Clearly, if you make an event about WW1, the stars should be the Mark and Schneider/st chamond.
The A7V was a desperate measure that barely saw combat and was made from soft steel used for cauldrons and steam engines. But still, it has its place in the event.
The garford however, never saw action on the western front and definitely never saw a tank as russia got out of the war long before they became produced.
Why is it there ? Why is it so strong (gun + survivability)? Why must they ALWAYS put a russian thing when clearly it’s out of place ?
I think the most infuriating thing about the Garford’s armor is the fact that it is 6,5mm thick, where the APHE fuse sensitivity for all vehicles in the event is 7mm. I haven’t read up on the historical values so can’t say if they’re completely correct, but goddamn.
I’m glad that the Garfords was buffed, since it was initially outright unplayable, but they definitely went overboard with it, especially with the trench crossing ability.
Was it? For a realistic game one can expect players to no drive into deep mud in the first place. Similar as you know not to drive into water in normal game modes. Garford could have been used on your own map half. Quickly driving behind your trenches to provide rapid fire support with its op HE shell.
The ability to cross the hellish no mans land should have been restricted to tracked vehicles.
For me it would have made sense if Gar wouldn’t have been able to easily cross the map.
Yup, too few armour to trigger the shells and too much to die from HE, which is profoundly stupid.
Also just checked to wiki to learn a bit more and I love the first lines :
" Although considered to be a rugged and reliable machine by its users, the Garford–Putilov was severely underpowered. With a total weight of up to 11 tons, and only a 30 hp (22 kW) engine, the vehicles had a top speed of approximately 11–12 mph (18–19 km/h). The design was also top-heavy and therefore had very limited, if any, off-road capability."
Is… is there actual people who only play germany in this event…?
I mean, i’m playing both sides to get all the rewards, but waiting half an hour to have a chance to complete the german tasks is horrendous, can’t the wehraboos play a bit of everything instead of clogging up wait lines?
I’ve had some fun with Entente, even when it was an obvious defeat. The Chamond is fun to use, and it looks pretty cool. The bomber is also nice (both unlocked permanently :D)
But yeah, I mostly Germany. Not because Germany is OP, but because the Fokker D.VII is one of my favourite WW1 planes, and I love the silly boxy look of the A7V.
I refuse to play thd Garfield, on either side. Not my kind of vehicle.
Pretty much was unplayable, since it got stuck on even the slightest offroad slopes on the south side. The 20 km/h speed limit was fine, but it had so bad traction and torque that it could barely leave the spawn area. I tried it once in its original state, and was shot before I could trudge into a firing position - even the Mk V was better then, and could net a decent score just by soaking shells when angled.
The “buffs” to the Chamond kind of ruined it. The extra pen is useless, the higher shell velocity makes it harder to lob shells so you have to get exposed to shoot and the removal of the tracer makes it harder to aim long shots. With that and the buffs to the Garfield it’s funny the game was made even more unbalanced as time went on.
