Sandbox 2021: Changes to SPGs

Saronus, on 09 March 2021 - 10:27 AM, said: Im ngl but this sure does look interesting, heres hoping you do it right 


SlyMeerkat, on 09 March 2021 - 10:29 AM, said: So WG wants to remove arty from MM but can't do that and they decided to nerf it to the ground so players will stop play whit it... 1. Shell trace so bright is absolutely nonsense!  2. Indicator where shell is gonna land one more nonsense!  3. Less stun duration, do U know there is campaign missions that count stun time?!  4. Making 3 types of shells - U didn't learn anything from last ammo change on sand box, did U?  5. "More tactical options"? What are those options for arty pls tell me???  In such fast games, thanking to U'r broken MM, arty now have problems to make enough dmg, and after this "improvement"  players will be forced to stop play with arty. U force ppl to play arty by campaign missions, daily missions with 7 or more critical hits and now u making arty impossible to play... Will try SandBox, again, but I think I will not get Survey - just I didn't get it for previous 2 SandBox-s 


ritam_nereda, on 09 March 2021 - 11:18 AM, said: Bad news  There is a illegal mod which exactly does this. With this become standart slow arty will die in a second. And not every map you can leave that zone.


sergeantbly, on 09 March 2021 - 11:20 AM, said: yes, its a bad news for arty. Essentially, instead of aiming at tanks, arty first should counter enemy arty. So... missing first 3 minutes of the game playing cat and mouse. 10:24 Added after 1 minute though, unlike crew 2.0 I totally expect 70% approval for this one. And this time I might actually even believe the numbers.


vixu, on 09 March 2021 - 11:23 AM, said: So from this part of the breakdown-     Counteracting SPGs While it is possible to try to predict the direction of potential incoming SPG damage, it can be a difficult task, even for the most experienced players. To help commanders avoid artillery fire, we would like to provide you with the following information, which will: help you understand where exactly SPGs are shooting at during the battle alert you when an SPG has fired a shot at you help you better understand where the SPGs are shooting from and where to find cover from their fire. Let's start from the top.   You telling me from that certain elements in this game ie the whiners don't understand how this ingame feature works-     I use that and know where the arty is all the time.......


Reaper13sa, on 09 March 2021 - 11:47 AM, said: Wait what its wrong with you wg now it come to my attention        this initution skill related to (S)crew 2.0  I Know from the start its a excuse to let it  (S)crew 2.0 pass.


sergeantbly, on 09 March 2021 - 11:57 AM, said: Honestly, none of these changes sound like they'll help heavy, slow moving targets one bit. They can't dodge anything in a shell's flight time, and they'll still be hammered to pieces the moment they get spotted.   Instead, with smaller splashes etc it'll be even harder than currently to hit medium and light tanks, or anything moving at a decent clip. Because nobody wants to whiff on their once-every-40-seconds shots, arty won't even bother trying until they have to, so they'll just shell exposed heavies and slow targets even more than before.   The real way to fix arty? Limit it to 1 per team. Maybe 2 in rare situations. Never 3.


soralapio, on 09 March 2021 - 12:30 PM, said: Why are you overcomplicating EVERYTHING??? Start by restricting number of arty per team to 1 and nerf some lower tier ones (m44). Then worry bout this sort of thing.


xB33, on 09 March 2021 - 02:29 PM, said: No mention of reducing the number of arty per team in a battle.   So I ain't even going to test this garbage.   Wargaming, when are you going to realize, that the only way to balance arty is to reduce it to 1 or 2 per side. Preferably just 1 per side. We don't need all these useless changes that will just nerf arty to the ground and allow them to be taken out of the battle easily.


SmegTheNoob, on 09 March 2021 - 03:12 PM, said: