KRZYBoop's Extravagant Motor Pool: Some Medium tank Rebalances.
Дата: 23.04.2019 21:12:56
Mciracer, on Apr 23 2019 - 12:01, said: And this has what to do with faster reload and in turn pen
etc nerfs?DomoSapien: Well I'm not a developer so I apologize if I lack the
knowledge to debate this to great lengths - I'm just drawing
inferences based on the stats that I see here and the information
I've been given.
Dispersion on movement is going down, which means you will have less overall bloom to deal with. Since you theoretically shouldn't be sniping from long range, the .01 additional dispersion won't really feel much worse than it already does. Aim time is being buffed, and DPM is being buffed, so you will have more flexibility, and a shell loaded more often. That'll help you deal with pesky flanking mediums and lights.
If you're playing it right, and you have a good position, you'll arguably be able to keep poking up, firing, backing off, and repeating. Alpha is nice and generally better than DPM when you're firing at heavily armored targets, but a common weakness of the STB-1 is that it gets melted by smaller targets with higher DPM because its hull armor is virtually nonexistent. As for the penetration going down on the standard round? Yeah, it's a bummer, and it quite possibly may get rolled back after the initial wave of testing, but personally I don't think that 16mm less penetration is going to make or break the tank. I'd happily trade 16mm of pen on the standard round if it means getting 40-50mm of extra turret armor.
Mobility isn't getting nerfed, either. You're losing a whopping 5km of top speed but gaining 200hp of engine power. Overall, it's going to feel zippier than it did before.
The totality of these stats seems to be directly focused on making the STB-1 better at popping up over ridgelines and harassing. While I do agree that the penetration and dispersion nerfs were possibly unnecessary, this is a step in the right direction and it's likely that further changes will be made to improve penetration and gun handling if it continues to plague the vehicle and hinder the rest of its performance.
Dispersion on movement is going down, which means you will have less overall bloom to deal with. Since you theoretically shouldn't be sniping from long range, the .01 additional dispersion won't really feel much worse than it already does. Aim time is being buffed, and DPM is being buffed, so you will have more flexibility, and a shell loaded more often. That'll help you deal with pesky flanking mediums and lights.
If you're playing it right, and you have a good position, you'll arguably be able to keep poking up, firing, backing off, and repeating. Alpha is nice and generally better than DPM when you're firing at heavily armored targets, but a common weakness of the STB-1 is that it gets melted by smaller targets with higher DPM because its hull armor is virtually nonexistent. As for the penetration going down on the standard round? Yeah, it's a bummer, and it quite possibly may get rolled back after the initial wave of testing, but personally I don't think that 16mm less penetration is going to make or break the tank. I'd happily trade 16mm of pen on the standard round if it means getting 40-50mm of extra turret armor.
Mobility isn't getting nerfed, either. You're losing a whopping 5km of top speed but gaining 200hp of engine power. Overall, it's going to feel zippier than it did before.
The totality of these stats seems to be directly focused on making the STB-1 better at popping up over ridgelines and harassing. While I do agree that the penetration and dispersion nerfs were possibly unnecessary, this is a step in the right direction and it's likely that further changes will be made to improve penetration and gun handling if it continues to plague the vehicle and hinder the rest of its performance.
KRZYBoop's Extravagant Motor Pool: Some Medium tank Rebalances.