Really? The 1.5 second reload was only a thing for the HSTV-L, which was just a test bed for the XM274 and the related technology. The HSTV-L’s reload was scaled back to 1.5 seconds so it would cause less wear and tear on the barrel during testing, but the RDF/LT always had the 0.85 second reload, as it was the production model. This is just absurd.
Also, another wonderful premium to murder U.S. win rates even more.
Sorry but if you’re firing 8-10 shots per engagement with the HSTV-L, that’s on you. You shouldn’t even need half that to kill an MBT.
The HSTV-L is perfectly fine how it is, and the RDF/LT is simply a worse version. Sure it gains ammo, but loses mobility which is one of the major standout things of the HSTV-L, and is necessary for its playstyle
I’m not sure that it will sell that well, the reason the Click-Bait sold so well was because it’s an Abrams. Most people outside the AFV community have no idea what an RDF/LT or HSTV-L is
Believe what u want, i tell you what i believe in.
Its up to you if you care about my words or not.
But in terms of this game, i believe, i have more expirience then you.
Just because u perform with it as good as you do with other tanks, dosnt mean that a better player, that survives longer will not get annoyed by the fact that is has so fkn low ammo.
In other words, i am good enough of a player that i am empty in 80% of the matches with it, rendering it useless after a few minutes in battle, while i could do much more with a slower tank that simply has more then fkn 26 shots, especially with more ammo u can also spare some for HE-VT to be even more effective.
So let me correct myself:
RDF is MUCH BETTER for every player that dosnt die before the 26th shot, compared to the HSTV that can not SHOT after 26 shots and is rendered useless, in most average lenght matches, after a while.
The RDF can do MUCH MORE DAMAGE to enemys teams simply by having enough AMMO to do so, in hands of an GOOD player.
Is that better now? Can we agree on that atlest? lol
edit* i found even better words:
The Average player may have not the Skill to use the RDF advantage of more AMMO to its full potential while an above average player likely will take the higher ammo capacity to good use.
on that note: if u balance smt, balance it on the meta players, not the average dummies. Thats why u have “difficulty levels” of stuff… RDF is maybe not easy, but its stronger!
The HSTV originally was 1.5 secs. It was gun modifications that decreased it to 2 rounds a second then due to the FCS it was reduced to .85 on the HSTV-L not just the RDF/LT.
At least we still have our poor man’s BMP-3 in tech tree lol
Either way, the RDF/LT should have a 0.85 second reload.
Both should.
if i remeber correct from a video, there should also excist 2 versions of the HSTV, one with higher ammo capacity aswell.
That is the RDF/LT
There was a proposal for the HSTV-L to have 60 rounds, but they never ended up doing that, as the RDF/LT became a thing.
At the end of the day Gaijin looked at the bug report and information then said ammo and reload are adjusted based on balance.
It is kind of annoying tbh because they will argue ahistorical reloads and ammo nerfs. But if you want something to get better the answer is that wasn’t capable.
Ah ok, then i remembered it wrong.
If you find the secret document that proofes it was also sold to Russia, then u might get the correct values ingame and also a version for the russia techtree xD
All we can do is hope they accept this one
https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/7Xi5wbxRPJrG
Hopefully it doesn’t follow what happened to this.
https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/XkXQmkdF1vvM
As long as you dont put at least 20 hours of research, attach some very official documents and negociate about the cost of your soul to get devils hand into play, they will ignore the reports.
Ariete and Aerfer have still the same statcard while one having two engines and its reported multiple times years ago xD
Nope, just drove 1 round, ammo of 26 is still shit and i am sure even “slightly above” average players will also think that 26 shots are shit.
Want to see u kill a Russian or German Spall liner tank with a hstv in less then minimum 5 shots on average.
So 4 vehicles per battlepass is unsustainable, but you can make 3-6 premiums and few squadron vehicles per major update?
I smell bullshit.
To tell the truth, if you take a few minutes you realize that the battlepass system should bring almost nothing to gaijin because almost everyone who does it gets it for free. No one pays it back every month, and the more it goes on, the more people have it for free, which can explain why they are getting lighter and lighter. Not to mention other factors.
And obviously it’s a business that aims to make money. Not counting operating costs etc etc etc.
700 people have voted for the BMD-4M to come to the tech tree. Can we get any acknowledgement from Gaijin on this poll?
