Fighting 2 tiers above own class

[Thoro]

How do I beat fully upgraded tanks that are two levels higher then my own tank? I can't even pen their side armor while they can nearly one shot me from the front... last couple matches I just suicide rushed to get a bit of damage xp and get in to a new (hopefully fair) game as quick as possible and my average xp per hour went up by a lot... is this really the best counter?

[Sgt.Johnson]

I use HE sometimes and shoot their tracks when they pop out of hiding. Then the 8's can have a go at them. Or I just pen their turrets, engines with HE and get critical hits.

[CRUSH!]

Shoot premium ammo or suck.

[Rod]

How i feel when forced to fight two tiers above;

Like i am being used as a pawn/slave to give fun to thier premium users i bet when you do not pay you are bottom tier even more. But mostly due to them not wanting to change it i feel like i am wasting my time as they dont care about thier customers. When a game makes a player or class have almost no chance its called imbalance and patched.


In WOT, Its part of the game?!?! It blows the mind these threads pop up all the time. And i think of that meme with the house burning and Wargaming balance departments and matchmaker departments saying everythings ok... Its not ok your games broken and been broken for such a long time.

[Sgt.Johnson]

Originally posted by DiceWrangler:

If you are in the bottom tier of a 3-tier battle then your job, unless you are agile enough to scout, is to support the higher-tier tanks on your team. If the top-tier tanks on your team camp behind your SPGs or die too early in the match then you have my condolences as there is little that you can do at that point to help your team. That said, sometimes the best thing that you can do for your team is to suicide by taking a hit but only if that saves a higher-tier tank -- driven by a decent player -- from certain death. If you are not in a position to support the higher-tier tanks on your team then focus on enemy tanks that you can damage and avoid the ones that you cannot (damage). It is frustrating, I know, when you driving a slow tier 6 heavy in a tier 8 battle; except when you are in the KV-2 which is always a threat.

I've been following the higher tier tanks and stay a little back of them. They get most of the attention in the fight and I can take some shots to help them out. It's been working for the past 3-4 days

[Your_White_Knight]

Originally posted by Thoro:

Fighting 2 tiers above own class

How do I beat fully upgraded tanks that are two levels higher then my own tank? I can't even pen their side armor while they can nearly one shot me from the front... last couple matches I just suicide rushed to get a bit of damage xp and get in to a new (hopefully fair) game as quick as possible and my average xp per hour went up by a lot... is this really the best counter?

It's not even that...

Worked my way up to a Panzer III and thought "now the fun begins!"

Only to not only be one shot by another Panzer III that I can't pen... but a Panzer II I can't pen.

My ratings went downhill from there, sure I can get enough coin in last place / first killed to cover costs... by my XP and ratings are in the pit.

I had to give up on the German Tree because Panzer III is nothing but a trap for me but nobody else it seams... any other tank can pen me / one shot me... but I can't get anyone... in a PANZER III... it's crazy.

It doesn't seem to be a Tier thing so much as a Player's ratings ( thousands of kills in their ratings ) thing making even even Tiers unequal do to ID's experience then any Tier rating.