Hello everyone,
there have been a lot of detailed (and contradictory) statements lately about the HD E-100 rework. Here’s what Storm wrote what the changes will be like, as a summary:
- the angle of the majority of upper front plate will be 63 degrees, the way it was earlier
- the angle of the upper part of the upper front plate will be 70 degrees. The upper part 70 degrees strip will be 150mm thick. As a result, the effective armor will be practically the same as the 63 degree part, plus there will be a chance of ricochet
- the turret width will be the same as in 9.5 (it will be reduced compared to test 1). The other turret dimensions will stay the same as in test 9.6
- the “bar” on top of the turret (rangefinder) will have the same height as in 9.5
- the color will be a bit darker + some materials (surfaces) will be reworked
- the quality of the 15cm gun muzzle brake will be improved
The following elements will remain the same as in test 9.6:
- diameter and length of the 15cm gun
- length of the suspension
- tracks
These changes will not appear in test 2 (WG developers won’t be ale to do that on time for it), but only in live server version.
We will see a third version of the E100 once 9.6 is released … any bets? ;-)
“These changes will not appear in test 2 (WG developers won’t be ale to do that on time for it), but only in live server version.”
So no second version :)
It gets released without turret?
and storm didn’t explain why the fuck they don’t give the mausturm for the e100,
it was there when e-100 was introduced and tested on its testserver. I think they said it was removed as a) e-100 didnt need it balance wise and b) they want tier 10 to be fulltech in most aspects without having to research engines, tracks, turrets etc. (But somehow they still left the 2 guns and by now added way more tanks that need to grind guns on tier 10 (some meds)).
if you check the textures of the e100 turret, it contain the mausturm textures too
made my day :D
Basically, if you look at the UFP of WT E-100, you can see how the UFP is thick (from side), but the more angled strip is thinner, even though the whole UFP is 200 thick. So when all the E-100 chassis tanks are in HD, this strip will become 150mm thick, am I right?
Most likely, you are right. It doesn’t even matter, if the more angled strip is thinner, because it has nearly the same effective armor as the rest of the UFP.
200mm at 63° are ~440mm effective armor
150mm at 70° are ~438mm effective armor
Anyone have a good screenshot of the HD E-100 complete with the 15cm? Can’t find one…
They put a thing behind the 60 degree armor for E-100′s marketability, isn’t it?
btw, what about the gun “depth” ?
the rifling, inner side of gun, is really short, like 20 cm… it’s not even dark .. you can lok into gun ad see white texture in there…
If only the British didn’t scrap the real E-100 chassis we could have scanned chassis in game…
why should the British keep nazi propaganda
History is important.
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What about the lower plate dammit?
Is it finally 51 degrees?
So basically : No important change whatsoever in armor model except in model quality? (Not that it’s a bad thing)
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Storm is part of the problem. he needs to get over the arrogance and listen to the player base.
Sounds fair. The change should only matter when firing at a significant downward angle, i.e. from an elevated position or facehugging with good gun depression. Also a slight effect on arty hits on the front.