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[Papax 2112]

SteampunkPagan, on 06 December 2017 - 03:58 AM, said:

Any one else notice how they (WG) released this after all the forum staff had gone home so no one would be here to answer these questions?

 

Don't worry my friend . I bet they will all be at office before it ever goes live . I'm geussing 8 to 10 hrs from now...

[aaapsmoi]

In my opinion powerfull light tanks influence the game too much allready. Their superior mobility combined with fast rate of fire and powerfull guns make life very difficult for innocent heavy tankers. I have also noticed one strange phenomena: the armour of some light tanks is (in paper) very thin, but in reality they seem to be able to bounce shots very effectively. For instance "Cromwell Berlin": just yesterday I was playing IS-2 and I shot a Cromwell Berlin to the side of its turret (from close distance) - and the shot bounced. And earlier I have shot a Cromwell Berlin with VK 100.01P (with the best gun that has over 200 mm penetration) to the bottom (the Cromwell had fallen) - and the shot bounced. So the light tanks are not only "OP" - there is also some bug that helps them perform better.

[Scoobydooboj]

aaapsmoi, on 06 December 2017 - 08:49 AM, said:

In my opinion powerfull light tanks influence the game too much allready. Their superior mobility combined with fast rate of fire and powerfull guns make life very difficult for innocent heavy tankers. I have also noticed one strange phenomena: the armour of some light tanks is (in paper) very thin, but in reality they seem to be able to bounce shots very effectively. For instance "Cromwell Berlin": just yesterday I was playing IS-2 and I shot a Cromwell Berlin to the side of its turret (from close distance) - and the shot bounced. And earlier I have shot a Cromwell Berlin with VK 100.01P (with the best gun that has over 200 mm penetration) to the bottom (the Cromwell had fallen) - and the shot bounced. So the light tanks are not only "OP" - there is also some bug that helps them perform better.

 

Yesterday i had a Lycan bounce a shot from my Borsig on its rear! Should've split him in half but it bounced! I too wonder if some lights have been 'blessed'!

[Gigab0mb]

Scoobydooboj, on 06 December 2017 - 01:03 AM, said:

 

Yesterday i had a Lycan bounce a shot from my Borsig on its rear! Should've split him in half but it bounced! I too wonder if some lights have been 'blessed'!

 

If this patch is a total rebalance like on the pc, they will all be blessed with hilariously bad accuracy and dpm save the t71.

[Kaizer Billy]

When can we expect the remainder of the update notes?

[wuzz83]

aaapsmoi, on 06 December 2017 - 08:49 AM, said:

In my opinion powerfull light tanks influence the game too much allready. Their superior mobility combined with fast rate of fire and powerfull guns make life very difficult for innocent heavy tankers. I have also noticed one strange phenomena: the armour of some light tanks is (in paper) very thin, but in reality they seem to be able to bounce shots very effectively. For instance "Cromwell Berlin": just yesterday I was playing IS-2 and I shot a Cromwell Berlin to the side of its turret (from close distance) - and the shot bounced. And earlier I have shot a Cromwell Berlin with VK 100.01P (with the best gun that has over 200 mm penetration) to the bottom (the Cromwell had fallen) - and the shot bounced. So the light tanks are not only "OP" - there is also some bug that helps them perform better.

 

Partly agree with this, a good light tank driver can really ruin your game even when your in a (top tier) heavy... bring in tier X lights and (on paper) they seem OP as hell.

But... let's wait and see how the tanks perform before judging.

 

Need to get me one of those magic Cromwell B's because mine doesn't bounce anything

VK 100.01P... honestly I dislike that gun so much, can't remember how many bounces or complete misses I got on easy targets... but at the same time I can make the most impossible shots with it, like snapshot an IS3 from the front from halfway across the map ... performance is just to random for me.

[Tricky Rik 36]

aaapsmoi, on 06 December 2017 - 08:49 AM, said:

In my opinion powerfull light tanks influence the game too much allready. Their superior mobility combined with fast rate of fire and powerfull guns make life very difficult for innocent heavy tankers. I have also noticed one strange phenomena: the armour of some light tanks is (in paper) very thin, but in reality they seem to be able to bounce shots very effectively. For instance "Cromwell Berlin": just yesterday I was playing IS-2 and I shot a Cromwell Berlin to the side of its turret (from close distance) - and the shot bounced. And earlier I have shot a Cromwell Berlin with VK 100.01P (with the best gun that has over 200 mm penetration) to the bottom (the Cromwell had fallen) - and the shot bounced. So the light tanks are not only "OP" - there is also some bug that helps them perform better.

 

I've bounced shots off the underside of different tanks from point blank range that should've taken the turret off on the way through.  I think there's some inconsistent armour modelling which is becoming more obvious since the physics update.

[Zulu Calm]

aaapsmoi, on 06 December 2017 - 08:49 AM, said:

In my opinion powerfull light tanks influence the game too much allready. Their superior mobility combined with fast rate of fire and powerfull guns make life very difficult for innocent heavy tankers. I have also noticed one strange phenomena: the armour of some light tanks is (in paper) very thin, but in reality they seem to be able to bounce shots very effectively. For instance "Cromwell Berlin": just yesterday I was playing IS-2 and I shot a Cromwell Berlin to the side of its turret (from close distance) - and the shot bounced. And earlier I have shot a Cromwell Berlin with VK 100.01P (with the best gun that has over 200 mm penetration) to the bottom (the Cromwell had fallen) - and the shot bounced. So the light tanks are not only "OP" - there is also some bug that helps them perform better.

 

Just a small point but the Cromwell Berlin isn't a Light tank but rather a Medium.

[Scoobydooboj]

Zulu Calm, on 06 December 2017 - 09:22 AM, said:

 

Just a small point but the Cromwell Berlin isn't a Light tank but rather a Medium.

 

Even so, the 122mm from the IS-2 should shred a Cromwell. But the gods of rng are unforgiving sometimes!

[RaiBOT01]

SteampunkPagan, on 06 December 2017 - 01:58 AM, said:

Any one else notice how they (WG) released this after all the forum staff had gone home so no one would be here to answer these questions?

 

It is 2 in the morning for us.  And we are here to answer questions. 

[RaiBOT01]

ItsBillyBoom, on 06 December 2017 - 03:16 AM, said:

When can we expect the remainder of the update notes?

 

After the update is over, I’ll be posting the feedback threads which contain information from the update.  December overview Part II will be published in the coming weeks 

[salomon2007]

It's so early to implement Tier10LT on CS version, comparing to new matching scheme which is already implemented on PC version.  If matching scheme is just the same as yesterday and has not changed yet on CS version, it would be disastrous for players.  

Have WG informed us about implementing new matching scheme in valid after update 4.2 ? If not you WG should comprehend how Tier10LT implementation work effectively with new M-M scheme , IMO.

Edited by salomon2007, 06 December 2017 - 10:28 AM.

[RaiBOT01]

Beta582, on 05 December 2017 - 11:10 PM, said:

So with tier 10 lights confirmed release tomorrow I have a question.

 

If we have the T49, RU 251, T-54 Lightweight, AMX 13 90, M41 Bulldog, or T71 in our garage when the tier 10 lights go live, what will happen to them? I ask because every one of those gets bumped up a tier except the T71 which gets split into two different vehicles.

 

Additional tack on questions for two different light tanks.

 

AMX Chaffee has +4 matchmaking right now at tier 6 and I saw (while tankopedia had the changed) that it saw up to tier 9. Does this mean it will have scout matchmaking or some kind of hybrid matchmaking?

 

The Snakebite currently has preferential scout matchmaking (can't be top tier but only sees up to tier 8) and I noticed earlier on tankopedia that it still saw up to tier 8. Does it's matchmaking stay the same or does it go to standard matchmaking?

 

There will be changes in the tech tree to allow the new introduction of the new Tier X lights

[RaiBOT01]

YCS-186, on 05 December 2017 - 11:41 PM, said:

This is pretty cool. The new War Story sounds awesome, interesting way of having a German (or possibly French, judging by the commander's name) WS chapter. I'm excited for the earn op as well.

She is French and I think it’s one of our best WS to dare!

Cookie and Cat, on 06 December 2017 - 12:14 AM, said:

Hey WG, I got a question about this patch. Will we be allowed to keep heroine Marianne Durieux to be able to transfer to our normal tanks?

Runaway Tiger will work the same as previous War Stories

[Jodmeister]

Any chance of posting some or all the update text here as obviously with the website being down at the moment we can't currently see it?

[RaiBOT01]

Jodmeister, on 06 December 2017 - 04:28 AM, said:

Any chance of posting some or all the update text here as obviously with the website being down at the moment we can't currently see it?

 

I rather wait for portal to comeback up, for the sake of not over-posting.  Sorry I hope the update goes smoothly so you can get the info faster.

[Rarefication]

I can't wait for the new WS, and to see how the new lights affect the battlefield. Also, by dividing the overview into two parts gives us sometime further to look forward to this month. That's kinda nice. 

[McLogo]

I'm very happy about this update!

 

But I'm still wondering how premium lights like the Lycan and AMX Chaffee will be handled, as the Lycan with +2 matchmaking will be borderline OP and would also be beating the crap out of the same tier lights.

[Yak 666]

Looking forward to a new war story ..  and of course the light tanks...  mmmmmm   light tanks...

[Koneko Da Best]

were there any changes to the Tier X lights from the pc versions or will we be getting them in the same state pc has them?