Its so overpowered, oh no. 0.1 K/D against air for 2S38 ,and 1.13 only for ground.
Meanwhile HSTVL
HSTVL gun oneshots everything from side and have no issues penning from front either. Meanwhile 2S38 empties entire ready rack, ok not anymore,as it doesnt have 20 round rack now, and only cripples or not even that the tank. Any shot into 2S38 is insta death,meanwhile HSTVL just eates APFSDS like candies.
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Somebody hasn’t played the HSTV-L LOL
Everything in that comment you just made is malarkey.
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I did,and i also did played against it, 2S38 doesnt stop 3OF26 with no damage or eats DM53 through the back with no damage and tanks another 3 of them. 2S38 is just mid vehicle in mid tree. Its only good as SPAA against hovering helis or planes flying straight
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You did not. You have 7 games in it with mediocre stats.
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Saying mediocre stats meanwhile you have 1.5 while i have 1.6,idk. Also 70% WR,while US average is 30 at that BR.
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Its take basic logic to realize the just because a playerbase (like premium players) plays a tank poorly, that doesn’t make a tank suddenly justified in being buffed. A good example is America 8.3, where the stats look great because only skilled players play those tanks, despite 8.3 America having a mediocre lineup.
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Delta rounds? What are these?
This is a problem Gaijin has been having. In fact, Gaijin looked at HSTVL stats and said “Hmm the stats are ok must be fine” even though only skilled players attempt to play the tank because it’s so bad.
I never claimed I did exceptional in it either. You think this is some pissing contest when in reality im just telling you that you have no experience in the tank worth mentioning. That said, you ignore all the nuance of stats so it fits your argument. When did I play the HSTV-L? What lineup did I use? What was the meta at the time? What was the flavor of the month at the time? How GOOD was I at the time versus now? You ignore these factors.
Besides, 7 games is not valid. You would have to play a lot more than that to be able to stat compare anyway…
Also, while i have it stock, you are close to spading it.
Meanwhile the average 2S38 player:
The K/D sucks because the players using them suck. That doesn’t make the vehicle itself any less broken OP. It is effectively a vastly superior Otomatic that is 1.3 BR lower, where the Otomatic is effectively worthless due to the existence of things like the Pantsir and constant uptiering to that BR.
I should also remark that the 2S38 is at the same BR as the CV9040s, the 9040s: which have a 24 round first stage ammo rack that goes insanely quickly, which takes longer to reload 1 40mm shell than it does an Abrams to load a 120mm shell (for some incredibly intelligent Gaijin reason), while also being less survivable than the 2s38, with less pen, worse AA capability, and only the Lvkv9040C can track air targets to begin with, using a much less reliable lock than the 2S38. The 9040s accelerate much slower, and have worse gun handling.
So yes, I’d like to see the 2S38 moved to 11.3 and the Otomatic moved to 11.0. I also think the 10.0 premium Russian stack is absolutely obnoxious and I’m tired of seeing it, whilst my team of click-baits dies once and leaves.
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Bud, nothing you say will change the fact you have a whopping 7 games. Please actually play the tank and get back to me.
My friends call it the “Oops All Premiums” Lineup lol
But gaijin will NEVER break it up
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Thanks for proving Lvkv can survive much more than 2S38 can. Thanks to spall liners,crew in the back and large crew count of 6,compared to 3 people getting oneshot every time 2S38 is hit.
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Hurr durr muh T-72 TURMS → Hurr durr muh 292 → Hurr durr muh T-80 → Hurr durr muh Moderna → Hurr durr muh BMP-2M → Hurr durr muh 2S38 → Hurr durr muh SU-25K → Hurr durr muh SU-7 → Hurr durr muh MI-24 etc… etc…
Also fun fact:
But it’s okay because muh 10 second reload.
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Don’t forget the uhhh, the uhh, lack of thermals! Yeah!
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Are you for real? Are you actually being for real? I survived because the person in the video was an idiot shooting precisely in the same spot over and over, failing to hit my last remaining crewman. The 2S38 can pen through the entirety of the 9040s, front to back, anywhere.
You surely must be joking.
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But my tank has such obvious weakspots!
Mfw 292 has weakspots while most tanks at the BR have weak zones or are just weak lmao
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Mfw when I shot a 292 in the breach in my Type 90 with the APFSDS and it failed to pen.
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