Jean_Luc_D_Argent, on 20 April 2020 - 03:17 AM, said:
Hey guys, it's tough opening myself up to criticism and ridicule, and I realize I'm just not that good yet, even though I've played way too much already. BUT if you'd be willing to look at my stats (https://www.blitzstars.com/player/com/Jean_Luc_D_Argent) and give specific feedback, I'd appreciate it. I'm sure I should be staying in lower tiers, but how low? There is so little teamwork and strategy even in tier 5. And I don't even know if all my stats will show, since I have (and have had) many tanks with less than 100 battles.
Should I focus on just one tier, or just one type of tank, or even just one line? Always play to 100 battles, even if my WR is low? I get a bit bored with slow heavies, I prefer heaviums, but I also enjoy TDs and mediums. I think I suck in lights, and therefore I rarely play them anymore. I have earned my way to a bunch of tier 8s but maybe I should be lingering in 6-7 for a while?
I guess that's enough rambling. Other than that, by way of introduction, I'm an early 40s married dude with 3 teen kids, living overseas. Thanks in advance!
I personally started learning to play at Tier 6. I had grinded the German heavy line up to Tier 8, but I sucked at the game so I eventually sold the Tiger II and ground up the French Light line and the Russian Heavy lines. The unfortunate side effect of choosing to grind multiple lines was that I ran out of credits fast (This was before I started putting real money into the game). The end result was that I ended up having only 4 tanks in my garage that I played, the AMX 12t, the KV-1S, the M4 Sherman, and the AMX ELC bis. For almost 1000 battles these were the only tanks I played, and they taught me how to play the game. I went from terrible player to unicum in those 1000 battles.
The important part isn't the tanks that I played, but rather the number of battles. I played those tanks so much that I started to know the Tier 5/6 meta like the back of my hand. Knowing your tank is a very small part of Blitz, you also need to know the strengths and weaknesses of the tanks you're playing against. The only way to learn that is either by playing every single one of those tanks, or by playing against them again and again until you learn via repetition.
Here's my suggestion to you: repurchase one of the tanks that you felt comfortable in and keep playing it until you know the meta. I have to go now, or I'd say more, but GLHF in the battlefield.
- R577