Well you can"t really expect casuals to play the obvious losing side … not very attractive
Playing Entente is no fun as long as it is obviously a losing side by A7V + Garford Berte combo
So I think nobody will play Entente after 5k points are farmed for each stage.
- Same Garford truck
- Chamond which is good for killing A7V but instant death coffin glass cannon.
- Mark V which can’t cross no trench and worst of 6.
Entente deck is Not attracting at all.
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yeah, if only there was a specific entente tank gaijin could have added to even things out… Oh wait there’s 2 of them actually and bth are french.
It just needed traction fixes, it’s way too fast now.
Now it’s way too fast indeed, but the gun and survivability were always way too good and now it’s worse since it can zoom without being worried
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.
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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.
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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.
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Yeah, that’s very true.
I could unlock all vehicle mods after just the first game. A7 is quite good. Shot down a I-16, you have a plethora of MGs for AA. Also some ground targets, several BT-7, T-26 and such. The shell is good, one hit and they were gone. Survived several shots and air attacks (no bombs). Speed is managable, was enough for a cap.
Just wounder why its top speed is 12km/h, wiki states 16 km/h top.
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Glad to hear A7V is useable outside of the event
I can’t wait to have mine today.
I got Berte Mark IV as my first reward in German
It was no more than a meme tank, I guess.
The 7km speed was way too slow.
It would be great if it could go 11~12kph. :|
The gun was good, though.
Garford as well. 5 kills in RB. The tankiness works same way, won’t fuse most shells, just autocannon vehicles are deadly. I didn’t survive an AA vehicle, for these you have no defense. But still, the shell even nukes these soviet T-35 heavy tanks (1.3). Killed two of them.
Can I play on Fokker in test mission or live?
Clearly not true since you and all these other people played it.
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on CQC maps like rhine i got 10kils
They might be meme vehicles, but they’re far from the worst. Mobility sucks, but their guns can actually destroy enemies (even if you have to aim for weakspots or flank), they reload quick and they can often take a lot of punishment. The old French reserves still hold the crown of awfulness.
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I have what I assume will be an unpopular opinion. The Garford Beute (not the regular Garford) is better than the A7V in the event(not in regular battles). Firstly, and most obviously, its mobility is over twice as good as the A7V. Secondly, its HE rounds are amazing against the Entante vehicles and one shot them consistently. It also has a decent 4 second reload and a low velocity that allows for droop shotting people. The thing that nobody talks about with this vehicle is how difficult it is to one shot it with anything other than HE (even HE takes 2-3 hits sometimes). After the St. Chamond buffs, its AP head is powerful enough to go through and hit the ammo that is farther back in the A7V which consistently one taps it. Since most people use the St Chamond for the Entante, I find that the A7V is more likely to get one tapped than the Garford Beute.
So in summary from my own personal observations, the Garford Beute is faster, more survivable, and has a lower velocity gun that you can droop shot things from behind cover with and one shot pretty consistently. I think a counter claim that someone might bring up is that the beute’s gun is facing backwards. I don’t think the backwards gun is much of a detriment if played correctly. Just sit behind a ridge and shoot people repositioning when needed and it will do great.
It is not an unpopular opinion - it is the current perceived situation.
It is an unpopular situation due to poor choices made by Gaijin, but pretty much everyone agrees with it.
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That is good to know. I thought it would be unpopular because all of my friends still think the Garford Beute is terribly worse than the A7V.
No sane person would play this on either side after they got their 5K point.
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