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
Imagine if US tanks used “Relikt” sheets in the frontal armor of Abrams and the lower part of the tank. There the armor would be 2000 mm from kinetic energy. But unfortunately the US does not have such a miracle technology, so it has to use weak non-magical uranium multilayer armor.
AH-64 launched and forgot? What kind of Apache can do that for the US? And what does it mean to spam missiles? When the Hellfire is the slowest missile in the game.
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It would change barely nothing aside from the ufp of the abrams as the relikt offers little protection at those angles…
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Nothing is important and everything can be worked around.
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Hellfire is actually quite fast. Try AKD-9/10 or L-UMTAS before crying.
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Just like M247 for so many years.
Same as others needing to fight AGM-65Ds in their 9.7 vehicles.
You have a point about 80UD but others are more than fine.
Complaining about those when they aren’t even the best 8.7s is weird.
1A2 is definitely better than M4 and fully deserve to be higher.
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