Let me start by saying I liked and came to enjoy the T-44. We made a good team and I confidently loaded into matches. It occurs to me that I was pretty good at playing the T-44 like an overgrown light tank...not so much as a true medium. My best T-44 games tended to feature a LOT of spotting and assisted damage. Even so, I maintained a very good for me 1.48 KD.
I haven’t been able to make the transition to the T-54. I burned about 100k fxp so as not to start from scratch...basically ran the T-54 with the T-44 gun for a dozen or so matches...now 63 matches in and my WR/KD has been in steady decline since equipping the top gun. I’m negative both now, actually. That’s largely because I’m not pulling my own weight...costing me and my teams games...and losing a lot of silver (first time ever for that to happen consistently).
I cannot seem to keep myself alive - it’s like I’ve either forgotten all my old T-44 tricks or the T-54 requires me to learn new ones...and I’m not sure which it is. Having armor that actually bounces shots from time to time is nice. The gun is no issue, I have both unlocked and use the better handling option, by Tier IX I’m used to crap pen on USSR med tank guns and there’s always “skill rounds.” I know it’s a more capable tank in the same MM spread...yet I am just sucking.
Thoughts?