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[Elphaba]

IS-7

 

Once one of the most popular vehicles in the game, the IS-7 has lost some of its former power against the new top tanks. We plan to increase the strength of this old-timer by significantly improving its mobility and aiming parameters. The changes are intended to emphasize the current role of the vehicle – a close range assaulter. Due to its improved hitpoints combined with the excellent frontal armor, the IS-7 will now survive longer in a match. Firing will become more efficient due to the improved aiming parameters. We will also improve the mobility significantly (increasing the power-weight ratio from 15,4 h.p/t to 19 h.p/t). This change will allow the tank to take advantage of key positions on the battlefield.

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Soviet TDs

 

Now let’s move on to the changes of the TD branch leading up to the Object 268. The BL-10 gun on Tier VIII ISU-152 will be replaced by the 152 mm D-4S. In fact, the 152 mm D-4S is similar in its characteristics to the 152 mm BL-10 except for the armor penetration which will become lower (260 mm on D-4S). The current armor penetration of the BL-10 (286 mm) on Tier VIII combined with the 750 HP alpha-damage is simply too effective. Moreover, we’ll increase the hitpoints of the tank in order to increase its survivability. The ISU-152 will also lose some of its 122-mm gun choices which will make it easier to research the top gun. The D-4S will be also added to the Object 704 as an alternative to the BL-10 which will remain available on the Object.

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And what will happen to the top of the branch? We will significantly increase the speed of the standard shell (from 760 m/s to 950 m/s) of the Object 268 and will also double the horizontal gun constraint range which will make firing at long ranges much more effective and will make it easier to hit moving targets.

[Aoyama_Blue_Mountain]

Rip IS-4, the weaker IS-7 with better gun and more hitpoints.

[tekno]

no pen buff to is7

[MagicalFlyingFox]

IS-7, the tank that should never have been in a situation where it needed a buff. 

 

But here we are. 

 

Elphaba, on 06 July 2017 - 01:21 PM, said:

IS-7

 

Once one of the most popular vehicles in the game, the IS-7 has lost some of its former power against the new top tanks. 

 

Hey look, an admission that the tanks of late are imbalanced.

Edited by MagicalFlyingFox, 06 July 2017 - 01:03 PM.

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MagicalFlyingFox, on 06 July 2017 - 03:02 PM, said:

IS-7, the tank that should never have been in a situation where it needed a buff. 

 

But here we are. 

 

Hey look, an admission that the tanks of late are imbalanced.

 

And now the cycle of buffing everything else to compensate has truly gotten going, in a patch or two tier 10 will be absolutely shitting over everything else, then the tier 9 buffs will come in and so on and fast forward several years and they get to where they were prior to the maus rework and type 5.

 

gg wg.

[Mother_Of_All_Rommel]

Balance in game is an ongoing process, drive by profit.. which is pretty normal imo.

[MagicalFlyingFox]

jessica_raven, on 07 July 2017 - 12:54 AM, said:

Balance in game is an ongoing process, drive by profit.. which is pretty normal imo.

 

Of course. However WarGaming have lost outsourced their nerf bat. 

[TIMTAMS__]

u know what the wot devs could do? buff every single tanks in the game to no end!

[tekno]

Apparently its how you fix your balance fails in tier8 prems

[CardinalMite]

jessica_raven, on 06 July 2017 - 02:54 PM, said:

Balance in game is an ongoing process, drive by profit.. which is pretty normal imo.

In much the same level of benefit to the general population as a drive by shooting.

[Mother_Of_All_Rommel]

crazib, on 07 July 2017 - 04:50 AM, said:

u know what the wot devs could do? buff every single tanks in the game to no end!

Buffing few bad tanks is an indirect nerf to the top dogs. Thats still better then nerfing a prem directly.

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jessica_raven, on 07 July 2017 - 10:22 PM, said:

Buffing few bad tanks is an indirect nerf to the top dogs. Thats still better then nerfing a prem directly.

 

No it's not, because you need a combination of buffs and nerfs to get close to 'balanced', otherwise you get stuck in a cycle of continuously buffing or nerfing which can never end.

[Mother_Of_All_Rommel]

_Storm, on 07 July 2017 - 08:24 PM, said:

 

No it's not, because you need a combination of buffs and nerfs to get close to 'balanced', otherwise you get stuck in a cycle of continuously buffing or nerfing which can never end.

When nerf are not possible, then buff is the way to go. Plus, even with nerf and buff works together, the cycle wont ends anyway.

[MagicalFlyingFox]

If you can buff something you can nerf something.