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Hi everybody!
With this recent devblog,there has been changes to the US Ground MBT branch thanks to the addition of two new vehicles: the M1A2 SEPv2 Trophy and the M1A2C (also called SEPv3).
Before these changes,the MBT line in Rank VIII had 3 vehicles: the M1A2,the M1A2 SEP and the M1A2 SEPv2.
The updated version has 4 vehicles: M1A2 SEP,M1A2 SEPv2,M1A2 SEPv2 Trophy and M1A2C
Before,both the M1A2 and the first SEP were foldered together. Now,the M1A2 sits at Rank VII while the SEP and SEPv2 are foldered together and the newest variants are not foldered.
I think that the best course of action,both logically and for gameplay purposes,is to folder the SEPv2 with the SEPv2 Trophy,leave the SEP as its own separate vehicle as well as the M1A2C
WHY?
Logically speaking,the SEPv2 is a sidegrade of the SEPv2 Trophy: it loses the LWS and upgraded smoke launchers in favour of a 360° Hardkill APS,meaning you’ll not be alerted anymore by Laser Rangefinders and Laser missiles but you are protected by most ATGMs. They both have more things in common than the SEPv2 has with the SEP (the latter is a downgrade in almost any scenario)
In terms of gameplay purposes,with this change the grind is massively raised: the M1A2 going to Rank VII will have its RP price cut from 400k RP to probably 350k RP (same as the M1A1HC),the M1A2 SEP will pass from 200k RP to 400k RP while the SEPv2 will go the opposite direction (410k RP to likely 200k RP) and finally the newest tanks will likely be 410k and 420k RP each. This means a net increase of 770k RP (1.58M RP from the M1A1 to the M1A2C,without taking into account the SEPv2)which is probably the largest RP increase of a Rank in a single Update considering you can’t skip the Trophy variant
With the change i’m proposing,the cuts will be the following:
M1A2-> from 400k RP to 350k RP (-50k RP)
M1A2 SEP->from 200k RP to 400k RP (+200k RP)
M1A2 SEPv2->unchanged (410k RP)
M1A2 SEPv2 Trophy->from 410k to 200k RP (-200k)
M1A2C->420k RP
B-but Matty by doing this the RP cost doesn’t change,you’ll still have 1.58M RP to farm!
Exactly,but with this simple change you give players the freedom to either have a sidegrade of the SEPv2 before getting the M1A2C or to skip the Trophy variant and go directly to the last MBT in the line.
Moreover,with this change,they’ll be forced to explore all the meaningful differences of the main variants (A2 adds the CITV,SEP adds better thermals and the first TUSK kit,SEPv2 adds better thermals together with second TUSK kit and LWS and M1A2C adds better armour) instead of being forced to go for different, confusing paths.
I hope there will be an interesting discussion of this proposal! Thanks y’all for listening and let’s see us in the dev server