Comments on: Superpershing armor change from Test 1 to Test 2

By: Vahal

Vahal — Sun, 01 Sep 2013 02:12:15 +0000

Total agree.
It’s a GOLD refund, so if you just wanted the SP and nothing else, you’re pretty much fucked up. They will NOT refund your money, your bucks are gone even if they turned your tank into a bad joke. That would be an honest refund if they would give bak the money you spent.
ATM they refund anything, you just have the possibility to respend your 7K2 gold not to get back your 27€ to buy a another video game.

And now with 7K2 gold and otherT8 premium for “only” 11K a lot of ppl (sadly) will spend more money to reach the 11K and buy JT88, T-34-3, etc. And when the T23 will be ready, ppl who had SP would already spend their refund so to train their US med tank crew… same player pay again. With the nerf and the “refund” thay will make more money.
Disgusting commercial behavior but nothing new.
With those

By: Anonymus91

Anonymus91 — Sat, 31 Aug 2013 07:33:51 +0000

Only because you play against other premium tanks and super pershings on the test server… that will change as soon as they apply this to the main game… Still I admit it’s better on test 2 then test 1

By: Blindman081

Blindman081 — Fri, 30 Aug 2013 21:25:44 +0000

I feel like I am the only person that likes the sp on the test server

By: Gooey

Gooey — Fri, 30 Aug 2013 07:22:56 +0000

It’s not a refund. They’re just going to give you* the buy-value in gold.
They’ve already made their money on the original purchase. They’re just giving you* the gold that you* bought originally.
And seeing that most people will go to the next t8 prem, they’ll need to buy more gold.
So in trading you* 7200 gold for the superpershing, they’re making more money (aka cash grab) by having you* buy the difference in gold for the next t8 premium.

* You is used in a general term, not to identify Rognik specifically.

By: Computer Engineer

Computer Engineer — Fri, 30 Aug 2013 07:17:26 +0000

Its not really that difficult, its all in formulas, they have done the bulk of the programming in all the other tanks of the game, what they need to do here is just create a multiple step formula.

Does it penetrate the first armor plate or does it bounce? (formula 1)
*If it bounce no more calculations required.
*If it penetrates does the space armor affect the bullet? Yes(HEAT ammo) then no damage
————————————————————————- No, how much penetration power does it lose? Result is inserted on formula 2
Does it penetrate the second armor plate? (formula 2)
No, no more calculation required, no damage done.
Yes, How much penetration power does it lose? Result insert on formula 3
Does it penetrate the hull? (Formula 3)
No, no damage
Yes, Roll damage generator number.

See how easy is to program it, now what the programmers need to do its encode it on the programming language they are using for the game.

By: Rognik

Rognik — Fri, 30 Aug 2013 06:32:34 +0000

Providing a refund is not a cash grab. In fact, it’s pretty much the polar opposite.

If they nerfed it without providing a refund, then you could call it a cash grab. As it is, it’s just Wargaming fixing a mistake (unhistorical uber armor) and trying not to piss off their customers.

But no, apparently you won’t be satisfied until they provide you with a refund and also give you additional gold. Which is insane.

By: Vollketten

Vollketten — Fri, 30 Aug 2013 01:12:45 +0000

I should probably have mentioned that modern boiler plate (I dont think anyone other than Serb who states that the SP front spaced armour steel is is half the strength of ‘normal’ armoured steel) has a brinell scale hardness of about 400 to 500bhn and the same supplier who now supplies the US Army with armoured steels produces armour plate from 320 to 540 bhn max.

By: Vollketten

Vollketten — Fri, 30 Aug 2013 01:02:06 +0000

Well i think the double spaced armour is probably too difficult to model (zero computer programming knowledge so I may be wrong on that). Either way the SP frontal armour with ‘soft’ boiler plate would still have been very effective. Thanks to shape for posting that linked image to demonstrate what I meant.
Regardin ghe ears I think people get confused because there are pictures of the PS without them either before they were welded on or just prior/during scrapping when they got cut off. Don’t think that ‘boiler plate’ is useless just because it is softer than ‘armour steel’, the issue s far more complex than that.

By: GrumpyStranger

GrumpyStranger — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 23:10:50 +0000

1. It’s a weakspot-sized element.
2. It’s not a weakspot

Meaning, people will not be activly aiming towards it, the only protection it gives is a minor percentage of shots deflected from long range, extra armor node to add, not worth the hassle.

By: krakonfour

krakonfour — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 22:10:08 +0000

Dispersion during turret rotation FEELS better, but it might just be a result of low speed/better aim circle.