The comments on this vid (I'm sorry, there are FAR too many to reply to!) really show the more supportive members of the WoT community, and the more toxic members of the WoT community. Good to see WT isn't the only military/tank game with both extremes ;-)

Bro in his first battle did better than the average WoT player.

World of Warships has healthbars. This plays pretty well. World of Tanks has healthbars. This can be quite frustrating. World of Warplanes has healthbars. Send help.

Trying WOT for the first time *proceeds to jump straight into a t9 battle* 💀🙂

First game starting with tier IX without equipment and 0% crew - perfectly everything done wrong 😄 But you made a kill 👍

I can’t believe you didn’t know WoT was about health bars lmao Great vid as always, Tim

meanwhile me as a WoT player tries out WarThunder *aiming cupola, firing cupola, wait why it didn't die? *get instantly killed from God knows where *get Airstriked *searching where the HP Bar is *where is the enemy ffs!

The biggest problem I have with WoT is that you can be staring at a tank in an open field and it goes invisible lmao.

Oh god its actually happening.

"You see where that (shot) went, compared to my aiming?" Welcome to World of Tanks

As a person that has been playing world of tanks for 10 years this hurt my brain i wanted to give pointers and tips the whole time but i couldn't

1: Use the minimap (zoom it in to make it bigger) - that's always a main key. 2: The zoom blooms when turning the turret wich means it's harder to hit accurat when shooting in full bloom. Wait for it to shrink. 3: Set up your tank before entering the battle. You didn't have a rep.kit, health pack nor a fire extinguisher 4: There's also the option to add equipment to your tank to make it even better (1-3 slots to the left of the shell-layout in the garage) - but however: You did kinda great no matter no seetup :) -Try it again with this and maybe you'll get a little boost... With regards from one of the WoT-players :)

There is no test drive ( we are so jealous of you warthunder players ) I have played this game for 5 years and i whish for test drives everyday. If you have any questions, i can answer.

*Enemy armor is destroyed* "Did I get him? I don't know." Somehow that made me laugh really hard.

World of tanks makes WT arcade battles look like the most serious of simulators ever

Aiming works like Call of Duty where the reticle blooms out after firing or moving. You have to wait for the circle around your crosshair to stop shrinking before you fire to get accurate shots. There is also an RNG element to how accurate you are when fully aimed. Also, you can take out crew and components, but they also have HP, with an RNG element that gets you a critical hit if you roll high.

Writing on the screen said “…destroyed”, a voice said “enemy armour is destroyed”, a “1” appeared next to your name in the kills column and your dog tags flashed up on screen. Apart from those 4 things there wasn’t much else to say that you killed the enemy tanks! 😂😂

Wot has a large learning curve. I almost quit in the begining. It's very important to learn armor mechanics.

This is the first video I’m seeing from this account! KZfaq decided to recommend it on its own! More familiar with your WT content, but I’m happy to explore what you’ve done here as well!

As regular WOT player this brings back memory, I guess this is how i looked when I staerted playing wot for first time. And when I play WT sometimes I bet this is how it looks like for other players. All in all good video. :)

This was a really fun video to watch and an interesting insight on how difficult it can be to get into this game. Ive been playing this game for almost a year now and ill give you some tips on how this game works. Tanks in this game come much like in war thunder through the tech tree, you have tanks from Tier 1-10. The game gave u 3 starter tier 3 tanks and each battle u complete you will get battle experience depending on how much damage you did, spotting, and how many kills you got. With the battle experience you can research tank modules to upgrade your tank and get better guns, turrets, engines, tracks, etc and also research tanks in the next tier. Along with battle xp u get free xp which u can use to speed up researching the modules(You can do this by pressing the research button above your tank stats). There are additional tanks called Premium Tanks that go from Tier 2-10, they dont have any researchable modules and give u more credits and costs less to repair. The reason you were having difficult hitting your shots is because the game has a dispersion and bloom mechanic where when u aim down, u have to stand still and wait for the aiming circle to fully set so that ur shot is more likely to hit. If you shoot without aiming, it will most likely go somewhere completely different. Different tanks have different dispersions and aiming depending on the size of the shells, shell velocity, gun dispersion, aiming time, etc. On the slots left to your ammo is Equipment. Equipment can be used to improve different stats of your tank like reload speed, dispersion, your view range, hull and turret traverse, speed of the tank, etc. Some equipments work better in certain tanks and worse in others, and some are almost completely useless like the spall liner. On the slots to the right is the consumables, consumables are one of the most important mechanics in the game, usually from tier 5-9 i use small repair kit on the first slot(you can repair tank modules like your gun, tracks, turret, fuel tank when they are damaged), small aid kit on the second slot(your crew members can get killed if they hit certain parts in tanks), and a manual fire extinguisher in the third slot( for when you get set on fire). At tier 10, if you really want to, u can use the more expensive consumables like the large repair kit and medkit(they repair all modules and heal all crew members), or combat rations(which improves the view range, reload speed and dispersion), or automatic fire extinguisher(which stops fires automatically without u needing to press a button)

Oh boy, that spotting mechanic really got you lol, its hard to figure out. I played world of tanks for 7 years before I swapped over completely to war thunder for the past 5 years.

Love the content Tim, always a pleasure watching you

that sound of disgust "OMG is that a health bar?!".... just priceless)))

Apologies that the audio got squelched/peaked during the gameplay, it sounded fine in editing.

I used to play it alot before i swittched to wt a gew times a few tips 1- wait for the green circle to be fully zoomed to to increase chances of hitting yes hitting is rng dependant 2- there is an ammunitation option called special ammunition it gives higher pen for thr same damage but costs alot more 3- on the left side next to your health bar you can see the damage you did and the damage that was done to you 4- you get xp for doing damage so damage or helping to do damage through spotting or tracking its more imlortant than getting a kill

Been playing WOT for almost 10 years. I sometimes play WT but if they ease up on the grind I would play it lot more.

Viewrange and camouflage is the biggest learning curve from WT to WoT in my opinion. The rest like map and vehicle knowledge comes overtime, also using the minimap I didn't realise how good the "Kill" message is on WT until seeing you not understand that you killed that first guy.

I've been playing WOT for about 6 years. It is addictive and very frustrating. There are a lot of game mechanics to master but generally they get better as your crew's skills improve.

3:58 Well, more like Call of Duty than Counter Strike, also, i think the circle is the reason why the gun was so inaccurate, smaller it is higher the chances to hit (literally the opposite that i know, in DCS if i don't remember bad larger the circle better the chances of your missile to hit), but i heard its RNG

This is really interesting to me as i grew up on world of tanks i only made a transition to WT last year, but it never came to my mind of how difficult a transition from WT to WoT would be as the arcade style is really different compared to WT. Really good video

great video, totally different perspective on this game than regular WoT content creators! just to clear up a few things about mechanics and whatnot: 1. penetration/damage mechanics: the game still simulates the shell and the armor (penetration vs ricochet vs bounce on AP shells), it still is possible to one shot tanks depending on the armor and the gun or if you ammo rack them 2. penetration/armor mechanics: different parts of tanks do have different armor thicknesses (and effective armor is used for calculations), meaning hitting the side/rear/weak spots (like capola) is more likely to deal damage 3. aiming mechanics: scrolling/zooming is one way to go into sniper mode but left shift also does this; low tier tanks are very inaccurate (also depends on the specific gun), higher tier tanks have much better accuracy, also bloom settles down if you stop moving/turning for a bit 4. autoaim: if you right click on a tank it will automatically turn your turret and gun towards the center of that tank; for aiming at moving targets it is best to stop autoaiming and manually aim ahead, also better for aiming at weakspots/etc.

Great video! It's always interesting to look at people's first experiences and reminisce about mine. As you've figured out, World of Tanks is fundamentally an arcade shooter. Any sense of realism has left past its first years - and that's perfectly fine. I personally find it much more entertaining due to the silly, yet fun mechanics present and the fact that balancing can be done without having to worry about historical accuracy. Not sure if WT has this phenomenon as well, but there are many people with tens of thousands of battles (so thousands of hours) logged onto World of Tanks who routinely do as well as you did in your first battle. Don't worry about your performance - we all start somewhere, and what separates the wheat from the chaff in this game is the drive to improve. Both WoT and WT have a steep learning curve, with their own set of mechanics. If you're interested in continuing (and I hope you do) I recommend looking at Quickybaby's youtube videos, as he has excellent content for beginners.

9 year WoT vet here and I always forget how rough this game can be for new players. In some ways, it can be harder/more frustrating than WT because of the hitpoint system. I recently got back into WT and it's nice not dealing with pay-to-win tanks.

I would love to see you learn to play WoT. I’m a WT veteran player, but WoT is my go-to game after a hard day at work. I love both games.

*narrator says enemy vehicle destroyed* *tank blows up* *it says enemy vehicle destroyed on the right bottom* Tim: "I have no idea if I destroyed him or not"

WoT has a much longer learning curve, it's a fun game if you know all the mechanics, so it's best to start from tier 1 and go from there Excellent video sir, you earned yourself a sub :D

Makes me appreciate war thunder more

Great video man. I sure did enjoyed it!

both games are fun and enjoying (to an extend). hope you feel joy learning this new game

Yeah I really wish WOT had a test drive feature.

when it comes to aiming you should definitely use equipment/wait for the circle to go to its minimum size before firing. ( also use first person for aiming its way easier )

It's interesting to see how some skills are carried over, and how much the WoT settings play in effect. Things like hit direction, map size, notifications, damage panel, etc. Also curious to see how knowing the damage mechanic in WoT plays a role. Personally, I enjoy both games, having played WoT for 11 years and WT more or less recently. If you're curious to the extent of actually trying to get better in WoT, then a settings guide would definitely be good. Likewise, a lot of the mechanics are not actually outright stated, so reading the wiki/ watching others talk about the mechanics would also serve well

Fun fact: You can learn maps by clicking the icon next to the "To Battle" icon, click "Topography" and it will show you some map options and you can learn some maps. also when you're aiming, the big circle around where your aiming is where your shell is most likely to go. Wait before firing and make the circle go as small as it can.

getting a tier 9 tanks is nice, but unfortunately it's just meatshield. However, you played a lot better than I expected. The reason i preffer WoT, over WT, is that it's more arcadey. Realism doesn't necessarily mean more fun.

As someone playing both games for 10+years There is not a lot of skill that translates between wot and wt While healthbars can feel unnatural for someone coming from WT I would say that they are very intuitive and familiar for majority of gamers, like 98% of games are using HP bars As you pointed out wot is kinda like counter strike, it's a very gamey game Skill floor is quit low but skill ceiling is A LOT higher Armor penetration calculations are quite accurate and realistic tho your gun damage stats ditcates how much damage you deal to enemies, you can look it up in garage tl;dr gun with avarage so called "alpha" of 390, deals on avarage 390 damage (there is +/- 25% rng spread tho) That circle around your reticle is aiming circle and it basically tells you how much spread you have when you shoot The smaller it is the more accurate your shots are If you move or move your turret around it grows, if you stop and aim it gets smaller At lower tiers in general tanks are not very accurate In the bottom left corner next to image of your tank crew and modules you can see your damage death and kills, also kills pop up on kill feed and you can see it on score screen (tab)

I always recommend starting with the Story Mode Tutorial, it basically tells you everything you need to know, and gives you some rewards to help get you started.

Tim uploads - always absolute kino

Difficulties per game ranked. WT: Knowledge 10/10 hard Vehicle Mechanics 6/10 hard Intuitive game mechanics (shoot here to kill, hide here to live, etc) 2/10 hard Twitch mechanics (fast stuff) 7/10 hard WoT: Knowledge 10/10 hard Vehicle Mechanics 4/10 hard Intuitive game mechanics 12/10 hard Twitch mechanics 10/10 hard To me, wot is way harder. Sort of like playing call of duty against a bunch of red bull addicted kids, killing and surviving is very difficult compared to playing arma against a bunch of dads. Even the best players cannot clear a whole flank alone, whereas in wt 10-12 kill games are common.

"They have a health bar?..." was the same thing I said, prior to Uninstaller WoT a while back lol

Aw man, this hurt my soul to watch HAHAH, hope you had a good time.

gj starting as a tier 9 having no idea how to play. I'm sure your team appreciated it.

Make minimap bigger (use + key). Use the training mode (menu on right side of battle button). Start at Tier 1 and move up after learning the basics. Use mods to make the game better for you visually (Aslain).

Yes it matters where you shoot someone on their tank. Every tank has armor at different thicknesses in certain areas on the tank so if your gun has enough penetration on standard or gold rounds then you can pen them in certain spots. Also the guns aren't "inaccurate", it's just a combination of your crew not being 100% trained because you need to play the tank more to increase their training to master the tank handling and they have additional crew skills for each select crewmember of the tank for different rolls that helps a ton. Also the guns on the tanks just have their own unique handling and if you go into the research area on the tank and hover over the modules you see all the statistics for how fast the gun can (aim). You have to wait for the aiming circle to fully tighten on the target for itnto be the most accurate shot the gun can do but even then every gun has different attributes and some just have more spread aswell as do more standard damage depending on the caliber....there's a lot to world of tank and it's very competitive and well thought out. The only arcadey thing I'd agree with maybe is the hp but I enjoy it. Gives you an idea of how many times you can get potentially slapped by someone before you die if they pen you every time and if you k ow how much damage an enemy tanks gun does if they hit you then you'll know if you'll survive it or not (unless they ammorack you and your tank explodes)just like in warthunder. I'd get it another chance!

Man this vid was awesome. Itd be cool to see more vids of you playing WOT haha

Im a wotBlitz player and im kinda Glad found your channel 😁 im always curious about how warthunder player feels when they tried the WoT pc version Thank you algorythem 👍🏻

I came from World of Tanks to War Thunder years ago. It's funny you somehow don't know basic mechanical differences between the 2. Did you just completely ignore the existence of World of Tanks all these years? Lol

I played WoT before Warthunder beta, man, yeah its something haha it has many small mechanics to learn for sure, from crew perks to equipment.

I think is always easier to grasp the concepts when you play the more arcade game first and then jump into more realistic (WoT - > War Thunder). Kinda makes everything more easy on the mind switch between games and you can enjoy both better. Great video, mate!

Meanwhile Tim's crew is saying new callouts like "THEY HAVE PAPER FOR ARMOR" but in the commanders voice

You were firing without paying attention to you sight bloom, each gun has different handling characteristics as does the tank. Each tank has armor that is different thicknesses in different places, so you have to aim the gun, then fire when fully aimed at a tanks weak points. If you shoot a tank in the frontal armor it has a higher chance of not penetrating. It does register where you were hit in the lower left and when you kill someone, it displays in gold font above the minimap. The minimap also shows your location, the location of teammates, as well as the location of enemies that were spotted. Moving your tank or gun makes your aim circle bloom, increasing the difficulty of making your shot. Throwing up a rifle and firing without aiming causes the same misses. You also didn't put any equipment on your tanks which lets you set up the tank the way you wanted to play it. Also you carried no repair kits or crew first aid kits, also you crew was untrained, a mechanic like the equipment that lets you specialize your crew. Tanks used in battle stay in battle until the match ends, then you get that tank back to the garage. In short, aiming matters, tank upgrades matter, crew skills matter and equipment matters, none of which you took into account. You were also playing different types of tanks, ie lights and heavies without playing them to their strengths. You tried to play them the same way, which simply doesn't work well. That said I also play WT for its attention to realism, but WoT is about battle balance, with each type of tank having an affect on battle matchmaking. 3 battles is just not going to give you the full sense of the game mechanics, but I appreciated watching you try the game.

WoT just feels wrong. Even without WT existing I could never get into a game like that.

the circle is showing is your targeting ok or not if its big it mean that its not gonna be good shot (sniping)

Some tips even tough i play the blitz version: - you can set the game up that it shows how much damage a player does to you. - the outline closing up is your aiming circle and staying still a second or two makes the shot more accurate.

Hey Tim, hope you are ok :)

He did fine for one who never played a pc game before in his life or any other game. One must support those wo never used a mouse or keyboard

If you try it out again, bring a repair kit and medic kit, wait for the bloom to be smaller when aiming. Just doing that would make an interesting second video. Long time ago I was like that on WoT brings back memories lol

"Enemy armor is destoyed" "I don't know if I got any kill credit"

As someone who has played wot for 11 years, this was a fun video to watch. That being said, much like warthunder, this game is way better to play when you play with friends, or atleast thats how i feel.

The only thing that really translates from WT to WoT is knowledge. Knowledge of how to where you can penetrate other tanks, what different shell types do, angling your armour, etc. WoT is all-round a far more arcade style game. I am an ex-world of tanks console player, due to the devs running that game into the ground with poorly thought out updates, so i switched to war thunder on console and then eventually to PC (although i really wish they would transfer my console account to a PC one 😢). Anyway, from someone with plenty of experience in both games, just stick with WT it is just the better game.

Crew experience for each tank is a thing. So early account stage each crew member per tank won't be steller at shooting for example. When you get a crew team really experienced going through learned skill traits, they are like a cracked squad and run very effectively.

The accuracy is because you didn't wait for the aim to complete, signified by the circle of petals getting smaller as you keep the turret still. It's a bit like waiting for the turret/reticle to catch up with your cursor in WT.

WOT player here 14 years exp and listening to this was comical! I don't blame you for all the mistakes you make and I bet a lot of players who are new to the game make the exact same mistakes

The irony is that WT has healthbars but they are hidden from the player. You only see them in the crew/equipment colours.

The guns are pretty accurate just need to wait the circle gets smaller while aiming but definitely a good start

You can change the reticicle and other gameplay graphics in the settings (where your player name is in garage.) Educating crews (crewbooks) and using in game mechanics (equipment,) this is upgraded with credits or gold... it improves the tanks accuracy and consistancy and such... rng is antiquated but game still has a niche in market and is microtransactional like most now.... learning curve is finding weaknesses in tanks and remembering your shell values vs various armor components on a zillion tanks...

It looks like you have some kind of aiming circle that shrinks the longer your gun is still.

It's my first time watching you. Very interesting watching a noob play this game for the first time. Yes its is more arcade style and RNG plays a big role in it. Really enjoyed your thoughts ... thank you

Nice video. Before your next session I’d suggest watching a tutorial video or two from other youtubers, so you get a better understanding of what is going on, and how to approach the battles before diving in.

You can see there’s a green circle around the center of the screen where you aim. The smaller that circle is, the more accurate the gun. You have to wait for the circle to shrink when stationary to shoot more accurately, also on the bottom left you can see all the shots and damages you did.

as a world of tanks vet who tried war thunder for the first time yesterday, this was fun to watch ;)

I played world of tanks for 10 years and I recently jumped ship to warthunder last month and I love it

As a WoT streamer and vet, I could say a lot of things, but I do want to address the concept of HP. The model is HP based but the tanks have complex armor models and damage can be amplified beyond the standard amount of damage you do per shot through mechanics like ammo rack detonation and setting the fuel tank on fire. Additionally, each tank has other modules that can be damaged as well as crew members that can be injured. Your driver gets killed? Tank goes slower. Your engine gets damaged? Tank goes slower. Your engine gets busted? You are stuck. Your tracks get destroyed? You are stuck. And these are just a few examples. In your first game you played in the tier 9 Patton, your barrel gets damaged which reduces accuracy. Hope you had fun and thanks for trying the game out!

You did great for your first time!

Just a few tips (if you bother giving another try on WoT): On the bottom right corner of the battle screen there's a minimap. Inside this minimap there are three concentrical circles: a green, a white and a yellow circle. The yellow circle is the range where the vehicles can be draw / redended on your screen. The white circle is the farthest possible range that you can spot someone, if you have a crew and equipments for that. It's a range of 445 meters. It's the same for all players and tanks, so you might consider that when you're wandering through the maps, if you "know" (by experience) where the enemies normally are positioned. The green circle is the limit of where you can spot an enemy vehicle. As you're new to the game, at the lower tiers and at the very beggining, you will face only "bots" (IA vehicles), and will have only "bots" as teammates (the little grey icon at the side of the nickname of teammates and enemies). As a suggestion, when facing bots, let your bot teammates spot the enemy for you, and try-out the sight recticle, the "precision" fire (less RNG) or the "burst" fire (more RNG), and things like that.

I didn't know that war thunder made the unrealistic battles mode permanent

in the garage, look to the left, and there are 5 categories, firepower and all that stuff, press on the little arrow and you will get the damage, penetration, everything about the gun, and same on everything else on the tank in the other categories

Inaccuracy comes down to your aim reticle. If you notice every time you stop, there is that ring around the crosshairs that shrinks. That judges how accurate your shot will be, but accuracy is also part of an RNG mechanic along with damage based on caliber. Every caliber will have a range of damage they can deal, and it is pretty much a roll of the dice as to if you damage high or low for your caliber. It can be frustrating when you low roll a shot. Your hit points increase as you progress through different tiers, but damage also increases. Some top tier guns will deal insane damage like the 183mm on the fv4005.

The green circle around your aim is the accuracy of the gun, the smaller, the more accurate it gets

the thing i love the most about world of tanks is the feature where the tanks go invisible, at first i hated it then after learning how to use it, i love it!

Its always interesting to see WT players try WoT. I’ve played mostly WoT for many years, spending far too much time to get really good at the game. Recently I’ve been playing WT a lot more, but I still like to play WoT as well. Im sure my skill… or lack there of in WT is also entertaining for long time veterans.

Okay, so you're new to WoT First: That thing in the middle is the "Armor Penetration Indicator" or API for short, it tells you wether or not you can penetrate the enemy, and that circle, it's called Dispersion it's pretty much where the shell lands, to aim accurately you could stay still and wait for it to shrink, buy equipment (but not Improved Ventilation), use the nationality food (in consumables there you could find repair kit, medkit, fire extenquisher, etc), or train the Brothers in arms perk (crew perk) Second:There are 5 different type of tanks, Lights, Mediums, Heavies, Destroyers, and SPG (or Artillery) each boasting different types of gameplay and tanks have different way to play. Versatiles pretty much could do anything, Assault breaks trough an Enemy Flank, Snipers shoots tank at a distance,etc. Iconic tanks are the Maus (Same as WT, boast Thick armor) E100 (but uses a Krupp turret not the Maus turret you guys use in WT) IS-7(Easy to get ammoracked i think?) FV4005 (The Sh*tbarn, with 183mm gun it penetrates pretty much every tank) T92 HMC (An SPG holding the record for the biggest gun 240mm), and many more Third: There's codes to get Credits (Buys almost everything) Gold (A more valuable credits) Camos (those texture on your Patton) and even a Premium/Collector tanks. There are time limit on the codes most notably for newcomers, those who sign up could redeem a newcomers code pretty much on a part where it's an ad for Wot on KZfaq, and their official too, such as "TANKBOOTCAMP" 250k credits, 500-1000 gold (don't remember exact number) and a tier 5 premium British heavy, the Excelsior complete with 100% trained crew. Or those from the ads gives you the same but you'd get a tier 6 Medium Cromwell B instead, and 3 rental tanks. For more tho, check out their channel incase you wanna find out more that's all

High gun inaccuracy? That moving circle when you aim is the targeting circle that gradually shrinks for someone. Let him shrink and then shoot. Second tip for the newbie, use equipment and consumables on tanks. Equipment will improve individual characteristics of your tank (including accuracy), consumables will repair damaged tank modules, put out a fire, or heal an injured crew member.

For accuracy , you must wait for that green circle thing to settle.

I fr learned how to tank with tiger in WT and used it succesfully in WoT

The Patton Tank was given away free to all players during this holiday event. I think it's the only time a Tier IX, maybe anything above a Tier VI, has been given away free in the game. To test-drive a vehicle you can set up a training room (click on "Random Battle" in the upper center to select other modes), but I've never learned how to do this.

Keep up the good content!

happy new year

lol So much to learn. You were talking about inaccuracy when firing on reload and not letting the reticle narrow. Anyway, as a WoT player I'm sure I'd be as clueless trying War Thunder.

You should also do the same thing with Armored Warfare, the failed WOT killer. It's got more modern tanks and it's more centered around PvE as far as I know, I haven't played it in years.