History VideoGame / ArmoredWarfare

* RareVehicles: Much like World of Tanks, a number of vehicles that were either limited-production, prototypes, or blue print "Paper" designs.
** The [[https://aw.my.com/us/news/general/vehicles-focus-begleitpanzer-57 Begleitpanzer 57]] "Light Tank" only ever had one prototype ever made, designed around mounting a Bofors 57mm auto-cannon originally built for Naval ships onto the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marder_%28IFV%29 Marder IFV]] chassis. No potential buyers, not even it's home nation of Germany, were interested as it lacked a clearly defined role. Doesn't stop the various insurgent and rebel groups in game from sending a half dozen at you per mission though, or the same situation to happen in PVP matches.

** [=ATGMs=] which lack their own separate launcher and thus are fired from the Main gun barrels, such as on the Starship and Sheridan tanks. Immensely powerful damage, and armor penetration values, but their slow travel speed and increased reload time, combined with the need for the player to keep their tank immobile while using them hardly outweighs the advantage of faster firing HEAT shells. Since the player can't quickly swap to a seperate launcher system while the shells are being reloaded, that means swapping the standard shell for a missile is considered a normal ammo swap reload. The ATGM on such tanks is best reserved as a last resort against extremely well armored fronts of an enemy MBT, or when out of regular shells.

* AwesomeMcCoolname: The [=M60A2=] Starship, the tier 5 American MBT equipped with a [[{{BFG}} 152 mm cannon]].

* DifficultButAwesome:

* EmbarrassingNickname: The [=M60A2's=] nickname of "Starship" is an insult due to the vehicle's complexity and difficulty to maintain.

* AwesomeMcCoolname: The [=M60A2=] Starship, the tier 4 American MBT equipped with a [[{{BFG}} 152 mm cannon]].

* EliteMooks: "Superior" enemies in [=PvE=] is one tier higher than standard (so a Superior [=M1A1=] Abrams is a Tier 8 vehicle instead of Tier 9) with beefed up stats to match. There is also special "Lieutenant" enemies with even higher stats and better AI. They only spawn on Hardcore difficulty or above, and certain mission objectives require taking them down.

** This is averted with the Terminator and Ranka-99 - despite being classed as [=AFVs=], they're actually [[MightyGlacier main battle tanks]] with the turret swapped for dual autocannons and [=ATGM=]s, and as such are quite well-armored and relatively slow. They are later reclassified as Tank Destroyers to better reflect their immense firepower.

* MoreDakka: This is the stock in trade of autocannon-armed [=AFV=]s. The cake is taken by the [=BMPT=] line, which are essentially main battle tanks carrying two rapid fire 30mm autocannons.

* PointDefenseless: At Tier 6 and higher, [=MBT=]s and [=AFV=]s have the option of mounting active protection systems to shoot down [=ATGM=]s. APS has a recharge timer after use, so it's possible to coordinate with allies and ripple fire [=ATGM=]s to overwhelm the APS. Or, if you have certain vehicles, fire four missiles at one go.
* PowerfulButInaccurate: ATGMs can lean this way, since they are superior to standard HEAT shells. But due to their unique targeting mechanism, they require an lot more attention in guiding them to their target (which is better off immobilized or stationary, since an it's rather diffcult to connect with an fleeing AFV) or they will miss by an wide margin.
** The accuracy of mobile artillery in Armored Warfare isn't as bad as it was i World of Tanks, but the price of disabling an few modules on an MBT is an few new misses every now and then.

* EpicTankOnTankAction: Like ''VideoGame/WorldOfTanks'' and ''VideoGame/WarThunder'' Ground Forces, this game runs on this trope. Later Special Operations adds aerial, naval, and infantry forces into the mix, but the main focus is always armor on armor fights.

* CosmeticAward: There are in-game IGN avatars and titles available as you progress through the tech tree. But the catch is that they're tied to certain tanks like the Chieftain Mk.5 or an T-64.

** HESH shells and its subtypes has the highest potential damage out of all ammunition types, on top of boosted damage to modules and crew members as well as high chance to start fires. The problem comes from its very low penetration, often about half of an equivalent AP or HEAT shell. Shots that does not hit the target's weak point are often absorbed completely by the armor instead, making vehicle knowledge and positioning vital to maximize the damage done by these shells.

* EliteMook: As far as PvE mode goes, there are five different "models" of enemies: Salvaged, Fragile, no prefix, Upgraded, and Superior. With the last two being moderately tougher than average.
** And there's also the occasional officer's tank in the PvE mode. Which is essentially an regular A.I. tank with beefed up stats and has an yellow marker over it..

* EpicTankOnTankAction: Like ''VideoGame/WorldOfTanks'' and ''VideoGame/WarThunder'' Ground Forces, this game runs on this trope.

* ExcusePlot: The plot in [=PvE=] operations is mostly there to justify why your platoon of five is busy shooting up droves after droves of tanks and AFV. Averted with Special Operations, which feature full-blown storylines that connect each mission to one another other.

** This is averted with the Terminator and Ranka-99 - despite being classed as [=AFVs=], they're actually [[MightyGlacier main battle tanks]] with the turret swapped for dual autocannons and [=ATGM=]s, and as such are quite well-armored and relatively slow.

* PointDefenseless: At Tier 6 and higher, [=MBT=]s and [=AFV=]s have the option of mounting active protection systems to shoot down [=ATGM=]s. APS has a recharge timer after use, so it's possible to coordinate with allies and ripple fire [=ATGM=]s to overwhelm the APS. Or, if you have a Terminator or a Ranka-99, fire four missiles at one go.

* UnskilledButStrong: The Main Battle Tank class. They possess no class active or passive ability. They just simply have the strongest guns and typically the best armor ratings in the game.

* Essentially the entire point of Oscar Faraday. The vehicles he sells are unlocked by fulfilling certain (grindy) objectives or progressing in other Dealer's lines, and for good reason. These vehicles are usually overspecialized to the extreme, some of them having unparalleled damage potential tier-by-tier but having no armor or even concealment in return.

* AwesomePersonnelCarrier: There are many different examples in game, such as the [[UsefulNotes/YanksWithTanks M113]], the [[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships Warrior]], the [[UsefulNotes/RedsWithRockets BMP series]], the [[UsefulNotes/GaulsWithGrenades AMX 10P]], and more. Ingame their troop compartments offer bonus to their ability to capture objectives.

* ExcusePlot: The plot in [=PvE=] operations is mostly there to justify why your platoon of five is busy shooting up droves after droves of tanks and AFV. Averted with Special Operations, which feature full-blown storylines that connect each mission to each other.

** Also, the various Boosts that they provide are ranked the same way in terms of quality.

** Mixed male and female crews are common. [[{{Handwave}} Although, the game's setting]] is TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, and the players are members/owners of a PMC as opposed to a regular military force.

* TooAwesomeToUse: Artillery in PvP is subject to being hit by the opposing artillery every time it fires an shell due to the class having ability that ferrets out other SPGs with sonar-like pings on the minimap. All it takes is three shots fired from an general area to fully reveal an SPG to their counterparts. But the previous two hints that the sonar provides are also accurate enough for an skilled player to deduce the location of the enemy team's SPGs, as well. So it boils down to this, either rain down an volley of high-explosive shells on the enemy front line and risk getting killed by the enemy artillery or fire an shot or two and relocate do an completely different area unless you'd killed off the enemy artillery. Either way, you're going to suffer by either impeding your team without your dedicated bombardment or yourself for giving your position away.

* CripplingOverspecialization: As far as Commanders goes, Ioannis Sanna is the only one who leans on this trope from an gameplay perspective. On paper, setting an enemy tank on fire is an good thing. But out of [[http://armoredwarfare.gamepedia.com/Philipp_Holzklau someone who's focuses on being around teammates and an set abilities that helps kill off the enemy,]] [[http://armoredwarfare.gamepedia.com/Rashid_Al-Atassi an second guy who provides bonuses for being next to teammates and is generally focused with ATGM use,]] [[http://armoredwarfare.gamepedia.com/Sabrina_Washington someone who's geared towards stealth,]] [[http://armoredwarfare.gamepedia.com/Viktor_Kirsanov another pro-firepower guy who provides bonuses by damaging enemies in an specific manner while passively improving his crew's performance,]] [[http://armoredwarfare.gamepedia.com/Juan_Carlos_Miram%C3%B3n an commander who provides reload and aiming speed bonuses,]] [[http://armoredwarfare.gamepedia.com/Freja_H%C3%B8jbjerg and another who mainly improves your reload speed;]] [[http://armoredwarfare.gamepedia.com/Ioannis_Sanna this guy]] is just focused on setting shit on fire, which is one of the harder things to do in Armored Warfare. Because the fire mechanic is heavily dependent on not only the RNG to set an tank on fire, but where you shoot the victim and what ammo the player is using. And without using an specific type of ammunition and aiming for the engine. What makes this scenario this trope is that where the other Commanders have abilities that are triggered by simply being within an certain distance of an ally, damaging the enemy's crew or modules, or it's just an bonus; Ioannis has to jump through an few hoops in order to activate his abilities, which can be easily mitigated in PvP by the opponent having the right items, gets an lucky roll by the RNG for an few seconds of [[http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/165/945/444.gif partying...]]And then he goes back to being nearly useless with most of his abilities inactive, while most of the other commanders have nearly all of their bonuses active at any given time.

* TheChewToy: One of the maps, River Point, starts with a C-130 being shot down by a [=SAM=], every single time, without fail, the wreckage becoming a feature in the town in the middle of the map. About half the time this map comes up, expect someone to mention it.[[note]]"Maybe he'll make it this time!", "There goes my Amazon shipment," "But he has a wife and kids!" and "[[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Oh my god, they killed Kenny!]]" are some of the most common variants.

* TheChewToy: One of the maps, River Point, starts with a C-130 being shot down by a [=SAM=], every single time, without fail, the wreckage becoming a feature in the town in the middle of the map. About half the time this map comes up, expect someone to mention it.[[note]]"Maybe he'll make it this time!", "There goes my Amazon shipment," "But he has a wife and kids!" and "[[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Oh my god, they killed Kenny!]]" are some of the most common variants.[[/note]]

** The British Main Battle Tanks,[[note]]The Tier 5 Chieftain Mk.5, the Tier 7 Challenger 1, and the Tier 9 Challenger 2.[[/note]]part of Marat Shishkin's Western Main Battle Tank lines play this trope straight as possible in this game. Slower than just about everything else in the same tier as them, that even an SPG can keep up, or overtake them in a straight line drag race. They also have rather lackluster guns, with only access to Armor Piercing Fin-Stabilized Discarding Sabot (APFSDS) and High Explosive Squash Head rounds (HESH). However, once they get their armor upgrades, they can effectively NoSell just about everything that hits the front of the turret and most frontal hull hits, while shrugging off Shaped Charge and HE munitions that hit functioning ERA plates. Demonstrated [[https://youtu.be/ICb6FDOYiw4?t=24m7s here]] by Jingles in an armor package upgrade equipped Challenger 1, facing Tier 9 tanks.

** The British Main Battle Tanks, [[note]]The Tier 5 Chieftain Mk.5, the Tier 7 Challenger 1, and the Tier 9 Challenger 2.[[/note]] part of Marat Shishkin's Western Main Battle Tank lines play this trope straight as possible in this game. Slower than just about everything else in the same tier as them, that even an SPG can keep up, or overtake them in a straight line drag race. They also have rather lackluster guns, with only access to Armor Piercing Fin-Stabilized Discarding Sabot (APFSDS) and High Explosive Squash Head rounds (HESH). However, once they get their armor upgrades, they can effectively NoSell just about everything that hits the front of the turret and most frontal hull hits, while shrugging off Shaped Charge and HE munitions that hit functioning ERA plates. Demonstrated [[https://youtu.be/ICb6FDOYiw4?t=24m7s here]] by Jingles in an armor package upgrade equipped Challenger 1, facing Tier 9 tanks.

** The British Main Battle Tanks [[note]] The Tier 5 Chieftain Mk.5, the Tier 7 Challenger 1, and the Tier 9 Challenger 2 [[/note]] part of Marat Shishkin's Western Main Battle Tank lines play this trope straight as possible in this game. Slower than just about everything else in the same tier as them, that even an SPG can keep up, or overtake them in a straight line drag race. They also have rather lackluster guns, with only access to Armor Piercing Fin-Stabilized Discarding Sabot (APFSDS) and High Explosive Squash Head rounds (HESH). However, once they get their armor upgrades, they can effectively NoSell just about everything that hits the front of the turret and most frontal hull hits, while shrugging off Shaped Charge and HE munitions that hit functioning ERA plates. Demonstrated [[https://youtu.be/ICb6FDOYiw4?t=24m7s here]] by Jingles in an armor package upgrade equipped Challenger 1, facing Tier 9 tanks.

** The British Main Battle Tanks[[note]]The Tier 5 Chieftain Mk.5, the Tier 7 Challenger 1, and the Tier 9 Challenger 2[[/note]] part of Marat Shishkin's Western Main Battle Tank lines play this trope straight as possible in this game. Slower than just about everything else in the same tier as them, that even an SPG can keep up, or overtake them in a straight line drag race. They also have rather lackluster guns, with only access to Armor Piercing Fin-Stabilized Discarding Sabot (APFSDS) and High Explosive Squash Head rounds (HESH). However, once they get their armor upgrades, they can effectively NoSell just about everything that hits the front of the turret and most frontal hull hits, while shrugging off Shaped Charge and HE munitions that hit functioning ERA plates. Demonstrated [[https://youtu.be/ICb6FDOYiw4?t=24m7s here]] by Jingles in an armor package upgrade equipped Challenger 1, facing Tier 9 tanks.

** Joshua Seagrove and Kathryn Grey (campaign characters). They are former members of the Clayburn Seahawks, which rebelled against their corporate master after a failed campaign in the Balkans when they received orders to retaliate against local civilians. They fought their way through Balkan militias and Middle Eastern mercenaries to find a way to the US, which was at the time outside of Clayburn's controls, only to find Clayburn's private army always in hot pursuit right behind them. Clayburn [[RevengeByProxy executed Joshua's parents]], Kathryn was [[YouCantGoHomeAgain forced to leave her family behind]] to distract Clayburn from doing the same to them, and the journey ultimately left the Seahawks completely annihilated. But the worst part of it outside of their loss of families and friends is that their commanding officer is Andrew Clayburn- the head honcho of Clayburn Industries himself- in disguise; through orchestrating the exploits of the Seahawks, Clayburn was able to weed out incompetent corporate officers (by having them killed in combat against the Seahawks) and expand his influence into North America. Joshua and Kathryn are one of the few survivors and eventually went on to found the Black Company.

** Joshua Seagrove and Kathryn Grey (campaign characters). They are former members of the Clayburn Seahawks, which rebelled against their corporate master after a failed campaign in the Balkans when they received orders to retaliate against local civilians. They fought their way through Balkan militias and Middle Eastern mercenaries to find a way to the US, which was at the time outside of Clayburn's controls, only to find Clayburn's private army always in hot pursuit right behind them. Clayburn [[RevengeByProxy executed Joshua's parents]], Kathryn was [[YouCantGoHomeAgain forced to leave her family behind]] to distract Clayburn from doing the same to them, and the journey ultimately left the Seahawks completely annihilated. But the worst part of it outside of their loss of families and friends is that their commanding officer is Andrew Clayburn- the head honcho of Clayburn Industry himself- in disguise; through orchestrating the exploits of the Seahawks, Clayburn was able to weed out incompetent corporate officers (by having them killed in combat against the Seahawks) and expand his influence into North America. Joshua and Kathryn are one of the few survivors and eventually went on to found the Black Company.

** Joshua Seagrove and Kathryn Grey (campaign characters). They are former members of the Clayburn Seahawks, which rebelled against their corporate master after a failed campaign in the Balkans when they received orders to retaliate against local civilians. They fought their way through Balkan militias and Middle Eastern mercenaries to find a way to the US, which was at the time outside of Clayburn's controls, only to find Clayburn's forces always right behind them. Clayburn [[RevengeByProxy executed Joshua's parents]], Kathryn was [[YouCantGoHomeAgain forced to leave her family behind]] to distract Clayburn from doing the same to them, and by the end of the journey, the Seahawks was completely annihilated. But the worst part of it outside of their loss of families and friends is that their commanding officer is Andrew Clayburn- the head honcho of Clayburn Industry himself- in disguise; through their actions, Clayburn was able to weed out incompetent corporate officers and expand his influence into the US. Joshua and Kathryn are one of the few survivors and eventually founded the Black Company.

** Joshua Seagrove and Kathryn Grey (campaign characters). They are former members of the Clayburn Seahawks, which rebelled against their corporate master after a failed campaign in the Balkans when they received orders to retaliate against local civilians. They fought their way through Balkan militias and Middle Eastern mercenaries to find a way to the US, which was at the time outside of Clayburn's controls, only to find Clayburn's forces always right behind them. Clayburn [[RevengeByProxy executed Joshua's parents]], Kathryn was [[YouCantGoHomeAgain|forced to leave her family behind]] to distract Clayburn from doing the same to them, and by the end of the journey, the Seahawks was completely annihilated. But the worst part of it outside of their loss of families and friends is that their commanding officer is Andrew Clayburn- the head honcho of Clayburn Industry himself- in disguise; through their actions, Clayburn was able to weed out incompetent corporate officers and expand his influence into the US. Joshua and Kathryn are one of the few survivors and eventually founded the Black Company.

* EliteMook: As far as PvE mode goes, there are five different "models" of enemies: Salvaged, FFragile, no prefix, Upgraded, and Superior. With the last two being moderately tougher than average.

It's currently in public beta.

* AwesomePersonnelCarrier: There are many different examples in game, such as the [[UsefulNotes/YanksWithTanks M113]], the [[BritsWithBattleships Warrior]], the [[RedsWithRockets BMP series]], the [[UsefulNotes/GaulsWithGrenades AMX 10P]], and more. Ingame their troop compartments offer bonus to their ability to capture objectives.

* AwesomePersonnelCarrier: There are many different examples in game, such as the [[YanksWithTanks M113]], the [[BritsWithBattleships Warrior]], the [[RedsWithRockets BMP series]], the [[UsefulNotes/GaulsWithGrenades AMX 10P]], and more. Ingame their troop compartments offer bonus to their ability to capture objectives.

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: The ammunition in AW is sorted into three categories. Blue is armor-piercing and sabot rounds; Yellow is mainly high-explosive shells that explode on impact and Red is shaped-charged ammunition (high-explosive anti-tank round) that can deal an lot of damage.