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5:16 Mom! I made it into an OddBawz video. My 5 seconds of fame dying to Odd W keying it to our spawn side!

i find matches below 7.0 to be way more fun to play and watch simply because you're closer to the fighting and defending the capture points. its just way more enjoyable that way instead of sitting in spawn pointing and clicking on tanks with range finder and thermals. seeing a tank blow up from a heat shell that had to be shot in a specific place will always make me come back compared to getting sniped while capturing a flag from the enemy's spawn

13:17 to be fair the bin was angled, which means it plays better than most Tiger 1 mains

Low / Mid tier supremacy!

I like top tier because thermals level the playing field for me. I'm 50, and my eyes aren't what they used to be. I don't have years and years of experience spotting targets like you do. You, Phly, you guys are spotting stuff across the map, fire, and kill it before I even figure out what you're looking at.

The Ka-50/52 is probably my most hated vehicle in the game, the thing is just so oppresive, and even when you manage to hit it the thing tends to survive just facetanking missiles >.>

2.7 to 6.7 is my favourite range. And people have already said why. You’re closer to the fighting, you have a better chance of bouncing rounds because tank angling is actually an effective strat, and the variety of vehicles with very noticeable pros and cons just make the game more fun. The amount of times I’ve been in a 1v3 and 1v4 in a Jumbo, a Tiger, and a Churchill, just sitting there eating rounds as I slowly knock out each attacker is just oodles of noodles of fun. It’s just so much more enjoyable. Especially the CAS situation is more enjoyable too

i think top tier would be good if the maps were like 10x the size with 5-6 spawn locations each side. searching for the enemy, rather than just knowing where there going to come from.

For me playing between 3.0-6.7 is where I enjoy myself most, the ww2 tanks are good fun and all quite individual. My highest vehicle is the 122tm and that BR is not fun and I have a full line up for France at 7.7 which is ok but not as fun. I'm no where near top tier but the lead up to it is not fun.

The hardest part about top tier is determining if a tank is dead or not through your thermals. which can be solved by turning them off. pretty much the only challenge left at top tier

Agreed. The Ka-50 parts were funny to me, because you can spam out missiles even without a target and you never ran out. Even if you did run out, the chopper pad is right there.

The real challenge of top tier is the endless amounts of keybinds, mostly for aircraft

Exactly why I’ve been grinding a bit of every nation up to rank IV. I find it super fun to have to switch play styles when switching from Japan to UK to Sweden to France and so on.

There's also the insane inconsistency that plagues top tier as well, for me that's the worst part of it. The countless times I hit a barrel or breech for 0 damage, (even worse with the increased amount of turret de-sync lately) ammo racks just vanish into thin air, tracks and russian ERA eat APFSDS from the side for breakfast, volumetric making shells disappear... Or when air to air missiles completely ignore countermeasures with 0% throttle from a side aspect while other times the same missile goes dumb from the first flare from the rear with afterburner on... Gaijin needs to focus on fixing existing things for a couple of updates instead of pumping the game full of copy paste vehicles and extreme powercreep. (pantsir for a current example) But we all know that won't happen because that doesn't generate income like a new copy paste premium does...

I completely agree. I intentionally play at 6 or below. WWII era tank warfare is the most fun for tank on tank dueling. No thermal no laser range finders. You can get up close and personal.

I personally find top tier more fun because of the veilcles rather than the playstyle. And not as in spamming a 2S38 but I like the Abrams and Challenger.

In the first game, id really like to know how in a top tier game, on a map that is basically just a field, you just drove forward up to just outside their spawn without once getting shot to get a bit of a flank, thats some youtuber luck right there

Dude, every day I'm looking for a video and seeing a new one brings me a lot of joy, thank you brotha!

I just got this thing yesterday, and you uploaded a video about it!

I am just here because your channel is my breakfast radio. So whatever brings you the most joy to play is what I would prefer to see on my screen. On a personal note I am always a big fan of playing the obscure vehicles that you don't see spammed out in droves (to me it feels like you earn any good result you get, I don't really feel that as much when driving the stronk vehicles), also derp guns because big boom make brain happy.

I think a lot of folk, myself included, desire to see top-tier content from yourself and Phly Daily because many of us don't have these vehicles. I find myself clicking on top-tier content more often because I'm curious: how does that tank I'll probably never get play? What are it's capabilities? Another IS-2 video tends to disinterest me: it's going to be a big, slow, boom-cannon gameplay video that I'm already familiar with. Top-tier content, too, has more fun bells and whistles. The 30mm strapped to a T-72 is more interesting to watch, sometimes, than an IS-2 with one gun.

I like many can play high tier but being able to predict your guns arc of fire is kind of an art form at mid and lower tier where a lot of times the first shot or subsequent shots determine the outcome of an engagement.

Great video as always, also had to pick up the decal from your link, big thanks your videos keep me painfully trotting along the warthunder Road

ADATS is classed as a TD in WT I believe so it does not get SPAA spawn costs.

This is great as usual, but I enjoy watching you play the most when you are happy playing the game.

I like the low tier videos. Especially with the more gonzo vehicles. You do fine Odd! Plus I have a soft spot in my heart for WWII and early Cold War era vehicles. They just have a charm to them.

To me, the higher you go in the BR, the more Arcade characteristics replace RB's. I mean, speed, reflexes and easier gunnery replacing carefulness, positioning, aiming. I don't feel rewarded killing stuff in high BR

Play what you enjoy and have fun with, whether its a video where you're balancing yourself by giving yourself a challenge or whether you're just showing off how much of a power house a vehicle/lineup is, the videos where you're truly having a good time and feel like youre accomplishing something are always the best to watch imo.

Don't worry OddBawz, most of us actually agree with you about the current state of top tier. Like my issue at the moment is I play the Puma around 9.3 and if I get uptiered to 10.0 where there is those premium Leopard 2's then I know I will lose as those games are just full of the 1 and done players. It is not fun at all finding out I have no team left only 2mins into a battle.

Great video, Odd!

in one of your former videos i saw you playing around with Napalm , and how its working or not working , try dropping a napalm bomb on a ship sometimes the outcome is amazing specially small destroyer , even a Heavy Cruiser can be sunk in about 30 seconds with Napalm just burning off the whole Crew , anyway , nice vid like always , keep it up

There are still a lot of new players at T1/2, which is I think why there's a T3 requirement for doing your daily stuff. But past that 9.0+ is absolutely where all newbies with too much money go to die. The overwhelming majority of games I play at that tier nowadays aren't decided by which team is better but by which team has fewer one-tank-wonders, which is just so incredibly frustrating. Add to that how ridiculously easy it is to spawn camp at higher tiers and it's just a shit situation all around.

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Hello Odd thanks for the content!

A map tier list from you would be interesting

I'm still working out what I enjoy most. I'm not very good so repair costs and dying with little progress are my biggest gripes. I really enjoy the m901 (guiding ATGMs and getting kills via MCLOS is satisfying), but the repair costs and difficulty for me at that BR make it extremely frustrating.

Hey Odd, I always see you have different lineups per tier. Is there any chance you could show us your lineups, what vehicles you prefer?

I feel very similarly to you Oddbawz, When they first introduced modern tanks I was super excited to grind up there and use them. And at first the experience was okay, then came top tier jets and then helicopters and now drones and insanely good spaa, along with a lot of terrible maps and most matches just Being who can spawn camp first. I decided I prefer playing Below 8.0 when it comes to Ground RB, and I have switched to grinding air tech trees Because I have most tanks I want below 8.0. On a side note I am really enjoying learning how to play Air RB! I wish Naval was more popular as I grind it for SL and actually enjoy the experience. Great video keep it up!

Bawz!!!!!!! The only reason I'm still subbed to this guy is cause of his laugh 😂 It's contagious. I love you dude

For me, the biggest frustration isn't the vehicles or really even the players. It's the maps! So many maps you are dead in your spawn. They need to make the maps more appropriate to the vehicles.

My tech progress in this game has always been to get to around 9.0-10.0 and then just start a new tree. Kind of necessary anyways to keep the SL count positive without premium

Anyone that says you don't enjoy top-tier because you don't get the kills needs to watch these first two games. Multi-strike x5 in both matches. Love your work, OddBawZ!

Been playing WT on and off for about ten years now and have always avoided top tier like the plague. Top tier is where motivation and sanity go to die.

In a lot of ways, top tier feels like being back in ground arcade, and there was a reason I stopped playing that mode. Anytime, I go much above 7.7, I last about 5 games before dropping back to Rank 3 or 4 for some fun.

Hey, im new to the channel! Your accent is amazing! Cheers from Brazil!

They nerfed the penetration when you fire through buildings, but in an insane way. I noticed that when I fired with a T54 through a thatch building, 90° into the side of a DF105. All 4 rounds shattered, after that I noticed it a few times too and since then I dont fire through buildings anymore.

not that my opinion matters but i agree with the end statement of wanting to be doing the things for myself the hardest part is with gaijin being gaijin every br seems to have certain "meta" vehicles that make them all a bit rough around the edges for other natons, ex. low tier swedish apds, the wma ptlo spam for starters

Highest I play is 5.7 with my tiger,panther,and isu. Your right odd and anyone who thinks low tier is boring probably just can't aim or doesn't understand angles lmao

I find that fully competitive matches full of text tree T80BVM’s have much more people leaving after 2 deaths. When it’s full premiums they always leave after 1-2 deaths. You have to get a team with tech tree vehicles that are close to top tier but slightly off for best results in my experience.

You got me with the “I’ll explain why i dont like war thunder” truly relatable

Top tier is just rubbish now it’s so much fun playing mid to low tier

Heyyyyy Odd, how about using the Italian Chunky Duck (P.108 serie A) and taking it to a mid-high br? It's honestly more useful there against bigger targets, although in actuality, it's still a pretty useless plane because it has the aerodynamic capability of some unnamed individuals mother. Thanks!

Holy tank slapper OddBawZ; sounds like you're bored ! like your content better when you laugh hysterically :)

Great video! Could you do a video on the British 5.7 ground rb line up. The iron Duke is my favorite tank in the game. ( yes Ik it’s just a comet) . Also for me too br tank rb is semi overwhelming between the drones helicopters the jets It feels like every key has a binding for something

Bought kv1e after frustrated with how TT has become and had a good linup with it. I didn’t know that I would enjoyed it very much than playing toptier

Thanks for the early video this morning. I feel like russia doesn't need a new vehicle every update.

Damn oddbawlz I've never heard you have so much fun in a video. /s

Finally a video I can watch the full video.

“The helicopter knows where I am because he knows where I am not” made me laugh more than I should have 😂

Yeah I agree sometimes I find myself going back to play the T-34-85 (D-5T), IS-2 etc.

Can't agree more! great video!

Quick thing not sure if you knew but the laser warning system has a little indicator for what direction you're being pinged from so you can tell where someone is when they laser range find you. Another more annoying thing is it seems like friendlies also set it off.

I really like top tier honestly. I just like the immersive feeling of fighting in a 2mi wide tank match

At 8.7 right now and it's so miserable to play most of the time. 1 death leavers filling my team resulting in a loss. Constant up-tiers and going up against Turms, BMP-2M, 2S38 and Su-25k line-ups that sweep the match. Started going through another tree so I can actually enjoy the game again.

Hi Odd, Perhaps an idea for new videos would be to show your starter line up for countries? You have done USA and Germany kinda, but not Japan, France, Italy, and Sweden. Maybe you have not done so, because their vehicles suck? If so, then it would not be so bad to curb stomp with self-limiting tools right? Thanks for the cool videos you, Defyn and Phly are my favorite youtubers. Y'all bring tangible happiness to the world, thank you.

Tip, you can mute your engine sound so you can hear the enemies one if close to one

3.3-6.7 is the best tier, with some exeptions going up to 7.7

I think there are definitely ways that Gaijin could make the high tiers more fun for many players, but it'd require changing the RB game mode to not be so basic (and actually having maps suitable for top tier). Gaijin loves to cherry pick which things to fix and which not to. For instance, the Brits finally got a great CAS plane (Harrier GR. 7) and since it's release, it has had a wide variety of bugs that make it inconvenient or just completely useless in the CAS role. One bug will eventually be fixed, and then another added right after. It's frustrating that these things don't get fixed while Gaijin adds a 9.3 Hunter with Mavericks and countermeasures to Germany.

Bawz, I love your content! If you could do a few games with DOLLARplays, I would very much appreciate it. You guys both have a great sense of gamesmanship and I feel like you both set a great example for younger gamers. Thank you, and keep up the good work!

Hey Odd! I love your videos and I have a little story. So, I’m a small time WT KZfaqr (33 subs and 14 years old so I have not much time to make content) and I want to make a video on the Tall boy when it comes out. Thus, I hopped in my Stirling mk1 and started grinding. It was taking a long time and despite calculating that I would probably be able to research the Lancaster in time, I decided to buy the Wyvern pack. Glad I did, I need another 2 planes in rank 3 to get the Lancaster and the Wyvern is a research menace.

3.0 to 7 (at a push) is the best BR for me. I havn't played higher than 7 due to the grind. I just ended up playing lower BR because it's fun. Crusader Saint all the way.

8.7 is the max I really go. If I go any higher I just end up getting angry. 7.7 is pretty good because it still feels like conventional fighting, so no thermals, hardly any range finders, mostly no apfsds. And no stabilizers for the most part. Everything below is pretty good as well.

the rubber banding match was probably one of the funniest things I have ever seen. reminded me of the movie live, die, repeat.

Ground battles after 8.0 and up are just brutal, if you manage to get more than 2 kills without getting killed form god knows where it's great. Around BR 7.0 - 7.7 you start to get atgms in some nations, but at least they do not have a lot and cam be countered somewhat.

Hey Odd, just wondering if you've perhaps considered making a map tierlist / guide? I'm always seeing you get into quite good spots to push into. I suppose its something that would take a long time to make & could be outdated relatively quickly for how much work it would be but I'm curious as to your thoughts

Who in their right mind would say that low tier is boring? Low-mid tier where the game shines. Today I played some battles at 6.3 and I met a guy on the opposite team who spawned 6 times. That's like half of the respawns of a top tier team combined. I love long, thrilling where you have to fight until the end and they aren't decided in the first 3 minutes.

Bawz! You should continue the No-Hud series, maybe in a Jumbo?

I'd love more videos of vehicles from the Japanese tech tree, maybe your favorite line up/BR to play with that nation.

Gajin should release a tanks only realistic battle, that would certainly solve the issue of CAS being overpowered on top tier. Hard to fix the one spawn premium guys though

I don’t enjoy anything above 7.3 And I don’t enjoy watching people play about 7.3 either, top tier war thunder videos are just kinda boring

yes odd. You also play the game 24/7. I unlocked top tier in sweden and israel but i can't buy them yet, gonna take a while. Sad days

I ground all the way up to british 10.3, and I like having new elements like using my lynx heli to zoom around and pop up at odd places on the map and sidewinder planes as they fly by. But the biggest problem are the matches are so short with all the one death quitters who only have 1 premium. The rest of the people don't want to respawn because the repair costs are so high even with premium you need 2 or 3 kills in some cases to just break even. If there's any chance to be spawn camped its not worth respawning. Everyone hates on planes and helis but I like the combined arms aspect of the game, as long as your whole team spawns air and no one is left to re-cap points. When I get angry at jets and helis I spawn my starstreak launcher and print SL.

Before I even wstch this I 100 percent agree, fuck top tier

Could you play the Cromwell 1 with the 6pdr and stabiliser. It has the good mobility and i find it really fun to play even at 6.7

Note to all, don't piss off the Odd. Great job brother, thank you.

You might have already done this, but can you try playing higher br with lower br tanks? I've tried it with a Tiger E and a Vk 3002 , and you can actually get kills, its super fun

Newer player here. Currently grinding the German ground tree. Made it up to 6.7 organically, and then bought the 10.0 Leopard 2. The rate at which I can grind SL and RP is insane compared to anything at lower tiers, and I do enjoy the combat at 10.0. I have a 7.3 lineup right now with Leo 1, BMP 1, and Marder 1. I bought a Talisman for the Leopard 1 and have been having a BLAST playing 7.3 BR. It is significantly quicker paced than WWII combat (which I still really enjoy,) but seems to be sweet spot before thermals and insane dart ammunition etc.

I rarely go higher than 7.7, and I only play 7.7 for the Maus, just finished unlocking all the camos for it, usually I much prefer 3.0 to 6.7, there's actually skill and positioning involved instead of "click and boom" top tier stuff.

My most fun lineups are 2.7. I have played vehicles up to 6.0, but I have a less fun after 4.3 or so. Play gets more bitchy/defensive, research and repair takes forever, more leavers after 1 death, and last but not least CAS planes/players gets really good. Low-tier CAS can be effective, but is typically either super slow like Stuka/Duck/IL2, or has limited load.

I hope that the 1st video after the update is gonna be on the sd.kfz.222. I need some low tier chaos

I’ve been watching you for like 2 years now and didn’t even realize I wasn’t subscribed 💀

for me the game just stops being fun around 9.0 most of the time, which is a shame because some of my favourite vehicles are at 9.0 to 10.0. I'm a huge fan of that late cold war era, and i remember the Leopard 2K and a few others were so fun to play when I grinded them out a couple of years ago, but now i'm back up to that br range in other tech trees, and it's just not fun. Yeah, the 2K, the 2A4, and the KPZ-70 are still good, and kind of fun to play, but you're constantly in 10.0 games thanks to half of your team being in the premium 2A4, and they all leave after dying once, maybe twice if they got enough sp for a drone. I've been playing around 9.3 a lot with USSR recently, and it's the same with the TURMS. Premium spam just ruins the game, along with drones, helicopters, A-10s and SU-25s. Add to that the fact that a lot of nations don't get reliable SAMs until at least 10.0, meaning that the aforementioned drones, helicopters and stupid CAS planes are more or less invulnerable until they get uptiered to 11.0 or beyond. And don't even get me STARTED on the maps at top tier

since that big anniversary sale there's so many 1 hit wonders joining high br matches then leaves immediately. it's ridiculous, a match can end in less than 10 mins.

OddBawZ challenge idea inspired by PhlyDaily’s T25 video. Get a double Ace with the T25 (no backups)+ CAS of your choice. (must get atleast 3 kills only using APCR before using CAS)

1:10 I literally never had a moment where I didn't explode after my ammunition was hit out of hundreds of games with this and the U version

Make a video about T-50, it's really fun but i don't see it often in games

Can't wait for the Pantsir to be added. All my grinding towards German top-tier CAS for nothing.

odd, the LWS shows you which direction you are being lasered from. that last match was your teammates lasering you

I completely agree with you on this Bawz. Beyond 7.3 theres not much skill needed to perform well, specially with mouse guided ATGM, stabilized guns and weaponized scooters running around.