Player Questions & Developer Answers

Skorostnoy, on Aug 30 2011 - 06:12, said: Hey overlord, i know i'm just one player but i have an issue with the is-6 not replacing the kv-5.
Overlord said...
Q: So is this going to be a replacement of the KV-5 then? Or will there be the two T8 premium Russian tanks?
A: Nope, not a replacement. It will be a completely new tank.
August 26, 2011 12:18 PM
You have blessed those who purchased in the beginning a lowe, for 7500gold, were basically gifted 5000 gold when the price shot up.
kv-5 drivers, like myself, felt mutual disappointment, but acceptance.
now, you are introducing a new tank, a second teir 8, that is a much closer counter part to the lowe.
with the general consensus of the kv-5 being a rather weak tank-incapable of taking out a lowe alone-(as a lowe is well capable of devastating a kv-5 single handed) would it not be a better solution to rather remove the kv-5 alltogether and replace it with the is-6, establishing a counterpart to the Lowe? and also showing us kv-5 drivers who have struggled against lowes and king tigers for so long and finally seeing a gllimer of hope, that you care about us as well?
from what i've seen of the stats, low armor aside, it has great slope, and the kv-5 has more armor but almost a non existant gun when compared to things in it's teir(lowe, KT, is-3, ausfA)and very widely known, and access able weakspots (R2D2, sides of ..well everything... rear of well...everything...)
I would gladly trade these tanks. hell, i'd gladly trade my kv-5 for a t-34 premium. at least then i'd have a tank capable of standing in a firefight with it's own teir, weakspots that are able to be hidden, and a good gun.
please explain to me why you are putting in another teir 8, when the current one needs to be replaced.
(also on a side note, when the lowe's price was rasied, even those players who drove lowes before and were happy said things like 'this stinks of greed and' and "treating players like milky cows" if you do, infact replace the KV-5, it would dispell these attitudes)