EU Questions & Answers

FrostDX, on 08 August 2011 - 10:20 PM, said: What is the reason for change in Soviet tank tree and moving IS-6 to be a tier 8 premium?
#1: Is it because devs can't stand that Lowe is more popular/better than KV-5, and you don't really want to piss off players that much by nerfing Lowe which is bought for real money, you have at least that much respect for your customers, so you're putting new more attractive Tier 8 Soviet premium? (cause God forbid that Germans have some tank that is better than a Soviet counterpart, if that happens, and it happened with Lowe - all other plans must be stopped - the main priority is that there is no tier/class in which soviet tanks aren't the most popular ones)
#2: Or is it because when American tree changes, there will be 2 Tier 8 heavy premium tanks for Americans (M6A2E1 & T34), and only 1 for Soviet? (It's OK for Germans to have 1 tier 8 premium, but Soviet must not be behind Americans in any way, if Americans have 2 tier heavy premium tanks - Soviet must also have 2)
Possible answer #3:
IS-6 is too weak to be a decent tier 9 (and by that I mean decent SOVIET tier 9), but I don't really buy this reason, if it was too weak, you would just buff it, who cares if it doesn't have it's historical stats, you would just buff it "for balance reasons", just like you nerfed lower plate of E-75 (which was supposed to the same as upper plate, but who cares about German plans, if they were any good they would actually made that tank, right?). And you are already used to German tank fans always complaining so buffing IS-6 wouldn't brought too much trouble. So this #3 answer would just be a lame excuse.
Possible answer #4:
Well, there is always a possibility that I'm just blinded by my own bias (I openly admit it I like German tanks more), and I fail to see the real reason for this move so if you would be so kind to, for once, explain what is the reason for this change? (not just give an answer like "It's the reason #4" and that would be all)...
P.S. I don't really think that Soviet tanks are OP, but some decisions I just can't understand.