Player Questions & Developer Answers

lostwingman, on Sep 13 2011 - 02:22, said: Overlord.
With the comically nonsensical decision to hold off releasing the M103 to replace the T34 for what I can only assume is a satanic punchline to the playerbase's collective gonads. Has there been any thought into doing something about the T34's grind? I mean, with the old Panther and Panther 2 they were a bit outclassed at their tiers but above all were just horrible horrible grinds that even the devs came to realize was killing the tanks.
As it's been brought up in this thread there is another 105 that can be mounted onto the American heavy tree...the 105mm T5E2. Now the T29 is fine with it's top 105 gun and it can be debated and argued whether or not the T32 should get some kind of upgrade gun. However, there is no doubt, absolutely none, that the tier 9 American heavy slot is sorely lacking in an intermediate gun between stock and elite due to the T32s limited gun choice. Therefore at least in the interim is it not wise to simply take the 105mm T5E1 model, give it buffed stats (dare i say buffing some pen on that to make it useful?), and slap it into the T34 tech tree? Why can that not be done? You can't use the excuse that we would have to wait for the model because we can just use the 105T5E1 model. Heck your even using the VK3001H's 105 model for the Vk2801, so it's not without precedent to use the same model to make a tank more balanced or in this case playable. You also cannot use the argument that it would unbalance the game in any way shape or form since it would probably still be weaker than the KT's 105 and wouldn't even be the top gun on the T34.
Please read this Overlord, please read this and pass it along to the devs to shove it into this patch (you can shove on the 105 on the VK28 between TEST patches you can do this). It wouldn't break the game and it would at least reassure the playerbase that you care even a little about playability and enjoyment.