Wait until you get to Top tier you’ll see the legit Russian bias 😂
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Pantsir S1 alone by itself is the most disgusting example of imbalance and lazy game design.
KH 38’s being leagues ahead of most competition is completely unacceptable.
Ka 50 with it’s x12 10km missiles fighting 8km range SPAA in 10.7 lineups is disgusting. (also the helicopter module nerf that seemed to be directed towards the Ka 50 doing nothing to it’s damage model while nerfing every pre-9.3 helicopter into the absolute ground was terrible game design)
2S38 being much better than the PUMA but worse than the HSTVL while being the same BR as the PUMA is disgusting.
T80UD and upgraded T72’s being 10.3 while all their competition is 10.7 is disgusting. The decompression for 9.3 didn’t help a thing because now Russia 10.3 just stomps 9.3 every match.
T55 AMD and AM1 being 8.7 with literal active protection system, composite armor, lrf, dart, stabilizer, and speed (the full mbt package) while still fighting T32E1 in a full downtier is disgusting. Those tank should be no less than 9.0.
USSR having 9.3 equivalent to the Gepard 1A2 is disgusting and having 3 variants of the shilka as well as one Yenisei within 7.3-9.3 while USA just finally got an spaa at 8.3 filling a previous gap from 7.7 (7.3 now) to 9.3 and before that a gap from 4.0 to 7.7 is disgusting.
BTR 14.5 mm round being more likely to rip a plane in two than a 20mm round is ridiculous.
IS 6 and IS 4 being a tank almost unkillable by tanks uptiered to fight it is disgusting. USA heavies and German heavies all have some sort of weakspot even when they are in an uptier.
I don’t think Gaijin has a “plan” to make Russian vehicles superior to everything else in the game but I think they are just the worst game developers I have ever had the displeasure of playing a game from. In their desire to downplay Russian vehicle and technology shortcomings, they give them ridiculously favorable BR’s and likely unrealistic performance.
I don’t believe in “Russian bias” as the conspiracy theory but I do believe Russia is the most babied and catered tech tree in the game. They are the most complete at almost every BR lacking almost nothing in terms of CAS, tanks, or spaa. I have reached 7.7 UK, top tier USA, top tier Germany, and 5.7 USSR. There isn’t a single BR where the most difficult nation to fight (other than maybe 6.7 Germany) isn’t going to be Russia. When I play 6.7 USA I would love to play my USA heavies but always include the M50 and M36B2 just for the heat rounds to pen Russian heavies.
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Yeah about that hull down scenario. Hate to break it to you so I figured i would just show you so there is no rebuttal. The tale of two sides where one is given the tools to overpressure and the other is not.
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i feel you, the moment you face an IS-3 or IS-6 at these Brs you are fucked if you dont have heat-fs, and if you are on a heavy tank then you are fucked again cuz the IS-3 will oneshot you trough mantlet and yours will bounce or pen with little damage
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Which is one of the many the many reason why I use the SepV1 without Tusk.
I’m talking about in the context of large maps. It is extremely difficult to hit those shots. With the time it takes for the shell to travel, you have enough time to react. It’s avoidable.
At short to medium ranges, that’s a different story.
The M1A2 SEP suffers from this even without the tusk package installed. And it isnt that hard to do because I die a lot exactly like this is shown. Just one of many little instances the Abrams is hampered by is all I was show casing. But again, this still happens without the tusk package unfortunately.
Most of what you said applies to every major nation, except for the KH-38MT’s and Pantsir.
It ultimately comes down to playstyle. For me, I play the T-90M as if I have no reverse gear. Peaking around corners, using the environment (rubble, similar stuff) to hide weakspots, essentially picking and choosing when to fight has done wonders for me.
Don’t get me wrong, having a reverse gear is amazing, but it’s something I’m willing to sacrifice for excellent armor.
This is a good point however even with a good reload, if more people show up the second after you fire, regardless of reload, you’ll be dead which is why having a good reverse is more important in those cases.
I can see your point if the enemy shows up 3-4 seconds after you fire as having a 5 sec reload will come in handy.
Before they added the turret basket, I could see it being used in CQC because there were some open spaces for shrapnel not being produced but now, any shot to it’s easy to hit weak spots is a guaranteed crippling blow.
I wouldn’t be complaining if turret baskets were added to all top tier mbts as it shows no preferential treatment. One could argue that the devs said that they couldn’t do it and I would agree. But do they have to make it extremely detailed? Can’t they make it low poly? Take a look at the apache/ka5x, those modules were unnecessarily detailed which makes me wonder how much time they wasted on that.
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I’m aware of that, however that weakspot is much smaller than the Sepv1 w/arat and the Sepv2. Hitting those shots at 2-3km, especially with HE is difficult.
I’ve rarely got hit with HE at those ranges, and I can’t even remember if I died from them.
Again I would agree with you if you’re referring to short-medium ranges but I’m specifically talking about it’s performance on large maps
M829A2 is a straight monolithic rod of DU and has no anti ERA capabilities. In-fact for that reason is what spurred on the development of M829A3, as A2 is quite a thin and spindly rod that is prone to deformation, A3 is much thicker and slower.
Do you have some sources for it?
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Wasted time? That’s not a kind statement… especially when it’s another step.
May not be your preferred priority in the modeling department, and that’s okay.
I just think it deserves respect and support personally.
@Cythraul98
Ka-50 isn’t 10.7.
Pantsir S1 is outranged by CAS which makes CAS OP.
Kh-38s are OP and more of the same as AGM-65D platforms still don’t have a counter for them yet let alone the Hammers and Kh-38s.
Puma might be over-BR’d, I know HEATFS from 105mm tanks caused issues with balancing it.
T-55AM-1 isn’t even in the best 8.7 in-game. Their APDS is chronically average for the BR. AMX-30B2, Magach 6R, T-55M are better tanks.
USSR does not have a Gepard 1A2, they have a Machbet equivalent SPAA at 9.3.
IS-4M, Maus, T32E1 all being able to do well in uptiers is normal. That’s not unique to Soviets.
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You mistook what I said about the Ka50. Most 10.7 NATO countries furthest range spaa is the Roland system that is at 10.3. You can’t play a lineup at 10.3 though because most NATO mbt’s went up to 10.7. This means 10.7 lineups have to fight Ka50’s at 11.3 in even a partial uptier when the Ka50 out ranges their longest range spaa.
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I appreciate the clarification to your post.
Seeing any AGM-114 or Vikhr platform in its downtier spells trouble, but yeah Britain, China, and Soviets do have options currently in downtiers to an extent. Looking at G-Lynx being the exception to the rule.
Only advice if you somehow come across Kamov in a full uptier playing 10.7: Buildings, trees, and burning tanks are your friends.
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It seems to be a myth, blog posts lacking actual sources. I will delete that.
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I think we would agree on most “issues” currently present in the game.
Top tier CAS has severely out paced top tier SPAA and even the Pantsir is the bare minimum of what’s needed. Still, the fact that one nation has had the Pantsir (at the same BR) for 2-3 years, I believe, with no competition is unacceptable as far as game balance goes.
Weapon ranges not being taken into account when considering what a vehicle can fight in a downtier is also unacceptable. A Ka 50 having a range 2km greater than your only vehicle capable of killing it isn’t “Oh no! A downtiered heavy tank!” it’s “Well I just died from 10km away but there is literally nothing I can do about it.” The low BR AGM 114 slingers are no more acceptable but 10 km x12 Vikhrs is quite egregious.
This is why I said I don’t believe in “Russian bias” as the conspiracy theory but rather believe Gaijin is just completely incompetent when it comes to balancing capabilities or listening to player feedback. In my personal opinion playing several nations across all BR’s Russia has some of the most capable vehicles at the most favorable BR’s. That’s just due to Gaijin’s unwillingness to improve their game though and instead just release more and more premiums.
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Which AH64 have fire and forget missiles?
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The way those h2 missles are being locked and used on those helicopter you might aswell call them fire and forget.
Oh, so that was just a lie