Should I try WOT? I am new here.....

[karmazyn1]

......and am scared that people will destroy me and wont want to play with me due to my lack of skill? Is community good here or will I get abuse for my lack of experience?

[SteT]

You only get better by playing. We all started there at some point. But yes, there are sadly some knob heads who play this game. Funny thing is though, it's mostly the bad players that call everyone a noob or whatever.

You'll find them in any online game, so better learn to simple ignore chat and never take any of the nonsense to heart.

[Akagi]

Oh trust me WOT is even less beginner friendly

[iluxa3224]

U will start playing vs bots mostly(unless u are in "Realistic" mode). So u will get some time to understood the game basics.
Most of community here doesn't give a fck about ur skill, cuz they are fragers, which means "I dont care about my team or our mission task, i will try to get as much frags as i can, even if it means forget about teamwork and dont care about my teammate, dying close to me".
So... yeah.... Just don't think about it. The only thing i met is abuse for being a "ZERG": when u are trying to kill 2-3 planes with group of more than 2-3 or going on one point together with almost full team while 2-3 boiz with IQ more then 90 trying to get other points. Also, a lil advice: do not "steal" other boiz frags: if u see what ally comin to enemy with any kind of adventage(like flank attack, higher position or anything like that) — let HIM kill his enemy. Abusing for kill steals is much more agressive since devs added XP boost for kills.

[Jaes]

War Thunder has a very steep learning curve. You're probably going to have a rough start, but that's kinda the nature of the game.

There's definitely trolls in the community, but if you're willing to learn, there's plenty of vets around here that are willing to provide tips and help out!

General rule of thumb: You'll probably want to start with Arcade Battles to get a feeling for the game then try out Realistic Battles and see how it goes for you.

Only thing to keep in mind with that is Arcade Battles and Realistic Battles have very different learning curves, but Arcade battles will help build fundamentals such as good positioning in relation to your target, weakpoints (if you're playing ground battles), and situational awareness.

The most glaring differences between Arcade Battles and Realistic is how the vehicles perform. Arcade Battles aircraft essentially perform like UFOs and can do some really janky stuff while Realistic Battles puts more emphasis on the actual flight characteristics of the individual aircraft and has less "Hand holding" so to speak. For Ground Battles, you get aim assists to figure out where to shoot an opposing tank while Realistic Battles very heavily focuses on your personal vehicle knowledge and map knowledge.

[Speer]

just dont play above VII level and you'll be fine. Most of beginners play under those levels

[SamdalftheGray]

WOT is much less realistic but i feel is much more boring then WT. if u just put some hrs into this its not too bad (besides the occational lvl 100 player murdering new players that is that is)

[С у к а]

Wargaming makes Gaijin seem like an angel, WoT makes War Thunder seem like walk in the park. I am not about to write an essay about why Gaijin and WT is better than WoT and Wargaming, but as a 11 year WoT veteran and 8 years active, it wasn't worth it since like 2015-16.

[Holo]

Origineel geplaatst door karmazyn1:

......and am scared that people will destroy me and wont want to play with me due to my lack of skill? Is community good here or will I get abuse for my lack of experience?

Nobody cares about you.

And I mean that in a good way. No matter if you're topping scoreboards all day, or are an absolute tool who can't even drive straight, nobody will care.

[-reno-FR-]

Origineel geplaatst door SteT:

You only get better by playing. We all started there at some point. But yes, there are sadly some knob heads who play this game. Funny thing is though, it's mostly the bad players that call everyone a noob or whatever.

You'll find them in any online game, so better learn to simple ignore chat and never take any of the nonsense to heart.

This.

And about WoT, go there, try it & take your own decision.

I began with War Thunder, I firstly was discouraged & sometimes was upset because "how the hell my heavy tank can be oneshot".
Then, I came to World of Tanks, I tried it.
But something was wrong there, I missed a little of I dont know what.
Then I came back to War thunder, not longer after.
And I practised, I involved myself to learn & to understand the game mechanisms.

And now I have more than 8000h.

[karmazyn1]

Thank you guys. I will definitely install this and will give it a shot.

[Weltreisender]

Origineel geplaatst door karmazyn1:

Thank you guys. I will definitely install this and will give it a shot.

I would suggest NOT buying any premiums until you find out if you like the game. I am almost to high tier, in Germany. And I find that most of the hide your stuff is just not fun. Stick with World War II, and Cold War and you’ll have lots of fun.

[<I^_^]I_1C3Qu33n_X33_I[^_^]>]

I wonder what it feels like coming new to war thunder and see a giant amount of planes tanks ships helicopters at once i would prolly have no idea what to start with.

[𝒞𝒶𝓉𝓎𝒶♡]

Origineel geplaatst door I Kawaii_Sheep I:

I wonder what it feels like coming new to war thunder and see a giant amount of planes tanks ships helicopters at once i would prolly have no idea what to start with.

It's my 3rd day of playing. Been confusing at start, the UI with the research tree is confusing, after matches all the "You have done all research to this tier" etc and i'm like "I did? Cool." :D (totally did not understood what the game meant by that)

And when sending some tank tank to "holiday" to switch something else on that slot, it often tells about "You have better crew" or something like that, then i just pay to train some crew? Like what better crew? Things like that are confusing and does not make sense. :D Or maybe i'm doing something wrong. So the UI is a bit confusing for a new player. The research of modules thingy especially. Or just my head empty. Egirl brain not handle such manly toys overload. :P

But still managed to get into rank 2 tanks, or 2 of them.. one medium tank and one tank destroyer. So slowly making progress. :)

But yeah, so many nations and the tank amount is HUGE. And when watched then there are naval ships and planes and helicopters.. Just started with tanks, and i enjoy also the SPAA thingies, it's fun to shoot down planes. ^^

[Weltreisender]

Origineel geplaatst door Lelu💜:

Origineel geplaatst door I Kawaii_Sheep I:

I wonder what it feels like coming new to war thunder and see a giant amount of planes tanks ships helicopters at once i would prolly have no idea what to start with.

It's my 3rd day of playing. Been confusing at start, the UI with the research tree is confusing, after matches all the "You have done all research to this tier" etc and i'm like "I did? Cool." :D (totally did not understood what the game meant by that)

And when sending some tank tank to "holiday" to switch something else on that slot, it often tells about "You have better crew" or something like that, then i just pay to train some crew? Like what better crew? Things like that are confusing and does not make sense. :D Or maybe i'm doing something wrong. So the UI is a bit confusing for a new player. The research of modules thingy especially. Or just my head empty. Egirl brain not handle such manly toys overload. :P

But still managed to get into rank 2 tanks, or 2 of them.. one medium tank and one tank destroyer. So slowly making progress. :)

But yeah, so many nations and the tank amount is HUGE. And when watched then there are naval ships and planes and helicopters.. Just started with tanks, and i enjoy also the SPAA thingies, it's fun to shoot down planes. ^^

Research war thunder presets, on YouTube. There a lifesaver.

[CptKerion]

My advice? Give it a try since it's free, but don't spend any money until feel like you've hit a wall and gotten over it and still feel like you want to keep going with the game. Once it takes several days of playing to unlock a new vehicle, if you STILL feel like playing and want to throw a coin to the developers for their work, do it.