Comments on: 3.9.2014

By: Madner Kami

Madner Kami — Thu, 04 Sep 2014 12:44:50 +0000

Nope, Chieftain will be broken, just like the Conqueror is broken.

By: alive n kickin'

alive n kickin' — Thu, 04 Sep 2014 10:48:59 +0000

respect in ze internetz – you got to be fuckin kiddin me alex

By: Foxton

Foxton — Thu, 04 Sep 2014 09:47:12 +0000

Turret-down would be poking your hard frontal plate out around a corner (hiding your front sprocket) at an auto bounce angle, waiting for the nub to bounce that, then poking your turret around the corner to take the shot.

Like a vertical hull down, good for the E50s.

By: Ethan_

Ethan_ — Thu, 04 Sep 2014 07:20:51 +0000

Actualy you take a bad example because WG is seriously considering the replacement of VK4502B because of its unhistorical state. (Maus at tier 9 and Maus II at tier 10).

By: Corvi

Corvi — Thu, 04 Sep 2014 06:26:16 +0000

No.

By: Corvi

Corvi — Thu, 04 Sep 2014 06:24:29 +0000

Im sorry but you know, on longer ranges there is a chance that shots aimed at the turret go to the hull, and those will bounce. There is also a chance in the heat of a battle where if you move a lot the enemy has a hard time aiming at the turret, so he will just shoot the bigger mass = hull, and will bounce. I bounced more shots with my FV42 than with my T62. Its armor is fantastic, even the turret has a lot of super weird angles that deflect shells like crazy.

By: Leedar

Leedar — Thu, 04 Sep 2014 03:13:57 +0000

The difference is that Chieftain has good gun depression, so can poke over upward slopes increasing the UFP (or shoot over edges without showing LFP).

It’s true that it is (relatively) weak on flat ground at close range, but you can’t have everything. I’m not too fond of sniper heavies (which I suppose Chieftain will be), but it is what it is.

By: zamboughnuts

zamboughnuts — Thu, 04 Sep 2014 01:40:35 +0000

The south coastline on Live Oaks right now:

http://www.reactionface.info/sites/default/files/images/1287666826226.png

By: zamboughnuts

zamboughnuts — Thu, 04 Sep 2014 01:39:34 +0000

or at least enemy damage…

By: Ryu Hayabusa

Ryu Hayabusa — Thu, 04 Sep 2014 00:56:35 +0000

From what I’ve been able to put together, WG is getting its armor measurements from a prototype, while the chieftain they plan on putting in the game is the Mk.2 (first production model and not a prototype). So while the armor values they’re getting very well could be accurate for the prototype they are measuring, it doesn’t add up with all the sources I’ve seen about the chieftain.

WG are the only ones I’ve seen so far that claim these armor values, but if anyone has any sources that are not WG that claim the same about production model chieftains I would appreciate it.