AppleTank8, on Apr 03 2019 - 17:15, said:
1) Is the VKA really supposed to be running around with the short 88?
2) What gun is the E50 proto supposed to be using? 75mm seems a bit low for T8.
3) RIP toaster?
4) Disagree with the arty and missiles, doesn't really fit the game. Beyond visual range makes it feel too accurate if guided, and closer seems too fragile.
1) Yes. It would be at tier 7 not 8. Not every tank needs to be good but IMO the Tiger, Panther, Tiger 2, and E-series should be good because they are famous. In my tech tree the Grosstrakor (should actually be the Neubaufahrzeug), DW2, VK H/P/M, Lion, VK 45.02A/B, Panther 2, and E50 prototype are all designed as bad/free xp tanks. I think that any tank still experimental (VK) can be written off as bad because nobody really cares about it.
2) 75mm might be too low for tier 8 but it's meant to be a free exp tank. Not all the tanks can be good.
3) The toaster doesn't really fit because in reality it was an AA gun. It could only work as part of a separate Ardelt/Borsig/WT Pz IV/Grille 15 line because it fits the open hull layout. The Marder and the Nashorn are extremely similar and it would be weird to have them connected with the Toaster.
4) In terms of arty those are really the only two options (other than American artillery which is already in the game). The Gvozdika fits the German Leopard-esque play style nicely. Perhaps WG can find sekrit dokuments which prove the existence of domestically produced German artillery during the early/mid cold war. I know they built an AA gun (Geopard) on Leopard's chassis so maybe they did the same with artillery.
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I actually found one:
As for TD's there do exist some alternatives (although their historical authenticity is dubious):
https://www.snafu-so...er-concept.html
https://www.artstati...m/artwork/5J0KA
There also exists the VT tank (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VT_tank) but I abandoned this because IMO the duel cannons just look stupid. I wonder if the VT tank had a single gun variant at least in paper.
I would have added the Kanonenjagdpanzer but this is already in the game at tier 8 and I don't know how it would be possible to introduce it as a tier 10.
SteelRonin, on Apr 03 2019 - 15:15, said:
For that "logic" we can't see a german M47 Patton at tier 10 when the tier 9 is the Maus.....
They need to change that "logic" in order to improve the lines....I don't care if my armored tier 8 HT will turn into a tier 9 MT and then a tier 10 HT with paper armor.
I would not support an American tank larping as a German tank if it already exists in the American tech tree. The only exception for this might be the MBT70/KPz 70 which could be in both tech trees as the Americans had a 152mm while the German's had a 120mm.