Comments on: IS-3 model changes in 8.9

By: Meh

Meh — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 00:16:47 +0000

IS-8 is pretty good, actually. It’s just meant to be drived as a fast heavy. Its gun easily makes it a great t9 tank. High standard ammunition pen, very good penetration with HEAT ammo and a pretty good rate of fire for an IS-line tank.

The armor is shit, but can bounce a few mediums, you are not meant to rely on your armor in that one, unfortunately. Also, it’s armor values are unlikely to be historical accurate on that tank, it’s frontal armor is weaker than the IS-3 before and after 8.9.

By: Meh

Meh — Wed, 30 Oct 2013 23:47:55 +0000

Agreed, the new model looks off in more ways than what you would expect. In terms of historical accuracy it doesn’t seem much better than the old version. The gun performs the same, however, so I still like it, but it just looks clunkier and less compact than before, which is my overall assessment, historical accuracy aside.

By: Meh

Meh — Wed, 30 Oct 2013 23:42:49 +0000

I disagree, I think the new model looks more bland than the old did in terms of colour scheme. It’s the same boring colour a lot of the russian tanks have in the game, compared to the rugged look it used to have with heavy grey shading. It had a better look before in terms of colour. And I also don’t like being set on fire twice in my first game of 8,9, by a comet (that rate of fire), within an interval of 20-40 seconds.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 13 Oct 2013 03:00:50 +0000

Looks like an IS-6 x3

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 12 Oct 2013 22:37:26 +0000

Place for opinions the internet is not, always be another one there will, my padawan

By: MTWEmperor

MTWEmperor — Sat, 12 Oct 2013 20:49:11 +0000

Interesting, this means that T6′s and 7′s will have a better time with it. (And from the driver’s view port might even help out the auto-aim noobs).

Currently the IS-3 is almost immune to guns with less than 200 pen and almost certainly 175 pen guns.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 12 Oct 2013 20:43:56 +0000

>BL-9 became shorter

Awww damn. I kinda like how stupid long that gun is.

By: MTWEmperor

MTWEmperor — Sat, 12 Oct 2013 20:43:35 +0000

The slope is worse.

By: ferongr

ferongr — Sat, 12 Oct 2013 16:05:50 +0000

And this post references a previous post by me that is awaiting moderation…

By: ferongr

ferongr — Sat, 12 Oct 2013 16:05:04 +0000

Use the direct link… link on the second ling (the .gif) since the hosting site apparently removed the second frame from the preview