. 8. That tank that killed you is not OP, you just suck, stop blaming other factors except yourself and you will get better I promise.... Except if you get killed by cas, fuck cas. 9. Move ONLY if you have to, don't just hold the W key like a monkey. 10. Almost never go the same way as other players are going, if you ignore this, the enemy will be looking straight at you, be as unpredictable as you can, like I said in tip one, flank. 11. Probably the most important tip of all is map knowledge. If you know the map and know the enemy, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know the map but not the enemy, for every victory gained, you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy or the map, you will succumb in every battle, just like you are doing now, loser. 12. Last but certainly not least, remember to always take a shower after you play war thunder. 13. I switched the places of tip 5 and tip 6 , I bet you haven't noticed have you? Pay attention! If you don't ,you're gonna get hit and waste that juicy 500% booster.

[@curiosity03.]

lol 😂 this is great. You 100% got me on tip 13

[@pascalsch14]

To point 3. What use is it when you don't get kills, you need kills to become better

[@justTyping]

Where is "Turn off grass in sniper mode" for tanks? That helps so much. Or maybe even in total.

[@MrShinyTDM]

bro I literally said to my dad "DONT CLICK THE LINK". Anyway, thanks Tommy for ruining my day LOL well played lad

[@rickpilhorn]

That end is pure fire. It hit me right.

[@dragoonoly3084]

Don't forget the chat spam warriors. They seem more focused on calling out everyone's wrong move.

[@MattA-fi5qe]

The d point will be attacked, whether you like it or not.

[@cloneboi6681]

When 6 of my teammates are on a cap scared to push one French light tanks that’s shooting me on the other side of the map then I think it’s the teams problem

[@clausroquefort9545]

I'd rather have two thirds of my team spam the chat than two thirds of my team bunching up in one corner of the map while ignoring the rest

[@unknow1779]

​@@MattA-fi5qe fr bro i agree! 🗣🐌

[@Hydranium]

I got to try out the Tam 2 during the rental thing last battelpass, that level of br is FAST it's pretty awesome and fun, can't wait until I make it up there one day

[@okedoke1234]

Love my M24! Fave tank to play. Flank, flank flank and flank some more. Pop smoke and confuse the enemy. Keep moving. Had a great sequence last week vs a T34 near a long building. Smoked up one end and raced to the other, got around behind him as he poked into my smoke.....

[@lordmashie]

Ayo I just opened the game when this popped up in my subscriptions

[@ThrottleFox]

I've been playing on and off for 12 years, and I know all the 'tips,' but I still struggle. I used to play arcade mode because it's easier to spot enemies, but the revenge bombing after every other kill got old fast. So I switched to Ground RB, but now I'm usually one of the first to get killed, even when I hang back, use cover, and move carefully. I'm around 6.0-8.0 BR in most of the main nations, but whether it's low or mid-tier, I just don't seem to improve and usually end up be killed quickly and end in SPAA early and try shooting down planes. One day, I decided to get a T-80 and a Leopard, and now I've got a few 10+ BR tanks. I actually do better with these, my the response time is faster, and the thermals help me spot enemies more easily. I also turned my graphics way up and use the gunner's sight because immersion.

[@TemplarbladeDK]

awareness,read the map,think logical and tactical,ofc help your team when you can,Use binoculars it is free. Great video

[@charlzgormanov8430]

More good stuff.....thanks. Do you have a video about "Battle Activity"; what is it, how do you affect it, etc.?

[@treffer1]

I think its something about how many things you shoot, how many times you're shot, etc

[@charliezw3287]

If youre camping waiting for someone to peek whole game, no activity. If youre in close proximity to a zone/enemy, shooting/shot at, repairing allies, then u will get activity

[@charlzgormanov8430]

@@charliezw3287 thank you....

[@charlzgormanov8430]

@@treffer1 thank you

[@matthewrikihana6818]

I'm a lvl 100, 90 plus days on bombers alone, and it is always good to have the basics spelled out. Literally, I was discussing the importance of climbing in Air matches with my 10 year old 20 minutes ago. Finding what works for you within the current meta is key. Once I was all about the Ju288 but the meta changed and I had to change too. Don't rush to higher BR combat. Accept you are food while stock and dieing repeatedly is one tough way to grind modules. When I started I wondered how to get as good as the monsters who ate us lvl7 players up. Now I know they were Lvl 100 on holiday from top tier 😅.

[@ravanos4472]

I love the " you just used a booster, what are you crazy " LOL

[@aurorathekitty7854]

I just got back into doing tanks after months of drooling over naval battles I just found lobbing shells relaxing and realized I really suck at tanks. That's why I'm watching this

[@michaellynes3540]

My strategy is a flanking maneuver. While the other players are fighting the enemy, I sneak up from behind.

[@kenyaligma3418]

I’ve found that a majority of the skillful players that I encounter are found around 9.7-10.7. That is an area where lots of people are grinding out their tanks and are well versed with their nation. Meanwhile I’ve seen some absolute dummies in 12.0 because they used boosters, premium time, premium vehicles in order to advance. Please don’t buy a high br premium until you have a nation to 10.0. You will not only hurt your wallet and time, but your poor teammates that have to carry you as well. 😊

[@cmdrnakara2149]

True! I did buy a Low Tier Premium Vehicle and was essencial for learning.

[@unskilled822]

i bought panzerwerfer and the first week i was like "this is shit" "rocket drops too much cant aim at all" "i wasted 25 dollars on this trash" and went into a slight depression HAHAH but after some time and improvement, now i am able to hit 1km+ targets on the first rocket and even managed to destroy planes with them, i suffer through it ngl but at the end of the night there's light and i found it

[@NotAGepard]

My favorite and most successful play-style are fairly simple: Tank style 1: Heavy walls with big guns in urban maps with few flanking options. I love going gear 1 cruse control with a king tiger in a down tier because I bounce 60% of the shots fired at me and I can kill basically everything aside from a few heavys. The slow speed means I have plenty of time to react and my gun is already very stable, giving me a great advantage against basically anything that is not a Sherman or PT-76. Tank style 2: RAT. M-18, M-22, Puma, ect. Just zoom around the map, 1 shoting or merry-go-rounding everything I see. I can basically play the game like I’m TF2 scout and be a little asshole, especially with the M-18. Low tier planes: Just climb. Then fight the bombers because I don’t know how to counter enemy maneuvers and am shit at aiming guns. Top tier planes: BVR and 30G IR missles. I hardly ever even try to get within dogfight range because I rely entirely on missles. Sometimes, I can catch noob A-10 players and gun them down, but I still rely on using the radar and gun CCIP combo to even hit them. BVR is easy because I did grind for the F-14 IRIAF because I knew it had fox 3 missles and I needed it. I can actually do better than 0 kills, some bombing damage, and 1 death in Air RB and get 1 or 2 kills and some maybe some bombing damage (if I bring a rocket pod) with that F-14. Ultimately, I enjoy public custom battles for PVP funny shitpost gameplay and custom battles with friends for historical Rena ments, realistic warfare, or just screwing around for no apparent reason.

[@jpim253]

Great tips. What would help a lot is if this game had the basics of a in game chat. Like how Battlefield has with squad/team chat.

[@TheMaundy69]

I struggle with getting one shot out of seemingly no where most games as well as aiming getting taken by surprise by enemies not showing on map then suddenly appearing in front of me.

[@Asuka.Langley02]

the fact i've been suggested this is very telling.

[@ItsRainyInFrance]

your video was really interesting for new players. i am not a begginer, but i'm not so good at this game too. My major problem are... my teammates. they always didn't know how to correctly be placed on the map, and that result to a defeat. My second weakness is that I stay at the rear of the battlefield for scouting and I didn't spawnkill, so I don't win so much xp. thank you for the video, see you next time !

[@trathanstargazer6421]

Here is a tip to avoid anger. Change your win condition. I did this a long time ago and I've been less frustrated. For me, it is how well I did in a battle, even in losing games I have still 'won' because of this. The win condition can be whatever you want, but shifting it may help you stay calmer for longer.

[@mossion]

I agree with thus. Nothing like having a decent game with an oddball vehicle or light tank

[@Sticky1888]

Slight mistake at 3:20 but good vid very useful thanks

[@diamonddragonpickaxe]

The only issue I suffer in is enemy tanks in a bushy area with a lot of trees, I can’t ever pin point where the tank is and always suffer for it. Another thing I also suffer with is double thinking. I see something that looks like a tank, but dismissing it for a rock, or vice versa

[@DemonRevengeSpirits]

Shoot at it with a machine gun, if you get a hit, its a live vehicle if not you might be safe, only real advice I can give.

[@wmadyda]

My pet peeve is people who shoot machine guns all the time. There’s nothing quite like finding a spot to snipe, only to have a teammate point you out with tracers.

[@MrDanieleThiella]

There is this weird situation that happened to me, I was playing with my AA tank, near the end of the match I went on intercept mission, the enemy bomber, I don't recall how is called (the only Bomber names I recall are B-17, B-25, B-26, B-52 and Lancaster 😅), it's that big Russian Bomber that drops the Fab 500 bombs, my plane was a F4U-1D Corsair, I was flying at a speed of 636 Km/h and yet the enemy bomber always managed to keep a distance of 1.5 Km no matter what I did to try and close the distance, and staying at such distance kep my plane form shooting it! We played cat and mouse for almost 3 whole minutes after which both of us went away with their plane intact. Only saving point is that haveing me always hot on his tail kept so focused on evasive maneuvers that he or she never had the time and space to drop even a single bomb.

[@MaoChan72]

I want to make cas using my apache but... my brain just fall of everytime i spawn 😭😭😭

[@MikeKeller]

Even in Arcade Ground, when people zoom out of the spawn shooting everything in sight (including me), I ask em if they plan on dying quick and don't need all that ammo they're wasting.

[@InfestationPony]

The thing is...as a new player, I don't even know where covers are. Still remember when I was in the stock german panzer III, running towards the first cap at the start of match, got one-shot through two buildings across half the map from a bush. I'm not calling bullshit, but it sure felt like one. Hence air battle is the one I played the most, however I also quit simply by calculating those two months I spent climbing to US tier 3 and how much time it needs through rest of the tech tree.

[@Steamrunner]

Listen to the direction the sound is coming from... So, if I have no hearing in one ear, then no sound from that direction means an enemy tank?

[@snowpig0074]

That booster joke is too real. I never use boosters, I feel you are put in a higher skill lobbies when one is active.

[@swordsman1_messer]

1. Map knowledge and map control. There are going to be favorites and maps you hate, so try to memorize and predict likely positions of your opponents, and routes/points you can take. 2. A good flank early is worth more than a perfectly setup Weakpoint snipe. Especially once you progress into the Cold War era of vehicles, where armor is overshadowed by positioning. 3. Use your binoculars, Commander Sight (if you got it), and scout UAV. These are insanely useful tools for finding targets early. 4. For high tier- if your tank can carry some, always take some proxy fused ammo. Click Bait owners are the ones who should take this advise to heart, as having access to M830A1 MPAT does wonders against helicopters. 5. Be unpredictable. An enemy that can be anticipated is one that’s easy to fight. This is critically important for SPAA, as helicopters and CAS will know the range for most factions they will be fighting and plan appropriately. 6. Know when to play for the objective, know when to thin the opponent’s ranks. After all, what good is driving into the single capture point if everyone keeps dying?

[@badllama8090]

After about 7 years i still suck, but wierdly, I get better scores/results at high tiers... engine noise has been crapped on recently, nowhere near as good as it used to be. booster comment was fuuny! 😂👍🖖🤙👏✌🤘🍻

[@justTyping]

2 points changing my performance: turn of grass in sniper view and use binocular to look over hills and obstacles. also take me some time to recognise how to position the gun to the direction you look in your binos. My problem is the high amount of maps and it is quite hard to learn them because they switch and you often die with the first shot. so it is harder to get a good situation awareness of what went wrong. I think it is easier with a hitpoint system like WoT has, becuase you can at least reach cover and check directly how the situation looked. One other thing which killed me especially in the beginning: after the first few minutes you need to keep in mind that the enemy can be everywhere. even close to your base. so running out with the second spawn like you did in the start of the battle can be punished. I even had a game where the enemy camped behind the spawn point on a hill, which is bad map design in my opinion. Next to that he should not reach that point at all.

[@BoleDaPole]

A lot of this just barrels down to game feel. You will just know where players are at a certain point in the match. For new players I highly suggest following your squad mate or just go through the team list and pick a high level player to follow around , just don't sit directly behind them because you'll just get them killed when they need to reverse.

[@phantom2hell]

the sad thing.. ALL follow the videos they see in YT.. ALL stuck in the same loop..... for example.. when i saw the buff of the Yaks. and the 45mm canon.. i knew that all will try hard to copy what they saw in the video... instead to play casual.. we have 3-4-5 yak 9 in every match to try to get kills.. (but they get killed) the same comes in every fashion some one shows in the YT.... people have NO awareness... NO SENSE of the map... they dont even look the mini map.. they avoid to PING where is an enemy .. or form where they died ... 0 help.. is another issue........ people get in front of you TO GET in your position.. and they manage to get you BOTH killed........ the wise man told once...."where starts the Warthunder.... the logic stops..." you have bombs you CALL where you will drop the bomb.. AND they stay there.. to die with the enemy they shot.. or there are people that get on Pe8 and they DONT even call that they will drop a bomb so you will know.. i died from wellington and pe8 many times like that.. and the BIGGEST problem.. of the majority of the players... get on light tank.. M18 for example. and they ALL w in the cap and end up to die and they repeat the same way and die again!!!!! 0 to flank and scout... for the most of them THERE IS NO SCOUT.. there is not good.. to help your team. like that.. is amazing how people dont use anything to be better in the game. but.. w in shot shot .. die .. repeat.. amazing.. how fast can you loose a game like that.. when you get 10 on 16 people to be lvl 8 -11.. at 5.7.. is amazing feeling to loose like that.. the same time you have some kills you provide cover and you try to do something. loosing by the W-inners........

[@zimman56]

You touched on this a bit but I think it needs some spelling out (for German players especially) Paying attention is not only just paying attention to your surroundings but also your HUD, as in the map, and kill feed. Did your ally just die? Where? By whom, and by what vehicle? Did your ally just ping the map? Pay attention, find out where, is it near you? Respond to the call if you can. Did you see a tiny arrow on the edge of your screen? Your crew is trying to tell you something. Is someone spamming "need backup!" find out where he is, and what he's dealing with, if you can help, DO IT. Sound is a major factor too. Even if you didn't get hit, did your ally just get hit? Where from? Look for muzzle smoke or a flash. Listen for engines, listen for machine guns or cannons firing that aren't on your side of the map. The game gives you all the tools you need to assess the situation, USE THEM.

[@sklllsam5107]

very nice and helpful video , i feel i'm kinda bad at this game , i play only USSR , not paying single cent in a free game , and also im a W enjoyer and can't hold same spot for more then 3s so i picked first in every corner fights and die a lot , i hope i get better in some day. rip my T90a .

[@ishitrealbad3039]

6:06 had this on the beach map in 7.0. saw on the map a bunch of heavy soviet tanks in 1 street holding up. me and a buddy flanked them and got like 6 kills lol, they didn't even notice that they were being killed from the back

[@normalyoutuber8234]

I am getting better,im knowing every common map.And getting to know tanks and their weaknesses,and ranges on certain maps

[@OuterHeaven1984]

@Tankenstein, I always tell myself in Air RB or Ground to "not chase the rabbit" like how dogs chase rabbits or squirrels. Myself and other players tend to get over confident and chase an enemy tank or plane to only get ambushed, flanked or out gunned because we rushed in guns blazing. Keep low and slow, being aware of your surroundings and forming some kinda plan and backup plan will usually help.

[@zihongezrali6053]

Low and slow for ground, high and fast for air (props)

[@i_died_gaming8669]

Something I will add about air rb altitude. Certain planes (mainly props) fly better that others at lower heights, and vice versa. An example of this would be a lot of Russian props, flying best at 1500-2000m

[@JuntaProductions_pain]

We don't quit due to frustration all the time. The repair costs really punish you for losing. And considering you mostly struggle at higher BRs losing with very Good tanks alot of times reduces your silverlions soo much to the point where you can't buy any new tanks that you shed blood to research, halting and paralyzing you entirely.

[@georgeszweden9497]

The best tip for everyone is to ping where you got shot from, this will make your enemies life a nightmare and your team wont die like lemmings to the same dude in a sneaky spot

[@zorkatasic-ls1tv]

I played arcade for about 6 months. Then I moved to RB with 3.0 lineup (Panzers3 and shait) and had 9fkng kills. Then, I have few more games at 3.7 (P4 and so) with not much success, BUT I always had at least 2 kills or kill a tank + kill a plane etc. At about 5th or 6th game, I took TigerE and rest of the 6.0 lienup. Had 5 kills with Tiger and 4 with bomber (Ju88) and got a nuke but it was too late. That was like 3 days ago. However, my biggest issue is having one awesome game with lots of kills and stuff, and then I enter full donwtiered game expecting to shine, BUT I got hit, repair = 40 seconds. I repaired, move on, HIT, repair = 35 seconds. 5 seconds to repair - HIT, repair = 32 seconds more. SO I spent entire game repairing. I didnt have enough points to even revenge bomb that guy. However, I could NEVER go back and play arcade now. DONT spend 6 months playing arcade with children. TRUST ME. When I loose focus and dont feel comfortable anymore in RB, I switch to planes (arcade)... Air RB is just too hard for me now. I am level 44. Also, 8.0 is a bit tricky to play RB, BUT playing hightier tanks in arcade is maybe the biggest BS of them all. Each time you peak to launch an ATGM, enemy sees you blinkiing red and his shell is always faster than your missile. ONCE AGAIN DONT WASTE TIME IN ARCADE. Game will NOT throw you amongst really good RB players for sometime.

[@YoRHaUnit2Babe]

When You get to the point where You Live so much longer in each vehicles than Your teammates like Me, then You're doing something very right

[@hypo0072]

I’m new to the game 26 or so hours and decided to grab some tanks as it’s 50% off rn. Grabbed the italian starter pack, tigris and pz iv g. I am struggling at low br more so than the higher br but it’s still very very frustrating and annoying when I have games where im trapped in spawn unable to escape, or get cross mapped when i thought i was fine. My previous 3 matches went like this. Game 1: Tigris 1: 1m alive. Died to 3 m18 hellcats sat outside my spawn. Tigris 2: spawned and Flanked them. Barrel and tracked before I can shoot them. Game 2: Tigris 1: came face to face with an is-3 and couldn’t pen it. Tigris 2: face to face with a jadgpanzer and couldn’t pen it. Game 3: Tigris 1: turned a corner into a soviet tank with 2 guns. Barrel got blown off and i died. Tigris 2. Fox snuck up behind me and took my turret off. In that 35~ minute window of play i only got to fire my gun about 7 times.

[@DemonRevengeSpirits]

With the vehicles you struggle to pen, in the hanger choose the vehicle you want to kill, go to armor, then choose protection analysis, choose the tank you want to play and the ammunition you have, if its green you should be able to pen the tank, make sure you select the range, 1KM is a good range to set with low tier as passed that you might struggle, and experiment with angles too.

[@copyright_person]

i can just imagine how fun it would be to hack so you can see them in realistic, but they cant see you. i think im gonna try that

[@michaeldr6070]

I realized that taking a 1.5 year break didn’t improve my skills. I feel like a rookie again

[@ShawnF6FHellcat]

If you aren't using headphones in Ground RB, then that should be your first priority; even cheap $5 earbuds from Walmart will do. Headphones will immediately and drastically improve your gameplay. For those who play Ground RB: Get good at downing aircraft with your SPAA. Spend time shooting down the planes in test drive to better familiarize yourself with each shell's lead and performance. Planes can easily turn around an otherwise winning game by preventing heavier and slower vehicles from leaving spawn. Shooting them down not only keeps them off your team, but it also wastes a good chunk of the enemy's spawnpoints, possibly denying them any additional spawns.

[@sociallyferal4237]

I consider myself a newbie having just ground out pretty much all countries tier 1 tanks. Still working on Aircraft. I think I follow many of these rules but still feel something went wrong if I make it to the top 3. LOL. Which isn't as often as I'd like. But it happens when you're still building map knowledge since you find enemies camping the capture points in weird locations or knowing how to shoot from shrubbed up tank the entire map away. So a learning curve there. Not sure how much a difference having a fully skilled crew makes besides just unlocking the vehicle tech. I moved quickly away from Arcade to ground RB because the enemy always knew where I was even without firing. Though Aircraft I am still in Arcade for. Probably should try RB for that too - but I am lousy at bombing without the crosshair presently. LOL. But man - some of those early tanks are slow, have terrible traverse and worse aim. I guess one tip is that the enemy is pretty much always on the edge of the map trying to play sniper. Except when they are spawn rushing. 🤣

[@Jay-og6pn]

I would also add create a custom match and learn the map. Look for good positioning for both sides of map.

[@Gendor64]

It's really easy. Just exude major "i can pen that" energy and the game will simply let you pen a maus frontally using the american 76.

[@londy4248]

Hello Tankenstein. I looked at your channel but didnt found a review/buyers guide to the Premium Meteor (the red one). I would be very happy if you could do a purchase advice on the Meteor on the occasion of the currently available package with the Meteor and the AMX. I've already watched your video on the AMX. I would be very grateful. Thank you :D

[@acromis3178]

im a bit of an experienced player myself and a tipp i tell other people is: don´t try to get kills, instead try to stay alive, the kills come from other people making mistakes.

[@VeryGrainyBread-c6k]

one more tip. squad up with friends if possible. you have much better communication with friends than random people.

[@Just_AFever_Dream]

The moment i became bad at the game was when i met the T34 and variants...freaks me out everytime i see one.

[@finnm.2582]

The only frustrating thing for me is Ground RB, mostly because of the revenge bombing issue. I get a kill and then I get revenge bombed. Helicopters are also BS, especially at toptier. They literally don‘t have to risk anything and good luck if you are not sitting in an SPAA and you face a competent pilot. Ground RB is not good for my blood pressure and I‘m by far a much better pilot than tanker. I might give it another shot when I‘m finished with my remaining Air Tech Trees (I‘ve just finished the Chinese Air Tree, now I only have Sweden and Israel left). I‘m still hoping for a CAS Free ground mode.

[@jussi8111]

one tip i can give in airbattles is EVERYONE PLEASE DONT DIVE THE FIRST BOMBER/CAS PLANE THAT GETS SPOTTED...

[@Kuro-mg8vc]

I went back to low tier and im slowly getting better

[@jonahgallegos3048]

The last statement about the boosters... can someone explain that to me? It sounds like they are not worth using, and I have noticed I play extra crappy whenever I activate one.

[@GuTTs12]

That's very helpful

[@cybronichuman]

Most of the times I have a problem with correct positioning on uneven terrain. I can't estimate correctly what parts of my tank will be visible to the enemy and from which angles. Ex.: I stand in some kind of valley facing the hills in front of me where I expect the enemies to appear. I expect that most tanks will have a difficulty with enough gun depression to be able to aim at me before I take my shot. In reality I get shot down first and the enemy has barely exposed their turret. Going to the replay to see how that actually happened I see from that players view that I was more than visible to him and had no advantage that I was hoping for. Another example: I stand behind the rocks (be it above or below the potential enemy). It looks like I should be in cover and the enemy should not see, say, my turret behind them, because neither my gunner nor my commander through his binoculars sees anything but the rock. Or, similarly, when I'm on a higher ground than my enemy, taking cover behind a hill, I also don't get a vision of my enemy through neither gunner or binoculars (knowing where they are because I spotted them before). So I stand there and assume that I should be fine, but no. Apparently they see more of my tank than I have assumed. So my question is: Is there a solid way to do such estimations correctly?

[@vladioanalexandru4222]

How do you get to the top 10%? I have plenty of matches with 4-10 kills, but it still shows me I'm at 50%, just in the middle. Maybe because I also use most of my lineup because of dying? I'm not sure and I want to know.

[@shenyathewelder9695]

Tbh WT devs were wrong to make it so you can quiet your own engine noises but not enemy noises, fucks with realism.

[@xray235]

This may sound crazy, but DON'T MAIN A NATION. When you get up to tier 3 in one nation, start playing another. It will allow you to learn weak points of other nations' tanks. The way I learned how to easily take out a KV-1 is by playing as a KV-1, then seeing how and where I got penetrated. Plus, when you get a daily challenge that is really difficult for Russia or USA, it might be much easier as Germany or France.

[@randomizerteleviewage307]

Plays M18: Tries getting to flanking position: gets sniped Tries sniping them back: gets flanked Carefully try sneaking to new position: game ends without spotting a single enemy Pushes front with the rest of the team: gets nailed by artillery Finds good ambush position with good view of unaware, vulnerable enemy tanks: gets CAS'd Finds vulnerable enemy AA: fires once, kills entire crew except gunner and loader and gets instantly vaporized Score hit on enemy tank: bounces, or just critically injures crew, gets flanked again by a random enemy tank that's passing by Tries again in different spot: fires one shot that critically hits or even gets the kill, is immediately zeroed in by other enemy tanks that saw the shot before having the chance to relocate Tries one more desperate attempt to join the fight before the game ends: gets smited by God who chose that I, who is in a random corner of the map as far away from any fighting as one could be, in an empty field with no other friendly vehicles for miles around, am the one to get direct impacted by a 500 lb bomb that materialized from nothing despite there being 4+ tanks bunched up on the objective that would have been a 1 million times better use of those resources. Such is the way of the War Thunder experience...

[@frost_pops]

My biggest issue is I rush in ground rb and I end up dying cause I'm using a tank destroyer that doesn't have any armor

[@The_Kinadian_Kid]

Ha! Just passed my ten year anniversary playing this game. In fact I played Birds of Steel before this but I can confirm that I absolutely suck sometimes. The other night I played maybe five, very quick awful top tier games and went 1-4 on the win side with something like 3-14 on the K/D. At one point I was laughing out loud. It happens.

[@Kraus-]

I didn't know the MGs glow when they heat up lmao.

[@drakon_ex]

If I shoot 3 times with HEATFS to the ammo rack in the turret of a Tiger II (100mm thic agaisnt 400mm HEATFS) and I need a 4th shot to make it explode is because I sucks at the game or is the game?

[@CrusaderLegFoot]

I remember one air RB game where I got 5 kills (I think) and the very next game I died without a single one. I suck, but only 90% of the time.

[@doggo3354]

I just wanna be sure that a missile from an AMX-10M phasing straight through an IS-4M at close range is not a skill issue, correct?

[@fearlesspotato3429]

In my experience 90% of warthunder is Knowing the maps. I know some people really focus on learning exactly all the wealpoints of tanks. And sure that doesn't hurt, but most tanks are the same Strong front, weak sides and top, cardboard back with stalinium engines. You keep that in mind and you can kill literally any tank. But only if you Position yourself correctly. If you dont undertand the map yet you're better off not playing that map at all. And thats actualy one of the strategies of gaijin. The maps rotate constantly so that you have a very hard time learning them so that once you do you change to a totally unknown map and get easily killed by players that do know the map. This will obviously frustrate you and most likely push you to buy a tank.