@@QuickyBabyTV honestly, that is why I mostly watch people play multiplayer games. Games with stories are just too hard for someone to play, listen to the story, AND talk all at the same time. Lots of not understanding the story, because they were busy talking and that just makes me frustrated. It is mostly a "me" problem.
@@MrAgent47. germans had one panzer division in the area, I think it was 21st and it was quite understrength, deemed not fit to serve on the eastern front... so at best 2 battalions of panzers, probably none of them panthers or jagdpanthers - panzer 4s probably or even maybe panzer 3s. Other units were rushed in from outside area, but with constant air attacks and resistance sabotaging railways and bridges it took them too long and allies managed to consolidate beacheads by then.
The Eagle Squadrons, RAF 71, RAF 121 and RAF 133, were US pilots who volunteered to fly fir RAF in 1940. 71 squadron was operational in Battle of Britain. Originally had Hurricames then upgraded to Spitfires. When they eventually transferred to USAAF in 1942 they took their Spitfires with them, which is why you can find pics of Spits online with the Star & Bar insignia . They were not involved in Overlord though.
I love that WG did something historical finally. and its pretty cool and fun. Tho I am struggling with the rigorous difficulty cus the friendly AI is so bad it keeps yoloing into a 7 panther crossfire at the end and die before I can kill em all lol.
They did do a historical mode before where it was a bunch of allied low tiers (like t-34 and M4 sherman) vs small amount of high tier german tanks (tiger, ferdi, tiger ii, jpanther i think). Got mixed reviews but was alright.
@@hebrewhammer4086 Its still in the game under stories: when in the overlord mission screen where you select difficulty, on top you can select tutorial stories
It's quite a fun and challenging mode but it is annoying that sometimes you'll lose a chunk of xp before you could leave the open field and your own bots are giga lemmings.
I watched the longest day movie about D-Day today for the first time since I was a child. It hits different as an adult. I can't imagine what it must have been like to be a part of that. Terrible and frightening I'm sure but maybe proud as well
Had to replay it about 5 times before I completed it. Pretty much all my losses were because the AI tanks decided to drive into the middle of the field and die to the 5 panthers one by one.
dude you got lucky. the first time I tired the higher difficulty two of the bunkers just lit me up before I could turn to get out of their cone of arch.
Had to do the hard mode 4 times, first i got destroyed by the beach, and the other tries i was too slow and careful that my teammates died. 3rd try the panthers rushed me, they did not stand as they were in your case. It was really hard
I really like this event. This event actually fun to play with if they managed to made more story like this and add more fitures like using a different tanks or something else even compared to pvp event.
He QB console WOT has done what u were worried about here 22:35 U have to get 250 points for all rewards it's like 20 points a match average unless u cap all bases .... it makes u play like 3-5 games a day with the mode being around for only 6 days.
That intro scene is something. I wish the D-Day Operation in Warships was half as exciting and polished.... The haven't even added dedicated voicelines. Dunkirk Operation a few years back was MUCH better.
Tanks, a lot, planes, by the hundreds, bunkers, enough, infantry 0 and german artillery loaders: 20 times faster than World of Tanks Artilley, they even added french tanks on the landing thats even got time to clatters clatters over french bread?! historicall accurate? no but its still a fun mode. i tried this mode on hard and i succeeded on the fourth time, when you shoot the enemy will will focus all his attention on you, they forget evrything and litarly and just go to you to kill you like how a jagpanther did by me, you just dont need to do aggresive and use your artillery on enemy troops, QB just succeeded in one go great dude! literally 2 tanks of the 29 launched arrived at Omaha beach, the most tanks sunk. Fun fact: d-day invasion was actually planned on 5 June but because of the bad weather it changed to 6 June
The Rigorous difficult is most worst experience ever. We got nothing upgrade our sherman. AI ally is stupid cause they not helping us kill those panzer & panthers. The enemy AI is too OP, just turn the turret not aiming like using aimbot & shoot only direct on us.
just rubbish. instead of making matchmaking fairer and RNG more balanced - as players have asked for hundreds of thousands of times and more - just new tank junk, rip-off events,..... . Wargaming is a greedy, ignorant, arrogant company. ripping off players seems to be the company's goal. don't let yourself be ripped off!!!
Battleship: You're too far away for us to support you! Meanwhile, the captain of the USS Texas: "FLOOD THE TORPEDO BLISTERS AND LIST THE SHIP. WE'LL ELEVATE THE GUNS A FEW DEGREES MORE TO REACH FURTHER INLAND!"
Americans did fly Spitfires early in the war, initially as Volunteers before the US entered the war, and later the USAAF flew Spits before the the P-47 reached Britain in numbers. I doubt any American squadrons still flew Spitfires by D-Day, given that the USAAF was fielding the Mustang by then.
Yes, some Americans wanted to participate in the war early on, before the US got involved. They would sign up with the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), travel up to Canada, receive training either in Canada (or England when they arrived), and would be shipped out. However, in order to do this... they had to give up their American citizenship, and were given Canadian citizenship instead. These squadrons of American volunteers were called Eagle Squadrons. One of my friends back when I was a kid was an old P-51 Mustang Ace of the 4th Fighter Group, Lt. Frank Speer. When I was in my early teens, he used to tell me stories of some of his buddies going up to be part of the Eagle Squadrons. Have a lot of his wartime stuff that was given to me, because his own family didn't want it after he passed.
It's true that Americans flew Spitfires on D-Day, but the pilot in this mini-game is actually Canadian, as you can tell from his accent, eh? My dad was also at D-Day but flying Beaufighters with Coastal Command, taking out German naval assets.
There was a Sherman stuck on the waterline and the commander of the USS Saterlee ordered his crew to fire on everything the Sherman was firing at - it was crucial for getting off Omaha
The spitfire is a Canadian. The RCAF (Royal Canadian Air Force) would have been supplied by Royal British Air Force planes. Also, notice how the pilot says “eh” at the end.
Tips from a guy who struggled with this mission: 1. Drive to the very left side of the beach in the beginning, the dune in front of you is much higher and gives you great cover. Behind this dune, you can easily outmaneuver the artillery strikes. 2. Shooting the bunkers on the beach initiates the battle ship's fire, you don't have to grind through their hp by yourself (You don't even have to hit their weak spots). 3. Try to play as carefully as possible in the beginning, because you will need all of your hp and respawns for the harder enemies in the end. 4. Use your artillery strikes (the smoke markers) as clever as you can. If possible, mark an area where multiple targets can be destroyed at once. 5. Try to peak as little a possible when you come to the harder enemies at the end. Try to outmaneuver them and drive up to the ridgelines of the hills to get the maximum range for the artillery marker. 6. TIME YOUR ARTILLERY STRIKES! The impact of the strikes takes longer than you might expect, so calculate that in. Place the marker way ahead of your targets, expecially the faster ones. 7. Last but not least: Don't give up. I tried like 5 times and even killed all enemies, but got killed myself in the end, so even though I technically completed the mission, it didn't count because I died myself. If you failed the mission, try again. And again. It becomes easier every time.
I did exactly as you did above before coming to the video and was about to type up my tips - worked a treat for me but I did what QB did and managed to get 3 panthers with one bombardment. I was lucky to get it he was!
@@xxstephxx1005 I finally cleared it after about 10 tries - key is to keep close to the french heavy tank and hid behind the earth wall near it - pathers will ride to him and stop - then rain fire and pray that they wont move and the heavy will manage to survive long enough....
MontanaJack says "Good for WG" and thanks to QB for the how to VOD, average players like me need the help. The connection to D-Day is great, do more WG, do more. Cheers!
I was at uni with a guy in the 80's who's middle name was Rodney. His father was pinned down by a bunker on the on D-day beach and they radioed for support, HMS Rodney duly obliged and deleted the bunker for them
I think it's fun enough, a distraction from the PvP randomness of randoms. Nice having 2 difficulties too. I ran through on easy to get the gist and then went back in on hard for the challenge and greater rewards. Bring on next week!
its a good mode so far, though the AI....damn the AI...if you are lucky you survive, if you are more lucky they chase somethign else. if its WG AI....then in normal mode they simply ignore you all times! they only bad for me? BASD WG AI as in the main game with the MM decisions!
One thing in this mode makes me very uncomfortable. When u are at the beach, take a look back at the sea. u can tell some of the warships providing fire support are actually JAPANESE TAKAO class heavy cruisers, by their unique bridge design and turret layout. I mean, in a mode to commemorate history and honor the great sacrifice of ally soldiers, it is better rather putting nothing there than carelessly using some axis warship models. The developer who put them there clearly showed no respect of history. How hard is it to use some correct warship models?
The opening with you having to shoot the bunkers to range find for the Frankford is actually historically accurate. According to Owen F. Keeler who was a gunnery officer on the frankford. The ship went as close as possible to the shore. Went broadside and used a tank in the beach that was firing at the bunkers as a way to range find for the ships 5’’ guns.
There's a different rigorous mode for players and CCs, I can't finish the mission, bots are not dumb, are very accurate, you cannot do that bombardment moving up the hill like you did on the bunker and in the end the Panthers doesn't stay in the same spot like idiots so one can call artillery on them.
Its pretty good. But at least make it all PVP permanen with more stories about tanks in ww2. There is a lot of story they can made in ww2 story in tanks normandy, kursk, el Alamein, sicily, berlin, Stalingrad ke even asian front like manchuria or saipan. Fixing ai and bug inside the game also
If your allies dies to often? You lose. It dose not matter if you have 3 respawns. If your bots of 'team mates' die stupidly? You lose. Like WoT usualy is. Your own team is the biggest enemy. Outside of the RNG. The house allways wins. This operation was doable. But what about when WG try and make money out of this nonsense also? Or like WG do force something stupid on us? Like the spam of dogtags when you spawn into random battles? 1.25 update... Or ruin Fortnite.. I mean Frontline. Litterly every gamemode somehow ends up simply broken and unfun! The hole operation relied on those arty strikes. With such a LONG deployment timer of doing any damage? If WG send you a wave of Panthers like this? And the ow IDK Panthers are 'smart' enough to dodge your stikes? Or the increase the cool down timer? The house allways wins. Since this game mode is all down to hitting those strikes right. Unbalanced RNG nightmare. We complain about bots in Random battles. Here? WG do not even have to hide the fact that The House got the advatange and can cheat all they like. We are playing a Single Player game on Online servers. It is ridiclus. I'm not going to bother anyone else to platton and CO-OP games in WoT. Since the only tanks worth playing anymore are OP premium $50-80 lootbox tanks. Tech tree tanks are powercreept so badly... With so many issuses in the base game. NO ONE but legacy players have any reason to keep playing this nightmare. Zero chance a Co-Op game mode would make new players join this mess. Let alone make people return. The Co-Op gamemode we had years ago? Remember that one? It was a pure grind. Yet more fun to actually play then whatever this event was. Got a IS-2S out of that event too. I like that slower IS tank with KV2 cage/chicken fence armor. To bad WG nerfed HE to be usless and so made the IS-2S lose the perk of anti-KV2 armor! And the halloween game mode? It was so difficult to defeat the final Tiger Tank boss. A true dread to play. It was really meant to only be beaten with a platton of firends. Yet I did that too with a random ass team. So got a nice King Tiger Premium with the skin from that event. Nice. To bad the game needs so many fixed to see people actually return ot the game...
I'm with you for some points. The IS-2S mode was way better even if you had to do it more than once. I had to do this D-Day event 5 time to win the hard mode and it wasn't funny because I was alone with bots. The Mirny mode was better too and the hardest mode was possible with random people, I've done it multiple time, you had to be with good players or have a synergy but it was ok to fail and try again. On this one it wasn't the case.
Thanks for the great video and playthrough. I loved this PVE mode. i would really like more of this, but there are some serious tweaks required - for example like i mentioned earlier: ally bots should try to keep frontal armour towards enemy and it should be possible to "communicate" via commands like halt, fall back or advance. victory condition should not be connected to the survival of the bots, that you have no control over. I did the same tactics as you did, but in my case the allies died 1 by 1 far before i had a chance to bomard the panthers in at least 5 attempts. The next 2 attempt i won just as easily as you did. AND there should be some small ressources for players who would like to play the pve mission repeatedly. I understand that you shouldt give out lots of battlepass points or bonds for every repeat play, but some small amount of credits and battlepass points is not too much too ask for the players time.
It’s a cool one-off. But, WG really just does not know how to truly tap into PvE potential. The PvE modes seem WAY too easy. Having a large variety of scenarios, being able to play with a few other players in Co-Op style, and significantly increasing difficulty would be really cool. PvE could be an entirely independent, permanent game mode for players. If the missions were hard enough that it required coordinated play, it would add a whole new dynamic to the game and appeal to a whole new fan base.
During the war, American pilots did indeed volunteer to pilot for Britain, especially before America officially entered the war. So, an American piloting a Spitfire, even during D-Day, is very possible. In fact, one could argue that due to America unofficially helping Britain and other Allies before Pearl Harbor is why Britain eventually lent America the HMS Victorious after America's carrier presence in the Pacific fell to just the USS Saratoga in late 1942, while the USS Enterprise was (once again), undergoing significant repairs. The newest Air Craft Carriers were still under construction and not expected to be helpful until late 1943. Also, fun fact, while the Victorious was serving under the US Navy on loan, she was given the call sign "Robin".
It's more like 30-60 minutes of content if you include tutorial mini-scenarios (they are both 5-10 minutes each) and consider the fact that many players won't be able to win harder mode on the first time. I've seen a lot of comments that it's boring and now I kinda understand where Dune, Star Trek and TMNT collabs came from - WoT players don't even have attention span to play 20 mins, one-time only, story PvE mission so why would WG bother with this? It's not boring for me, though. Bots aren't the smartest but they have numbers and move somewhat unpredictably - and you need to land those smoke signals or you get swarmed. Basically you have to manage your own HP and respawns and your allies (they have limited respawns) or you will lose. I'd say this is very decent first attempt - it's not too long, not too short, it's climatic, it has story, voice acting and it fits World of Tanks. Honestly, I wouldn't mind if WoT had 3-5 hours of solo campaign similar to this (but improved) with different missions, stories, etc. It could even work as advanced tutorial that teaches you how to play different classes and tanks, about equipment, consumables and everything you need to know. Overall, my impressions are positive and I'd like to see more similar content. Not a PvE mode that would cannibalize random queue but short story missions like this - why not. It probably doesn't take much effort and money to develop considering the hard job is already done (tanks, models, maps, bot AI) - they "only" need to do writing, scripting, record voice acting, create some art for it and pack it all together.
The US military was familiar with the Spitfire's capabilities before the war, as a production Mark I was shipped to the US in 1939. Before the US entered the war there were American pilots flying Spitfires with the RAF and RCAF. They also flew them on missions and loved them.
I've only played in hardest mode, 5 try to win but it was frustrating. The first time you take too much dmg because you discover. Second attempt I lost because all my allies died and it wasn't said game over if you are alone. The mode is tilting because : 1) the RNG : mmmh my Churchill's burning against Panthers, I'm so happy... 2) artillery is so hard to use at the end, either no range, missed on moving targets or you take too much hits when you close the distance. 3) allies seems doing nothing to the Panthers and they farm so fast your friends and you. 4) you don't know if allies could spawn again or if it's theit last life. I liked previous PVE modes, some were well balanced but you had players or friends with you it was more fun and less frustrating. The idea of this event is cool but for me it's wasn't well done at all.
Half of the first tank shaved off before reaching the first covering rampart on the beach. Realistic? Quite. Fun? Well... I've had more fun with my sciatica last year...
Whatd be cool if they just recreate mahor tank battle of ww2. From both sides. Eastern and western front. Even the pacific theater. Even world of warships. Major ship battles. Battle of midway.
Not very intuitive at first. Yeah, repetitive would be a reason for me to not play it. Played it. My delay make Rigorous near impossible without multiple attempts ...for not much compensation for my time. Won't be playing this again. Will take too much time to beat.
Would be cool to fight on Overlord map, then follow that up with Paris and ending up in Berlin. You know, to replicate historical progression and to change up how we as players interact with the AI.
Wasted 3 hours trying to do the harder level, just gave up after on some 6-7 try i lost because all my allies died, but i still got 2 lives and was about to finish the damn last 2 panthers. WTF?!!
Typical - the backdrop is for a Sherman model that wasn't even there. I guess it could have been worse and been a Soviet one. Oh and they set it at OMAHA beach where one of the key issues was that bugger all tanks made it to the beach!
Hm i was killed on start when the artilestrike ocur i ram that Churchill in left and stuck while artilery killed me. :D First live loss so fail in first try at all. :D
I can tell you its no fun to play this mode multiple times ( lets say 8 times) like you did expect…. Because if your not lucky with the last panthers you teammates charge in and die and you lose if all your allies die …. Which the game doesnt tell you and that ai is just stupid and did it all the time in the first 7 games. So your own respawns are not the real issue…
I''m glad WG has moved away from Russian focused defend the motherland themed events. I can't relate to it so never found the theme very interesting or enjoyable.
I think it would be cool if Wargaming made a long version of this for new players to learn on. Like a longer version of the Stories mode that teaches game mechanics and gives players a chance to learn the game. It could have different stages, the one that is already made, this one, a berlin one and a few others, all slowly getting harder. I feel that would have helped me get better if that had been there for me when I started the game.
The final push of the enemies feels really cheap. Your allies just yolo into panthers and the arty has so low range from you that you basically cant play smart against them...
Battleship: we are done helping you, because you are too far away now.
Quickybaby: why is the battleship not helping me.
There's a lot to take in for the first time!
@@QuickyBabyTV honestly, that is why I mostly watch people play multiplayer games. Games with stories are just too hard for someone to play, listen to the story, AND talk all at the same time. Lots of not understanding the story, because they were busy talking and that just makes me frustrated. It is mostly a "me" problem.
@@MelissaQueen-y7wAre you like 60 or something?
Flail tanks move at 2 to 4km per hour.... but here it looked more like 30-35
@@MelissaQueen-y7w This is not game with story.
Kenny McCormick dying in first seconds gotta be the best reference. It doesn't even need the iconic "Oh my God, they've killed Kenny! You bastards!"
Good spot!
Oh, South Park
fun fact, the sherman crab finds mines everywhere apparently, if you make it go off course then you can see that the explosions are on a timer
that triple panther kill was awesome!!1
AI has more tanks at single beach than Germans had in whole Normandy in 1944...
you noticed that humm? lol almost the whole armored assets the germans had in that area were Marder Tds not tanks.
Because Hitler was asleep, and noone dared wake the grumpy drug addict
How many tank in Normandy?
@@MrAgent47. germans had one panzer division in the area, I think it was 21st and it was quite understrength, deemed not fit to serve on the eastern front... so at best 2 battalions of panzers, probably none of them panthers or jagdpanthers - panzer 4s probably or even maybe panzer 3s. Other units were rushed in from outside area, but with constant air attacks and resistance sabotaging railways and bridges it took them too long and allies managed to consolidate beacheads by then.
@@MrAgent47. 15 German ans Italian vs 15 Allied just like WOT
The Eagle Squadrons, RAF 71, RAF 121 and RAF 133, were US pilots who volunteered to fly fir RAF in 1940. 71 squadron was operational in Battle of Britain. Originally had Hurricames then upgraded to Spitfires. When they eventually transferred to USAAF in 1942 they took their Spitfires with them, which is why you can find pics of Spits online with the Star & Bar insignia . They were not involved in Overlord though.
I love that WG did something historical finally. and its pretty cool and fun. Tho I am struggling with the rigorous difficulty cus the friendly AI is so bad it keeps yoloing into a 7 panther crossfire at the end and die before I can kill em all lol.
They did do a historical mode before where it was a bunch of allied low tiers (like t-34 and M4 sherman) vs small amount of high tier german tanks (tiger, ferdi, tiger ii, jpanther i think). Got mixed reviews but was alright.
@@IdunRedstone Hmm I dont remember that mode. Ive been around since beta test. maybe I missed it
@@hebrewhammer4086 Its still in the game under stories: when in the overlord mission screen where you select difficulty, on top you can select tutorial stories
It's quite a fun and challenging mode but it is annoying that sometimes you'll lose a chunk of xp before you could leave the open field and your own bots are giga lemmings.
The first bit is rough if you die. As soon as you spawn in you just get farmed...
I watched the longest day movie about D-Day today for the first time since I was a child. It hits different as an adult. I can't imagine what it must have been like to be a part of that. Terrible and frightening I'm sure but maybe proud as well
Quickybaby over here calling a Destroyer a battleship during the cut scene, he's just like jingles fr fr
I haven't played World of Tanks in years. May need to get back into it now, this looks amazing!
I wish I was at home so I could play :( I get home from work not long after this event ends .... Thanks for the great video QB
That was defiantley a canadian spitfite pilot, aye
The end section with the panthers is extremely fustrating. Not managed to complete it on rigurous difficulty.
same
Yep same here
Had to replay it about 5 times before I completed it. Pretty much all my losses were because the AI tanks decided to drive into the middle of the field and die to the 5 panthers one by one.
@@cogboy3587are you sure those were bots? Maybe they were usual wot players 😂
That spitfire pilot is the most Canadian man I have ever heard lol
19:56 That IS how it's done! Wow, that was perfect!
dude you got lucky. the first time I tired the higher difficulty two of the bunkers just lit me up before I could turn to get out of their cone of arch.
Oh so it releases today, I was looking for it yesterday and I couldn’t find it lol
Had to do the hard mode 4 times, first i got destroyed by the beach, and the other tries i was too slow and careful that my teammates died. 3rd try the panthers rushed me, they did not stand as they were in your case. It was really hard
I really like this event. This event actually fun to play with if they managed to made more story like this and add more fitures like using a different tanks or something else even compared to pvp event.
The ships you see in cutscenes are taken from wows :)
Whoever decided to give your allies limited amount of lives clearly intended for this even to be not fun at all
Maybe these PVE modes will save Wargamming. I typically like them more than the 15-0 simulator the mm has become.
Hard one took me 4 tries, didnt think you had to save that much hp and on third attempt panthers got me
He QB console WOT has done what u were worried about here 22:35 U have to get 250 points for all rewards it's like 20 points a match average unless u cap all bases .... it makes u play like 3-5 games a day with the mode being around for only 6 days.
The spitfire pilots are Canadian, not American.
Thanks QB
The Overlord Map should have been like this from the start. Far more realistic and interesting than the boring map we have now.
I enjoyed the first unlocks. Good not relying on players to
I liked it and I admit that when the Panthers arrived it was difficult for me 😅
That intro scene is something. I wish the D-Day Operation in Warships was half as exciting and polished....
The haven't even added dedicated voicelines. Dunkirk Operation a few years back was MUCH better.
The airstrike or arty range need to be further and also shorter time to hit.
Tanks, a lot, planes, by the hundreds, bunkers, enough, infantry 0 and german artillery loaders: 20 times faster than World of Tanks Artilley, they even added french tanks on the landing thats even got time to clatters clatters over french bread?! historicall accurate? no but its still a fun mode. i tried this mode on hard and i succeeded on the fourth time, when you shoot the enemy will will focus all his attention on you, they forget evrything and litarly and just go to you to kill you like how a jagpanther did by me, you just dont need to do aggresive and use your artillery on enemy troops, QB just succeeded in one go great dude! literally 2 tanks of the 29 launched arrived at Omaha beach, the most tanks sunk. Fun fact: d-day invasion was actually planned on 5 June but because of the bad weather it changed to 6 June
shot one with my pz IV H 105mm HEAT
I rather enjoyed this first part of this game mode.
Thx bro ! Now maybe, I can do it ! LOL
Think Spit pilot was supposed to be Canadian, eh?
I always lose to the last wave :(
Which I've been Saying for Years now, but no one seems to think the Game'll Survive it...
He’s Canadian
Sound fun
World of tanks missing some soldiers running around, it would look alot more realistic than it is.
The Rigorous difficult is most worst experience ever. We got nothing upgrade our sherman. AI ally is stupid cause they not helping us kill those panzer & panthers. The enemy AI is too OP, just turn the turret not aiming like using aimbot & shoot only direct on us.
nope that wasnt luck( fisrt tank,first ammorack) i did the same with fisrt tank.. fisrt shot first ammorack . bad wot seetings:D
Anyone who cant figure out this/win without help should switch to minecraft! 45%WR players strugle.
sherman is a shit potatoes with no armor, and always loose because this fucking ally just go on the middle and be farm, great job WG
just rubbish. instead of making matchmaking fairer and RNG more balanced - as players have asked for hundreds of thousands of times and more - just new tank junk, rip-off events,..... . Wargaming is a greedy, ignorant, arrogant company. ripping off players seems to be the company's goal. don't let yourself be ripped off!!!
Battleship: You're too far away for us to support you!
Meanwhile, the captain of the USS Texas: "FLOOD THE TORPEDO BLISTERS AND LIST THE SHIP. WE'LL ELEVATE THE GUNS A FEW DEGREES MORE TO REACH FURTHER INLAND!"
Murcia!!!
Gangster lean combined with American naval power 😁
Standard real world military tactic: When pinned down, call arty... Works every time.
Especially against tough nuts to crack like Jagdpanthers or Panthers.
It really is a good little PvE game. It felt like being some kid playing Medal of Honor Allied Assault
Reminds me of fun little game from 2006. called Panzer Elite Action. It was pretty good.
Allied Assault is still awesome
Americans did fly Spitfires early in the war, initially as Volunteers before the US entered the war, and later the USAAF flew Spits before the the P-47 reached Britain in numbers. I doubt any American squadrons still flew Spitfires by D-Day, given that the USAAF was fielding the Mustang by then.
The US Navy flew Spitfires on D-Day for naval gunfire spotting. VCS-7 flew them.
Yes, some Americans wanted to participate in the war early on, before the US got involved. They would sign up with the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), travel up to Canada, receive training either in Canada (or England when they arrived), and would be shipped out. However, in order to do this... they had to give up their American citizenship, and were given Canadian citizenship instead. These squadrons of American volunteers were called Eagle Squadrons. One of my friends back when I was a kid was an old P-51 Mustang Ace of the 4th Fighter Group, Lt. Frank Speer. When I was in my early teens, he used to tell me stories of some of his buddies going up to be part of the Eagle Squadrons. Have a lot of his wartime stuff that was given to me, because his own family didn't want it after he passed.
like mentioned in a reply, for D-day they did in spots. But also in Italy as well.
It's true that Americans flew Spitfires on D-Day, but the pilot in this mini-game is actually Canadian, as you can tell from his accent, eh? My dad was also at D-Day but flying Beaufighters with Coastal Command, taking out German naval assets.
I think the "eh" is a clue.
As for the Spitfire pilot he says "ey" a lot, clearly a Canadian so absolutely could be a Spitfire pilot
The fun thing is there was an actual case of an immobilized Sherman helping a DD know where to shoot
There was a Sherman stuck on the waterline and the commander of the USS Saterlee ordered his crew to fire on everything the Sherman was firing at - it was crucial for getting off Omaha
Will have to look into this. I've read lots of WWII history and enjoy it for lack of a better word.
@@calvinlivengood5717 Stephen Ambrose D-Day - it has a chapter on the Navy at Omaha that goes into it in detail.
@@calvinlivengood5717 it is in Stephen Ambrose’s D-Day in the chapter on the navy at Omaha
The spitfire is a Canadian. The RCAF (Royal Canadian Air Force) would have been supplied by Royal British Air Force planes. Also, notice how the pilot says “eh” at the end.
Tips from a guy who struggled with this mission:
1. Drive to the very left side of the beach in the beginning, the dune in front of you is much higher and gives you great cover. Behind this dune, you can easily outmaneuver the artillery strikes.
2. Shooting the bunkers on the beach initiates the battle ship's fire, you don't have to grind through their hp by yourself (You don't even have to hit their weak spots).
3. Try to play as carefully as possible in the beginning, because you will need all of your hp and respawns for the harder enemies in the end.
4. Use your artillery strikes (the smoke markers) as clever as you can. If possible, mark an area where multiple targets can be destroyed at once.
5. Try to peak as little a possible when you come to the harder enemies at the end. Try to outmaneuver them and drive up to the ridgelines of the hills to get the maximum range for the artillery marker.
6. TIME YOUR ARTILLERY STRIKES! The impact of the strikes takes longer than you might expect, so calculate that in. Place the marker way ahead of your targets, expecially the faster ones.
7. Last but not least: Don't give up. I tried like 5 times and even killed all enemies, but got killed myself in the end, so even though I technically completed the mission, it didn't count because I died myself. If you failed the mission, try again. And again. It becomes easier every time.
I didn't have any problems with the first 4/5 of the mission, but the end..... the fucking part at the end...
@@bobotomg9933 i know right the end sucks grass end enemies needs a nerf there is to much tanks
I did exactly as you did above before coming to the video and was about to type up my tips - worked a treat for me but I did what QB did and managed to get 3 panthers with one bombardment. I was lucky to get it he was!
Rigorous feels like rng game. Those panthers rip through you, and your allies, and aiming the bombards at them seems impossible.
Yeah I got to the last two tanks and the Panthers ripped through the allies and the mission failed
@@xxstephxx1005 and allies destroyed wasnt even a mission objective....
@@morxas1513 fr why make it so your allies die give them infinite lives
@@xxstephxx1005 I finally cleared it after about 10 tries - key is to keep close to the french heavy tank and hid behind the earth wall near it - pathers will ride to him and stop - then rain fire and pray that they wont move and the heavy will manage to survive long enough....
Place multiple bombards in a row so that the panthers wont be able to escape
I tried it and its frustrating
Easy
Well don't sweat on it
Just play a regular ones. Rigorous one it's pretty hard if you are not experienced enough
@@andiadmiral8128it's supposed to be a fun mode not something to do with skill level
MontanaJack says "Good for WG" and thanks to QB for the how to VOD, average players like me need the help. The connection to D-Day is great, do more WG, do more. Cheers!
I was at uni with a guy in the 80's who's middle name was Rodney. His father was pinned down by a bunker on the on D-day beach and they radioed for support, HMS Rodney duly obliged and deleted the bunker for them
Canadians absolutely flew Spitfires on D-Day. The "snowstorm"..."eh" was a (cliché) giveaway.
I think it's fun enough, a distraction from the PvP randomness of randoms. Nice having 2 difficulties too. I ran through on easy to get the gist and then went back in on hard for the challenge and greater rewards. Bring on next week!
its a good mode so far, though the AI....damn the AI...if you are lucky you survive, if you are more lucky they chase somethign else. if its WG AI....then in normal mode they simply ignore you all times! they only bad for me? BASD WG AI as in the main game with the MM decisions!
One thing in this mode makes me very uncomfortable. When u are at the beach, take a look back at the sea. u can tell some of the warships providing fire support are actually JAPANESE TAKAO class heavy cruisers, by their unique bridge design and turret layout. I mean, in a mode to commemorate history and honor the great sacrifice of ally soldiers, it is better rather putting nothing there than carelessly using some axis warship models. The developer who put them there clearly showed no respect of history. How hard is it to use some correct warship models?
The opening with you having to shoot the bunkers to range find for the Frankford is actually historically accurate. According to Owen F. Keeler who was a gunnery officer on the frankford. The ship went as close as possible to the shore. Went broadside and used a tank in the beach that was firing at the bunkers as a way to range find for the ships 5’’ guns.
There's a different rigorous mode for players and CCs, I can't finish the mission, bots are not dumb, are very accurate, you cannot do that bombardment moving up the hill like you did on the bunker and in the end the Panthers doesn't stay in the same spot like idiots so one can call artillery on them.
It looks quite boring.. I really enjoyed some of the other PvE modes, but this looks quite disappointing
It only lasts 15 mins, so you can get back to spamming gold and pay WG more $$$
Its pretty good. But at least make it all PVP permanen with more stories about tanks in ww2. There is a lot of story they can made in ww2 story in tanks normandy, kursk, el Alamein, sicily, berlin, Stalingrad ke even asian front like manchuria or saipan. Fixing ai and bug inside the game also
If your allies dies to often? You lose. It dose not matter if you have 3 respawns. If your bots of 'team mates' die stupidly? You lose. Like WoT usualy is. Your own team is the biggest enemy. Outside of the RNG. The house allways wins.
This operation was doable. But what about when WG try and make money out of this nonsense also? Or like WG do force something stupid on us? Like the spam of dogtags when you spawn into random battles? 1.25 update... Or ruin Fortnite.. I mean Frontline. Litterly every gamemode somehow ends up simply broken and unfun!
The hole operation relied on those arty strikes. With such a LONG deployment timer of doing any damage? If WG send you a wave of Panthers like this? And the ow IDK Panthers are 'smart' enough to dodge your stikes? Or the increase the cool down timer? The house allways wins. Since this game mode is all down to hitting those strikes right. Unbalanced RNG nightmare. We complain about bots in Random battles. Here? WG do not even have to hide the fact that The House got the advatange and can cheat all they like.
We are playing a Single Player game on Online servers. It is ridiclus. I'm not going to bother anyone else to platton and CO-OP games in WoT. Since the only tanks worth playing anymore are OP premium $50-80 lootbox tanks. Tech tree tanks are powercreept so badly... With so many issuses in the base game. NO ONE but legacy players have any reason to keep playing this nightmare. Zero chance a Co-Op game mode would make new players join this mess. Let alone make people return.
The Co-Op gamemode we had years ago? Remember that one? It was a pure grind. Yet more fun to actually play then whatever this event was.
Got a IS-2S out of that event too. I like that slower IS tank with KV2 cage/chicken fence armor. To bad WG nerfed HE to be usless and so made the IS-2S lose the perk of anti-KV2 armor!
And the halloween game mode? It was so difficult to defeat the final Tiger Tank boss. A true dread to play. It was really meant to only be beaten with a platton of firends. Yet I did that too with a random ass team. So got a nice King Tiger Premium with the skin from that event. Nice. To bad the game needs so many fixed to see people actually return ot the game...
I'm with you for some points. The IS-2S mode was way better even if you had to do it more than once. I had to do this D-Day event 5 time to win the hard mode and it wasn't funny because I was alone with bots.
The Mirny mode was better too and the hardest mode was possible with random people, I've done it multiple time, you had to be with good players or have a synergy but it was ok to fail and try again. On this one it wasn't the case.
I'm always stuck at the 3 panthers in the end
kind of stupid that you must be so close to ennemi to put the smoke.
VCS-7 of the US Navy flew Spitfires on D-Day to spot for naval gunfire.
It won't make me play wot again but it's a cool vid
the hard way is to hard for me so not fun to play so its normal setting for me.
same
When will the add the Sherman Crab as a premium?
Thanks for the great video and playthrough.
I loved this PVE mode.
i would really like more of this, but there are some serious tweaks required - for example like i mentioned earlier: ally bots should try to keep frontal armour towards enemy and it should be possible to "communicate" via commands like halt, fall back or advance.
victory condition should not be connected to the survival of the bots, that you have no control over.
I did the same tactics as you did, but in my case the allies died 1 by 1 far before i had a chance to bomard the panthers in at least 5 attempts.
The next 2 attempt i won just as easily as you did.
AND there should be some small ressources for players who would like to play the pve mission repeatedly. I understand that you shouldt give out lots of battlepass points or bonds for every repeat play, but some small amount of credits and battlepass points is not too much too ask for the players time.
It’s a cool one-off. But, WG really just does not know how to truly tap into PvE potential. The PvE modes seem WAY too easy. Having a large variety of scenarios, being able to play with a few other players in Co-Op style, and significantly increasing difficulty would be really cool. PvE could be an entirely independent, permanent game mode for players. If the missions were hard enough that it required coordinated play, it would add a whole new dynamic to the game and appeal to a whole new fan base.
During the war, American pilots did indeed volunteer to pilot for Britain, especially before America officially entered the war. So, an American piloting a Spitfire, even during D-Day, is very possible.
In fact, one could argue that due to America unofficially helping Britain and other Allies before Pearl Harbor is why Britain eventually lent America the HMS Victorious after America's carrier presence in the Pacific fell to just the USS Saratoga in late 1942, while the USS Enterprise was (once again), undergoing significant repairs. The newest Air Craft Carriers were still under construction and not expected to be helpful until late 1943.
Also, fun fact, while the Victorious was serving under the US Navy on loan, she was given the call sign "Robin".
It's more like 30-60 minutes of content if you include tutorial mini-scenarios (they are both 5-10 minutes each) and consider the fact that many players won't be able to win harder mode on the first time.
I've seen a lot of comments that it's boring and now I kinda understand where Dune, Star Trek and TMNT collabs came from - WoT players don't even have attention span to play 20 mins, one-time only, story PvE mission so why would WG bother with this?
It's not boring for me, though. Bots aren't the smartest but they have numbers and move somewhat unpredictably - and you need to land those smoke signals or you get swarmed. Basically you have to manage your own HP and respawns and your allies (they have limited respawns) or you will lose. I'd say this is very decent first attempt - it's not too long, not too short, it's climatic, it has story, voice acting and it fits World of Tanks. Honestly, I wouldn't mind if WoT had 3-5 hours of solo campaign similar to this (but improved) with different missions, stories, etc. It could even work as advanced tutorial that teaches you how to play different classes and tanks, about equipment, consumables and everything you need to know.
Overall, my impressions are positive and I'd like to see more similar content. Not a PvE mode that would cannibalize random queue but short story missions like this - why not. It probably doesn't take much effort and money to develop considering the hard job is already done (tanks, models, maps, bot AI) - they "only" need to do writing, scripting, record voice acting, create some art for it and pack it all together.
The US military was familiar with the Spitfire's capabilities before the war, as a production Mark I was shipped to the US in 1939.
Before the US entered the war there were American pilots flying Spitfires with the RAF and RCAF.
They also flew them on missions and loved them.
I've only played in hardest mode, 5 try to win but it was frustrating. The first time you take too much dmg because you discover. Second attempt I lost because all my allies died and it wasn't said game over if you are alone. The mode is tilting because :
1) the RNG : mmmh my Churchill's burning against Panthers, I'm so happy...
2) artillery is so hard to use at the end, either no range, missed on moving targets or you take too much hits when you close the distance.
3) allies seems doing nothing to the Panthers and they farm so fast your friends and you.
4) you don't know if allies could spawn again or if it's theit last life.
I liked previous PVE modes, some were well balanced but you had players or friends with you it was more fun and less frustrating. The idea of this event is cool but for me it's wasn't well done at all.
Half of the first tank shaved off before reaching the first covering rampart on the beach. Realistic? Quite. Fun? Well... I've had more fun with my sciatica last year...
Whatd be cool if they just recreate mahor tank battle of ww2. From both sides. Eastern and western front. Even the pacific theater. Even world of warships. Major ship battles. Battle of midway.
Not very intuitive at first. Yeah, repetitive would be a reason for me to not play it. Played it. My delay make Rigorous near impossible without multiple attempts ...for not much compensation for my time. Won't be playing this again. Will take too much time to beat.
Has anyone done the DDay event on rigorous difficulty "complete under 15 minutes" mission ? Its dam hard to do it ... WG gone crazy ???
Would be cool to fight on Overlord map, then follow that up with Paris and ending up in Berlin. You know, to replicate historical progression and to change up how we as players interact with the AI.
Wasted 3 hours trying to do the harder level, just gave up after on some 6-7 try i lost because all my allies died, but i still got 2 lives and was about to finish the damn last 2 panthers. WTF?!!
Typical - the backdrop is for a Sherman model that wasn't even there.
I guess it could have been worse and been a Soviet one.
Oh and they set it at OMAHA beach where one of the key issues was that bugger all tanks made it to the beach!
The gameplay was good, besides the fact that QB was an utter melon. 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Hm i was killed on start when the artilestrike ocur i ram that Churchill in left and stuck while artilery killed me. :D First live loss so fail in first try at all. :D
@quickybaby they did have a similar game mode many years ago named, Battle of kursk. Was fun and challenging just like this one
I guess the next stage will be fighting further inland in countryside & towns. Hopefully reasonably historically accurate locations.
Hey QB, should I save up my tokens for the cobra or something or should I go ahead and get the Char? Currently at 16 tokens
I can tell you its no fun to play this mode multiple times ( lets say 8 times) like you did expect…. Because if your not lucky with the last panthers you teammates charge in and die and you lose if all your allies die …. Which the game doesnt tell you and that ai is just stupid and did it all the time in the first 7 games. So your own respawns are not the real issue…
I''m glad WG has moved away from Russian focused defend the motherland themed events. I can't relate to it so never found the theme very interesting or enjoyable.
I think it would be cool if Wargaming made a long version of this for new players to learn on. Like a longer version of the Stories mode that teaches game mechanics and gives players a chance to learn the game. It could have different stages, the one that is already made, this one, a berlin one and a few others, all slowly getting harder. I feel that would have helped me get better if that had been there for me when I started the game.
_"Feels like a snowstorm of flak up here, eh?"_
6:28 - CANADIAN, pal! Not American.
Got my ass kicked loads by those last tank adavances, at least I know I wasn't far from completion.
If you lose allllies it also game overs you.
I wish they had something like this for the turning point in WWII, the battle of Kursk and Stalingrad.
The final push of the enemies feels really cheap. Your allies just yolo into panthers and the arty has so low range from you that you basically cant play smart against them...