Public Test 1.4 Changes to Reward Tanks

none666, on 18 January 2019 - 06:53 PM, said:   Yeah of course, improving gun stats and improving lowerplate. I dont mind gun buff, Id like to see every tanks gun buffed but thats just fantasy. I just dont get lower plate, if you can call it lowerplate, buff, its just removing any chance of penning it for lower tiers and leaving as it is, is not making tank weak


Shalashaska_666, on 18 January 2019 - 11:18 PM, said:   Dont question the Developers they may not have a clue what is right to buff and what not, but hey lets buff armour   *edited*  


sady3296, on 18 January 2019 - 08:48 PM, said:   Ive already formed my opinion... its a money grab. Better reward, more people want it, play the game, get more tanks, premium to complete mission etc etc. They dont care about the data ... and the lack of it.   And you avoiding the question with even more questions, sarcasm and [edited]hints really made me sure im right.  


blockypanzer, on 20 January 2019 - 08:01 AM, said: Yes, don't insult our intelligence please.  We're not having a problem understanding that you are buffing its resistance to HE because it takes a lot of its damage from that ammo type. We're not having touble understanding that you're buffing the gun handling because it's a bit derpy.   What we're having huge trouble understanding is why you think its acceptable to be buffing the Ob279e in these areas, such as to remove some of the vehicles ONLY weaknesses on the battlefield. A balanced tank should have a mixture of strengths and weaknesses. If it has no major weaknesses, it follows it should have few major strengths. The Ob279e has huge strengths in multiple areas, mostly concentrated in its incredibly strong frontal and turret armour, lack of any frontal weakspots, and punchy high DPM gun. It follows that a tank like this (one which is already performing exceptionally well) should not need, or even be allowed, to have things like solid gun handling, accuracy, and resistance to arty/HE. These weaknesses are what was keeping this vehicle from being totally invincible on the battlefield. Judging from the tank's winrate, these weaknesses aren't enough to offset its huge strengths either, and you plan on REMOVING some of them?    And do NOT say that winrate isn't reflective of whether the tank is OP. I'm well aware only experienced players own this tank, but you know which other vehicle is only played by strong players? The Object 907, which is sitting a whole 8% lower on winrate at 57%. Typically, if a tank was 8% lower in winrate than other tanks of its tier, it would be considered totally underpowered. Not the 907, it's the 2nd highest winrate of all tier X vehicles, and is widely considered to be overpowered, or it was until the 279e reared its ugly head. The 907 may be played by the best, but it undeniably has better overall stats than the Object 140 for the current meta and map design, and the 140 is almost undeniably the best medium on the regular tech trees. It's fair to say, putting it mildly, that the Object 907 is an incredibly strong vehicle, yet the Object 279e's 8% better winrate just makes it look insignificant.    It's time to stop lying through your teeth about "data" telling you these buffs were needed. Your playerbase is not as dumb as you'd like to believe, and it seems we care more about the future of this game than its own creators at this point. Everyone can see there is no grounds for improving easilly the strongest tank the game has ever seen, and your attempts to deflect the community outrage are coming across as thinly veiled contempt for us all. (your comments about getting a new mouse or visiting the opticians if you keep missing the tiny cupola on the vehicle? That was pure contempt for player concerns, and dismissing the reality of the situation.)   I don't even know why we're bothering to fight you on this though. We are only going to see another Object 268v4 situation (funny how all the OP tanks are Russian Objects, eh?) whereby you talk about buffing it, you deny it's OP, and eventually nerf it quietly after enough people have reached it and your profits have been made.    Final note: if you love data so much, maybe look at the player numbers prior to the holiday event cashgrabbing. They might put some of your recent decisions into perspective.


OtherPlans, on 20 January 2019 - 11:01 AM, said: Yeah, buff 279(e), it's not like you have more important things: Tiger II, chinese meds, nerfing OP Type 4/5 HE prem ammo, 430u or removing arty.   https://youtu.be/Z35RjbsQ2Pk