Comments on: Straight Outta Supertest – Hellcat Stronk Nerf

By: Carnaxus

Carnaxus — Sat, 23 Aug 2014 09:22:48 +0000

If you beat the Hellcat up the hill…WG has truly built a non-historical Hellcat. :P

By: Carnaxus

Carnaxus — Sat, 23 Aug 2014 09:21:54 +0000

Then Hunnicutt is wrong. The Hellcat was capable of 60 MPH cruising, 90 MPH bursts, though it rarely if ever reached those speeds. The high power of the Hellcat was intended more to allow it to relocate quickly.

By: Carnaxus

Carnaxus — Sat, 23 Aug 2014 09:17:26 +0000

Uhh…the person you replied to didn’t reference the StuG at all.

By: Carnaxus

Carnaxus — Sat, 23 Aug 2014 09:14:01 +0000

The IRL Hellcat was capable of up to 90 MPH in bursts. I’m not saying you’re wrong about the historical horsepower values, but the Hellcat was definitely very fast and mobile. I saw one move with my own eyes at this year’s Tankfest at Paine Field in Everett, Washington. Driver punched the throttle and the Hellcat quite literally tried to pop a wheelie.

By: Carnaxus

Carnaxus — Sat, 23 Aug 2014 09:11:15 +0000

Killed two T8′s, a T7, and a KV-1S the other day in my SU-100. One of the T8′s and the KV-1S were fired at while I was on the move…laser-guided shells, anyone?

By: ramp4ge

ramp4ge — Fri, 22 Aug 2014 15:27:06 +0000

It isn’t really OP beyond the camo/view range aspect of it which is annoying at most.

I’m grinding a Type 58 right now, so I’m smack dab in the middle of KV-1S/Hellcat “hell” and I don’t have a problem with the M18 at all. I dread the KV-1S because it can zap most of my health off in a moment. I don’t fear the M18 because I can kill it in 15 seconds. Or less if I can ram it…

It’s one of the few vehicles ingame that’s actually balanced well. It’s strengths and weaknesses are are properly balanced. The “stats” that people try to use to prove it’s broken (“OMG BADS PLAY AVERAGE IN IT!!!”) tells me that it’s a balanced vehicle.

After this, it’s weaknesses will outweigh it’s strengths.

I witnessed something funny yesterday. My Type 58, which is bone stock, an elited Cromwell and an elited M18 all started at the south base on Himmelsdorf and headed for the hill. We both beat the M18 up the hill.

“Mobility”. Lol.

By: Zevyn

Zevyn — Fri, 22 Aug 2014 13:12:12 +0000

No it didn’t, it’s top gun and turret are from the T37, which is going to be tier VI.

By: LeinRa

LeinRa — Fri, 22 Aug 2014 08:41:12 +0000

there is no camo nerf on light tanks. only TDs

By: Tiberiu Micu

Tiberiu Micu — Fri, 22 Aug 2014 06:57:34 +0000

Am I the only one who never thought Hellcat to be OP? Probably yes. Though I guess it might be op in the hands of unicums.

By: ramp4ge

ramp4ge — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 22:45:27 +0000

Which is still faster than it is ingame, where it’s listed at 72kph (because of old, outdated limitations) and the fastest it’ll ever see on a looooong flat surfaces is about 55kph.

And that was before the resistance nerfs.