/rant on
I've had enough! Instead of knocking my head into the extremely hard reinforced concrete walls of my appartment, I'm writing this to let out a little steam. Its well known and have been discussed here and there on many occasions before.
As most tankers are aware of, there are a multitude of weaknesses and issues with the way tank combat work in ROO. Now, I'm primarly an infy guy that decided to get into tanking and learn at least the basics in order to be able to help out my clan if needed. I've actually found tanking quite fun in many ways and it definitely has its good points. While ROO isnt a tank simulator, the details present are in many ways very impressive. Yet, the many issues are equally not impressive and generate serious amounts of frustration in the long run, to the extent that you start to tear out your hair or converse with concrete walls. The balance and function of the different tanks is totaly skewed to take one aspect.
Don't tell me that a perfectly placed frontal shot from less than 100m from a T34/85 into the front of a Stug wouldn't knock it out. The chances a shot like that would not have fatal consequenses for the crew are close to nonexistant. Don't tell me that a T34/85 doing a 90degree perfect shot straight into the side, targeted at the ammo box of a Panther from 30 meters, wouldnt blow the Panther up instantly. I just fired two bloody shots in the side of a Panther, one at the ammo box and one at the engine and apparantly it hardly took any damage. Even if the russian 76mm and 85mm guns had serious drawbacks compared to the potent german long 75mm's and the 88mm, on a short range even a T34/76 was perfectly capable of knocking out even a Tiger if the angle was good and the side was the target. So why, bloody why, ain't this the case in ROO? I've had these things happening on multiple occasions and it seriously ruins all the fun. Whats the point of planning and actively using flanking to get a good shot at a tiger or a panther or whatever tank, when you can't even knock it out?
On other hand, you also experience these long range tank duels where you are able to knock out almost anything from 900-1500meters even with a T34 against angled targets. The randomness is both scary and very disturbing as well. Where's the consistency, the realism, the mechanics that are more or less universal that you can base tactics on?
The fact that the community and clans seriously play tank-maps in competetive settings is beyond any common sense and good reasoning. We should seriously boycott tanking and tank maps untill it is at least a bit more evenly balanced/functioning. RO tanking isn't fair and square, its bugged, lame and horribly skewed. At its present state its a curiosity more than anything else and competing in lameness bring the community nowhere.
While I will still play tank maps if my clan requires me to and do my very best, I will be ashamed, regardless if we loose/win. A game like this supposed to be based on a certain amount of skill, training, experience and tactics, not on what is in reality nothing else than a lottery.
With regards to all you frustrated tankers out there and a plea to all clans of an univeral boycott,
/DFN
/rant off
I've had enough! Instead of knocking my head into the extremely hard reinforced concrete walls of my appartment, I'm writing this to let out a little steam. Its well known and have been discussed here and there on many occasions before.
As most tankers are aware of, there are a multitude of weaknesses and issues with the way tank combat work in ROO. Now, I'm primarly an infy guy that decided to get into tanking and learn at least the basics in order to be able to help out my clan if needed. I've actually found tanking quite fun in many ways and it definitely has its good points. While ROO isnt a tank simulator, the details present are in many ways very impressive. Yet, the many issues are equally not impressive and generate serious amounts of frustration in the long run, to the extent that you start to tear out your hair or converse with concrete walls. The balance and function of the different tanks is totaly skewed to take one aspect.
Don't tell me that a perfectly placed frontal shot from less than 100m from a T34/85 into the front of a Stug wouldn't knock it out. The chances a shot like that would not have fatal consequenses for the crew are close to nonexistant. Don't tell me that a T34/85 doing a 90degree perfect shot straight into the side, targeted at the ammo box of a Panther from 30 meters, wouldnt blow the Panther up instantly. I just fired two bloody shots in the side of a Panther, one at the ammo box and one at the engine and apparantly it hardly took any damage. Even if the russian 76mm and 85mm guns had serious drawbacks compared to the potent german long 75mm's and the 88mm, on a short range even a T34/76 was perfectly capable of knocking out even a Tiger if the angle was good and the side was the target. So why, bloody why, ain't this the case in ROO? I've had these things happening on multiple occasions and it seriously ruins all the fun. Whats the point of planning and actively using flanking to get a good shot at a tiger or a panther or whatever tank, when you can't even knock it out?
On other hand, you also experience these long range tank duels where you are able to knock out almost anything from 900-1500meters even with a T34 against angled targets. The randomness is both scary and very disturbing as well. Where's the consistency, the realism, the mechanics that are more or less universal that you can base tactics on?
The fact that the community and clans seriously play tank-maps in competetive settings is beyond any common sense and good reasoning. We should seriously boycott tanking and tank maps untill it is at least a bit more evenly balanced/functioning. RO tanking isn't fair and square, its bugged, lame and horribly skewed. At its present state its a curiosity more than anything else and competing in lameness bring the community nowhere.
While I will still play tank maps if my clan requires me to and do my very best, I will be ashamed, regardless if we loose/win. A game like this supposed to be based on a certain amount of skill, training, experience and tactics, not on what is in reality nothing else than a lottery.
With regards to all you frustrated tankers out there and a plea to all clans of an univeral boycott,
/DFN
/rant off