Because you say it like the DF105 is so much more inferior compared to the Object when it can pretty much solo it if you shoot first, 400mm HEAT every 5 seconds is no small feat bro. Also, we both are arcade mains, stabilizer in AB isn’t as important as in RB. The issue isn’t Object 279 being at 8.7, it’s the matchmaking and the number of down tiers post-br-change, it was miserable before, and facing 9.7 like 7 out of 10 matches, it will eventually go back to that state and struggle to pen composite armor again should there be an uptier cough Merkavas. 8.3 was a joke of course I was to mock players who think it is impossible to kill, Leopard with HEATFS can reliably solo it, one-shot is 50% but you will cripple the tank with each shot, it’s more reliable than APDS due to how slope the armor is bro.
If you have a really low pen round, there are spots on each side of the hull just below the turret that even the m48s stock apcr can pen from like 800m out. They are not the biggest but they are larger than the weak spots on other russian heavies.
Im a brit main, the conqueror, fv4005, conway and 105 and above can all kill the obj. Do you use the armour viewer to map out the wek spots on the tank for you? Its not a hard tank to kill with those i mentioned and for other countries using apfsds and heatfs its also not a problem.
So, in arcade, when you know where the enemy is (if you don’t then skill issue), with a shell that will 1hit the DF, AND a heavy MG that shreads it, yet you complain about it getting hammered by the DF. Sounds like a massive skill issue.
When i was playing with T-44s/54s that have no stabilizer, and a much less destructive round, while having no stab, nor as good survivability as the 279, i saw no issue with the DF.
The DF killed (and still kills) me at the same rate, and success as pretty much any other tank.
I bet you consider the Conqueror OP, because it has better flat pen than the DM33 on the 120mm guns.
The 120mm L1 can kill it from the front? i mean yes, if you are lucky.
The spalljng is so trash that ammo detonation not possible, and you will not get 3 (or 4 in arcade) crew with 1 shot.
Even if you get the gunner and the commander, the gunner will come back faster that you could reload, and the 279 just lolpens even the Conqueror pretty much everywhere (except the turret sides).
And this is the best case.