I have said it before and I say it again, you will have most success playing few tanks with good crews and with premium account. Doing this you will earn good amount of credits and XP. In the long run a regular tanks will serve you better because they are in theory better then premium tanks, despite som premium tanks are really strong like the t34 and löwe (not great but not really worse if you play to their strenghts).

The kv5 with gold ammo has what 220mm pen? Thats pretty decent and with the monster rof of 7, it is dangerouns. With 167mm pen you can go thru the sides on tanks or weakspots so that isnt really a issue.

But again, play the kv4 if you want the real thing and add premium account and you will have milions of credits in a couple of months.

Premium account is a better investment than a premium tank i believe, if your goal is to make money. Sure it cost like 40 euros for 6 months, but is is “worth”.

One of the core problems of wot is that people wont want to push flanks because they are scared to get hit. But you can succeed, I do it all time in a slow and big object like the tiger II, so theres no really any excuse to not push. Sure you get blasted some times but if you make it to a corner, the contribution you and your team mates can make is crucial.

I still think medium and light tanks are important, because its proven that a game with only heavys and TDs will be kinda boring. The only sad thing now days is that rarely do mediums and even light help out when you get ambushed because they feel its much better sitting back and snipe, and they can really do that thanks to buffed accuracy in 8.6 and gold ammo.

I’m so glad to read this more often. Balance > historicity.