A few random things...
Thanks Obama!
Just had the worst MM of my World of Tanks career I think. Playing the VK 45.02A (Tier 8 German HT), I get Erlenberg Standard...and for some reason we have 3 heavies and the enemy has 2. I'm the 3rd heavy, a Tier 8. It's a Tier X battle, and the enemy heavies are a WZ 111-5A, and an IS-3-II. The enemy also has an Obj 430, one of the heavily armored Tier 9 TDs, and 3 clickers.
I couldn't even pen anything they sent to town, and if I dared poke I got shat on by multiple arties. It was a 3-15 loss. I lived 3 minutes and 7 seconds of the 5 minute battle, which is about 2 minutes longer than I expected to.
Oh well, that's how WOT goes sometimes.
The VK 45.02A
Been grinding the VK 45.02A a bit, in preparation for the imminent PZ 7 On Track. Fully upgraded it's not terrible, though it suffers a lot against tier 10 (and many 9s). That's true of many heavies though, they struggle to deal with the higher tier heavies in pen, armor, and alpha. But if you play it smart, it can still be workable.
"On paper" the armor isn't great, but I find I get a lot more bounces than I'd expect to.
I don't think I'll be keeping it when I unlock the VK 45.02B, but I haven't hated the grind.
The CS-44
CS-44 is an interesting tank. One battle it's totally helpless. Misses 3/4 of its shots, bounces the 1/4 it hits. The the next battle it's gliding around the battlefield sidestepping incoming rounds like Neo, and quietly collecting 3 kills.
It's also one of the few tanks I've played where the upgraded guns are really not worth mounting. The second gun has a 4mm more pen on the standard rounds but is otherwise identical in every way, AND unlocking it does nothing to get you closer to the next tank. Just a waste of XP and credits.
The top gun has 60 points more alpha, and a bit better pen, but way worse DPM, worse accuracy, and it's heavier. You have to unlock it to get to the CS-53, but otherwise I don't think it's worth the credits. Guess I'm just going to meander along with the stock gun until I get to the CS-53.
Same with the engine, by the way. The top engine has just 30 HP more than the stock engine, and it's 50KG heavier...so you MIGHT gain a tiny bit of top speed, but you'll lose acceleration. Why spend the 11,000 XP on it and the credits? Just another distraction from getting to the CS-53.
GLHF!
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