Player Questions & Developer Answers

Chewie, on 28 July 2011 - 04:01 PM, said: 1-4. Fair enough. Thanks for being honest about it. Is a overhaul in the works? Do you have an idea of when this may be coming out?
5 - 6. Ok, thanks
7. Any news on what may happen with the T23 yet?
8. That is excellent news. I'm very excited to see how the T34 is balanced as a tier 8 premium heavy. Thank you for not giving us a YATAH (Yet Another T5E1 American Heavy)
Here are the two questions that did not get answered, along with some additional questions:
1. Can the T34 / M103 have a 105mm or 120mm that they can quickly research to help alleviate the pain of having a very inadequate gun for tier 9 (that the Ausf B and IS-4 do not have a problem with)? The Patton has something very similar to this proposal with the 90mm M36 / 90mm T15EM2.
Or, could the T34 / M103 just start with a beter gun?
2. Somewhat related to question 1, how is the T32 doing for balance? Comparing in-game stats, personal experience using the tank and fighting against it, I'm not convinced that it is performing adequately. One possible solution to the problem presented in question 1 is giving the T32 a better gun, something that has basically the same stats as the T5E1 105mm, but is a higher velocity shell and thus has a penetration value of around 220mm for AP rounds. This would allow the T34 / M103 to use a gun that is actually somewhat useful for tier 9 while grinding up the best gun (instead of being almost useless for 60k experience).
3. You responded to questions about the M103's gun saying the 120mm will be using HEAT ammo. Are you saying that the M103's / T110's gun will use HEAT ammo as it's primary ammo? If "yes", surely you won't be charging gold for the rounds... right? If "no", will the other types of rounds (I assume AP and HE would be the standard ammo types) be competitive? Any information on the M103 / T110's gun would be great!
4. When the T34 becomes tier 8, will it's 102mm gun retain its current penetration values? Since you guys (the developers) seem to rely on historical figures for penetration values, I can see it keeping the penetration values it has right now.