Play AA, but as a dedicated AA, not a tank destroyer. I've been playing the stormer recently and raking in the SL with a low average of 3 kills a game. I tend not to need more than a backup and the drone, very rarely leaving battles early.
I don't know why, but I fell in love with Bri'ish tanks... a saw a phlydaily video about the black night a few years ago, then I started to grinding the british line... I suffered a lot, but now im at 9.3 (vfm5) and the Challanger is not that far. Nice video as always Hunter, thanks.
I'd love to see more big maps too, but they need to be well designed. Some of the best tank battles I've had in WT have been on custom maps where the teams start well out of reasonable range and need to actually drive into range before they just start spawn sniping. Unfortunately many of the WT community have the patience of a 5 year old and will start complaining if they need to spend more than 5 seconds driving into the battle, so gaijin ends up pandering to them with tiny maps. Same happens with air. Also, random point I know, but they could really do with an option for "thermals/night vision on/off at start of game", similar to how they have an option for your radar starting on or off. I know it's a slightly minor thing, but it would be nice to not have to do the spawn in ritual of cycling views to turn it all on, and not to get flash banged in night battles when it turns your night vision on automatically the first time you switch views.
Yeah, big maps are not perfect .. hills are needed around the spawn areas in Fire Arc or European Province to prevent spawn camping for example .. but still, if I have to choose between badly designed big maps and small maps, I will choose the bad big maps any day.
@@Hunter_i86 Yeah, and considering the small maps are generally poorly designed too it's an easy choice haha. I think it's one of the small mozdok variants where at top tier you literally drive 10 meters from the southern spawn and you can shoot into the other teams spawn.
The 2e and the black Knight are amazing, as good as any other 11.7 MBT other than the bvm. Only problem is the chieftains and then chally 1s are in your way and they are utter garbage. I say this even though the challenger 1s and chieftains are some of my most played tanks I don't think they are worth suffering through.
@@markjackson7650 Yeah, I've been getting somewhat similar complaints by friends who have top tier UK. I actually started France and I'm at tier 5 and so far I loved the 5.3 line up.
Zeus's mighty thunderbolt strikes again! From the Earth and from Olympus itself. Beautiful gameplay. I gotta figure out how to zoom in on my mini map when in an aircraft in ground rb. Well done!👍👍👍
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Can the Black Night APS shoot down the slow APFSDS or APFSDS that has been fired from a long distance and has lost speed? If so, yes Gaijin! More Big map please!
Yes, they have a speed bracket that I don't remember off the top of my head and will shoot down anything in that range from tank rounds, to missiles, to battleship rounds. High tier APFSDS tends to need to be a very long range though due to their velocity.
I am more of a guy that enjoy the activity than inactivity. I want to see what I am shooting at rather than sniping or being sniped. The big maps bore me with driving and flying. I feel like I am wasting time, not gaining fair amount of RP and SL because nothing is happening. But if others like it that is ok.
That's what low tier is for. High tier shouldn't be people racing around like headless chickens. It's not what most of the vehicles where designed for and hampers varied gameplay.
@@MrEsphoenix no insults to be found here, once again if reading and comprehension skills are available and exercised, you could have figured that out as well :)
Check out gunner heat if you haven't already. Kind of like WT sim mode with similar level of damage models, but single player only. not sure if they have plans for multi.
Why does everyone in War Thunder hate Challengers? These are excellent tanks. Yes, a bit slow, but the stock APCR shell and impenetrable turret make up for it!
Because Gaijin added them in such a borked state and refused to fix many of the issues, then raised the repair cost massively when finally fixing many of the issues. When added they where objectively the worst top tier MBT's by every metric other than turret armour, which didn't count for much when they had a 4 foot gap in the middle that a spud gun could shoot through. They where also the slowest, with the meta favouring mobility. That's somewhat fixed but they've still not properly implemented regenerative steering, and that can make them frustrating to play.
Hey man awesome video! I have a question though, I have been trying to use laser guided bombs and they don't seem to work for me. they seem to ignore my laser completely. I have no idea what i am doing wrong...
@@Hunter_i86 i have seen that and do what you do in it but the bomb just doesnt catch the laser at all. Ive had a few that seem to ride the beam but end up not landing on the beam but about 50m away
@@dovahthedeaf9640 That means you dropping them in a bad approach, dropping these bombs is like dropping unguided bombs where altitude - pitch angle - speed parameters matter and should be reasonable relative to the target position .. for example if you were too fast at the drop moment the bomb might overshoot, if you were diving hard the bomb might undershoot .. you need to estimate the good drop a little bit. Also, there is another method to drop them using CCRP, I made a tutorial about it, maybe it will help. This is the link ruclips.net/video/jNmxzi1rsog/видео.html
@@Hunter_i86 i dropped it with ccip assistance, i have a clip of it. Level flight waited for ccip to give me an zone and i dropped. I think my warthunder is just cursed...
Awesome gameplay as always 😊. I still struggle to get kills with Mavericks - usually mine are going anywhere but not on target. And after the economy changes I won't play Top Tier very often, especially GB where the repair costs were horrible even before the last update. Sad that Gaijin does such stupid things. Maybe we should all work together and tell them that we will not accept these @*@ changes? Greetings from Austria
Why not? you have machines with powerful engines, high zoom optics, thermal imaging, laser rangefinder, accurate and high velocity cannons .. where are you going to use all these features? in "Advance To The Rhine" holding corners and use 3rd person view camera to see behind the walls?
Because according to my experience the most epic tactical events and comebacks happen in big size scenarios, also we are playing modern tanks with so many features like powerful engines, high zoom optics, thermal imaging, laser rangefinder and high velocity guns which can be efficiently used in big maps, the whole experience is much more satisfying to me than playing tanks in things like "Berlin", this is one of the main reasons why I play CAS a lot, because top tier majority of maps are bedroom size and in a map like "Finland" or "Cargo Port" after getting first or 2nd kill I just want to die to spawn in a jet because there is no enjoyment on the ground in small maps. That definitely can be up to preference, if Gaijin added "Map Selection" system I'm sure everyone will be happy, even one spawn leavers problem will decrease.
Because most vehicles at top tier are designed for long range engagements. Bigger maps allow you to properly utilize them, and to actually use tactics, rather than speed forward 5 ft and get spawn killed.
After the economy changes this is the only place where I will get my top tier content. Cuz I’m not playing that anymore.
Yeah, I'm switching to BF3 and TF2 for a while, gonna take a rest from the Grind hell sim.
Play AA, but as a dedicated AA, not a tank destroyer. I've been playing the stormer recently and raking in the SL with a low average of 3 kills a game. I tend not to need more than a backup and the drone, very rarely leaving battles early.
you gotta love to see some british top tier action, very nice!
I don't know why, but I fell in love with Bri'ish tanks... a saw a phlydaily video about the black night a few years ago, then I started to grinding the british line... I suffered a lot, but now im at 9.3 (vfm5) and the Challanger is not that far. Nice video as always Hunter, thanks.
Good luck and thanks for the comment :)
Lets plaaaaay britisih
I'd love to see more big maps too, but they need to be well designed. Some of the best tank battles I've had in WT have been on custom maps where the teams start well out of reasonable range and need to actually drive into range before they just start spawn sniping. Unfortunately many of the WT community have the patience of a 5 year old and will start complaining if they need to spend more than 5 seconds driving into the battle, so gaijin ends up pandering to them with tiny maps. Same happens with air.
Also, random point I know, but they could really do with an option for "thermals/night vision on/off at start of game", similar to how they have an option for your radar starting on or off. I know it's a slightly minor thing, but it would be nice to not have to do the spawn in ritual of cycling views to turn it all on, and not to get flash banged in night battles when it turns your night vision on automatically the first time you switch views.
Yeah, big maps are not perfect .. hills are needed around the spawn areas in Fire Arc or European Province to prevent spawn camping for example .. but still, if I have to choose between badly designed big maps and small maps, I will choose the bad big maps any day.
@@Hunter_i86 Yeah, and considering the small maps are generally poorly designed too it's an easy choice haha. I think it's one of the small mozdok variants where at top tier you literally drive 10 meters from the southern spawn and you can shoot into the other teams spawn.
I steered of Brit tech tree when I got to 9.3, but I'm so tempted to invest in it again because the challenger series of tanks look so sexy.
british tree is worth it, trust me
The 2e and the black Knight are amazing, as good as any other 11.7 MBT other than the bvm. Only problem is the chieftains and then chally 1s are in your way and they are utter garbage. I say this even though the challenger 1s and chieftains are some of my most played tanks I don't think they are worth suffering through.
@@markjackson7650 Yeah, I've been getting somewhat similar complaints by friends who have top tier UK. I actually started France and I'm at tier 5 and so far I loved the 5.3 line up.
@@mywafflebroke6874 France is great too love the leclerc
@@markjackson7650dude what? I agree with the chieftain comments, but the chally mk.3 is really good. It’s such a good brawling tank.
Having fun with two videos from the top British tier on the same day :)
Yeah, more big maps would be really nice
Grinding the UK tech tree is only bearable cos the Black Night is at the end of it. What a beast!
You can add a couple of backups on them and that's 4 mbt spawns, but at that point point you're just pissing away SL.
Zeus's mighty thunderbolt strikes again! From the Earth and from Olympus itself. Beautiful gameplay. I gotta figure out how to zoom in on my mini map when in an aircraft in ground rb. Well
done!👍👍👍
What are you smoking mate 😂
Helicopter SL repair cost went high enough to be unplayable vehicles from last update (two days ago)
05:05 "Oooooh the brother's floating in the aa-iir" 🎶
I Love How Hunter uploads videos a lot, it's like from how much they are great i don't know what to watch while drinking a good cup of tea, I gotta confess, you have a great special content, from how much it is simple it has a great impact, when u watch u go with it "The Hunter's Vibe", your videos are addiction, keep it up, and don't worry, i will support you until the 1 million subs, i hope you remember me😂.
Mad respect to you my iraqi Lion friend ❤🦁👑✨
Thanks a lot brother, I really appreciate your kind words :)
Can the Black Night APS shoot down the slow APFSDS or APFSDS that has been fired from a long distance and has lost speed?
If so, yes Gaijin! More Big map please!
Sometimes it does.
Yes, they have a speed bracket that I don't remember off the top of my head and will shoot down anything in that range from tank rounds, to missiles, to battleship rounds. High tier APFSDS tends to need to be a very long range though due to their velocity.
I love this combination :)
New vid, i exited.
I am more of a guy that enjoy the activity than inactivity. I want to see what I am shooting at rather than sniping or being sniped. The big maps bore me with driving and flying. I feel like I am wasting time, not gaining fair amount of RP and SL because nothing is happening. But if others like it that is ok.
That's what low tier is for. High tier shouldn't be people racing around like headless chickens. It's not what most of the vehicles where designed for and hampers varied gameplay.
This is probably my favorite map that I haven’t gotten in a long time 😢
10:00can thor see that bomb on radar ? I manage to intercept them in pantsir often
Yeah Pantsir is awesome at intercepting missiles! Not sure about TOR.
2 videos in one day?? Very nice man keep it up
What were the economic changes this update? I missed the update log.
Yeah add top tier big maps that I'll never see because the economy is so shit for ground it'd take me 2 years to get there
Just because you're not there doesn't mean they shouldn't add things for those of us who are.
@@MrEsphoenix dont remember saying that? In fact if you're IQ doesn't start with a decimal point and you could read, maybe you'd notice that :)
@@YeetThyBaby wow childish insults, how original.
@@MrEsphoenix no insults to be found here, once again if reading and comprehension skills are available and exercised, you could have figured that out as well :)
Their is just nothing as satisfying as +2km Kills...
Will not be playing the game much anymore due to the econ changes will be exploring different games.
Thanks for the Video tho hunter!
Check out gunner heat if you haven't already. Kind of like WT sim mode with similar level of damage models, but single player only. not sure if they have plans for multi.
No problem, they reverted the update, check the link warthunder.com/en/game/changelog/current/1495
Abrams
Hey hunter I was in your sim games earlier, you were using the a7 if I remember correctly
My name is Dr jirty dew
Hello my friend, yeah I remember :)
nice to meet you
How did that's 2s38 pen you like that 😢
banger videos as always
Why does everyone in War Thunder hate Challengers? These are excellent tanks. Yes, a bit slow, but the stock APCR shell and impenetrable turret make up for it!
Because Gaijin added them in such a borked state and refused to fix many of the issues, then raised the repair cost massively when finally fixing many of the issues. When added they where objectively the worst top tier MBT's by every metric other than turret armour, which didn't count for much when they had a 4 foot gap in the middle that a spud gun could shoot through. They where also the slowest, with the meta favouring mobility. That's somewhat fixed but they've still not properly implemented regenerative steering, and that can make them frustrating to play.
@@MrEsphoenixand they still don’t have the armour modelled correctly. Or the top L28A1 round. Or the actual transmission.
pls play top tier sweden
Hey man awesome video! I have a question though, I have been trying to use laser guided bombs and they don't seem to work for me. they seem to ignore my laser completely. I have no idea what i am doing wrong...
Hello my friend, check this ruclips.net/video/ZrFvtiwgkmE/видео.html
thanks :)
@@Hunter_i86 i have seen that and do what you do in it but the bomb just doesnt catch the laser at all. Ive had a few that seem to ride the beam but end up not landing on the beam but about 50m away
@@dovahthedeaf9640 That means you dropping them in a bad approach, dropping these bombs is like dropping unguided bombs where altitude - pitch angle - speed parameters matter and should be reasonable relative to the target position .. for example if you were too fast at the drop moment the bomb might overshoot, if you were diving hard the bomb might undershoot .. you need to estimate the good drop a little bit. Also, there is another method to drop them using CCRP, I made a tutorial about it, maybe it will help. This is the link ruclips.net/video/jNmxzi1rsog/видео.html
@@Hunter_i86 i dropped it with ccip assistance, i have a clip of it. Level flight waited for ccip to give me an zone and i dropped. I think my warthunder is just cursed...
You made sure your laser designator is turned on?
Hi Hunter :) you don't play naval battles? 😅
Hello my friend, no I don't really.
Did you see the new bomb? I can show you a better CAS
Cool addition!
More rus bias in first battle, a 2s38 round taking out the driver of a chally 2 BK at over 1000m? Dream on Gaijin!
2 uploads today nice
Hello there:]
do you have a warthunder live account?
I have, not much in it though.
i have u in simulator round
big maps❤
Hunter makes me want to play War Thunder too....and then reality hits hard...no skill
Stick with it, you'll get there. Spending same time in custom games can help. and learning a bit of patience.
can we have your control scheme?
Send me a DM on discord and I will upload the file to you :)
@@Hunter_i86 will do
Careful you might be asking for too much
Awesome gameplay as always 😊. I still struggle to get kills with Mavericks - usually mine are going anywhere but not on target. And after the economy changes I won't play Top Tier very often, especially GB where the repair costs were horrible even before the last update. Sad that Gaijin does such stupid things. Maybe we should all work together and tell them that we will not accept these @*@ changes? Greetings from Austria
More Big Maps For Top Tier - that is sarcasm?)
Let us assume it is sarcasm, what should the real request be?
A - More big maps for low tier please
B - More small maps for top tier please
2:30 | like 2S38 ever could pen a challenger 2 from front 😂 this game likes to be unrealistic af to the bones
Big maps? OK. Wide open big maps? Hell no.
Why not? you have machines with powerful engines, high zoom optics, thermal imaging, laser rangefinder, accurate and high velocity cannons .. where are you going to use all these features? in "Advance To The Rhine" holding corners and use 3rd person view camera to see behind the walls?
Why you like big maps? I really hate them. When i die i really hate go back to war.
Because according to my experience the most epic tactical events and comebacks happen in big size scenarios, also we are playing modern tanks with so many features like powerful engines, high zoom optics, thermal imaging, laser rangefinder and high velocity guns which can be efficiently used in big maps, the whole experience is much more satisfying to me than playing tanks in things like "Berlin", this is one of the main reasons why I play CAS a lot, because top tier majority of maps are bedroom size and in a map like "Finland" or "Cargo Port" after getting first or 2nd kill I just want to die to spawn in a jet because there is no enjoyment on the ground in small maps. That definitely can be up to preference, if Gaijin added "Map Selection" system I'm sure everyone will be happy, even one spawn leavers problem will decrease.
Because most vehicles at top tier are designed for long range engagements. Bigger maps allow you to properly utilize them, and to actually use tactics, rather than speed forward 5 ft and get spawn killed.
8:37 you would have lived if you had turned your turret a little bit more to the right :D