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[4TankersAndDog]

How exactly does the commander's 6th Sense perk work, and what timings do you need to keep in mind to maximize your ability to avoid detection and incoming fire?  

Let's take a look at the most valuable crew skill in World of Tanks... 

 

Time from when you do something to get lit (firing from soft cover), and the enemy tank seeing you:

1/4th of a second.

 

Time from when the enemy tanks can see you, to when your commander's 6th Sense skill activates:

3 seconds.

 

Time from 6th Sense activation, to when you go dark to the enemy tanks (assuming only a brief illumination event, like firing from soft cover):

8 seconds.

 

Combine those two for the full time from being fully lit to fully dark:

11 seconds.

 

And since now with WoT 9.16 you can set a user configurable .mp3 file for the 6th Sense sound, I then carefully crafted some 8 second long .mp3 files, here's links for fun:

Rudy & Trek = https://clyp.it/cl11w2bj
Dexter & Trek = https://clyp.it/snki3noa
Pure Trek! = https://clyp.it/i32klxjm

Got your own 6th Sense meme idea you want built into an 8s .mp3 file?  Post it below and I'll make a few more...

 

 

[Previous episodes of TwS]

Snapshot & Smooth Ride

Crew Retraining

MM, Tiers and 'Toons

Purple vs. Gold

REPAIR

Win the Hill win the Game

Spall Liners, Ctrl Impact, and Ramming

Camo (concealment)

Fuel, O.R., and Clutch Braking

Deadeye & Designated Target

GLD vs. Vents

GLD vs. VStab

 

Any suggestions for a future version of Tanking /w Science?  Please post them below or in the video comments, Good Hunting and Carry Hard my friends.

Edited by 4TankersAndDog, 03 November 2016 - 07:21 AM.

[Matt_B]

That's a great video, as ever.

I'm just wondering if a 10 second clip might make some sense, as you'd then know that you were safe again even if the spotter had the designated target perk. That said, you can never be entirely sure how long you were spotted for, particularly if it was by a tank that's invisible to you, so ducking back into cover and only then counting to 10 (or 8) seems necessary if you totally want to be on the safe side.

[Ezz]

Matt_B, on 31 October 2016 - 02:34 PM, said:

you can never be entirely sure how long you were spotted for

Can't be stressed enough and often catches people out. The timer to 'dark' starts when you've broken vision. Have seen many a scout think they were being sneaky on prok, not realising they were lit the whole time, peak up to resume their spotting bush, and then evaporate.

[Matt_B]

Ezz, on 31 October 2016 - 12:38 PM, said:

Can't be stressed enough and often catches people out. The timer to 'dark' starts when you've broken vision. Have seen many a scout think they were being sneaky on prok, not realising they were lit the whole time, peak up to resume their spotting bush, and then evaporate.

 

Yeah, I've been there and done that often enough. I've sometimes been the lucky SPG driver who's been the beneficiary too.

[4TankersAndDog]

Designated Target (and Call for Vengeance) are such rare skills I wouldn't want to waste 2 seconds as a routine thing...

 

Also a little more testing:

[Matt_B]

Call for Vengeance is certainly very rare, but Designated Target can be quite popular on certain tanks. I know if I was spotted by a tier 8 light, or a tier 9/10 medium at the scouty end of the spectrum, I'd think there's a significant chance they'd have it; the numbers on VBaddict seem to back that up with figures of around 2-5% of crew, meaning 8-20% of gunners. It also comes highly recommended if you're chasing LT-15, so even some lower tier lights might have it; I took it as the second skill on my French Lights after Concealment for that very reason.

 

That said, what I was thinking of was that you'd have the eight second warning, followed by a first all clear, then two seconds of silence and a second all clear. You can then decide, depending on the situation, which one applies. Or, if you think you've been spotted continuously, to ignore both of them and keep trying to hide.

[Ezz]

A quick question for 4tankers... but from what i gather the 'time to dark' has a bit of randomness built in. Ie it's usually about 11 seconds but sometimes above or below this. But as to the application of this, say two tanks light each other, and break contact at the same time, have you done any testing as to when both tanks go dark? Ie if it is 10.5s for one, do we know if the other will also be 10.5s? And hence, would it be safe to use that as a starting point to determine when you're also dark*?

 

*assuming no other spotters or one tank having vision while the other not.

Edited by Ezz, 12 December 2016 - 05:44 AM.

[MatchyHK]

Ezz, on 12 December 2016 - 05:43 AM, said:

A quick question for 4tankers... but from what i gather the 'time to dark' has a bit of randomness built in. Ie it's usually about 11 seconds but sometimes above or below this. But as to the application of this, say two tanks light each other, and break contact at the same time, have you done any testing as to when both tanks go dark? Ie if it is 10.5s for one, do we know if the other will also be 10.5s? And hence, would it be safe to use that as a starting point to determine when you're also dark*?

 

*assuming no other spotters or one tank having vision while the other not.

 

The "go dark" time depends on your camo skills and the camo rating of the tank. In theory, the better your crew is trained with camo skills, the sooner you break contact as your camo skills helps to "regenerate" the camo rating up faster.

[Ezz]

MatchyHK, on 12 December 2016 - 11:26 AM, said:

 

The "go dark" time depends on your camo skills and the camo rating of the tank. In theory, the better your crew is trained with camo skills, the sooner you break contact as your camo skills helps to "regenerate" the camo rating up faster.

 

The test above indicates camo does not impact go dark time. Well unless that tog has similar camo to the other test subjects...

 

[Inglorious_Aussie_Tanker]

Food doesn't effect the Activation time of 6th sense does it?

 

If it does then it''l also effect Call for Vengeance leaving you lit for longer, right?

[devengod]

I picked the Rudy & Trek sound and it's working like a charm. Thank you man

[4TankersAndDog]

Food (and crew skill percentage in general) helps "Skills" but not "Perks".  Skills are crew bonuses that increase by percentage, like camo and repair, aiming and reloading, etc.  Perks are crew bonuses that only work once 100% trained, like 6th Sense, Safe Stowage, Deadeye, Designated Target, Call for Vengeance, etc.

 

 

[neokai]

Pinning this thread as critical reading for forumers.

 

~neokai

 

[Mush99]

Thanks for that mate.....it works well.

[FallenAngeldestroyer]

Nice!!