Also that 2 Prototypes is as far as i know incorrect, It should be 2 incomplete and a 3rd complete, tho that also didnt leave the factory and was pretty much directly scrapped again, duo to the amicetece.
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…It isn’t, and we already have plenty of information to prove it. The O-I did exist and no amount of coping by anyone will change that.
We KNOW a hull was built because they DROVE it. Pretty hard to drive something that doesn’t exist.
All the while we keep making up armor layouts and numbers for all the modern MBTs.
We have quite detailed information on the weight distribution across several components, along with thickness and weight of most of the armor pieces.
You can’t, because the Strv 2000 was a wooden mockup. The Kranvagn is a much better analogue to the O-I, as only the hull was made - that one is lucky enough to now be sitting at a museum.
The source for the majority of reliable documentation is FineMolds, which acquired them from the japanese archives, and thus now own them.
…Which is entirely irrelevant, considering additions like the Ostwind 2 or random oneoff russian prototype aircraft that could barely fly IRL, and by the virtue of crashing on the first test flight no other information is known aside from maybe a few blueprints or pictures.
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If things like the FV4005 (which only 3 were made) maus (2 made) and the obj292 (1 made) are in game then paper tanks and test tanks should be readded
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Technically a lot more, tho not constructed to 1. There were a bunch of Hulls and Turrets and internals.
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Unfortunately, this year’s “dreams come true” event, added a barely requested KV-7 instead of the O-I
… Don’t get me wrong KV-7 will deffinetly be a fun tank but it’s kinda disappointing that it came 4 the anniversary event even tho no one rlly asked for it. So us O-I requesters will either have to wait another year (or years) for it to come to the anniversary event or hope that it comes in one of regular events.
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Did developers mention what information they are lacking and would the vehicle be added if that was found?
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They didn’t. At least i think.
And also, i know this thread is only about the O-I, but another thing that would be nice is if Gaijin added the the Hungarian heavy tank 44M Tas to Italy, O-I super-heavy tank to Japan and Kranvagn Swedish autoloading heavy tank (I’m not sure if it has enough info to be added to WT, but its hull, without the turret, is at one of tank museums so it must be real) all in one update and finally give those nations their REAL heavy tanks. I would actually be so happy if that happened.
As a player who aced whole Japan tree, I don’t really see any place in the tech tree that OI fit. Maybe it can added as event vehicle like Strumtiger or as a battle pass vehicle?
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Yeah, O-I being an event reward would be the best and only option. Only way the O-I could fit in the tech tree is if Japan gets a heavy tank line, which is pretty much impossible because:
- There would be big gaps in the line
- Unlike the O-I, other Japanese heavy tanks are either paper tanks that never left the drawing board or are just fake depictions and fictional designs of O-I before it’s real design was found.
It will be fine right after the Chi-Ri, not super ideal, but more than necessary to prevent it from being event.
But I don’t think the people such as yourself who keep asking for the O-I as an event vehicle understand the near permanent implications. You are aware that locking it as an event would basically deny the entire Japanese tech tree a researchable rank III+ heavy tank-class vehicle for the rest of its existence? Because last I checked none of the ASEAN nations utilized heavy tanks, so not even a subtree could bail Japan out.
Of course, with the O-I being a superheavy and all, I am well aware that implementing it as an event is more than likely for Gaijin’s agenda, I just hope that the playerbase will at least disagree with adding it like this.
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It could also work as a Squadron Vehicle.
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Not a terrible idea, I can’t see any reason why there shouldn’t be more WW2 squadron vehicles.
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Japan and Sweden, comrades in the “all of our heavies are premiums” camp. Gib us our very cool heavies please!
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Japan can get O-I
Italy can get P.43/P.43 Bis and 44M Tas
Sweden can get Kranvagn
Israel can get IS-3M w/ T-54 engine
All viable options for heavies in the four nations that lack them in their trees.
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That’s actually a good idea. I mean the O-I is two times bigger and more armoured than Chi-Ri after all, so it would make sense for it to become a tech tree tank. But since it’s “unique” Gaijin will most likely make it an Event reward… (even if it does become an event imma just feed the snail in order to get it)
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Imagine these coming in the next update… Japan, Sweden, Israeli and Italian mains finally getting what they needed for years… I would cry out of joy if that happened… :)
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Gaijin did state that they don’t have all the info abt the O-I to correctly add it to the game yet. But it would be helpful if they told us what exactly do they lack. We already did add a lot of info abt the O-I in this thread, so it shouldn’t be so impossible to get more of it.
They have been saying that since Japan was added. The problem is that they should have a sufficient amount of information that proves its existence. The problem is they just don’t wanna add it. That is pretty much why they don’t add it to the game. Many of us have mentioned the Ostwind II, but we have never seen a physical picture of it, and nothing more that we know of was a Newspaper clipping and a few mentions of the name in official documentation. Which is everything we know of its existence.
But apparently, that is sufficient enough to add the Ostwind II to the game. But the sheer amount that is legitimate proof for the O-I isn’t enough for it to even be passed. A second time it is illogical since it’s claimed you only need a primary and a secondary, but, for the O-I, you need more than what’s stated as the requirement.
Generally, my hypothesis has been a case of Gaijin not being added to the game because of they put it at lower BRs it will be dominant but they also cannot put it at higher BRs because of its speed and it’s 4 guns are not sufficient enough to be effective.
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I feel that armament is off the table when considering the BR of the O-I. Since it gets a 150mm howitzer, you can in theory kill vehicles leagues above your own rating via overpressure.
This would mean that mobility and armor are the more important considerations. I would argue that it should work fine at 5.7, perhaps even 5.3; both of which would place it right above the Chi-Ri II in the medium tank line.