realism is rushing from all sides.
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Name one better shell from rank I-V.
A nerf to a munition type that currentlyt performs way, WAY too well, well beyond realistic levels.
APHE shells should have a nice additional boost compared to solid shots; but they should not turn into atomic bombs as soon as they enter a tank’s interior, anihilating everything inside.
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you are yet to answer my question.
being the best at something doesnt mean its overpowered, oml 😭😭😭😭😭😭
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Oh, so there are ocassionally moments of unintended technical behaviour due to some mistakes- that definitely means we should totally and purposefully drop any attempts at making the game better and more accurate.
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Right now we have no plans to make any changes to the shockwave (splash) and pressure damage for APHE shells.
This article (and our plans) describe fragmentation part of APHE shells mechanics.
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It is not overpowered for being the best; it is overpowered because, the degree at which it is better than anything else, is WAY larger than it should possibly be.
Example: if DM53 had 1,800mm of penetration, it wouldn’t be overpowered “for being the best shell”; it would be overpowered because it should not have, by any means, 1,800mm of penetration. It would still be the best shell at 652mm of pen, but not overpowered anymore; it would be correct. What wwould make it OP would be having 3x times higher pen than it should.
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Aphe vs AP is like the difference between a rock and a grenade.
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okay.
buff the other shells then, apcr is already fictionally useless and APDS is inconsistent.
why ruin the only consistent part of the game.
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so you care about “realism” which is not there, but not about gameplay?
This change might actually make it more consistent ammo racking KTs
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feels like me arguing for not nerfing APHE shells is in turn being dishonestly received as me saying “it should stay on top” and “other shells are fine” .
lmao.
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I believe it would be the other way around. From what I understand, you think that penetrations/ricochets from mantlet to hull won’t happen anymore, when shell fuzes. From what I understand, it should be the other way around now, with higher chance of head of the shell still being able to penetrate/ricochet, which it wasn’t able before as it was destroyed when the shell fuzed.
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Honestly this would be cool to see.
So:
If DM53 had 1,800mm of penetration…
The solution, according to you, would be to give 3BM60 1,600mm of penetration…
…instead of actually fixing DM53 to have its correct 652mm value…?
If (X) is overperforming, the solution is to fix (X) so that it does not overperform; not artificially buffing everything else so that it is on par…
This should be fixed too; but nothing would change much as long as APHE shells turn into thermonuclear bombs as soon as they enter the interior of a tank.
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75 shermans can shoot this thing 3 times for every return shot. 1st shell into the barrel, 2nd into the tracks, 3rd flat on side shot. Next
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This is literally about gameplay.
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yeah thats what i said 😭, definitely not a false equivalence.
Not to mention that 75 Shermans are 4.0 at most and would never face this tank (5.7) on the first place unless you purposefully severely uptier them.
Only Jumbo can, and Jumbo is in a tricky balance position since it has just about as much relative armor as Tiger II at its BR while having that pesky 75mm gun. Tiger I can pen Jumbo as much as Jumbo can pen Tiger I.
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