Thursday, May 29, 2014

PROScout Tutorials: Welcome to Scouting!

Source: http://forum.worldoftanks.com/index.php?/topic/355321-proscout-tutorials-welcome-to-scouting/

You have just acquired your first true scout tank; a Luchs, Pz38nA, T-50, A-20, M-5 or M5A1 Stuart – it doesn’t matter which Tier IV it is – and press “Battle!” in your garage.  Moments later, the map loads and…

 “WTH?!?!  Tier VIII tanks?  WHAT IS GOING ON HERE???”

If you are foolish enough to ask or complain in chat, you are immediately labelled a noob, or worse, and informed you are a Scout. 

By this time, the 30 second countdown timer hits :00 and off go the other tankers while you, still somewhat confused, creep forward to the nearest rock, bush, or building you can find, all the while trying to figure out how in heck your baby tank can possibly help your team while fighting those Tier VIII behemoths.

Before you can come close to deriving an answer, team mates start complaining to you and order you to “Go Scout!”.  30 seconds later, while you still confusedly try to grasp what is going on, someone yells at you again for not scouting and TKs you.

CONGRATULATIONS!  You are now an official member of World of Tanks’ Fraternity of Scouts!

The good news for some of you is running a Scout tank is a temporary affliction; grind through a few and you are closer to your goal of owning some higher tier Medium or Heavy.  The bad news for those of you who purposefully choose to run recon tanks, the disease scientifically named “smalltanx spotomania” (commonly known as “Scouting”) is NOT covered by the Affordable Healthcare Act; even Obama was scared to address people crazy enough to WANT to play Scouts.

So what is a new Scout, voluntary or involuntary, to do? 

The forums are full of advice, some good, some bad; often both mixed together in a single post or thread.  Tankers in battles are full of advice, usually bad, however well-intentioned.

PROScout is one of your answers.  The original Word/pdf Scout Guide passed 2,000,000 downloads long ago.  After migrating online, the PROScout website has far surpassed that, reaching out to help neophyte and veteran Scouts alike.

In the upcoming WOT Forum series, PROScout will look at all aspects of Scouting, 1 detail at a time.  If you don’t want to wait for it all to come to you, feel free to go to it.  Head on over to the  PROScout website and watch as it updates as the series unfolds. Not only will you find pages of information and ideas to browse through, but you will also discover hundreds of narrated YouTubes featuring many of the best pub Scouts from the NA, EU, and SEA servers.

Count on a new update at least once a week but the pace will normally be more rapid than that.

The first topic will hit the forum this weekend.  Until then,

HAPPY HUNTING!

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