… Why not? Its almost identical in performance to the HSTVL?
Whats the difference between the two? A little bit of pen, Some gun depression, annd… What else? Its a bit slower I guess? And the HSTVL is smaller
Its got a higher RoF, more armour which means its far more .50 cal proof than the HSTVL, a remote turret and despite all of the added modules its STILL got a gigantic pile of empty space all through it for your rounds to overpen through lwhile everything in the HSTVL is squashed together so any penetrating hit is going to disable that.
What possible reason does it have to be a full 1.7brs BELOW the HSTVL? And apparently people are complaining that they only want to move it up to a staggering 1.3 brs BELOW the HSTVL.
its asinine. Ive said consistently that its at least 1.0 brs too low since the day it was introduced.
If the 2S38 is fine at 10.7, then the HSTVL is 1.0 brs too high in that case.
People don’t need to use a vehicle to have the cross-analysis skillset.
Anyone can determine a vehicle is OP by analyzing its capabilities and comparing it to other vehicles in its class.
2S38 is ~1.0 - 1.3 worse in capability than HSTVL, and HSTVL is 12.0.
That’s basic cross analysis.
And how you get 1.0 - 1.3 is mobility and gun.
22% increase in gun performance with 100% increase in mobility, and like 15 - 20% increase in top speed.
And you compare similar vehicles to that situation, they’re almost always 1.0 - 1.3 higher in BR.
You’re one of those people that just watches those youtube kill montages and that’s how you form your opinion, you are absolutely ignorant when it comes to how the vehicle actually performs
That little bit lets you front pen mbts unlike 2s38
-17 vs -5, thats huge difference
32 hp/t vs 23 hp/t, 2s38 isnt just bit slower
On sides yes, otherwise no
Hstvl also has one (sort of). The difference is that hstvl loses commander and 2s38 loses entire tank because of ammo in that turret
Rear part - electric system, engine, transmission, center - ammo, front - crew, driving/firing controls, huge external fuel tank which explodes vehicle pretty often.
2s38 is worse in every way except lws, ammo count and rof. Even hevt (on vehicle which is spaag irl) has less range than hstvl one, 5km vs 8km.
As long as proxy performs as well as it does, while AHEAD sucks. And as long as the 2S38 can reasonably front pen many MBTs while the 30mm on NATO IFV is crap. I genuinely agree that it should go up even more.
Only reason it’s stats aren’t “that great” is because people play it like an MBT. I’ve virtually never seen a 2S38 go hull down or flank. They’re usually driving straight out at enemies and firing wildly, because it works more than half the time.
