War Thunder Streaming and Tutorial Session

Introduction

• Host: Asmongold
• Game: War Thunder
• Context: Asmongold is streaming and playing War Thunder for the first time, exploring different game modes and describing his experience.

General Impressions

• Surprised by the game's popularity.
• Warns against playing top tier without setting keybinds.
• General attitude: Enthusiastic but a bit overwhelmed by the game's complexity.

Basic Tutorial: Airplanes

Controls and Operations

• Mouse Aim Mode: Control the plane by pointing the cursor.
• Throttle Management:
  • Increase throttle to fly faster.
  • Decrease throttle to fly slower.
• Speed and Power Indicators: Upper left corner of the screen shows speed and engine power percentage.
• WAR Emergency Power: Engages by increasing throttle beyond 100%.

Combat Basics

• **Targeting:
  • Targeting Cursor:** Points where the plane flies.
  • Crosshair: Indicates where guns are aimed.
  • Lead Angle Indicator: Shows where to shoot to hit a moving target.
• **Engagement: **Tips on shooting immobile and moving targets.

Practical Exercise

• Destroying a balloon to practice aiming and shooting.
• Engaging and destroying enemy planes and ground vehicles.
• Tips on aiming and using machine guns/cannons against various targets.
• Tutorial ends with a mission accomplished, indicating readiness for real battle.

First Real Battle: Airplanes

• Choose between air, ground, and naval battles. Asmongold starts with air.
• Joins a game session, adjusts fuel amount, and explores game mechanics.
• Engages in combat, expresses frustration and excitement.
• Learning curve evident as he navigates flying and combat mechanics.

Key Learnings

• Respawn Base: Understanding respawn mechanics.
• Engagement: Experiences successful and unsuccessful engagements, highlighting need for practice.
• Customization: Begins exploring customization options for planes and crews.

Tanks Battle Experience

• Massive excitement about tanks; references childhood love for toy tanks.
• Driving Mechanics: Basic understanding, excitement about drifting and running over obstacles.
• Engagement: Explores tank combat, highlighting the power and tactics involved.
• Battle Strategy: Uses a combination of tactics and brute force, showing varying levels of success and failure.

Key Learnings

• Ammunition Types: Learns difference between high-explosive and armor-piercing rounds.
• Tactics: Emphasizes flanking and targeting weak points on enemies.

Exploring Naval Battles

• Tries out naval battles for the first time, leans into learning mechanics on the go.
• Basic Controls: Struggles with targeting and movement initially, but gradually picks up the mechanics.
• Combat: Use of torpedoes, understanding of hit zones, and managing ship damage and repairs.
• Challenges: High learning curve and mixed success in battle; notes on skill gap and experience required.

Conclusions and Future Plans

• **Observations: **Tank battles feel the most comfortable and successful so far.
• Realistic Battles: Expresses interest in trying realistic modes and higher challenges.
• Learning Curve: Acknowledges the complexity and high learning curve of War Thunder.
• Plans to play more, form a clan, and improve skills in various battle modes.

Miscellaneous

• In-Game Research: Discussions on purchasing and optimizing tanks based on tier and performance.
• Sponsored Content: Mentions of sponsored elements, skins, and promotional aspects during the stream.
• Community Interaction: Shares plans to engage with viewers, gather a squad, and continue exploring War Thunder in future streams.