#I Still Do Not Understand What Initiates Assisted Damage

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eager lynx
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I get blocked, regular damage, spotting damage, track damage, module damage. I don’t get how assisted is obtained. I can be behind cover shooting tanks with other team members, by myself, after spotting them first and then shooting the enemy, or even in a skirmish with others shooting back and forth, and still no assisted. Even in the weekly and daily challenges, I can initiate other challenges, but trying everything I can think of just will not result in assisted. And, it is usually the last challenge I complete, whether it’s weekly, or daily. I know others that seem to rack it up, but my assisted just sits there. This week, for example, I am done with all weekly and daily challenges, assisted just sits there at 18/25 and I can’t explain how I got to 18.

eager lynx
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I Still Do Not Understand What Initiates Assisted Damage

spice slate
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There are a few things that contribute to assisted damage. I think it's on the website community guides but the titles of their pages makes it hard to navigate.

  1. If you spot an enemy and then a team mate damages that enemy within a small period of time, that damage counts towards your assist. If you and another teammate spot the same enemy around the same moment in time, you split the assist (I'm pretty sure about the split).
  2. If you destroy an enemy's tracks and leave them stranded, then your teammates damage that tank, it also counts as assist.

There may be other ways but these are the ones that immediately come to mind.

One tip: I see people rush forward to spot and try to get their assist; however, that doesn't work best because their team is still too far behind to help and won't be able to shoot when you spot. You have to remember that your teammates need to get into position before they'll shoot so consider timing your spotting. I see some players that are spotting drive in a single circle right after the match starts to keep them better paced with their team.

rotund jackal
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I thought it was if you keep an enemy in visual contact and radio allows others to "see" the enemy then you get it, there's no time window - though spotting damage can appear when an enemy is no longer on the map, which I don't get so I can't say as I know anything for certain

eager lynx
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I can already see the confusion with this challenge. I’ve tried the quick spotting and agree it does not work. I have tried being with a pack of tanks sharing shots back and forth. I have tried speeding out quickly , spotting, and shooting for damage, hoping that would initiate assist. I have even tried just playing and forgetting about the challenge. Sometime it works, and then sometimes it doesn’t. As I indicated, something kicks it off, but what that is always seems to vary.

split shuttle
mighty mist
eager lynx
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It appears that there’s a fine line between spotting and initiating assist. Too far ahead of the pack and your spotted enemies may not be shot by teammates. …Too close to the pack, and you risk losing the spotting to another teammate, thus no assist. AND… If your team doesn’t shoot at spotted tanks, it’s a big fat ZERO.
I have never liked challenges where you don’t have much control over the outcome.

austere lynx
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If your team mates are spotting the enemy themselves you’ll get no assisted which is probably why your saying sometimes you get none

ocean scroll
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The whole thing is just random, has anyone ever worked out how the scoring for xp and such is done at the end it's just nonsense, sometimes it makes sense the next time it's incomprehensible.
Don't start telling me how it works l play with teammates that have been playing this game since it first came out, I've been playing nine years and nobody can make sense of it. Wargaming should tell us how it's calculated!

mighty mist
ocean scroll
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Exactly, o.p. is asking that question.

mighty mist
ocean scroll
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Duhhh