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So I believe that everyone's, and by everyone's I mean my win rate, has taken a hit due to a combination of the past couple of updates, (I'm looking at you 5.5) and mad games. Mad games were fun however, I feel like it affected the play styles of more than a few players and introduced one too many bad habits. My win rate when from 52.70 down to 52.38ish. not a lot but a downward trend none the less. So whats a rabid warmonger like me supposed to do? Play the Meta. Time to step back and slow down and think about each move, in short play it like chess.
I love chess and WOT Blitz is not so unlike it. You start with a basic understanding of your team and the other team then being with your opening game, I've always preferred to control the center of the board first and I find that in blitz most maps have a controlling center(area) as well. So long as the team doesn't yolo and die in the first 2 minutes then you transition into a mid-game strategy. I try not to lose any hit points in the opening and trade hit points during the midgame only to clear a tank. People need to understand that a good flanking move should have happened in the opening to mid game part of the strategy. the flanking attack should signify the midgame. from here we should be playing our tanks primary roles( peak-a-boom, hit-and-run, snipe, etc). the transition into endgame occurs when the game starts to take a decisive turn. hopefully in the greens favor. This is where I will spend my hit points I prefer to be in a solid defensive position as well.
But of course, this os WOT Blitz and people don't know how to play chess. So again I ask, what is a warmonger supposed to do? well, play like you are in a 1 on 7 and your team is just bots to draw attention. Play like you have 1 hp. That means use cover, hard and soft. Know where your tank should be at and its weaknesses. I love to pay TD's and mediums, but I suck at medium. The current META is heavys and TDs so that's what I'm going to play for a while. And let us not forget Russian Bias. Why aim and shoot when you can have Lennon and Stalin do it for you. Wolverine can have adamantium, I prefer Stalinium.
I guess in short you are going to have to use your team's weakness and the games META to your advantage. I will be playing some boring slow heavys so I can slow down my gameplay and be intentional with my gameplay. I might also get my borsig and waffle tractor back in order to remind me to play like I have 1 hp and use cover and spotting mechanics. I do think Mad games were fun, and I'm not upset about 5.5 or 5.4, that's just the way the cookie crumbles. And one more thing, I should probably platoon and so should you. I have less than 100 platoon games but I know how effective even a mediocre platoon can be, o7 GLHF
