The Chieftain's Random Musings Thread

The_Chieftain: Could be worse, it could be a damp squib.   As an aside, the editors cut out the end of my "Your favourite tanks" contribution. After "your life will change" with reference to the M58, it continues:   . There is a school of thought which says that you should skip the M58, and put the 60,000XP towards the T110E5 instead. After all, when you unlock the E5, you’ll get the M58 anyway. Do not succumb to this siren song unless there is some pressing, urgent cause that you need the E5 yesterday, for two reasons. Firstly, the M58 just transforms this tank. It will make the next 185k XP a sheer joy to earn, and secondly, the better gun will likely mean that you will accumulate the 185k XP about as quickly as you would the 125kXP without the M58. I did also get the tracks, just for the added resilience and faster turning. The radio I got because I’m obsessive, but it really isn’t all that important.   As an aside, I’m going to put a PSA out here if you’re considering the American heavy line. Don’t run T29 with the 76mm. Just.. don’t do it. If you decided to start your path to True Comfort  by going through the Shermans, then obviously you intended to continue up the medium line as well. Continue that path, unlock the 90mm cannon on T20, which can be placed on T29. If you don’t care about the mediums, then go with the T1 and M6 heavy tank route which are perfectly fine tanks in their own right, and which will unlock the 90mm for you as well by the time you get to T29. Or just store the Free XP to unlock the 90mm. Anyone seen running the toothpick of a 76mm on a T29 is going to be soundly mocked, and rightfully so, by their team-mates as being all but a liability to their team.