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Please discuss view range and spotting system under patch 0.6.7 here.

just out of curiocity did you guys even change anything about the spotting or is this just a general it is still pretty wierd but we got a few new tanks see if you can spot them just as bad as the rest of the tanks in game

arkhell, on 10 August 2011 - 12:59 PM, said:

New tanks bring new possibilities and new features like "I can detect someone on the other side of the map with rear-left corner of my T-15's commander cupola". We can discuss everything considering spotting system here.

LiannaSilverwind, on 10 August 2011 - 01:02 PM, said:

Hahaha:D

Well, i would like to know when nightvision gets introduced into the game  

Noted strictly nothing about "news" in spotting.

On the other end, the ghostshells are back enforce : after a nightmarish game today, I tried on base in Ernsk and 6 HE shells in a row disappeared (fired directly in front of me with HE, no shell impact on the ground nor on the wagons).

Is it a graphic setting or something has changed cos I can't see the outline for tanks that are far away. I can see the enemy indicator (light, medium, heavy, etc.), the aim is green, but I can't see the outline. On Redshire I had this and the tank moved just a bit towards me and I could see it. So, is this a setting I have to adjust or this is something new?    (It never happened to me before)

the_other_guy, on 11 August 2011 - 12:30 PM, said:

It is beacuse the tank is out of your view range:) Happened to me a few times too, and i normally just take the shot right under the indicator

the_other_guy, on 11 August 2011 - 12:30 PM, said:

I had this a couple of times so far, and I took the shot anyway - hit and damaged the tank too.

My impession is that these arrant TD's have to give up some of there favorite shooting positions.
I'll have an eye on this and report back.

P.S.
I usually sout about 50+ enemies a day.
It would be very good to have access to my own stats and run evals on them.
A peak or changing slope would proably reveal the changes.

What the hell... do we have spotting SYSTEM?

... The random generator hardly can be called to a system...

the_other_guy, on 11 August 2011 - 12:30 PM, said:

It's a bug. For some it's enough to restart PC, reinstal GFX drivers, or downclock graphic card if it was overclocked. Forcing AA via 3rd party tools also causes this.

Dunno if it is only due update or also due defragmenting my computer, but, my tanks got X-ray vision!
Kidding, but, although I hadn't had chance to play long, it happened something to spotting - it got somehow better...

Friendly tanks that get in front of enemy - it is easier to exclude them and thus reduced risk of damaging friendly tank.

Two, three, or more enemy tanks in a distance in group - easier to aim, and to hit the tank you want...

Something did happened, something seems to be improved, but I can't put my finger on it...
Or it's just my daydreaming...
Lack of sleep, perhaps...  

As has been said already "Has anything actually been done to the spotting system in this latest patch?" As far as i can see its still FUBAR.

Im still getting a huge number of occasions where tanks can pop out from behind cover , shoot me and then they appear just as they are moving back behind cover again. pure IDIOCY.

Thanks for the new map and the new tanks WG but for the love of all thats decent and playable do us the kindness of
laying off the new content and putting ALL your resources into fixing the parts of this game that havent worked right since beta. 1. sighting system 2. match making system

your's very irritated  

Dek

spotting system.. imo full of bug, 2 days ago vk3601 shoot me from 10-15m and I have not seen it... i played tiger2.... wtf

I have noticed an increasing number of sightings per day.
The TD symbol shows up more often.
The equipment seems to work better.

LiannaSilverwind, on 10 August 2011 - 12:56 PM, said:

Same magic mystery as previous patches.

Spotting system is a 100% total absolute fail.
It´s 100% NOT reliable.

Sitting with my KV-3 in a slope on Westfield yesterday, I waited for the ISU that was coming, I was in a bush not moving, and suddnley BooM! Im dead and I could only see him after he shot me. That was fun  

Yesterday I had a strange experience…

Playing on Himmelsdorf, driving my Panzer III, I managed to sneak my way over the hill, around the castle, and down to the church. Just as I got to the church, an enemy T-28 de-cloaked right in front of me pointing that nasty 85 mm. gun at me. Luckily his first shot just glanced me and I was able to pull to a stop on the other side of the church, parking up against the church, right at the edge of the circle. Yes, a bad position, given that there was a T-28 nearby, but considering that there were a handful of friendly heavies less than 100 meters away I thought it was worth the risk. So, getting from 0% to 70% cap, I figured that the T-28 had probably decided that the game was lost and that discretion was the better part of valor. Hurrah! A nice Invader for me!

And that was when the T-28 one-shotted me...

Then, several seconds after he killed me, he suddenly became visible as one of the friendly heavies finally reached the plaza. Somehow the T-28 had managed to drive around the church, park himself in plain view in the middle of the plaza, take the time to carefully aim at me, and shot me, all without me seeing him.

Sigh...

Nope. Spotting system still not working...

This image shows my grudge against the spotting system. The StuG that got me is right there where the red circle is. How do I know ? I saw it earlier and it vanished right there on the spot. Now I know that my spot isn't the best one, yada yada yada I suck at this game, I know. But that is besides the point.

How the hell am I not able to see the tank when I can clearly see the building behind it ? And furthermore, how can it vanish like that ? This defies all logic.