100 Years of Tanks

And I'm back...

Time to get on with long-delayed post: The '100 Year Tanks' Event.

'100 Years of Tanks' Event.

As from the name, this event celebrates the 100th anniversary of tank history... or more specifically, the anniversary of the Battle of Somme which is the one of the first battles to feature the Mark I tank, which coincidentally was the first tank made.

British Mark I (Male)

I won't go into the history of the tank and the First World War... I'm more into the World War II stuff since I used to study that for History.

But if you're interested in the tank history, I'll link the Wikipedia article to the Mark I and *maybe* more below.

British heavy tanks of World War I

Lanchester Armored Car (WW I)

Now, what does World Of Tanks do about this? Well, that will be the Convoy Mode of course. It's pretty much an escort mission type gameplay.

Simple gameplay: one team attacks the Mark I, and one team defends the tank.

People play a wheeled vehicle called the Lanchester Armored Car. Probably the first purely wheeled vehicle in World Of Tanks.

Oh and by the way, we can't drive the Mark I tank. >disappoint

So anyways, the attacking team needs to destroy the tank with dynamites which spawn on the map... as the gun on the armored cars are just machineguns. They need to keep setting the dynamites on the tank about 4-5 times before it will be destroyed. Another way for them to win is to delay the tank from capturing the base.

Now, on to the defending team. These guys have to protect the tank as it makes it's way to the enemy base. Whenever the enemy is successful in setting the dynamite to the tank, it will be de-tracked. The team then will have to repair the tracks by picking up a repair kit from the map.

Each dynamite and repair kit can only spawn once and carried by one person only. That's where teamwork comes in. Oh, and there's also bonus pickups you can get from the maps which will give you either the "cannon" that one-shots others or the "actual machinegun" which carries some rounds. Multiple of these will spawn on the map, up to 3-4.

With the explanations outta the way, it's onto the replays. I'll be showing two replays: one's in the defending team with a victory, and one's in the attacking team with a defeat. I'll be showing the defending team replay first.

And now, the attacking team with a defeat. Not so bad gameplay, but still a loss.

There's a certain trick when playing the Convoy mode, and that is modules. Nothing to expensive attached, just some cheap ones that are going to help in the game mode quite a lot.

Light Spall Liner, Toolbox and Vents version 1 are attached.

The first module: the Light Spall Liner for absorbing ramming damage and also making the vehicle slightly heavy, hence adding more weight to the rams.

The second: the Toolbox. Just general fast repairs to help getting out of troubling situations quick.

And the third: the Vents version 1. Improves overall stats to help the crew control the vehicle better.

Consumables are not necessary, but it's up to you.

So far, the convoy event was pretty interesting. It's just there 'cause of the 100th anniversary only. Pretty disappointed that you can't drive the Mark I tank, but I've heard that the console versions do get to use it.

Lucky folks...

Anyways, that was the '100 Years of Tanks' Event post that took too many delays to post... also took me to edit and create the post up to 3 hours... man that was a lot of work for a fairly short post.

But at least it's done. Now I can delete the videos regarding the event and save more space for other work coming up. I think I'll do a post on the 110 Chinese Heavy Tank, or maybe something else with come up instead. I dunno...

I guess that's all the time for this post then. I will put up another one on the Thursday... until then, stay tuned.

-Panzer Fist-

Sudden Delays... again.

*sigh* It's getting real annoying now...

So yeah... in the end, the videos that I was supposed to post about at November 1st never did happen. What's the problem, you ask? Well, I'm gonna rant about it now.

TL;DR section at the end for those who can't be bothered.

With that outta the way, let's get right into the rants...

The moment I've reached the usual workplace on Tuesday 1st November, we got ourselves some last-minute HUGE workload. Lasts from Tuesday 1st November to Sunday 6th November. Received one day-off for our efforts, and it's been placed for Monday 7th November.

Yes... just in case you didn't know, sometimes we have to work at the weekends, too.

So all throughout the days I was doing the usual works, but I didn't set foot at home at all (not even the weekends) 'cause we sometimes have to continue working up to 11 PM. On the Sunday itself the work ended at 11:42 PM. By that time, the public transports will be gone already. So I've slept over there instead.

Then next morning, they asked everyone to clear the place... as in leave the workplace ASAP...

... at 5:30 AM. In the morning.

So everyone that slept over at the place has to hurry up and leave as everyone's on off... so they wanna lock up the place as fast as they can.

It's a good thing the public transports are around at that time, so not much trouble. Got home, took a bath and went straight to sleep again. lol

Guess all that work really did a number on me. But what to expect when you are in a team of three peeps, but the other two are absent for about 4 days? Practically have to do it all myself.

Anyways, woke up from my slumber and it's 4 PM.

Opened up the com to check on some stuff. One of the first things I did was applying for leave for the next 4 days, so yeah... I have the whole week to do all the posts I need for World Of Tanks. Then I've noticed that the World Of Tanks updated again. But at least I've recorded the '100 Years of Tanks' gameplay already. The rest on the other hand...

But I still went to check those old replays to see if they work. Surprisingly, they still work! No problems at all, which makes it even better. Then I got on to record them, only got to a few but it's mostly the 110 video parts are done. There's still more than just that tank, though.

Then not before long it was dark outside. Took so much time recording videos that I didn't even realize it's 10 PM already. Wanted to continue some more but for some strange reason, my body can't handle it anymore. Got real tired all of a sudden so I just went to sleep.

Then I woke up at 11:38 AM in the morning. The first thing that came to mind is...

"Shit! I forgot to upload the '100 Years' event video yesterday!" -Not exact thoughts during that time

And so now we are here now. This is just to tell you the whole that happened during those few days. I will keep the '100 Years of Tanks' event video on a separate post so that it won't clutter up everything, and it's also much easier for people to find it without the giant wall of rants this post has created.

It's also easier for the people that don't give a damn about what happened in those few days about me to find the post, whichever way works.

Okay, I think that's enough for this post... anymore and it might be a page from a novel or something.

TL;DR section below.

I'll be posting the '100 Year Tanks' videos soon on the blog, possibly about 5 hours later. I got some stuff I need to sort out soon.

With that done, I'm off. "Be right back"....

-Panzer Fist-

Shifted

This is just a quick update, so I'll get to the point.

I have finished editing and uploaded the '100 Years' World Of Tanks Convoy Mode replays to YouTube just a while ago, but it's 1:25 AM here... very tired now.

There's two videos that have been uploaded and I will post about the event and the video here tomorrow instead.

So yeah, that's it. Now I'm gonna go get some sleep before I drag on any longer.

See you soon with the posts!

-Panzer Fist-

Sudden Delays

Man, I'm just glad it wasn't three months...

Hello everyone. Looks like it's the 31st of October here... well over a month since my last post, and that ain't a good thing.

Why was I gone for almost two months? Well, as soon as October started we got some serious work to do. Everyone got a schedule of what they needed to be doing and no one got it easy.

Just when I thought these things are over, they come back again to disrupt my life... *sigh*

But it's over... for now. I don't know when another one's gonna happen, but I'm gonna post something at least when I got the chance.

At least this time, I was prepared. The '100 Year Tanks' event have been recorded before the shit hits the fan, and it's been chilling at my computer for quite some time now... just waiting to be uploaded to YouTube.

Not only that, the moment the 'heavy work period' has passed, I've been collecting several World Of Tanks replays. Seems like there's been a lot of changes recently while I was gone. But then, another problem arose...

World Of Tanks has another update...

I haven't gone around recording the gameplay aside the '100 Year Tanks' event, but I will get it done. I can continue record them as long as I don't update my World Of Tanks to the latest version. This means I can't play World Of Tanks until I've gotten every single gameplay recorded. Damn.

Ah well, a 'lil sacrifice to save certain things from being lost.

The next post will be about the '100 Year Tanks' event, and boy am I late to that party. Don't know when I can post it, but hopefully today if I'm fast enough.

So I guess that's it with why I was gone and what to do next. Time to get to work, well... at least I like this kind of work. See you soon!

-Panzer Fist-

The 112's Younger Brother

Yes... finally I have time to post this now.

What's up, guys... I'm finally back! Supposed to post this yesterday but I've already explained what happened in the last post. So without further delays, it's time to get right into today's post: The WZ-111 Premium Heavy Tank.

Pretty much another 112, with some notable differences...

From the title, this tank is supposed to be a predecessor to the 112 Heavy Tank. It has been in the game for almost as long as the 112, but it's usually a mission reward tank. But nowadays, it's been recently been available to be bought at the Premium Shop straight away. Last time, you'll have to complete or either consider buying the Nation's checkpoint for the WZ-111's mission.

I had this tank for quite some time now. Can't remember when I bought it, though. It's play-style isn't that different from the 112's, but I'll talk more about it soon. I've recorded some gameplay from World Of Tanks... some were good, some were bad, and some are... questionable.

The first one happens in the Serene Coast map. It went pretty smooth, aside from the fact that I kept getting shot by the E75.

In the video above, I tried to use the low height of the WZ-111 to my advantage. The E75 has no problem penetrating my upper frontal armor because of the angle my tank was in. That's one of the disadvantages is the pre-angled pike-nosed armor of this tank compared to the 112's flat front. It negates the armor angling on one side if you try to angle the tank.

Time for the second video... this time in the Fjords map. Had to withdrew from going to the usual Heavy area to help with sudden enemy appearances in the middle area.

In this video above, I tried to utilize my speed to move from location to location quickly... and bounced off a Tier IX, yes... Tier NEIN tank round. That's one of the advantages the WZ-111 has over the 112. It's top speed is higher and it's lower weight than the 112 makes it accelerate just a bit faster, too.

And now, the third video. This time's the map is Karelia. Started off quite slow, but things got better near the end...

Now in the video above, I went slowly as there's not many high-tier tanks in my area. But in the end, managed to score some kills... three of them were drive-by kills... and from the same platoon.

The WZ-111's rate of fire is slightly higher than the 112, but not much. It's reload is 0.30 seconds faster than the 112. Not that big of a deal, but still... faster reload is always a good thing. Derp guns like the usual 122mm gun have "questionable" accuracy. Sometimes when you fully aim and they fly somewhere else, and sometimes you shoot on the move like this and it lands perfectly on the target.

...yeah.

And now, it's time for the last video. The map is Winter Himmelsdorf. One of the few losses that was somewhat... good.

Probably should have waited at the A0 zone behind a building for the enemies instead. Coulda gotten one more kill for Top Gun, maybe.

The WZ-111, just like any Chinese Heavy Tank (besides the IS-2 and 110) must avoid getting shot in the lower front plate as they are usually weak as hell. Not only that, but when penetrated will usually cause all sorts of messes... like engine fires and ammo racks. Getting shot from the back and sides are also a surefire way to get lit up like a firecracker.

Would you choose the 112...

Or the WZ-111?

Now, what do I think about this tank? It's sorta like an upgrade to the 112, but also kind of a downgrade, too. It has a faster shooting gun, fast acceleration and high top speed but suffers from the pike-nose hull front design, so it can't side-scrape that much... or even at all. It also has slightly higher health than the 112, but it's only a measly 50 HP.

I pretty much prefer the 112 over the WZ-111 as the armor is more reliable. Flat front and extremely well-sloped upper front plate which is carried over to the 113, so it means they can side-scrape and do certain things the WZ-111 and the "Model 1-4" variant of it can't do. Still a pretty good tank if you can live with the cons.

Had quite a blast with this tank, but yeah... 112's better. Might not have the acceleration, top speed and faster fire rate of the WZ-111, but the armor's better. And when you're in a Heavy Tank, armor matters to a certain extent for survival.

Well, wanted to go and post this out there as I pretty much owe it to myself to do it, from yesterday's post...

Was hoping to do more of these in the near future. I already collected several good replays since the last two days, so they'll probably the next ones to post about... assuming there's no sudden update to World Of Tanks to make the replays outdated. Then I'll have to gather another bunch of replays for recording... again.

All right, that's all there is to it for this post. When's the next post coming? Not sure, but once I've uploaded another World Of Tanks replay video, I'll post an update about it then get to work on the contents of the next post. Until then, see ya'll next time...

-Panzer Fist-

Delayed

Just a quick update here.

A new World Of Tanks video has been recently uploaded to my YouTube channel. It's the final WZ-111 batch of replays that I've recorded quite some months ago.

But, I'll be posting about the WZ-111 Premium Tank some other time. Not today, as I have not much time now... but it'll be posted here soon, so don't worry.

Reason? Well, I had some work I have to do at the very last moment. Usual shit...

I'm not sure when I can get around to posting on the blog, but I'll try to get it up by Monday... which is tomorrow. So yeah, don't have to wait that long, I hope...

Anyways, just wanted to post this quick update to let y'all know. It's pretty late here, around 1:25 AM now... so I better get some rest for work. Stay tuned!

-Panzer Fist-

Gone, But Not Forgotten

Finally, I'm back.

Ahh... It's good to be back. I was gone WAY too long, but it can't be helped. Important work that needs handling, and also the fact that it started near the end of May.

Been working on the clock for way too many hours, and having too little hours for rest. I'd even consider staying in at my workplace because the moment I'd reach back home, I'll only have 2 hours... yes, TWO HOURS of free time before knocking off to bed... and that's only like 4 hours of sleep, not counting the 2 free hours... not to mention working on the weekends.

From May all the way to September. Some work streak...

But now the important ones are coming to an end, as of today... which is Friday, right over here now.

Been gone too long... It's been like what, 5 months plus already since the last post? Damn.

Now that the bitching is out of the way, let's get down to the blog updates.

Off the bat I'm gonna be referring to some of the stuff I've written in the last post. The April's Fools video from World Of Tanks will sadly not be available. Sure, I have the World Of Tanks replay of it, but it's outdated 'cause of all the updates. The other World Of Tanks videos? Well, since I've been gone for 5 months now, I'll have to get right back to playing the game to get some replays.

Hope I remember how to play this game...

Last I checked, I still have the Metal Saga bulk videos... all 6 folders of them, and each folder has 6 videos each lasting about roughly 30 minutes. Yes, THAT much of Metal Saga stuff I'm currently having right now.

I do have one more World Of Tanks video saved for editing/processing. It's a WZ-111 replay, and I was supposed to upload it to YouTube as the 4th and final one for that tank. Then, was supposed to make a post about the tank with all 4 videos inside it... but then came the damn works...

Here's hoping no more of that shizz happening at work, but that definitely won't be true, though. Important/tough work periods come and go here.

But since I'm free from that burden, I might as well make use of the time I have before another one starts. Now, I no longer have to consider staying in at work everyday and weekends are finally back!

So yes, this update is to just tell you guys that I'm not dead, just been extremely busy. I'll be uploading the last WZ-111 video to YouTube and then y'all can expect another post coming up this weekend.

*sigh of relief* It's finally good to be back, folks.

-Panzer Fist-