Gaijin moment.
Like most HE slingers careful aiming can result in overpressure of any vehicle in game. This isn’t unique to the Vidar. The laser range finder and thermals are special for an HE slinger but even then it doesn’t have a stab, meaning it would get clapped by anything that does, especially by more mobile top tier vehicles. Hence why I think it would be best to put it at a br were stabs are common but thermals aren’t.
until we got sinai peninsulaed and get sniped by vidar one after another? already deadly enough in normal maps, any sniping map would make it a disaster.
Well yeah all the other tanks that fight the Vidar currently don’t have thermals, laser rangefinders, or stabs. They have literally nothing over the Vidar. And isn’t sinai peninsula like a really high br required map? I haven’t even got it below 10.0. And on top of that the Warrior, JakPZ, and a multitude of other vehicles have thermals and laser rangefinders (with NO stabs) in the 8.0 br bracket and are just fine.
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The vidar has no stabiliser, its gun traverse is quite poor infact…
155 HE and laser rangefinder = Br 9.0
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8.3~7 max, it would be unplayable at 9.0
I don’t know what the games will be like in Br 9 and how it would affect this SPG, but having a laser rangefinder gives it too much potential. If they removed the laser rangefinder, the Br 8.0 would seem reasonable to me since large caliber HE projectiles are extremely powerful and nullify the armor of any tank, no matter how resistant it may be.
I like realism in everything, so when I started using the German M109G(Br 6.0) I decided to use it with the M41(Br 6.7) and the M48A2C(Br 7.7), since they are tanks that were in service together And to my surprise the M109G performed perfectly against tanks up to Br 8.7, even winning a game by killing 11 tanks with the M109G, many of them with Br 8.0 and 8.3 and without losing the M109G. That’s why I say I believe that the vidar in Br 9.0 would not be bad, because if with a howitzer with a slow bullet and without laser telemetry it faces tanks with much more Br without problems, the Vidar that has the module that every howitzer would like to have can do much more. be very effective, the laser rangefinder.
I would argue that 1. Its profile 2. The reload speed 3. Idk the fact it is the Only vehicle of its type so far in the game. And its a premium…
If it’s unplayable, why would many use them in 10.3 and 11.0 matches?
M109G would require some skill, though.
and that’s the problem with VIDAR: it has lrf. and better survivability. and shell velocity, thermal and other stuff.
can you one shot kill a T-72B obr.1989 with Warrior or JakPZ from front at 1200m distance?
And apart from that, the vidar has a trick, apart from its good bullet, it has the initial bullet with low speed, which is much more difficult to hit but has more drop, so by adding it with the laser rangefinder you can make shots with total precision behind uneven levels. of the terrain without being able to shoot at you.
Honestly, not even that outlandish of a take. Its got an insane round, insane reload, for a howitzer, and THERMALS. if a m18 had thermals, it would be at 7.0 or even 7.7. Absolutely ridiculous. I could see if they would remove the thermals but they just wont.
With the JakPZ easily yes. With the warrior its also a yes but it would be more difficult to hit the drivers port or lfp at such a distance after the atgm changes but you can cut clean through the non era covered parts of the cheek instantly disabling him while taking out one crew. This means you can kill him with your next missile.
Another topic where whiners are crying for nerfs, with no actual data, no sources and no stats posted to show how it is overperforming. Apart from hurt feelings of course.
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I wondered if Gaijin deliberately overpower Premiums so the forums are filled with people proclaiming how overtierd and good they are ,so more people buy it thinking they are getting a legal cheat. Gaijin either leave it or wait until the cash is in the bank then jack it up.
there is certainly some bias towards Premiums, while they already are cheaper (repair cost) then their TT variant. just look at the Turm 3 and TAM 2IP. Turm sits at 8.3 with stabiliser and rapid autoloader and 30mm Coax. TAM 2IP (9.0) was for a very long time same BR as TAM, while being way better and getting DM33 (105).
Turm III could easily be 8.7 and TAM 2IP can go to 9.3.
how long did it take them to up tier IS-6, object 279, 2s38, Turms, etc.
i know Gaijin needs to make money, but now playing anywhere near te 9.0-3 bracket, transports you to Premium land with an infinite supply of 10.0-3 premium vehicles.
maybe 8.7？
Yeah, 8.7 is where I would put it in RB, gets it out of the 7.0 range. In AB I would put it down to probably 7.7 or 7.3, thermals/lrf arent as useful there.