Comments on: Straight Outta Supertest: IS-5 Changes, Crew Switch Price

By: Landric

Landric — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 21:36:33 +0000

The 111 1-4 outclasses most tier 9 heavies in many aspects, it just doesn’t see a lot of play because the Chinese tree isn’t that popular (I have no idea why, perhaps because of the clone nature of lower tier tanks everyone thinks the whole tree is simply green Soviet tanks). The 111 1-4 has better armor than the IS-8, mobility that is at least equal, and a more powerful gun with only a slightly longer reload. I much prefer the 111 1-4 over the E75. It is hard to argue with a tier 9 toting around what is basically the gun of the IS-7, but with a better aim time and a reload about 1.75 seconds faster than the E75.

By: Yuri_Yslin

Yuri_Yslin — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 08:31:50 +0000

so far it’s better than IS-3

By: Ferdinand Porsche

Ferdinand Porsche — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 23:07:17 +0000

It must be stopped then because the sooution is not to keep buffing everything either.

By: Ramjali

Ramjali — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 22:26:10 +0000

Spare the KV5 some love aswell plz………… :(

By: Samulayo

Samulayo — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 22:12:02 +0000

IS-6 got LIMITED mm. Smell the difference?

By: Legiondude

Legiondude — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 21:45:13 +0000

Have you sat down and looked at the tier 8 premiums that have special matchmaking?

Most of the tier 8 premiums fall in this category(Same with tiers 3,4,5, and 7). As seen with the Panther 88 debacle, it’s THE make-or-break selling point to have premium matchmaking. So WG cuts the option out and issues replacements that they believe(yeah yeah, whatever) can handle the job without special matchmaking so other non preferred matchmaking premiums maintain their value better

By: kamahl1234

kamahl1234 — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 18:10:45 +0000

Exactly, this is why I tend to grind more money in mt T34 (most played tank) and my newer Lowe.

Pref MM can be fun, but the pref MM comes with significant drawbacks that can be frustrating at best.

And no, simply firing premium isn’t a fix, as it’s reducing your moneymaking capabilities (one of the 2 major benefits of premium tanks).

By: kamahl1234

kamahl1234 — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 18:07:36 +0000

If they buff its mobility a bit, it’d be perfect, as its gun is average and not many tier 8 meds even have armor.

By: ClassicFrog (EU)

ClassicFrog (EU) — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 17:54:20 +0000

Why? One reason, off the top of my head: Tier 10 gives you a possibility to earn better credits by damaging higher tier enemies … provided you have enough pen to do so. IS-5 seems to have enough pen for the job.

I’m not saying I would buy it for that reason, but you asked.

Edit:

Another reason – tier 8 stronghold for super credits. I’m not sure about attacks and defences, but skirmishes have increased credit rewards. Pair that up with a premium tank and you have great boost to your budget. And of course better pen of “regular MM” prem tank will only help, as you wont see anything above tier 8 anyway.

By: ClassicFrog (EU)

ClassicFrog (EU) — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 17:50:49 +0000

Do you think they will rework “old” pref MM prems to buff their pen but remove pref MM?

If so, I wonder what will happen to FCM 50t. Would it get it’s APCR shells as standard? Scary! :O