Source: VK FTA community
Hello everyone,
on supertest, the Panther 88mm (original stats) was changed as such:
- terrain passability buffed from 0,767/0,959/1,822 to 0,575/0,767/1,438
- hull traverse buffed from 36 to 38 deg/s
- DPM increased from 2115 to 2176,4
- reload time buffed from 6,808 to 6,616
- ROF buffed from 8,813 to 9,068
- depression buffed from -2 to -5
- turret traverse buffed from 29,2 to 33,4
So, in total:
Statistics for 100 percent crew, preliminary price is 11,5k gold.
Tier: 8 Premium
Hitpoints: 1500
Weight: 46,5 tons
Engine power: 600 hp
Power-to-weight: 12,9 hp/t
Maximum speed: 46/20 km/h
Terrain resistance: 0,575/0,767/1,438
Hull traverse: 38 deg/s
Viewrange: 390
Radiorange: 573,6
Armor – hull: 80/50/40
Armor – turret: 120/60/60
Gun: 88mm L/71
Penetration: 203
Damage: 240
DPM: 2176,4
Reload time: 6,616s
ROF: 9,068
Accuracy: 0,307
Aimtime: 2,4s
Depression: -5 in the front, -7 on the sides
Turret traverse rate: 33,4 deg/s
Hello good tank, bye bye any chance of pref mm
50t :
Actually, valid point. It does trade mobility for accuracy, and honestly, mobility (after camo) is more important when bottom tier.
Take the side skirts off yet? Is that .31 accuracy?
Take the front fenders off as well, this is a late war model remember?
You will sell a crap ton of these if you do. Your going to need a T-54 counter, mark my words.
Seeing teams over and over again w/ 30 pct T-54 make ups is gonna get real old, real fast.
Still a terrible tank I will not buy… why no autoloader /70?
t8 chi-ri? wow no thanks.
Depends on the gun stats, doesn’t it?
autoloader L/70 would literally just be the chi-ri gun on a tier 8 panther (dont know how many shells it might have had but still), that would be rather boring.
There will never be an autoloader premium unless WG gets really desperate and/or stops caring about wot
Just give me the Tier 7 hull, at least it looks good. If I have to have a German medium the size of a Heavy, let it have a decent credit boost and be decent looking.
Atleast it doesn’t have -2 Depression now
Still Panther we already have in-game.
yea, we need premium panther with twin linked 5cm gun :3
premium tank requirements … has to be worse than equal tier/nation/class tank … this ain’t that bad now that they buffed the gun dep. … identical crew, pretty good terrain passability (remember, the in-game Panther II has the same Hp/ton but rather worse soft stats), adequate gun … it might work
Turbopanther or Autoloaded.
WG has plans for them?
Fuck if I knew.
They may be keeping the Turbopanther for when they implement tier 9 light tanks.
sure turbopanther as t9 “light” tank? like the auf.panther? bullshit
IF the Turbopanther is ever implemented(which depends entirely on the viability of the alternative hull system), as far as we know it will displace the E 50 and be a medium tank
why should it displace E50 ?
there could be two IX mediums.. just like jPanther leads to both Ferdinand and JPII and these two both lead to single TD, JTiger…
Yeah, shit Panther chassis and 88L/71 at tier IX, really great idea. Not.
Just finished 160k grind of Panther II in last 3 days , decent tank , but wouldnt wanna go thru that again, thus being said , prem Panther G for this much gold , not worth it.
5/10 , slightly better than Scorpion ( 4/10 )
Why it’s engine so weak? Why 600 hp? It isn’t have Maybach HL230 P30 with 700 hp with 50km/h max speed? That’s not historical right?
I don’t get it… even M10 Panther has a 700 HP engine…
What the hell do they want with 600 HP?
What would be the hp/t ratio? Is it better than a Tiger II’s?
Still no info about that will it get limited MM?
Check the ground resistance stats before drawing conclusions about power to weight ratio.
Will ground resistance help if you need to climb on a hill?
yes.
Barely, more like it will hover over flat ground like a Russian medium and struggle up hills like a vehicle with 13hp per ton(13 hp per ton is alright though, you will be quite mobile on flat ground due to the terrain resistance)
lol what you talking about, terrain resistance >hp/ton ratios.
stb-1 has much better hp/ton ratio then russian meds, yet russian meds do circles around it.
You get actual hp/t by dividing nominal hp/t by ground resistance on each type of ground. That simple.
when people question about why the panther has 600hp, a super pershing walked pass….
“Guys i’ve only got a 500hp engine pushing 50 tonnes of crap armour and 90 mm”
Since there is no Prem German t8 med , people will by this by the Dozen
there is t7 one… and since the xp gain is buffed from now on… its not that big of a difference…
“Since there is no Prem German t8 med , people will by this by the Dozen”
Absolutely. I have the gold in the account just waiting ….
Err… does anyone else notice how insane the terrain resistance is now? The lack of engine power doesn’t seem to be a problem…
for this panther true. its got enough hp/t to make the terrain resistance work.
but dont think terrain resistance is all. there was a tank they buffed the terrain resistance on. whose hp/t was so low that it didn’t make a noticable difference to the tank at all.
*points to Super P*
so how is this thing different from Panther again?
Having L71 ? thats it ?
okay then, what about Panther II then ?
still those 12,9hp/t is rather stupid… Tiger I has 12.15 …
The ground resistance more than makes up for it however. On hard terrain, the tank will have, in effect, 1043 HP. On medium, 782 HP. That means it will have a power to weight of 22.43hp/t on hard terrain, and 16.81hp/t on soft terrain. It will accelerate faster than the pather II
I see you’ve came up with pretty specific numbers … I roughly know that the lower ground resistance the better mobility … but how did you calculate specific hp/t ratio based on resistance? Or is there a calculator somewhere out there?
Effective power is pretty much
(Engine Power)/(Terrain Resistance).
So when driving over hard terrain (such as paved roads), your power would be
600/0.575=~1043hp
When you start going over medium terrain (most other surfaces such as fields)
600/0.767=~782hp
On soft terrains (such as swamps) it would be
600/1.438=~417hp
Oh, right. Thank you very much :)
Now I can do some match when comparing certain tanks and take a look at their effective power rather than raw stats :)
Lorraine
Prepare your butt :)
It still would have made a LOT more sense to just use the Panther II as the premium, and to introduce the Turbine Panther as the Tier 8 replacement.
compared to the Panther II (elite) this premium Panther 88mm L/71 does have:
- same amount of HP
- same turret armor
- almost the same power-to-weight ratio
- much better ground resistance on all terrains
- better Hull traverse
- better Turret traverse
- same view range
- same penetration and alpha dmg
- better accuracy
- better aim time
- better rate of fire, hence higher DPM
- all benefits from being a premium tank (e.g. credit income etc.)
The only drawbacks are:
- lower weight – so ramming is not a viable tactic against most opponents anymore, but then again it compensates for the lack of engine power
- lower top speed limit – but you will reach the top speed much quicker due to the better ground resistance and the Panther II isn’t a particular fast tank either
- lower radio range – an issue, but not much of a problem
- weaker hull armor – but the Panther II can’t rely on hull armor either
- weaker gun depression – Panther II has -8 deg all around, so that’s going to be a problem on the front, but not so much on the sides
All in all: what’s the point in driving a Panther II then?
Panther L/71 will profit from splitting engine module from transmission , when and IF it happens , othet than that , only HC Panzer drivers will purchase him for crew training on 50M.
Maybe premium panther will get terrible bloom values like tier 7 Panther.
Isn’t this the first panther/tank based on panther that isn’t tier 7?
Panther II?
Yea, completely forgot about it xD
But if recall correctly all tanks based on the Panther I are tier 7 except for this one.
VK3002M fully upgraded is a Panther Ausf D
Panther used to be tier 8 with 88/L71 as top gun. It was never considered weak and only down tiered to allow the Panther II to be down tiered.
Anyone know the stats of the old tier 8 Panther because if this is anywhere close it will be a great premium, even with regular matchmaking.
They still aren’t going to give it it’s correct gun depression of -7? Seems a bit silly…
A piece of shit will be a piece of shit no matter how much u buff it… I WANT MY TURBO PANTHER >:o
Amen
How about re-balancing the current fucking premiums instead of adding more filthy money-grab tanks.
Personally I nominate Sexton I. Since it’s by far the worse premium and needs buff. And then T2 Light Tank. Give it normal MM, it’s useless even in tier3 games.
But overall premiums are OK, they dont need major rebalancing. I’m all for more tanks.
You really have no idea how to play a light tank, do you? T2 LT is awesome. You won’t survive by rushing, but if you’d be able to think before you act.. Excelent crew trainer nowdays.
T2LT deserves its MM. In T2, you shred everything in ninja mode and even in Tier3, you are a thread.
But only if you know how to play it.
Still, NO.
1. Boring as…
2. Not valid for a premium, should come back as regular.
3. If it was autoloaded… Or at least turbopanther… For now, find a different tank!
Cant wait… last info was 9.5, right?
Okey, from -2° to -5°, take my money!
Depression: -5 in the front, -7 on the sides
hm…*looks at E50*
actually -5 gun depression sounds pretty good.
little sad about the hp/t being low still. but i’ve lived with the Super P so i can make use with this.
price wise…11.5k gold…sure. i’ll take it =)
well…as long as it has prem MM..if it has normal MM then no (FCM 50t being the focus)
little sad about the hp/t being low still. but i’ve lived with the Super P so i can make use with this.
You divide hp/t by terrain resistance to get the actual hp/t
In other words, it’s Magic Trax(TM) make it quite mobile, despite saying a little below 13
true…unfortunatly this means the Super P is still as shit mobility as ever
FCM is a heavy though. For a heavy, it has low alpha, mediocre pen gun. And so it has pref MM.
Panther 88 will is a medium. L/71 is quite decent for a med on it’s tier. It might end up with regular MM I’m afraid :(
Tell me in what way (except designation) FCM is heavy?
In the same way SP is a medium I suppose, which is none. But I guess the designation counts apparently, as FCM does get special MM despite being as good medium substitute as “true” mediums from other nations.
It gets heavy weighting in mm, so the other team will get a proper heavy in it’s place, or some other compensation like one less bottom tier tank.
You must be new here.
FCM is a well known medium prepared for training heavy tanks’ crews.
No, I am not new. And I am fully aware what FCM is and what it is not. There’s no need to patronise me.
Okay, (with some Ogopogo’s guidiance regarding effective power ratio) I’ve done some math for FCM and Panther 88 …
Taking into consideration hp/t and terrain resistance FCM effectively has:
17.64 hp/t on hard terrain
16.02 hp/t on medium
8.01 hp/t on soft
Compared to Panther 88 that has:
22.43 hp/t on hard
16.81 hp/t on medium
8.97 hp/t on soft
Well…
FCM is very agile tank. And it looks like Panther 88, despite it’s poor engine, will be able to match it’s agility. While Panther 88 has a lot better power on hard terrain, it’s the medium terrain where people will drive the most. Unless you get Himmelsdorf :)
FCM is still faster though, given enough distance to accelerate to full speed. It has better view range and better pen, especially with prem shells. Let’s not forget about additional -3 degrees of gun depression. It also has better armour (can actually bounce lower tiers when angled) and guaranteed prem MM (who knows what will Panther 88 have)
So all in all, Panther 88 doesn’t look as bad, but it is still inferior to FCM in most aspects except accuracy, acceleration and DPM, where it beats it only by a little. It possibly might have better camo but on something as big as Panther the camo is irrelevant factor. We also don’t know aim dispersion values, where Panther 88 could actually excel (given the “quality” of the suspension and the initial accuracy of the gun). Knowing WG though Panther 88 will either have great soft gun stats and regular MM or it will get pref MM but soft gun stats will be so terrible that the need to stand still for few seconds to aim properly will overshadow any advantages it might have mobility wise.
Weeee, so we have the old tier 8 Panther I back as a premium tank.
Stronk WG beeznees.
Thank you WG for comming to your sences, -2 is unplayable and -5 is still quite bad but adequate if it’s -7 to the sides. It’s expensive as fuck for a medium, but I’ll buy it since it’s the only proper medium aviable. That is if these stats dosnt change again.
Well it isnt apealing by the slightest and if the price stays at 11k… Collectors tank that like to spend 40 Euros for a dust catcher. For crew training there is the T25 or M10 already since ages and credit beasts like Lowe or FCM 50t do the job already since two years more then well enough.
Please give us some interesting prems like E25 not so long ago! Or the planned US TD with a layer of cotton as armor! Something different then the usual X_X
Exactly my thoughts.
Buffed Panther now actually sounds good but I still can’t get over that price! I mean 11,5K for med tank is plain “assholeness”…
If that is all you ever spend on the game then it’s not bad. If you think it is then you need to get out of the house, go to your nearest shopping centre and see what a full price game costs.
Not everyone’s parents are rich, you know… Btw, I’ve been playing this game since closed beta and I know how much effort WG has put to destroy all non-premium money makers, forcing you to buy either prem account or prem tanks and then they increased the price… For a game that calls itself “Free-to-play”, it really became hard to play it without the money invested!
Milk me baby one more time.
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Lower top speed, hp/t, hull armor and gun depression
Better aiming time, better accuracy (than any other t8), terrain resistance (making lower hp/t irrelevant), better hull and turret traverse, outDPMing everything on tier 8 (beside TDs and obj 416) while having good penetration.
So WG blatantly is wiping their asses with statement about premiums being worse than standard tanks. First FCM and SU-122-44, now this. I expect future premiums to also outperform tanks on their tiers.