Players Questions and Developers Answers

inphinity, on Nov 20 2011 - 23:25, said: Given that they're (high-tier US heavies compared to other nations) presently *not* balanced, and the 7.0 patch as it is currently on Test only exacerbates the imbalance, has this been taken into account with the upcoming M103/T110 Tier9/10 replacements for US line, or will they arrive already at a disadvantage vs their peers?
Unfortunately there has been a number of answers on here / dev blogs etc implying the US "heavy" tanks will continue to have to play a support role, and will seemingly use the T34's theory of "RoF for the win", which in most situations in-game does not apply, it seems the US heavy line may continue to be the red-headed stepchild as it were.
If they're going to continue to be unable to stand up to other Tier 9/10 tanks reliably, then MM needs to take this into account. When one team gets two T30s and the other two E-100s as their Tier10 allotment, it is a significant disadvantage to the team with two T30s. The E100s are capable of putting out just as much damage (with the 15cm gun) and take a LOT more to put down. If T110 will continue to be unable to have a decent chance gonig up against E100/Maus/IS-7 1v1, then MM needs to ensure that ARMOUR is balanced as well as tier.
Since the M103 itself is apparently finished and ready, are we able to get some indication of what it's stats will be, please, and an idea of what role it is expected to be played as?