I don’t think penetration alone doesn’t really warrant a 7.0 BR increase, especially because it’s just AP.
Your killing potential is very much gimped against a lot of tanks and situations to the point where you somewhat have to play like the Conqueror (which is very passive). This is especially the case in uptiers, where you will definitely not kill tanks like the Somua, Conqueror, T-44s, T-54s, etc anywhere near as consistently as something like the T29’s, or pretty much any tank with APHE.
I never played the conquerer passively.
And I have like a 3.0 KDr in it.
The Tiger II (H) SLA has much more potential because of the 7.5s reload, but the T29 can one-shot pretty much anything it sees with relative ease.
It’s probably why the T29 is doing better.
Oh I don’t disagree the reload speed is the best advantage to any tank in game.
Hence why I was talking about the T-34-100 the other day.
Where it HAS to rely on its gun and reload, since its armor isn’t stopping anything, and its mobility is mediocre at 6.3
Not sure how you’ve been able to play it like that because its 15.0s reload, with unreliable APDS, and very weak LFP makes it an easy target for most things.
Well, compared to other mediums with good guns, it’s not too bad. In fact, I’d say it’s one of the better ones.
The T-44-122’s mobility is considerably better, but its 23.3s reload is much to be desired, especially considering its armour isn’t that reliable either.
I think IS-3 deserves to be 7.3 though. I wouldn’t say it should be the same BR as the T26E5.
Its acceleration is good, top speed leaves some to be desired.
And yes, that’s why I strongly dislike the T44-Fm because it’s weak armor (and this one is slower than the T44)
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I had a few clips of me 3v1’ing IS-3s with my solo T26E5 and winning.
I didn’t even start dying in it until it was almost spaded and I got too cocky
And I didn’t even have an expert crew. I think their level is like 25?
If both were reverted to their old state (SLAs old engine) (T29s old reload) I think the Sla just takes it overall. While the Tiger IIs turret is rather weak, it’s a worthy trade off for what it gets over the T29. Now the T29 is faster and has .50s, but the Long 88 is just insane. On top of this it’s eerily stable and faces quite a few weak guns that heavily struggle to pen it.
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Oh yeah and I forgot to say, I do believe the Long 88 is still a good chunk better than T29s 12.5s gun.
While ovp can be nice the Long 88 one taps 9/10 times, has better ballistics, and 7.5s vs 12.5s is just not really a comparison atp. As for the pen the T29s extra pen, it’s only really useful against the Maus, which the Sla doesn’t face.
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I believe you but I’m still not sure how enemies don’t just kill you while you’re reloading.
It’s also useful against the IS-4M, T-10A, Ho-Ri Production, and ( to a lesser extent) the IS-3 too.
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I was going to mention the HoRi, but I wasn’t too sure.
As for IS4M I actually didn’t know, I was under the impression both pen about the same amount of the driver port.
IS3 is also somewhat fair, tho imo the velo on 88 makes it easier to hit the seam.
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While you can kill the IS-4M through the drivers port with the long 88mm, it is quite difficult to penetrate when angled:
Overpressure helps reliably one-shot them as well.
I’d still take the 7.5s long 88mm in most cases though, like you said.
It’s got a decent reverse.
You can also gunner optic / hit the roof with the 88mm as well as the 105mm
11.6 km/h is decent, yes, but far from impressive.
The T29, IS-3, and IS-6 have better reverse speeds, although the IS-4M only has 10.5km/h (but it has much better armour to compensate).
You won’t really be getting away from many conflicts within 15.0s unless you are far away enough or haven’t used your two pops of smoke grenades.
It’s not as reliable, but yes.
Also nearly 500 pen is goated