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XM-1gm is ass
can anyone tell me how to play the ass premium xm1 it sucks so how should i play it
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KnightoftheAbyss May 16, 2023 @ 12:22am 
Not a bug issue. Moved to Discussions Forum
Shyue Chou May 16, 2023 @ 12:28am 
The XM-1 (GM) has to be played like a light tank, the tank's armour is not survivable in any sense of the word, in simpler terms, don't get hit, not at all. :enlightened:
Bu3(SW) May 16, 2023 @ 12:35am 
Yea it is trash. It does play like a light tank. It is light and fairly mobile. It also has one of the largest cell towers ever for an antenna. So you cant even hide lol. Its gun is meh, make sure you aim well.

What sucks is the console version is far better.
MashedPotatoww May 16, 2023 @ 3:32am 
It's still a great tank but it's mid compared to other premiums. I would really not advise buying it especially if you have no experience at top tier with light vehicles. I'd recommend waiting for the new premium abrams.

How to Play:
Never take on head on brawls with it, just try to flank by using your speed advantage. Around that br there are so many newbies that you can easily get around 5 kills per match consistently.
Bu3(SW) May 16, 2023 @ 3:39am 
Originally posted by MashedPotatoww:
It's still a great tank but it's mid compared to other premiums. I would really not advise buying it especially if you have no experience at top tier with light vehicles. I'd recommend waiting for the new premium abrams.

How to Play:
Never take on head on brawls with it, just try to flank by using your speed advantage. Around that br there are so many newbies that you can easily get around 5 kills per match consistently.

Why do people insist in calling trash great? Ok lets look at this objectively:

It is a huge target with armor that can not absorb shots or bounce them reliably. Typically if you get shot you die.

It is very loud and your presence is always known from mid to close distance.

The antenna makes it so visually you will have an impossible time going over hills to assault anything aside from a blind man.

The ammo does not pen well and when it does it does not do much damage.

Yes I agree that you can get kills by flanking. However there are tanks without such massive disadvantages at this BR or even below it that are leaps and bound more efficient. At best this tank can be called feasible. It is not the worst tank but for a tank someone is normally buying to grind out their tree it is reasonable to assume they do not have many or any tanks at that BR. So to have a premium tank at a higher BR that can not take hits and does not have stopping power I think I am justified in calling it trash because it struggles to perform the function it was designed for.
♠Gamer3106♠ (Banned) May 16, 2023 @ 4:33am 
Play it like a high tier m18
Bu3(SW) May 16, 2023 @ 5:47am 
Originally posted by ♠Gamer3106♠:
Play it like a high tier m18
Except the m18 has a good gun. I would play it like an ebr.
Belgord May 16, 2023 @ 1:53pm 
skill issue
Shyue Chou May 16, 2023 @ 7:34pm 
I have a friend who came over from World of Tanks, he is a vastly experienced player there. He bought the XM-1 (GM) and found it impossible. :cozyps2vs:
KAFRAMARU.420 May 16, 2023 @ 7:37pm 
Some things in this world..may not be realsive
or inconvenient to use from a unique identity too.
:WoTB_tank::WoTB_tank::WoTB_tank::fomtsweatdrop:
baconboy (Banned) May 16, 2023 @ 7:42pm 
Originally posted by hugogarcilazo23:
can anyone tell me how to play the ass premium xm1 it sucks so how should i play it
good job with the $20/30 tank that sucks how much have you spent premium player?
I don't have the XM1, I have no plans (currently) to buy it since I play to spade, and it is not worth it for me at tier 5 to buy it. I do not have the lineup to support it either, so with that said.

At that BR and higher, you are not a heavy tank. The age of using armor is gone, you are not going to bounce the majority of hits you take. There are exceptions of course, HEATFS will struggle, maybe certain vehicles are light enough not to die instantly or their armor causes shells to shatter, but still.

You need to play to be mobile and cautious, go for flanks, sit in a position and snipe, you do not want to brawl. Everything around your BR, and mostly lower, will penetrate and kill you easy. Players are also high enough (unless they're other premium vehicle newbies) to know how to 1-2 shot kill you while crippling your tank. Leave the brawling to the Russians, they have the armor and ERA to do it, but they will struggle more at sniping and being mobile in reverse by their design where as you can be mobile and snipe while moving back to cover.
Warlock May 16, 2023 @ 8:06pm 
how to play the ass premium ?

it's the eternal question

if anyone here knew, they really couldn't say
Elijah1 May 16, 2023 @ 8:10pm 
I just wish the XM-1 was classified as a light tank since thats basically what it is
Atleast give us scouting and such gaijin
Originally posted by Elijah1:
I just wish the XM-1 was classified as a light tank since thats basically what it is
Atleast give us scouting and such gaijin

I'm not sure if Gajin decides what vehicle counts as what, or if the real life classification does. I can think of both historically. I think for all intents and purposes though, it is an mbt.
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Date Posted: May 15, 2023 @ 8:57pm
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