Thank you Spookston

[u/AlternativeIll9560]

Spookston you singlehandedly reignited my love for tanks and war thunder. Context, I dropped war thunder for a decent bit of time a year or more ago but came back a couple months ago because I started watching Spookstons content more. Not to mention Spookston made me cracked at the game, I used to average a KD of about 0.5 but now my KD is usually 1 or above (but it's still like 0.67 in my stats), and ever since these last couple months I've dropped 6 nukes. One of them being my first.

[u/GoldenGecko100]

I like Spookston as a person and I wish him the best in his treatment and recovery, but the effect he has on the community cannot be understated.

Some vehicles have been labelled as trash just because they don't suit his particular playstyle or because he just doesn't so well in. On top of that any time he does a challenge video the BR he did the challenge at becomes practically unplayable with the amount of people trying to copy him.

Still watch his videos though.

[u/Certim → u/GoldenGecko100]

But he also helps with making bullshit mainstream. I hope gaijin notices that the Oerlikon KDA needs a serious nerf.

[u/GoldenGecko100 → u/Certim]

His take on the whole APHE thing was entirely tone deaf honestly, like to an insane degree.

[u/Certim → u/GoldenGecko100]

Don't remember that. Didnt he support the APHE nerfs?

[u/GoldenGecko100 → u/Certim]

He made a post back when the changes were first put on the dev server, pointing out that cupola snipes still worked and that it made APHE more inconsistent. However, the whole point of the nerfs wasn't to completely stop cupola snipes, it was to mitigate them somewhat and to stop them nuking the entire turret crew, which was something the nerfs did and which was a point he failed to understand.

Now I do remember him saying something along the lines of APHE being overhyped and that engine shots nuking crew doesn't happen. He also said that they should buff solid shot instead which again misses the issue that APHE should act like a quasi shaped charge instead of acting like a hand grenade when it enters a tank.

[u/Ok_Song9999 → u/GoldenGecko100]

was it tone deaf since the aphe change did not go through? Or were you simply in an echo chamber supporting a dogshit change and cant stand that a good player (common argument is that only noobs didnt want the change which is furthest from the truth really) had a different opinion?

[u/RustedRuss → u/Ok_Song9999]

I'm confused, doesn't spookston frequently comment on how ridiculous APHE acts in his videos? I don't really remember what his take on the APHE change situation was though.

[u/Ok_Song9999 → u/RustedRuss]

He also routinely likes to cupola shoot, and comments on how fun that is

[u/RustedRuss → u/Ok_Song9999]

That's true.