AutoLoader: WZ-132A, Stomps, Black Market...

The WZ-132A On Track has started. I like the Chinese LT line more than most people do, though I struggled in the Tier 8 more than I expected to. So far the Tier 9 isn't off to a very good start either, I've only won 1 of the first 4 battles in it.

Of course part of it is that I seem to be getting this team fairly often...

That took 4 minutes and 55 seconds.

How to lose Pearl River...in 4 minutes and 55 seconds...

That last battle was on Pearl River, and it was a nice example of me using the mini-map to stay alive 4 minutes longer. It was a Tier 10 battle and I was in the Tier 9 WZ-132A. 

We started in the SE spawn and from the start I was going to try and get the middle. Getting the town at E5 can be a powerful position, especially for a light tank, as you have a chance to shoot and spot at least half the map.

Of course...from the off it became clear that I was the *ONLY* tank going middle, and there was no reason for me to go there and 1 v 3 an Object 140, and Leopard 1, and maybe one or two others. So with no support I reversed course and went to K1 instead. Figured I could spot/flank the western side.

Sure enough I got there and spotted their T49, Leopard 1, and Object 263. Did anybody shoot them? Well, as you can see above the enemy finished the game with 25,000 HP so no...nobody was shooting much of anything, anywhere. 10 of our tanks went to C9...and they all died there having done nearly nothing. Our STRV 103-B barely left the spawn, I suppose it's possible he was AFK.

I managed to put a few shots into the Leopard and the T49....but other than that, the team just died quick and quiet and ultimately I was flanked and overrun. So it goes. Can't concede the middle, lose both flanks, and think the game will go well.

"Gotta win somewhere, boys." -Zeven

The Black Market is Coming back to World of Tanks?

Or is it? Saw a headline today that suggested another Black Market is inbound. Not sure what tanks they'll have there. All my credits seem to be going to buying tanks for On Tracks and such currently anyhow, so not likely I'll buy much in the Black Market...but I guess if they had something super exciting, that I didn't already have, I'd consider it.

Of course, it might not actually happen until after the Christmas event anyhow, so maybe it won't matter.

Not sure I bought anything at all in the last Black Market.

GLHF!