Tier 4? My favourite tank, the Matilda. Tilly and me, it was a love thing. It is not what it was, nerfed by stealth by WG, but it's pew, pew, pew and a death by a thousand cuts. Tilly's arch nemesis, the Hetzer!
Use regular ammo in the Pnz IIJ. Use it as a scout tank. Spot the enemy. Especially the big tanks. Drive up close to the enemy, keep him permatracked and hope your team are good shots... Who am I kidding, nobody in low tier tanks know how to be part of a team...
I have a Pz2J , back in the day you could get it from a code by attending Tank fest, or buying a model kit from Europe. I also remember it being available as a free gift if you spent around 100 bucks on a gold bundle, I have no recollection of it being 350 bucks though. In the old days there was a +-5MM, so it met anything from tier 1 to tier 8 yet could not scout. These days it meets Hetzers, Pz 35, B2, Matilda, Valentine and all manner of tanks with tier 3/4/5/6 guns that have no problem penning it with standard ammo. It's own gun is a poorer version of the tier 1 Loltractors old autocannon, the 2cm Kwk 28 with 17mm to 23mm penetration and 11 damage, its actually worse than the loltractors current autocannon, the 2cm 28 was removed from tier 1 because it was effectively tier 0.5 lol. Anyone can look at the armour profile and current pen of the available guns on the tanks it faces, it's 2025, could you imagine if the Maus had a tier 7 cannon with 111mm pen. Weirdly enough the Pz2J was buffed some years back, with its weak spots removed, in the od days before powercreep you had to shoot it through hatches, view slots, and the panels on the side.
Hey Claus - Tier III is still entertaining, so "good show" (salute to Jingles) for today. At 7:30 minutes, you mentioned today's lesson(s) of buying a $300 tank of dubious utility. That turns out to be a perfect example of the "Sunk Cost Fallacy": The sunk cost fallacy is our tendency to follow through with something that we’ve already invested heavily in (be it time, money, effort, or emotional energy), even when giving up is clearly a better idea. In fact, WoT IS a Sunk Cost Fallacy by design, and it's the fallacy that keeps on giving directly into WG's Cypriot bank accounts.
To me the most fun tanks are at T4: Luchs, Hetzer, Matilda Man, I had memorable fights with them. Especially when in a wolf pack with three Luchses. 😂 Aahhh, the good ol' days...🥹
WOT has almost killed tier VI. With large reductions to clan based Tour of Duty rewards, especially restricting tier VI to 1/6th of Industrial Resource payouts, tier VI skirmishes have literally died off. Now with a plethora of new premium tier XIII tanks that with a single pull of the trigger or their clip can quickly kill many tier VI's many iconic WW II tanks are merely cannon fodder. Easy 8, Cromwell, Firefly, Achilles, Hellcat, Jackson, T34-85, Tiger 131, Sherman Jumbo, etc. are now play at your own risk whenever in a tier VIII battle which they frequently are. They are being eliminated by napkin tanks designed by middle school kids with crayons and whose only concern is milking the last dollars and Euros out of their declining fan base.
I play console and I'm still addicted to your videos. Most commentators here in WOT are "posh", covering only the upper 50%. I am a one year player and I do concentrate on tier 5 and below. I did play higher tier tanks more during the first half year, but then I got tired of dying, though the boldness of a new player's style does produce exciting game when all goes "lucky". My silver supply typically stays around Zero-6 mil. It would make things more interesting if Arty wasn't the main source of silver recovery, but the better I got the less silver I spent, which is talent slowly sinking in to replace all the luck. I'm working on it Claus and I can't wait to see your next vid
A day or 2 ago I got my very first Kolobanov's medal with my Panzer 2J. I usually get in tier 4 games but this time it was a tier 3. I mostly play mid or high tiers, but I occasionally play low tiers.
I have a 2J. I got it when I bought a year of premium time and it came as part of the deal. The offer was up for one day or so before they took it down. Is it OP? Occasionally. Does it face tier 4 mostly. Yup. This thing has two game play styles. You are either the clubber (all tier 3 players) or the seal (three and four tier tanks).
I got this tank years ago from loot boxes for less than $15. WG employees are absolutely NOT Russian. IMO you’re content is good, it your understanding of the current state of the game and WG makes Canadian.s look like they are all from Backwater Tennessee. .
Couldn't care less about my win rate, much less someone else's. I only play for fun. Good game bad game, it's all fun until it isn't because of toxic players and cheats.
Before they did the hitpoint buff, you could one shot a PZ II J with the now removed derp gun Cruiser II when it was at tier III. I did it quite a few times and never once got a complaint from the PZ II J player.
@ I am thinking we may see a Matilda and the AMX duck tomorrow. My wild card guess is the M5 Stuart with the 4 shot clip. The one before the Chaffee where I realized maybe the US light tank line maybe wasn’t the best choice as the first line to grind. 😆
The Pz IIJ does have a weak spot on each side of the tank. The small circular escape hatch on both sides of the hull can be penned by any weapon 30mm or greater with standard AP shells. This weakness was added about a year and a half ago with one of the patches.
I bought my Pz IIJ for something like $14 (IRL my favorite tank is the Pz II in all variations and that was the reason I bought it)... then I found out how good the armor is and truly enjoy playing it when I occasionally run tier 3. IDK where you got that astronomical price from?
I Brought 2 codes for the 2J for $500US, kept 1 and sold the other for $400US in Australia from Russia and they both worked, but at the time they didn't see past tier 3.
The Pz.II J economics are so stupidly unbalanced that if a seal clubber...I'm sorry, make that "if a WG client"...is concerned about the overall cost of ammo that in certain circumstances, especially if gold is on sale, it can make better economic sense to not purchase Premium time, buy the on-sale gold instead and then directly convert it to credits. That's insane but it fits the comic theme of this channel...and it is a reality that a "WG client" should explore. 🙃🤠
I like grinding up New commanders and just zipping around For me 1) have fun 2) don't care about stats, once you realize , game changes on the fly. 3) cheaters gonna cheat, wargames gonna cheat, and good teams are rare.
And spotters are screwed on xp, and are under appreciated. But when you get spgs that work with ya, the rack kills , I rack xp, and that is a great day.
Wargaming taught me to pay,, I have been buying a Wargaming Premium account, the more expensive one, in case I wanted to ever play World Of Warships. Turns out you don't get all the World Of Tanks perks, just a credit increase on games. So I have been paying more for less. Who knew!
$200-$350 for a tier 3 Tank ... Oh My. 2nd game ... should start to know what direction your getting hit from, while backing up. Fun to watch ... like going back in time. Nice Vids
Premium rounds just trying to complete my mission here . WG often given you high alpha tanks with lower penetration. It’s better just to die right away and go do what you gotta do if you are the lowest tier in a match. There is no point of trying this is why it ruined my rank.
That Pz II J player is an idiot. Just right-click on the enemy and hold the left mouse button. That way, no matter how they move forward and back to avoid your gun, your turret will follow and you don't waste ammo.
Note to you, in WG most of management and people who decide how WoT earns (milking) money are westerners... Please check it if you don't believe... I remember when this game starts (2012) it was fun to play, MM was crazy, tier 1 against top tier etc, but no bullshit, your good your get rewarded with lot of fun... Now, some players have good RNG, other that complain and play for free get bad RNG to get frustrated and be open to spend money on game... and that is mechanism introduced by westerners. So, if you have any amouth of brain, you will not play this game you'll never spend money on this crapy rigged game. And those who already play as NON-Payers will sue WG...
Ill try one more time here. In case you MISS it Claus, there was 5-day Black market in WOT rn, and the first offer was WTE100 for 100.000 GOLD. On EU there were 3000 units, sold in 3 minutes and on NA 800 units sold in 18 seconds. Will you make a video about it ?
My PZ2J is at 5k games on NA and 73% win rate. It will get ammo racked each game, along with losing its engine at least once, many times twice. Plus... Usually, a fire as well. I've been #1 through #3 on the NA server for my years. Everything pens my 2j, and I mean everything will pen it, even tier two. So... What is the point in continuing to play it, none.
It’s like casinos…in the end the house always wins. Same for WG and the bait and switch.
At tier 5 you learn there is artillery leaf blower
"tomorrow's going to be serious".... Ha! Haha!! Hahaha!!!
Tier 4? My favourite tank, the Matilda. Tilly and me, it was a love thing. It is not what it was, nerfed by stealth by WG, but it's pew, pew, pew and a death by a thousand cuts. Tilly's arch nemesis, the Hetzer!
Use regular ammo in the Pnz IIJ. Use it as a scout tank. Spot the enemy. Especially the big tanks.
Drive up close to the enemy, keep him permatracked and hope your team are good shots...
Who am I kidding, nobody in low tier tanks know how to be part of a team...
who are you kidding? nobody in 6 7 or 8 know how to be part of a team lol
At least you two know, so, nobody knows pretty well
Are you high? You're going scouting in the map at 17 KPH? 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Ok hands up. Who else found Claus via Jingles? I certainly did.
I didn't pay anything for my PzIIJ. I did something and it showed up. It was a reward tank.
M2 Medium is American.
Must have been at least ten years ago. 😉
@@MDMARaver Been playing since 2012.
M2 is Yank Tank!
Yep, American all the way!
Pretty much how it happened, found Jingles and it all went down hill from there :)
That kellerman A...l is exactly where i found you and never stopped watching.
Bro, it hurts how honestly you explain it.. 😂♥
He's not being honest.
Tier 3, where you also learn the importance of pressing the number 2... LOL. Great video Claus!!!
For to say. Good morning Claus!
I have a Pz2J , back in the day you could get it from a code by attending Tank fest, or buying a model kit from Europe. I also remember it being available as a free gift if you spent around 100 bucks on a gold bundle, I have no recollection of it being 350 bucks though.
In the old days there was a +-5MM, so it met anything from tier 1 to tier 8 yet could not scout. These days it meets Hetzers, Pz 35, B2, Matilda, Valentine and all manner of tanks with tier 3/4/5/6 guns that have no problem penning it with standard ammo. It's own gun is a poorer version of the tier 1 Loltractors old autocannon, the 2cm Kwk 28 with 17mm to 23mm penetration and 11 damage, its actually worse than the loltractors current autocannon, the 2cm 28 was removed from tier 1 because it was effectively tier 0.5 lol.
Anyone can look at the armour profile and current pen of the available guns on the tanks it faces, it's 2025, could you imagine if the Maus had a tier 7 cannon with 111mm pen.
Weirdly enough the Pz2J was buffed some years back, with its weak spots removed, in the od days before powercreep you had to shoot it through hatches, view slots, and the panels on the side.
Hey Claus - Tier III is still entertaining, so "good show" (salute to Jingles) for today. At 7:30 minutes, you mentioned today's lesson(s) of buying a $300 tank of dubious utility. That turns out to be a perfect example of the "Sunk Cost Fallacy": The sunk cost fallacy is our tendency to follow through with something that we’ve already invested heavily in (be it time, money, effort, or emotional energy), even when giving up is clearly a better idea. In fact, WoT IS a Sunk Cost Fallacy by design, and it's the fallacy that keeps on giving directly into WG's Cypriot bank accounts.
To me the most fun tanks are at T4:
Luchs, Hetzer, Matilda
Man, I had memorable fights with them. Especially when in a wolf pack with three Luchses. 😂
Aahhh, the good ol' days...🥹
But now he spent $400 on a Waffentrager.
Sorry Claus but M2 Medium is American not British. (check the collector's page of American tech line) "Go Merica!"
WOT has almost killed tier VI. With large reductions to clan based Tour of Duty rewards, especially restricting tier VI to 1/6th of Industrial Resource payouts, tier VI skirmishes have literally died off. Now with a plethora of new premium tier XIII tanks that with a single pull of the trigger or their clip can quickly kill many tier VI's many iconic WW II tanks are merely cannon fodder. Easy 8, Cromwell, Firefly, Achilles, Hellcat, Jackson, T34-85, Tiger 131, Sherman Jumbo, etc. are now play at your own risk whenever in a tier VIII battle which they frequently are. They are being eliminated by napkin tanks designed by middle school kids with crayons and whose only concern is milking the last dollars and Euros out of their declining fan base.
I play console and I'm still addicted to your videos. Most commentators here in WOT are "posh", covering only the upper 50%. I am a one year player and I do concentrate on tier 5 and below. I did play higher tier tanks more during the first half year, but then I got tired of dying, though the boldness of a new player's style does produce exciting game when all goes "lucky". My silver supply typically stays around Zero-6 mil. It would make things more interesting if Arty wasn't the main source of silver recovery, but the better I got the less silver I spent, which is talent slowly sinking in to replace all the luck. I'm working on it Claus and I can't wait to see your next vid
Looking forward to the Hetzer
Hahaha Claus, it's the way I found you man, via Jingles.....
A day or 2 ago I got my very first Kolobanov's medal with my Panzer 2J. I usually get in tier 4 games but this time it was a tier 3. I mostly play mid or high tiers, but I occasionally play low tiers.
Matilda and Hetzer, man I love that tank..... lol
I have a 2J. I got it when I bought a year of premium time and it came as part of the deal. The offer was up for one day or so before they took it down. Is it OP? Occasionally. Does it face tier 4 mostly. Yup. This thing has two game play styles. You are either the clubber (all tier 3 players) or the seal (three and four tier tanks).
I got this tank years ago from loot boxes for less than $15. WG employees are absolutely NOT Russian. IMO you’re content is good, it your understanding of the current state of the game and WG makes Canadian.s look like they are all from Backwater Tennessee. .
Couldn't care less about my win rate, much less someone else's. I only play for fun. Good game bad game, it's all fun until it isn't because of toxic players and cheats.
Before they did the hitpoint buff, you could one shot a PZ II J with the now removed derp gun Cruiser II when it was at tier III. I did it quite a few times and never once got a complaint from the PZ II J player.
With the Pz 2-J, we went from excruciating on days 1 and 2, and moved on to disgusting. Fun to watch.
i dusted off my old m2 , not played in years . Such fun ,im hooked
That bit about Jingles starting at around 5:20 got my goose really bad. I Giggled the rest of the way thru lol.
Gg
giggling is good
@ I am thinking we may see a Matilda and the AMX duck tomorrow. My wild card guess is the M5 Stuart with the 4 shot clip. The one before the Chaffee where I realized maybe the US light tank line maybe wasn’t the best choice as the first line to grind. 😆
It should be no other than Matilda...
The Pz IIJ does have a weak spot on each side of the tank. The small circular escape hatch on both sides of the hull can be penned by any weapon 30mm or greater with standard AP shells. This weakness was added about a year and a half ago with one of the patches.
Got to admit the M2 Medium is a lot of fun at tier 3 with the mini derp, not that I seal club that much 😅
Tier IV Luchs, and M8A1
Is it the being dishonest that makes you laugh so much? That was an EU game and the PZ II J was offered for sale for like 50€ at one point.
I bought my Pz IIJ for something like $14 (IRL my favorite tank is the Pz II in all variations and that was the reason I bought it)... then I found out how good the armor is and truly enjoy playing it when I occasionally run tier 3.
IDK where you got that astronomical price from?
Pz. II J is 100 eur, the most expensive tank is Waffel, been sold couple of days ago for 100k gold or 350 eur.
Matilda. B1. AMX 40. Valentine AT.
Old Jingles, how I found you on the interweb! Still enjoy your daily musings.😊
Awesome! Thank you!
It's all shenanigans at Tier 3. Enjoyable second game. I like that tank.
LOL you just described how I found your channel, except swap the PzIIJ for the Leafblower
"because theyre russian" but they use the most defining capitalist tricks in the book xD
AY UP CLAUS
i love how you-tube always offers to translate this 2tone
But Claus, the T2 Med is an American tank.
The current most expensive tank in the game cost €3,000 earlier this week.
Stats only start counting from Tier V and higher just like MoE’s are only Tier V+
Tier 4 -> Matilda !!! 🥰
I Brought 2 codes for the 2J for $500US, kept 1 and sold the other for $400US in Australia from Russia and they both worked, but at the time they didn't see past tier 3.
On the Hole...Preparation H is great! I mean on the Hole PZ II2 is great!
Minus over 100k credits to win and paid $350 on top of that! There's a sucker born every minute and they all seem to gravitate to WOT.
Good content.
12:24 His Commander didn't say anything because at that moment he was probably taking a sip from his cup of tea! 🤪
That would be odd, because it's a American tank.
@@willdodge200 Ah, I just went off what Claus had said earlier, that the player had apparently decided to go down the British tech tree.. ooopsie.
WG will never fix the sound in the game, lol. They allways fix one thing and fooks up another. This time voices are crapped up :P
I am surprised people are still playing this game
At tier 3 you have your moment of clarity.
hetzer 105 is my favourite tier 4
The Pz.II J economics are so stupidly unbalanced that if a seal clubber...I'm sorry, make that "if a WG client"...is concerned about the overall cost of ammo that in certain circumstances, especially if gold is on sale, it can make better economic sense to not purchase Premium time, buy the on-sale gold instead and then directly convert it to credits. That's insane but it fits the comic theme of this channel...and it is a reality that a "WG client" should explore. 🙃🤠
How the F does a tier 3 spend 116k on ammo? WG, you're taking pizz!
my first tier4's was Matilda and M3Lee... it's amazing i kept playing😐
That IS how I found you, all those years ago...!
Tier 3 is the best 😂
I like grinding up
New commanders and just zipping around
For me
1) have fun
2) don't care about stats, once you realize , game changes on the fly.
3) cheaters gonna cheat, wargames gonna cheat, and good teams are rare.
And spotters are screwed on xp, and are under appreciated.
But when you get spgs that work with ya, the rack kills , I rack xp, and that is a great day.
Tier IV it's got to be Tilly and derp Hetzer
Back to Hungry, Hungry Hippo
that FCM was an idiot. One of the best T3 guns and can win the game if used properly.
Wargaming taught me to pay,, I have been buying a Wargaming Premium account, the more expensive one, in case I wanted to ever play World Of Warships. Turns out you don't get all the World Of Tanks perks, just a credit increase on games. So I have been paying more for less. Who knew!
$200-$350 for a tier 3 Tank ... Oh My. 2nd game ... should start to know what direction your getting hit from, while backing up. Fun to watch ... like going back in time. Nice Vids
ROFL I think I found Jingles through you, I did it backwards. dammit.
1000 dollars for a wfe100 Phoenix is a new low for wargaming
the tier 4 tank that epitomizes this game is the T-28E F-30
Went and watched The mighty jingles episode Kellerman is an asshole. Fricken hilarious!!!!
My M2 medium still holds my most kills record of 10 🎉
Actually the Jingles video you mentioned is how I found you.
Last time I saw it for sale was you had to buy $100 gold and got this tank for free
Happy algorithm comment have a good day
Hetza, pak40, blackprince, lef105
I Went and watched both of those Jingle videos lmao
Thanks
TIV has to be the Matilda
Premium rounds just trying to complete my mission here . WG often given you high alpha tanks with lower penetration. It’s better just to die right away and go do what you gotta do if you are the lowest tier in a match. There is no point of trying this is why it ruined my rank.
That Pz II J player is an idiot. Just right-click on the enemy and hold the left mouse button. That way, no matter how they move forward and back to avoid your gun, your turret will follow and you don't waste ammo.
I could buy a complete brand new camping setup for what that fake ass video tank cost😢
14:01 honey i found a new way of making fish!
The Matilda?
I stopped playing years ago. It is a shame, this game could have been so good, and they ruined it.
Why does it say in the game that they're all Tier 2?
I am betting its a Luchs and an M3 Lee/Grant
It took me ten years to figure this out. Where were you ten years ago?
got to have matilda and stugIII at tier 4 anything else would be a travesty
Do you really think that the StuG III B is a great T4 tank? 🤨
@@MDMARaver not really but it is typical
oh no. tomorrow might be a travesty...
Do you still play Claus because you mist the schenenagens of the black market witch was crazy I would say. Sorry for my english da
Note to you, in WG most of management and people who decide how WoT earns (milking) money are westerners... Please check it if you don't believe...
I remember when this game starts (2012) it was fun to play, MM was crazy, tier 1 against top tier etc, but no bullshit, your good your get rewarded with lot of fun... Now, some players have good RNG, other that complain and play for free get bad RNG to get frustrated and be open to spend money on game... and that is mechanism introduced by westerners.
So, if you have any amouth of brain, you will not play this game you'll never spend money on this crapy rigged game. And those who already play as NON-Payers will sue WG...
Had to go watch the Jingles video, you sure are my favorite WOT asshole Claus!
nice. only 27 T3E2 tank on 30.
Tanki
the best game experience I had is when I hitted the uninstall button :)
good thats 1 less loser complaining cry baby in my game rest of you pathetic cry babies do the same and uninstall right do me a favor would ya lol.
It is actually a very sad video 😂😂😂
not British tank - M2 medium is US tank
Ill try one more time here.
In case you MISS it Claus, there was 5-day Black market in WOT rn, and the first offer was WTE100 for 100.000 GOLD.
On EU there were 3000 units, sold in 3 minutes and on NA 800 units sold in 18 seconds.
Will you make a video about it ?
My PZ2J is at 5k games on NA and 73% win rate. It will get ammo racked each game, along with losing its engine at least once, many times twice. Plus... Usually, a fire as well. I've been #1 through #3 on the NA server for my years. Everything pens my 2j, and I mean everything will pen it, even tier two. So... What is the point in continuing to play it, none.
Howdy folks