Obligatory Ontos

The tier IV M50 Ontos from Armored Warfare was a vehicle I wasn't even remotely interested in acquiring. Although I go into a lot more detail about this in the following video, I felt I should still showcase this "forced choice" for those collectors who "must have" this, or players who are just curious at the capabilities (and limitations) of this machine....

La prophétie de Mephisto

This past while, I was finishing up the progress on two vehicles in Armored Warfare. First to be completed was the tier VII Leclerc Prototype, a machine that was a pleasant surprise to use (since the developers at Armored Warfare could have taken a much different direction with almost all of Francine De Laroche's offerings). Excellent main gun, respectable reload time, very good maneuverability and effective armor. I will miss this one.

Another recent retiree is the tier V Rooikat 76. This South African Armored Fighting Vehicle was a blast to use (even with my affinity towards wheeled vehicles), but it had some rather odd limitations.  The low damage-per-shot was slightly offset by the rapid reload, it was slow to take off and was a bit on the squirrelly side in the steering department when going fast and the armor was nearly nonexistent (to be expected though). Too bad it was also a dead end in the Oscar Faraday tree, leading to no other vehicle. 

Now, I have the tier VIII VCAC Mephisto and time to see if any of the bad vibes I have picked up from watching others use this in battles are true and get passed on to me....

For No Particular Reason, Part 6

Here's another round of opening Crates in Armored Warfare, but I also spend the remainder of BattleCoins I had left over from the D-D-D-Degman episode.

D-D-D-Degman

So, I decided to spend some Real World money and finally buy into the Age of Rage Campaign in Armored Warfare. I also decided the end goal of parking a tier X Object 490 in my garage will be scrapped. Instead, here is a video about my first choice of vehicles, with all the blunders (like calling my Chinese premium Red Dragon MBT a Type 96A) getting thrown in and the best of technical errors as an added bonus....

If you want to just skip to the end....

Moscow, Cash and School

To end off August and start September rolling, Armored Warfare has a few things going on.

First, there is something called The Day of Moscow. Check out those details here and the MyLoot special.

 Next, if you are in the mood to spend real world money and take your chances on....well, just read more here.

To round things out, a Back to School bonus event for extra experience on nearly everything. This is the link you are looking for.

Progression du prototype Leclerc

Ever since the first day the rest of the French vehicles came to Armored Warfare, there were those who either couldn't or wouldn't wait to be at the top of the line (namely the tier X Leclerc T4 MBT). Although I have the means to do so on that very same day, I easily avoided the temptation to use my Free Reputation at play a vehicle I haven't earned.

That last statement might sound a bit hypocritical, considering I have used that same banked Free Reputation to speed through a difficult vehicle or even used real world money to buy into a campaign to collect a premium vehicle or two. But, to possibly exhaust all of those assets just for the "prestige" of being at the top tier of a new line? There is an old saying "It's not so much about reaching the destination, but rather enjoying the journey to it."

Here is just one of those recent "journey battles."

Whiles others out there have had much better battle results, I was rather pleased with this particular outcome....

....which also nabbed me some nice achievement rewards.

Shortly after that excursion, I dove into a Hardcore battle, once again, other players have produced much higher numbers....

....but for me, I couldn't have been happier (okay, maybe coming in at the top of the list would have done that).

Canis Kaboomis

First things first.

Armored Warfare is having another "Special Day" event, this time around it's International Dog Day?

Yeah....I have never heard of that either. Nevertheless, if you are interested in another decal to add to your collection, along with three Gold crates, check out this link.

The second part of what is going on is the unexpected sale of the tier IX Centauro 120 Wolf Edition premium tank destroyer.

For those that have been around the AW Universe as long (or longer) than I have, might just remember the claim it would NEVER be sold, period. Well, if you missed out the first time or are late to the game and never knew about this vehicle and the circumstances behind it (including the controversy), here's you chance to pick one up. Click here for more details. 

I had this grandiose idea of taking my own Centauro Wolf out for a spin in the Moscow Calling Campaign, Extreme! However, the wait time wasn't paying out the dividends like I thought it would (this screen was from my third attempt at getting into the battle), so I settled for a Hardcore match on a map I have played more than a few times now. 

I wasn't prepared for how things were going to go down....for me.