Results of Sandbox Iterations. HE Shells and SPGs: What’s Next?

Kessu, on 18 May 2021 - 06:09 PM, said: So we can finally confirm that whole so called sandbox test was final form not an actual test. And what i played there those statistics cant be right because most players who played there seem to had no clue what whole point in this test was because all what we got was typical gold (heat/apcr) spam=Not much data for HE shells.   And those compensations for tanks which will get whacked quite nicely. oh boy.... Really sucks to have t49/sheriddan right now because those buffs will really compensate lost 1/3 of potential HE splash. Kv-2/r really didnt get that much better treatment. Expect angry players especially kv-2r owners. EBR:s excluding prenium will get nerf because hight pen HE. So suddenly HE will be a problem but in front page everything was fine and nothing needed a change ?   And our 183mm derp kings didnt get anything ?   Overally really disapointed for whole patch only because hulldown heavies specially chieftain and e279 needed to be immune for free to play players. Now go and release that screw 2.0 so we can finally put that game on rest after all those years...   Edit: Will strv 103b get any compensation for lost survivably ?  


KanonenVogel19, on 18 May 2021 - 06:02 PM, said:   Any news on the premium ammo rework? Being able to play tanks like Königstiger or Jagdtiger without constantly getting penned by overpriced premium ammo is definitely one thing that would bring me back into the game as an active player. For artillery you have completely removed the concept of premium ammo and made all ammo types cost the same. How about using that approach for all other tanks aswell?


TacPenguin, on 18 May 2021 - 06:25 PM, said: As so many predicted the changes are coming because it is WGs game and they will do whatever they want.   If they get it wrong players will stop playing or stop paying and it will effect WGs bottom line.   Now the only choice players can make is continue paying and playing or continue playing and not paying.  Or Stopping!!   Ill see what happens and how the live server reacts.   I'm guessing  that I will give a few weeks then pooooff  10 years and I will be done.   Interesting time   TcP


HerrWizzard, on 18 May 2021 - 06:27 PM, said: I did play on the sandbox. i did take the SPG, as i like to play them. Yeah, i did not manage to penetrate ANY single AP shots. None. Zero. Either bounced or did a critical. an that because of the lol angle and the lol penetration. An yeah, "multi role SPG" they say. Like i said in the survey, delete the SPG and that's it. i bet there will be a free 2d cammo as compensation.
The arty is nerfed to hell and back.  No one cares about, cause some campers couldnt camp freely anymore.  Will arty stats change so that you can get more easy to Mastery? No. will the missions change? No, ofc, who care about all this..... Now, with arty f@#$ up badly, the HE so called re balanced on the other tanks, the heavily armored vehicles are indistructible.  Well then, dont let them in Tier 8/9 games, and monsters like chieftain or 279 should not go into randoms. but that's not gonna happen. i wonder how do u think a tier 6 heavy tank would fair frontally vs Defender. What options does it have?  It is just a plain dumb move. GG, u have too many players, i guess. Sadly this info never goes to the devs or to whomever makes these dumb decisions. too bad. They should hear from the community directly how IQ sub-zero this is.  


Rygir, on 18 May 2021 - 06:34 PM, said: I participated in the tests and I most definitely did NOT like the HE changes. Stop trying to fix something that isn't broken. It's not a better simulation of reality and the gameplay isn't becoming more fun.    Reading your interpretation of the responses feels like you are twisting my words. Just because I didn't lie or rip it apart does not mean the changes are working correctly. Yes it's an improvement over the first test, because that one was absolute horror. These HE changes are unwanted.