So, what will today's tank post be on? Well, it's a very "reputable" tank in the game... and it's sorta of a newcomer. Have you guessed it yet?
Well, I present to you the tank for today... the Tier VIII [or 8] Premium Soviet Heavy Tank; the Object 252U.
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| Do YOU think it's overpowered? |
Yea... another Russian Tank. But it's slightly different than the AMX M4 49 and the T26E5, 'cause it's "Nation Skin" version actually has a slightly different model... in the form of missing front and back "track guards".
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| It actually makes it look 10X worse... with the custom skin and different model combined. |
The AMX M4 49 has no change whatsoever, the T26E5 has different "clutter" locations [the extra junk like spades and ropes] between the normal and "Nation Skin" version and the Russian tank is the only one with both different clutter locations and slightly tweaked model... seems fair. Not biased at all...
Not only does it looks extremely ugly without the track guards, but it actually makes it easier for people to estimate where to shoot you at the sides as they are more exposed.
But enough with the mini rant... time for some replays...
That last tank chase, though... shoulda just capped... well, time for the next one, then. Had to fight an Object 252U 'Defender' in it.
Flanking maneuvers activate, indeed. they don't know what hit 'em... until they knew and fight back, that is. The last one has a Defender on my side of team, instead... and managed to snag quite an amount of kills, too.
Dat brain-fart moment when fighting the Type 58, though...
When this first rolled out for purchase, it was madness. I don't know if it's the massive amounts of players or the latest update that caused a server-wide "crash-to-desktop" thing, but it was really bad.
Many players while in the battles just stopped moving and got free-killed... some managed to come back on if they're fast enough. There was also a battle that had tons of players from one clan only! It was nearly two-thirds [or 2/3] of both teams, combining to a total of 4/6 of the players are of one clan.
The crashes only happen twice to me and it only lasted for a day. But the first game I had in the Object 252U had quite a lot of the enemy team players crashing and gave us the chance for a clean sweep of the remainders... I also ended up getting an Ace Tanker Mastery in that battle.
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| It was like target practice... |
So, what do I think about this tank? Well, it's certainly an easy tank to control and do good in, but don't expect it to be the 'overpowered unstoppable beast' you'd think it'll be.
Let's go over the pros of this tank: Thick and angled frontal armor makes bouncing shots a breeze, it also has a powerful gun that has plentiful penetration and chunky damage, 225 penetration and 440 damage. It has really tiny cupolas that you really have to take time to aim in order to hit, too.
Now for the cons: Pre-angled frontal armor means it'll be weaker when angled wrongly, and the gun takes quite some time to aim and load... over three seconds of aim time and about roughly 13+ seconds for reloads. Plus, the gun's accuracy is horrible... not recommended for long-ranged shots.
But that's not all! The lower frontal plate may be thick, but it is HUGE, making it an easy weakspot. The driver can easily be killed by splashing High Explosive and possible to penetrate the driver's hatch if your tank is higher than the Object 252U. The cupola with the Dushka machinegun is actually an easy way to kill the loader/gunner.
Then there's the low view range of only 350 meters and the rather thin lower unangled side armor that is very easy to shoot through. Can still side-scrape, though. It's also rather slow. Thin sides and back armor makes the Object 252U rather vulnerable to Artillery, similar to the AMX M4 49.
Plus, with how tough this tank is, players normally just load Premium Shells nowadays when encountering one of these.
So overall, it's the typical brawling tank suited for close-range encounters and face-hugging...
Not a bad tank, but I prefer my tank guns to be accurate like the Lowe or the AMX M4 49. Means nothing if you can hit where you're aiming.
Well, I guess that's all for this post. Took quite a long time typing down the content for this post, so I think this should do. Got stuff to prepare for tomorrow's post still, and it's already 1:20 AM here. So catch y'all in the next post, then...
-Panzer Fist-
