Diablo's Thoughts on Light Tanks

Skorpion pass, A8, the last small hill against the edge of the map... Don't try to use that. I got stuck trying to peak back and forth through there. Waited to die.

I've had decent luck with the ridges in the middle of the map. I stay clear of the edges because that seems to be where all of the sniping Soviet heavies like to go.

The Bulldog is great. It was even better before WG in their infinite knowledge nerfed the last package single shot .

I think I'm in the rare group that still runs the single shot even after the nerf. The gun handling is just better than the autoloader and due to the lighter weight I've found that the tank handles better.

I get that. After the nerf I went back to the autoloader for a bit. Unfortunately a few games later I took a hit to the ammo rack after already using my repair kit. My reload was an agonizing 60+ seconds. That really killed it for me. I went straight back to the single shot after that.

All that being said the Bulldog is an outstanding tank no matter the gun you choose to run on it.

Interesting take on why the light tanks get screwed.  That did not occur to me to be honest.  Makes sense though. 

I don't really want light tanks made easier to play but I also don't want them made unnecessarily difficult because good players are driving the stat curve up because other players give up on the class to quickly.

The disparity between the different tanks is really apparent now that the Spotting stat is being displayed in the garage. There definitely seems to be something off about the stats.

It would be nice if you could mount and dismount equipment or change out crews and see a difference in the numbers.

I'm still working out exactly what all the information is telling me.  You say it's a "relative scale".  Relative to what?

A 0 - 100 scale whether a percentage or an arbitrary numbering system would be an absolute scale.  A scale that started with a particular tank as the base would be a relative scale.  That was what threw me.  I was trying to figure out what WG used as a baseline.

To describe it another way, 32° on a Fahrenheit scale is freezing.  Saying "it is 8° below freezing" is describing the temperature in a relative scale where as saying "it is 24°" is that same temperature expressed as an absolute.


Sorry, just my anal retentiveness rearing its ugly head.