Comments on: 9.5 Supertest Patchnotes

By: jerv

jerv — Fri, 28 Nov 2014 19:49:40 +0000

How does that really differ from the current situation at higher tiers? I mean, view ranges there are already long enough that, unless you’re behind hard cover, you’re eating shells the instant you get within an enemy’s render range anyways. The only difference I see is that it’ll be a 700m circle instead of a 500m square with 707m diagonals.

In other words, you are complaining about something that already happens.

By: jerv

jerv — Fri, 28 Nov 2014 19:40:28 +0000

Because as it stands now, WN8 and peer pressure make LTs non–viable unless they play as piranhas. Mediums have DPM, Heavies have alpha, TDs have one or the other, but LTs have always been left out. It got a little better when they softened up the MM treatment (no more facing Tier 9s in an A-20!) and introduced LTs that could actually do some damage, but the truth remains that most people prefer Mediums for scouting as their increased DPG means more XP.
Now that LTs have a way to earn comparable XP, those who think that this is World of Heavy Tanks are going to QQ the same way they did when Tier 5 Lights were introduced. This way, it will now be viable to play 4 out of 5 classes.

By: SirBlastelot

SirBlastelot — Fri, 28 Nov 2014 09:35:09 +0000

Clean client reload timer works, add mods reload timer broken…

Now, what would be the problem?

By: TankaTed

TankaTed — Fri, 28 Nov 2014 07:29:08 +0000

I take it you don’t use XVM.

By: TankaTed

TankaTed — Fri, 28 Nov 2014 07:28:16 +0000

I loved playing severogorsk with the ARL v39, or the Jagdpanther. It was a real blast, brawling and making great use of my great armor.

Don’t even get me started on the SU-100M1, it really was an incredible experience.

By: TankaTed

TankaTed — Fri, 28 Nov 2014 07:25:09 +0000

Yes, I must brawl with my paper td because otherwise I am a camping noob, despite supporting my tanks who can take the hits and spot stuff 50 meters ahead of me. I love that mindset, maybe WG should hire you so I can play like a heavy tank with no armor. They should make more corridor maps so I can do my scouting run in my AMX AC 1946.

By: TankaTed

TankaTed — Fri, 28 Nov 2014 07:22:20 +0000

Brawl with t7 heavy tank in S35 CA for example. You choose denk, fuck you, brawl or forget about doing damage.

By: MKI

MKI — Fri, 28 Nov 2014 06:27:10 +0000

I’m a little surprised to see this map go. As a big medium tank driver I see no problem with this map, I actually enjoyed it a lot in anything considered fast. But when i drove some of my heavies or TDS I defiantly can see some issues with this map. The corners were almost never dynamic, with the “hardest hitting” tanks at each almost always winning. And once won, each flank be crumbled by any forces that are still alive in the center, no effective artillery cover at the flags, or heading to the flags. I’ve won easily 80% of the games I played on this map in any “quick” tank and just as much in my Artillary tanks.
But I guess change is good, the tank wasn’t exactly a classic since it was reworked.

By: Mr_Ekshin

Mr_Ekshin — Fri, 28 Nov 2014 00:25:39 +0000

Severogorsk always worked like a shorter-sighted Steppes. The tactics have evolved along the same lines.

I agree that I’m surprised that it’s being removed, because it provides a different fighting style of more brawling.

Considering the meta of this removal, and the “smoothing of maps”, I see the developers leaning toward making artillery stronger in battles.

…which I love.

I see a storm coming. Get out your steel umbrellas. ;)

By: Ultrasonic2

Ultrasonic2 — Fri, 28 Nov 2014 00:25:28 +0000

It should mean they will be out in 9.6