Single shot kills

[Dazzle1988]

I just dont understanding it, even AA fire on my tank is getting single shot kills every time, how is that?

Yet every hit I do is just critical. Its got to a point where it is a celebration now if I manage to get a actual kill in this game.

[Sierra-Six-Four]

Learn where to shoot to make onehit kills, either ammo or knockout 2/3 of the crew.

[Canadian Guitar]

Knowing where to shoot, and what ammo you're using and when to use which kind is important.

[Dazzle1988]

What I mean is more how is it that I keep getting single shot killed? is it an armour thing? are British tanks just rubbish or?

[Canadian Guitar]

Originally posted by Dazzle1988:

What I mean is more how is it that I keep getting single shot killed? is it an armour thing? are British tanks just rubbish or?

Low tier vehicles, and British especially, the crews sit very close together. A penetrating APHE round will often kill all the crew members in a singular shot.
Pay attention to the death cams, and see what shots hit you, and where.

[Bibliophylax]

What is your crew vitality skill level ?

[Dazzle1988]

the vitality level is likely rock bottom :D

[Bibliophylax]

I think it's part of the answer, with a low vitality your crew resist less to spallings.

In tanks, i suggest you to focus vitality and gun handling first and then relaod, repairs ect...
But vitality is the most usefull one for this reason.
An expert qualification add +50%, the max is capped at 200% with an ace crew and a full skill..

Edit: skill up to 100%
expert +50%
ace +100% instead of 50

In many cases with 200% your crew is just badly hurt, like yellow or red instead of dead

[Lafettie]

British Vehicles are rubbish indeed.But simply level Vitality.

A level 150 Tank Crew + Ace can eat an APDFS Dart to the face sometimes and still survive.

[Blitzkrieg Wulf]

Originally posted by Dazzle1988:

are British tanks just rubbish or?

That right there is the issue.

Most British tanks just fire slugs with no HE filler, so until you get to quality AP(FS)DS rounds, you will have to aim for modules to specifically take a tank out piece by piece.

[CaptainSpacetime]

Originally posted by Bibliophylax:

I think it's part of the answer, with a low vitality your crew resist less to spallings.

In tanks, i suggest you to focus vitality and gun handling first and then relaod, repairs ect...
But vitality is the most usefull one for this reason.
An expert qualification add +50%, the max is capped at 200% with an ace crew and a full skill..

Edit: skill up to 100%
expert +50%
ace +100% instead of 50

In many cases with 200% your crew is just badly hurt, like yellow or red instead of dead

vitality doesn't really help very much against an APHE tank round though.

maybe vs small AA rounds though

i wouldn't waste crew points on vitality until i've maxed out reload/driving/the aiming one/tank commander skills etc; those will help you kill first and thus not get hit, vitality helps you if you "lost" already aka got hit first.

[Skyz]

If certain tanks give you a lot of trouble you can preview that tank and use the protection analysis feature. Then you can learn where you can and can't shoot

[Bibliophylax]

Originally posted by CaptainSpacetime:

vitality doesn't really help very much against an APHE tank round though.

maybe vs small AA rounds though

i wouldn't waste crew points on vitality until i've maxed out reload/driving/the aiming one/tank commander skills etc; those will help you kill first and thus not get hit, vitality helps you if you "lost" already aka got hit first.

That's true, it depend mostly on the playstyle. I personnaly think that being shot at can't really be avoided during a match, having a good vitalty is the plus that allow you sometimes to fight back just enough to stay alive.
I agree with your skills points choices, but i add the vitality one in the list

[mogami_99]

don't shoot the same location on a target you have already hit except when the target as moved new crew to that location

[Dazzle1988]

thanks for the feedback folks, really appreciate it :) I will give the points raised a wee go :)

[Your_White_Knight]

Originally posted by Dazzle1988:

Single shot kills

I just dont understanding it, even AA fire on my tank is getting single shot kills every time, how is that?

Yet every hit I do is just critical. Its got to a point where it is a celebration now if I manage to get a actual kill in this game.

Think of soda cans...

Your soda can just got made into Swiss cheese hitting everything and everyone by thousands of little AA armor piercing rounds. ( and bouncing around inside like a handful of metal very angry bees )

You put one ( although very big ) hole in and out the other side hitting little to nothing with your armor piercing round since there's very little to hit in the first place ( you probably hit in the dead middle ) where the driver(s) are on one end, and the gunner(s) are on the opposite end. Basically you missed by going through them and hitting the dirt on the other side of them.

As said above ( I think I saw ) you need a High Explosive round to take out an AA... one that doesn't pen heavy armor ( that they don't have anyway ) but on thin armor easily goes into, and most importantly, explodes into shrapnel everywhere putting thousands of pieces into their driver(s) and gunner(s) giving them the Karma they would of given you.

Good luck out there!