Warthunder 'Life Hacks'

[kiro the avenger!]

So for those that don't know, a 'life hack' is just a quick, easy tip that just generally makes things a little easier in life
so what are your little 'life hacks' for warthunder?

For tank RB/SB i suggest to guess ranges, not elevations for rangefinding
by this i mean guess ''he's 800m away' then aim at the 800m [4th] notch, as opposed to guessing ''he's about there(lining up 4th notch)'' this is just so that when changing guns you wont throw off your aim. 800m is always 800m although the notches might change

and when firing at longer ranges, i would suggest to use the variable range setting on your sights, so that you dont forget which notch you were looking at (they all look the same really) and it even lets you 'jink' around a little to avoid fire without throwing your aim

so what do you guys have to offer?

[ScreamingBeaver]

Play Russia

[PMA]

Goto Options > Interface > scroll all the way down > select Gun optics. = Win.

[ilmevavi]

Originally posted by RAIDONKU:

Goto Options > Interface > scroll all the way down > select Gun optics. = Win.

i can't find "select gun optics"

[PMA]

Originally posted by ilmevavi:

Originally posted by RAIDONKU:

Goto Options > Interface > scroll all the way down > select Gun optics. = Win.

i can't find "select gun optics"

It is there. Should be the last selection.

[Raynor]

-Play T34 in tier 2 and 3
-Play Tiger in tier 3
-Play Ktiger, T95, T29 and Caernavron in tier 4
-Play Leopard and T10M in tier V.
Easy life.
Another life hack: press J before get killed :)

[Squirtbottle]

Originally posted by RAIDONKU:

Goto Options > Interface > scroll all the way down > select Gun optics. = Win.

How much of an advantage does it do in your opinion?

[kiro the avenger!]

Originally posted by Jonclee:

Originally posted by RAIDONKU:

Goto Options > Interface > scroll all the way down > select Gun optics. = Win.

How much of an advantage does it do in your opinion?

what does it even do?
i thought that was the option that just lets you use SB optics in other game modes

[MichaelV]

ULQ for ground battles? It feels dirty though...

[Lohengrin]

Originally posted by RAIDONKU:

Originally posted by ilmevavi:

i can't find "select gun optics"

It is there. Should be the last selection.

Camera from tank gunner sight?

[Lohengrin]

Originally posted by Mirage:

Originally posted by bearf1sh:

ULQ for ground battles? It feels dirty though...

A lot of people don't have any standards, morals or competitive spirit though.

>comp that cant go over 12 fps on anything above ULQ

[DEX]

know where you next shot will go to disable the enemy or finnish of the tank, i see so many people spam shots with not changing their aim when instead of 5 shots they could have used 2

[Illusionyary]

Fly Japanese against the Allies. It's a turkey shoot.

[StingerRPG]

Originally posted by Cyka Blyat:

T95

Insane.

[Scheneighnay]

Originally posted by Illusionyary:

Fly Japanese against the Allies. It's a turkey shoot.

Only if the allies are especially stupid.

If they actually know what they're doing (admittedly, they usually don't), Japan doesn't stand a chance.

Not really a life hack, but good tip nonetheless: keep in line with your team. If you get ahead of your teammates, you're almost definitely going to go down easily because you've already singled yourself out for the enemy.
If you're in something fast like a light tank, use your speed to flank, not to rush points.

[Scheneighnay]

Originally posted by Aivearc:

Originally posted by RAIDONKU:

It is there. Should be the last selection.

Camera from tank gunner sight?

I think that's what they're talking about but I have no idea how it helps.

All it does is show your barrel in your sight. I've always used it since it was added and it never gave any advatage or disadvantage.