For every single BR increase the M18 Hellcat gets, the more pointless it is to use the Super Hellcat with the 90mm…
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It was pretty inevitable, all the stuff people are complaining about being hard to kill in the M-18 got moved from 5.7 to 6.0 so the M-18 started over preforming and got up-tiered too. Honestly its the addition of all the SPH HE slingers that are hurting the M-18 more than the up-tier as it’s armour is too thin to reliably fuse APHE rounds from the side requiring you reload with HE to kill it. That advantage is negated when half the team is driving artillery that can over pressure it by looking in its general direction .
My guess is that players complained about not having a light tank to use scouting for CAS spam, so Gaijin just reclassified it and added scouting. Not sure why re-classification was needed though, there are other TDs in game with the “Air strike” ability, M-50, M-56, ASU-57 and ASU-85 for example
Why would it be pointless to use the super hellcat? Ita got a much better gun.
That tank is my 2nd most played vehicle
I think it’s cause Gajin tends to use a more standardized definition for heavy tank, light tank, medium tank, and tank destroyer, instead of going by what the nation who made it called it.
Yeah, I think they should have just left it as a TD, just seems weird.
And fair as far as the assessment on it’s move. I’m still a bit mixed but I’m definitely more annoyed by the presence of the HE slinging howitzers, those definitely feel annoying. I can kinda see it at both 5.7 and 6 so eh. It’s in a weird spot kinda like the base Jumbo.
then you should have no problem with the M18 and the other shermans going back to 4.7 and 5.3 right?
both should go up in BR its simple
It’s just my honest preference.
I find with flanking in the M18 Hellcat, the regular 76mm is still enough for most tanks you face with weaker sides, as well as a quick reload to boot.
The U.S. 90mm M3 is pretty good to use at 6.3 BR with insane OHK potential with the M82 shot, but the Super Hellcat is also a lot heavier and slower as a result.
There are moments, specifically with tank frontal engagements, where I will admit I wish I had the 90mm with extra pen instead, but it isn’t that much of a dealbreaker for me.
I’m really more of a mobility > firepower player anyway.
Or add another version of the M18 without APHE and put it at 4.0 or something
I suppose.
I’ve got like, a thousand games in my super hellcat myself. They used to be almost the same speed, but they buffed the engine power of both, then nerfed the Super hellcat back to where it was, which they did instead of raising it to 6.7 (which I much prefer over that BR increase).
I definitely prefer the 90mm over the 76, the reload isn’t that much longer, and honestly the loss in mobility isn’t enough to matter for me because its still highly mobile, and I’ve never been in a situation where I’ve thought “I wish this was faster” when using the Super Hellcat over the regular one.
Maybe its a crew skill level issue (I have a low skill in US crew, but decent for Chinese one), or its just me daydreaming. I feel like the regular hellcat has better gun handling than 90mm one. 90mm does more damage, but 76 mm damage is good enough, the penetration diff is acceptable since you gonna shoot the side 70% of the time.
IDK, maybe Ill play more US and get the crew level up, but as of now I feel like 90mm one is so much harder to play, like the suspension is weaker? Its harder to control due to a heavier gun maybe?