I don't think I would be nearly as mad about this if they didn't namedrop me on the dev stream, expecting me to actually approve of their implementation
12:06 People aren’t exactly happy about the BMD-4M, either. A thread on the forum got about 1000 votes to make it a TT vehicle (and still have the premium, like they did with the JA37Di) but Gaijin just ignored it.
Especially infuriating since they already locked the BMD-4 behind a paywall and profited greatly from it. BTW I have it and it's a great tank, but I was looking forward to research a TT variant as well. Also the TT version of premium vehicles should always be a straight upgrade or at the very least on par with them in terms of performance compared to premiums instead of the opposite.
I love how the devs are like "Look the tank spookston wanted and we made it finally" Then spook turns around and completely shits on WT devs. This is why I'm subbed
I can easily see them just picking a single document and thinking that's all they need, which leads to such inaccuracy. Although I'd expect the first best thing to be representative of the specs, even if there are some disagreeing documents. But this wouldn't be the first time Gaijin chooses the one that is least accurate.
@@pilotmanpaul Or the Su-27/Mig-29s appropriate speed bleed, or the r-77 on yak-141 (kind of a stretch but it itself is a stretch), or the datalink which shows what your teammates see on their radars that Su-27 has from the beginning. The list can go on, but US mains decide to overlook all of it and focus on their specific vehicles that are already pretty good
@@aenodarr7936Im not a US main but you are also just focusing on Soviet/Russian vehicles like they do. It’s normal if they focus on their own vehicle because that is most likely the vehicles they will play.
Spookston, in my opinion you are never annoying if you love the RDF/LT (which it seems you do) just talk about it, it's not annoying. In my opinion the 2S38 is better than the RDF/LT and maybe even the HSTVL. Appenrently they just hate US light tanks. Speak your Opinion, we love you!
Not just light tanks, Gaijin hates all US vehicles. They've artificially nerfed Abrams too with recent Hydraulic Pump addition which is misplaced and does not behave as it should. Both Heli and SPAAs are below average, not even CAS is best anymore, Su-34 singlehandedly curved the winrates for Russia to 70%
war thunder stream: I am sure a certain context creator will be happy with this release. spookstone after 5 days: do not buy it (with a thubnail saying useless and using the gambling meme as an opening) fucking hilarious
Wait a damned minute, the whole *point* pf the ARES 75mm was the relatively high ROF. They even had a "three round burst" engagement method. And the *publicly admitted* penetration of the "good stuff" developed for the cannon was roughly equivalent to contemporary 105mm APFSDS. The only excuse for the "no applique" package is if you are using it in an *airborne insertion* scenario. In literally any other scenario, applique armor would have been added (just as the later M8 AGS would have operated).
And yet Gaijin still thinks its fair to let the 2S38 exsist, with a third the reload time, massive ammo upgrade, and at a full br bracket lower. Yah, sure that makes sense
And they refuse to up br it cuz most 2S38 players are >lvl10 and got their first premium, so it's stats show up as extremely bad and gaijin looks at them and says it's ok in that br like they would rather cater to the 1 month pick up and dump players than players that have been playing for years ffs
They love doing the reload thing to American battleships, so many sources state that the 14 inch gun could reach 2RPM yet they have an aced reload of 1.5RPM because the initial reports stated the combat average reload. They take the max theoretical reload for all other ships, e.g the mutsu and amagi which can reach ABOVE 2RPM while having 16 inch guns, but American battleships, which already have bad armor and speed, and smaller guns, are just gimped because. I seriously hope nobody is getting their hopes up about Iowa being added. They’re going to gimp it somehow.
Initially, I was actualy very hyped to see that they were going to add the vehicle, and was hoping that it'd be more accurate than their 'version' of the HSTV-L. But now that you've laid out what you've been trying to get fixed with numerous reputable sources, and Gaijin clearly not caring AT ALL, I don't even think that I'll be spending any money on this game anymore. They've been guilty of cash grabs in the past, but their greed has been growing over the last couple of years with the climbing playercount. But I cannot, under any circumstance, try to support such a business model, knowing that I'd have to spend a triple A game's worth on a vehicle that isn't even historically accurate, nor within respectable levels of 'accurateness.' So, I really understand the rant, especially given that it's one of your favourite vehicles and want it to be represented accurately in-game. Long story short, Gaijin greedy, I'm kinda done.
its so dissapointing that they can add classified vehicles and just guess to their stats, but when sources are provided its "clearly a marketing lie". Or the m1128 not being fixed with a source from the ags. or using engagement time which is clearly not reload time. Gaijin is such a disspointment.
Bro the 2s38 got nerfed so many times and it's still somehow busted? IRL some variants of the 2s38 have Ataka ATGM or use the BMD4 hull, and gaijin added literally the worst variant possible 💀 (There's also the T14 Armata with a 2s38 cannon so...)
Also how people defend the current HSTV-Ls br is baffling to me. I had an argument with someone over requesting the HSTV-L to be kept at 11.3 in ground RB in the most recent BR changes, only to find out that they have only ever played arcade, and never played above 7.7... They also proceeded to mention that it would be completely unfair for the 2S38 to ever face the HSTV-L in both their current states... I simply do not understand some people, this person had never played nor faced either of these tanks, yet was vehemently attempting to argue their point. PS love the vidoes as per usual :)
Lest we forget gaijin denying the report on the Stinger which didnt pull enough Gs, with their only source against it being "this russian missile looks similar and cant do that"
I reported in February 2016 that the APHE Ammunition of the Panzer IV variants with the long barrels where wrong by over 25 mm, backing it up with official documents by the Wehrmacht from 1942. It took them nearly 4 years to actually fix it, and I was even told that "the documents could've been classified" 💀
@@sniffer123-z1o same moderator that denied primary source evidence that showed every Abrams since the m1a1 HA had added DU inserts in the Hull im sure its the same mod that denied spookston's sources.
litteral US army documents: "no we dont believe these stats to be right" Russian RUclips advertisement: "oh we missed some internal spall liners? thank you for this fantastic correction, it shall be added post haste!"
With the blatant ahistorical inaccuracies in relation to their recent additions (looking at this and the Sholef in particular), Gaijin might as well add back the Coelian and Tiger II 105.
also reminder that Coelian did exist as a wooden mockup and the Tiger II 105 is more of a blueprint, making them more legit than whatever Gaijin pulled out from its arse on creating/implementing/balancing their current vehicles.
I love the layout of this video, most other RUclipsrs do fine describing why you should or shouldn’t buy premiums but this was actually informative and interesting. Thanks!
@@o-hogameplay185 You are telling me a plane with 1/3rd of the reload, much more ammo, with 120+ ready rack, APHE if you want it, and trust me it can be very useful at times, with gen 3 thermals vs hstvls gen 1, and with better teams At 10.3 vs 11.7 Are you missing a brain cell or do i have to remind you how broken the 2s38 is.
@@o-hogameplay185 it does, while the OTOMATIC and the HSTV-L (and the RDF/LT) have slightly more on-paper penetration (311mm and 276mm with their respectful APFSDS rounds) over the 2S38 (225mm APFSDS), The OTOMATIC can carry 90 rounds with a 29 round ready rack, The HSTV-L has 26 rounds available (thankfully without a ready rack), and the 2S38 has 148 rounds with no ready rack, apart from that, as Spookston mentioned, APHE is very potent at 10.3, especially in full downtiers. The OTOMATIC has the 0.5 second reload rate, on par with the 2S38, but the HSTV-L suffers for 1.5 seconds, and keep in mind the OTOMATIC is 11.3, the HSTV-L is 11.7, and our dear boy, the 2S38 is 10.3
I wish Gaijin would just say "we don't want to do this because it goes against how we want to balance the game" rather than try to mental gymnastic sources provided to them. Doesn't do anything besides generate bad will when people engage in the system the proper way and they don't give any reasonable explanation for ignoring it
Translation for "how we want to balance the game" - USA can't have anything competitive in Ground top tier and we will nerf it and add more Premiums until winrates hit rock bottom
They're so adamant on "adhering to the sources" but have no problems making changes solely for balancing reasons when they feel like it. Traction is by far the most egregious example. They nerfed traction into the ground because they couldn't fix their shitty map design.
@@EvenMoreCheese it kinda is given they refuse to give us spall liners and darts still don't shatter properly after all this time making the UFP of the Abrams absolutely worthless compared to every other nations vehicles. I have more fun in my type 90 just because it reloads faster, doesn't need an ace crew, and oddly enough the armor actually seems to work on it, at least compared to any Abrams I've ever had the displeasure of using. And needing to rely on air power isn't a great feeling when I want to play ground battles.
Because that would be a lie even they couldn't defend. Its nerfed because its not Russian. and they probably want an idiot to leak info on the round that can pen their tanks that they still have in service.
Knowing that spooks is a midwesterner, that tone of voice may sound not very angry, but you just know, he is beyond mad inside, He is just straight up going nuclear inside.
this man is so infuriated he won't tell the snail's employees to have a nice day this guy's so mad he wants to do chores angrily brother's so bent out of shape he's gonna build a table explicitly to flip it over
i very much agree with you, and how disappointing and frustrating they are. it'd be made better if their behaviors were followed or justified by them with actual communication, such as: "here are the stats we provide for the hstvl which is a similar vehicle, albeit a different vehicle in reality; this is why we balanced and chose the reload speed we did" instead of being like: "nope we dont think it should have that ok bye" with some sources and then with others asking for more reliable or primary sources. they ask for these sources, then when provided with some, they make excuses as to why they dont want to follow them, and with no proof or evidence with their claims such as "our stats say this so thats it"
Video (8) of asking spookston to do a randomized challenge. Essentially a wheel decides almost everything. List of wheels: -A wheel that decides the nation. -a wheel that decides how many vehicles (1-3). -A wheel that decides the BR. (Maybe like a 1-2 br leniency) -A wheel that decides what vehicles (air or ground). Either reroll before every match or just do it once, your choice. (If you would like me to make the wheels to save you the suffering of making them I would gladly do that.)
Gaijin screwing over anything and everything about new vehicle to avoid giving the US a decent goddamn Light Tank? Must be a damn Tuesday. Which is weird, I could've sworn I went to church this morning.
@@thatonelocalauthority2809 They treat everything that is not from Russia like shit you pleb, making a point about us light tanks does not negate everything else they do. Multiple things can be true at once not everything is a zero sum game.
Sorry just so I understand correctly, Gaijin is saying they won't increase the reload rate of the RDF/LT because of "balance"... while the 2s38 will be at a lower battle rating, has comparable survivability, arguably a better gun, and a higher fire-rate.
Players: "We have a source to fix X vehicle! please do read it and fix ASAP, it's also straight from the military/company" Gaijin: "What's that? a western source? one our team magically didn't find? HA! pure misinformation!"
Genuinely cannot believe they thought that you'd approve of this to the point of name dropping you, I seen that and immediately knew this video would come
Im just so tired of russia getting EVERY SINGLE minor variant or prototype as a techtree vehicle just to bolster their lineups where the US or Germany get jackshit in terms of functionality. The 2S38 is just the cherry on top with shit like the RDF/LT or the Puma VJTF being 11.7 while it sits comfy at 10.3 while being 10x better.
I love war thunder but a game thats meant to be based on some of the most historically accurate vechicles and constantly being wrong to the point where TOP SECRET information has to get leaked to get a fix. Yet things that are very very veryyy public knowledge is simple wrong at least 80% of the time, is absolutle bananas
7:03 No, Spook. It's not rushed. It's purposefully castrated because if it were any good, their precious T-series would actually have in game competition from the US, and we can't have that, now can we?
the US tanks are already better. just because the average US top tier main is worse than the worst germany main with the Tiger, does not mean the tanks are bad
@o-hogameplay185 yeah. That's why gaijin actively ignores real sources like accurate fire rate from the horses mouth in exchange for shit that matches its preconceived beliefs. Confirmation bias, if you will.
@@jw1343 reload rates are a balancing factor. that's it. you could also say, "hey, gaijin just ignored this real video where a Leo 2 loader reloads in 2.5s and they did not give the Leo 2 that reload! BIAS4!4!4!"
@o-hogameplay185 saying reload rates is the only balancing factor is an utterly braindead response. Reload rate, pen, ammo count, maneuverability, and ability to engage first (ie, Gen 2-3 thermals, smoke, LRF, etc) all play into it. And when a vehicle has laughable of all, while it's "equivalent" is absolutely busted- there's no leg to stand on here in defense of the quite obvious anti-us sentiment the devs have.
Gaijin ignoring sources to artificially decrease the effectiveness of American vehicles? Shocking. Are we really surprised anymore? This is the same company that took a youtube video as a source for spall liners being on the T-90M.
Gaijin: Does everything to ensure that the american line is neutered to remain "balanced" Also Gaijin: Does mental gymnastics to ensure that russian ground has as many advantages as it possibly can by accepting any information regardless of source
@@nicogonzalez2466thb after nerfs it's not quite good, the depression and survivability just isn't there. I would rather wish Gaijin moved that thing up to 11.7 but fix the fuel tanks exploding 90% of the time and actually absorb all hits like it did pre nerf.
Friendly reminder that Gaijin gave the T80BVM a thermal sight because a prototype had it but won't give the Abrams depleted Uranian hull armor which was on a prototype. I try not to buy into the Russian bias meme but that and the HSTVL really push that narrative.
it is not bias. the M1s don't need DU (it would not make them any better), while the T-80s need the thermal. also IIRC it was a T-80B not BVM. also do you realize how many other tanks do not have modifications they had? all you guys do is just single out those 2 examples. how is this called? ah yes, cherrypicking
@@o-hogameplay185why wouldnt we? All our shit gets artificially nerfed and the best response we can possibly expect from you morons is "You dont need it anyway" kiss my ass I cant take any of you soviet ball garglers seriously anymore
yeah im fed up with gajins constant bullshit bug reports "marketing lie" my ass, whats the point in having the bug reports if there just gonna reject the ones that are right 99% of the time and make up some lie out of their ass saying how its not true
With everything that Gaijin is doing with bug reports, balancing, new vehicles, premiums/squad vehicles, maps, and sub trees, it's just worth the effort it takes to play this game if the devs just keep treating us like crap.
Completely agree with you, this is a super sorry ass excuse of an update. They are really trying to just milk peoples money and then copy paste and act like it’s brand new stuff!
Remember with the Yak-141 they just said "war thunder is a game about what could be possible" when its IRST didn't physically fit the internal volume. By that logic surely the mere existence of a better round from the same program should be enough grounds for the HSTVL to at least get that, same with the reload rate really.
RIP US top tier teams. Expected Gaijin wouldn't be dumb enough to add another top tier US vehicle after the catastrophe that the Click-Bait was, but then again, its Gaijin, so you can't really expect anything sensible from them
The 2S38 is so busted it makes me mad. What does Gaijin think having a tank that is a prototype being developed as we speak (thought it will likely never see the light of production) light tank with a crazy cannon, great agility and mobility, ammunition with crazy specs, giant ammo count, amazing thermals, an unmanned turret, great gun guidance and reload speed of half a second at 10.3. Yet the HSTV-L, a fully built and functional prototype from the late 70’s and early 80’s which is worse statistically and functionally in game than in real life is 11.7 whilst barely, if even at all, being better than the 2S38 overall.
Gaijin just needs to get their shit together. All they do now a days it add top tier or high tier premiums, barely add any earlier stuff or add vehicles that are irrelevant in war thunder and can't really do anything. Then the stuff they add is usually incorrect which leads people to point stuff out to them (or leak classified documents) in which they then proceed to ignore or change stuff for "balance". If you're not going to add this special vehicle with its correct parameters for balance, WHY ADD IT? They just lazily make premiums, don't do anything to core gameplay and ignore actual documents.
Gajin is so hypocritical about saying a faster reload rate is unfair as the buffed the 2s38 into firing all its ammo without overheating because it gained modules
Spookston: Makes video showing multiple places the RDF/LT needs to get buffed Gaijin most likely: Neglects everyone of those arguments but does acknowledges the one about thermals and nerfs it. Honestly at this point I wouldn't be surprised, in fact I would bet on it.
Yknow. Ive played warthunder for many years. started back in 2018 and have logged almost 4k hours in it. For the first time, I uninstalled the game back in September just because I was so fed up with the games balancing, management, inconsistency, and money hungry tactics. Unfortunately, I have been really itching to get back into it, telling myself, "maybe ill just stick to lower tiers" or "ill just focus on one nation at a time instead of spreading myself out like I used to." Then I see videos like this. Thank you spookston. You've kept me from reentering that cesspool of a game for probably a few more months. Keep shedding true light on the game, how its being managed and all the inaccuracies Gaijin implements for *"Balance"* .
From their deliberate ignoring of correct information and sources to their use of AI for profile images, Gaijin is really exemplifying how game studios are gradually becoming absolute dogshite.
Spookston, how can they sell more Soviet premiums if American armor could accurately frontally pen them all? Think of the poor snail, they need that rent money.
Luckily we not at Gaijin forum, because this or any type of "discourage other player buying stuff from Gaijin or playing the game" action is restricted by Gaijin EULA, they give the chance of complain to players but they also keeping the right to ban your account if your statement or opinion isn't the one they like
You can't pretend Gaijin is just incompetent at this point, it's been too long. "Rushed" doesn't describe their work, as it implies the output would be improved if they just had more time. After ten years of bullshit in this game I'm amazed that people still give them the benefit of the doubt as if they're really trying their best and not actively and maliciously antagonizing the playerbase.
Gaijin,the same company that accepted a report about M735 overperforming with literally made-up sources by an angry russian guy that was constantly killed by RISE(P)s and Type 16s I think the major problem in this game is the moderation system for bug reports: it's not a true-and-tested system, it's more like the justice system in which there are a set of rules (like what's considered a primary source) but each mod has the freedom and right to have his own interpretation of said rule Therefore the same sources (for example a military document) for 2 separate vehicles (even under the same flag)can end up either both approved,both denied or only one of them approved. In all fairness,this update sickens me not because they treated the RDF/LT harshly compared to the BMD-4M,but because they decided to add a PzH-2000 for Italy but premium and under the Hungarian flag, ignoring not only the massive Tier V gap between the M109G and the M113A1,but also ignoring the fact that Italy is literally the second largest user of that SPH. If they want money under Christmas,they can simply ask us
You can present a peer-reviewed article to Gaijin and they will tell you to kick rocks. They don't care about your opinion and they only do when people complain enough so they don't get review bombed again. One day someone will make a competitor but not in our lifetime.
I really appreciate outing gajiggles on this one, Spookston. The blatant lack of care when adding vehicles was already clear but this makes it crystal that they refuse to course correct. I alreadly uninstalled Warthunder a while ago and this is the final nail in the coffin. No point in playing my favorite vehicles if they get butchered for the sake of bias/laziness. On the bright side we get more Spookston yap videos. And if you ever decide to shift away from Warthunder for whatever reason I'm sure quite a few people would stick around (me included). Ps. Glad your kidney transplant went well. Hope you're doing better man.
0.5s reload facing 2A7s and T-80s it can't pen frontally: Broken 0.5s reaload facing 1A5s and mostly light tanks it can pen anywhere: Perfectly balanced as all things should be Make it make sense without saying bias
"the RDF sucks" people that have never played the HSTV-L: but it has 60 rounds oh right, i am so glad the BVM and T-90M sides can now eat 60 rounds instead of 26 also, we know who rejected the report, it was 100% trickzzter, i guarantee it. he's absolutely the reason they decided to hide who's who in the forums.
Wouldn't surprise me if they copied the HSTV-L onto the RDF/LT, and then slapped a new visual model on and did some minor adjustments. Because that what it feels like they have done with the Scimitar. The reason for believing so is because the extremely oversensitive steering on the Scimitar, where to drive straight it sometimes feel you constantly need to correct the vehicle. At the same time with the new modules they are implementing, the Scimitar's periscopes are labelled as "FCS", and you get the dumb message "remote weapons system offline, Stabilizer offline". It has absolutely nothing of the sort. The RARDEN is able to shoot without any power at all, and the elevation and traverse is completely manual. I can go on with issues that the Scimitar currently have, however the short of it, is that the Scimitar should have been a good side grade to the FOX, however I nearly see no reason to use it over the FOX, and its implementation have just become a disappointment.
I genuinely enjoyed the rant and hope to see more soon because its only a matter of time before Gaijin roll out another $60 premium that they ctrl+C ctrl+V with a decal
You really have to play this tank. it's the FV4202, a british medium tank that is very modern looking because it's actually an early protoype of the Chieftain. It has a 20pdr gun and its quite fun. (Day 42)
This is like all the sources presented on the M1A2 SEP variants having upgraded armor over the M1A2. It doesn't matter how many you provide short of classified documents, if Gaijin says no, it's permanently a no.
I don't think I would be nearly as mad about this if they didn't namedrop me on the dev stream, expecting me to actually approve of their implementation
It’s almost like they added it for in hopes you would make a video on it and get you’re viewers to purchase it
True that
They hinted at you without specifically name dropping you.
I was hyped for this thing man, hopefully they'll end up buffing the reload and adding the applique armor later down the line.
You could actually change the game, but as we know! Gaijin isn’t very good at pleasing it’s players. (Because they simply don’t)
Everyone: "This will certainly be Spookston approved!"
Spookston: "Look at how they massacred my boy."
Also Spookston: "You utter fool! You buffoon! And more fool me, for engaging in this tomfoolery to try and better you!"
Lol
“Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error”- Marcus Tullius Cicero, commenting about Gaigin and the HSTVL
12:06 People aren’t exactly happy about the BMD-4M, either. A thread on the forum got about 1000 votes to make it a TT vehicle (and still have the premium, like they did with the JA37Di) but Gaijin just ignored it.
Especially infuriating since they already locked the BMD-4 behind a paywall and profited greatly from it. BTW I have it and it's a great tank, but I was looking forward to research a TT variant as well. Also the TT version of premium vehicles should always be a straight upgrade or at the very least on par with them in terms of performance compared to premiums instead of the opposite.
Remember: This is the same guy who interviewed an engineer on the HSTV-L Project so he knows what he's talking about.
He was a contracted analyst that did projections for the HSTV-L's off-road speed, I just couldn't fit all that in the title so I put engineer
Which is why the 2s38 should go down to 8.3!
@@tafYT.What?!?!? That BR is way too high.
@@tafYT.heck naw that thing gets and autoloader with good pen and also can be an AA also the 2s38 is better then the hstvl
@@tafYT. NO WAY. It should be 7.7
I love how the devs are like "Look the tank spookston wanted and we made it finally"
Then spook turns around and completely shits on WT devs.
This is why I'm subbed
I love how gaijin just selectively decided which military documents it wants to use
To this day, the T-90Ms APS is still not added or the 2S38s hydraulic suspension.
I can easily see them just picking a single document and thinking that's all they need, which leads to such inaccuracy. Although I'd expect the first best thing to be representative of the specs, even if there are some disagreeing documents. But this wouldn't be the first time Gaijin chooses the one that is least accurate.
@@pilotmanpaul Or the Su-27/Mig-29s appropriate speed bleed, or the r-77 on yak-141 (kind of a stretch but it itself is a stretch), or the datalink which shows what your teammates see on their radars that Su-27 has from the beginning. The list can go on, but US mains decide to overlook all of it and focus on their specific vehicles that are already pretty good
@@aenodarr7936Im not a US main but you are also just focusing on Soviet/Russian vehicles like they do. It’s normal if they focus on their own vehicle because that is most likely the vehicles they will play.
@@pilotmanpaulcomplaining about broken russian vehicles as if they arent massively out performing their irl counterparts 💀 cope harder
Spookston, in my opinion you are never annoying if you love the RDF/LT (which it seems you do) just talk about it, it's not annoying. In my opinion the 2S38 is better than the RDF/LT and maybe even the HSTVL. Appenrently they just hate US light tanks.
Speak your Opinion, we love you!
the 2S38 is not better than the HSTV-L. can't say anything about the RDF yet
sadly it is @@o-hogameplay185
Not just light tanks, Gaijin hates all US vehicles. They've artificially nerfed Abrams too with recent Hydraulic Pump addition which is misplaced and does not behave as it should. Both Heli and SPAAs are below average, not even CAS is best anymore, Su-34 singlehandedly curved the winrates for Russia to 70%
@@o-hogameplay185 cope weirdo
Agreed I’d love to see content creators like spookston get on gaijens ass a lil more for the shit they do wrong
war thunder stream: I am sure a certain context creator will be happy with this release.
spookstone after 5 days: do not buy it (with a thubnail saying useless and using the gambling meme as an opening)
fucking hilarious
Plot twist: It was Loner (the using BMP-3/BMD-4 as artillery guy)
Spookston yap videos are some of my favorite style of videos on youtube ngl
Gaijin trying to not fuck up whatever vehicle Spookston likes challenge (impossible)
Wait a damned minute, the whole *point* pf the ARES 75mm was the relatively high ROF.
They even had a "three round burst" engagement method.
And the *publicly admitted* penetration of the "good stuff" developed for the cannon was roughly equivalent to contemporary 105mm APFSDS.
The only excuse for the "no applique" package is if you are using it in an *airborne insertion* scenario. In literally any other scenario, applique armor would have been added (just as the later M8 AGS would have operated).
And yet Gaijin still thinks its fair to let the 2S38 exsist, with a third the reload time, massive ammo upgrade, and at a full br bracket lower. Yah, sure that makes sense
1.3 brs lower, with better thermals and armor
And they refuse to up br it cuz most 2S38 players are >lvl10 and got their first premium, so it's stats show up as extremely bad and gaijin looks at them and says it's ok in that br like they would rather cater to the 1 month pick up and dump players than players that have been playing for years ffs
russia suffers though
@@MrTeddy12397 It does IRL, but it definitely doesn't in WT
Don’t forget that the 2S38 can *still* fire all of its ammo at once without “overheating” despite the game saying it did overheat.
They love doing the reload thing to American battleships, so many sources state that the 14 inch gun could reach 2RPM yet they have an aced reload of 1.5RPM because the initial reports stated the combat average reload. They take the max theoretical reload for all other ships, e.g the mutsu and amagi which can reach ABOVE 2RPM while having 16 inch guns, but American battleships, which already have bad armor and speed, and smaller guns, are just gimped because.
I seriously hope nobody is getting their hopes up about Iowa being added. They’re going to gimp it somehow.
I can already see the shitstorm they will cause when they inevitably gimp the Iowa.
Damn, people actually play naval?
Gaijin rolls worst RDF/LT ever, asked to not throw bug reports in the papershredder
Initially, I was actualy very hyped to see that they were going to add the vehicle, and was hoping that it'd be more accurate than their 'version' of the HSTV-L. But now that you've laid out what you've been trying to get fixed with numerous reputable sources, and Gaijin clearly not caring AT ALL, I don't even think that I'll be spending any money on this game anymore.
They've been guilty of cash grabs in the past, but their greed has been growing over the last couple of years with the climbing playercount. But I cannot, under any circumstance, try to support such a business model, knowing that I'd have to spend a triple A game's worth on a vehicle that isn't even historically accurate, nor within respectable levels of 'accurateness.' So, I really understand the rant, especially given that it's one of your favourite vehicles and want it to be represented accurately in-game. Long story short, Gaijin greedy, I'm kinda done.
It is not just greed.Greed would have them model the RDF-LT correctly to get all money.This is russian nationalism and butthurt.
100% in tried of people acting like Russian bias doesn't exist. @@naamadossantossilva4736
finally, the expert can give his take on this situation
its so dissapointing that they can add classified vehicles and just guess to their stats, but when sources are provided its "clearly a marketing lie". Or the m1128 not being fixed with a source from the ags. or using engagement time which is clearly not reload time. Gaijin is such a disspointment.
"giving it a faster reload rate would be busted"
Meanwhile the 2S38
well it is busted, but busted for the right nation
Always remember that Russian bias exists
The developer May be based in Hungary but the Dev lead IS Russian.
Bro the 2s38 got nerfed so many times and it's still somehow busted? IRL some variants of the 2s38 have Ataka ATGM or use the BMD4 hull, and gaijin added literally the worst variant possible 💀 (There's also the T14 Armata with a 2s38 cannon so...)
@@R4FSANdont worry they will come as event vehucles or premium vehicles for insane prices so only a select few people can get it.
Also how people defend the current HSTV-Ls br is baffling to me. I had an argument with someone over requesting the HSTV-L to be kept at 11.3 in ground RB in the most recent BR changes, only to find out that they have only ever played arcade, and never played above 7.7... They also proceeded to mention that it would be completely unfair for the 2S38 to ever face the HSTV-L in both their current states... I simply do not understand some people, this person had never played nor faced either of these tanks, yet was vehemently attempting to argue their point.
PS love the vidoes as per usual :)
WT Forums is a circus, that's why I always check stats before arguing with someone.
Lest we forget gaijin denying the report on the Stinger which didnt pull enough Gs, with their only source against it being "this russian missile looks similar and cant do that"
kind of related since this is related to the forums i hate trickzzter or whatever his name is
I reported in February 2016 that the APHE Ammunition of the Panzer IV variants with the long barrels where wrong by over 25 mm, backing it up with official documents by the Wehrmacht from 1942. It took them nearly 4 years to actually fix it, and I was even told that "the documents could've been classified" 💀
@Skull-dw3kn "classified" MY BROTHER IN CHRIST WW2 WAS ALMOST A CENTURY AGO
@@sniffer123-z1o same moderator that denied primary source evidence that showed every Abrams since the m1a1 HA had added DU inserts in the Hull im sure its the same mod that denied spookston's sources.
@@migleinos try telling that to gaijin
litteral US army documents: "no we dont believe these stats to be right"
Russian RUclips advertisement: "oh we missed some internal spall liners? thank you for this fantastic correction, it shall be added post haste!"
With the blatant ahistorical inaccuracies in relation to their recent additions (looking at this and the Sholef in particular), Gaijin might as well add back the Coelian and Tiger II 105.
Reminder that they never fully removed them.
also reminder that Coelian did exist as a wooden mockup and the Tiger II 105 is more of a blueprint, making them more legit than whatever Gaijin pulled out from its arse on creating/implementing/balancing their current vehicles.
Shit leta pull a wargaming and add an is-2 with 2 122's and maybe even the anti air variant of the maus
The Coelian is more historically accurate than the Ostwind II, and they're adding a premium Ostwind II this update
@@barrag3463 Most useless comment in this thread.
meanwhile the fucking 2S38 sits at 10.3
because it is where it belongs
I wish they added the one with missiles
That would’ve been saucy AF mane!
year 6 of waiting for the R3 missile variant
Funnily enough MTC4 has that conversion for the HSTV-L
@@k1tsun386 Even better is how MTC4 has the upgraded dart ammo as well
So they can fuck that up too?
I love the layout of this video, most other RUclipsrs do fine describing why you should or shouldn’t buy premiums but this was actually informative and interesting. Thanks!
It's official. Gaijin hates us
Your just now seeing that?
Ancient news
Correction: Gaijin hates the United States
@Mr.PerfectCell-M nah they just made it official with this
always have
YES! A Spookston Gaijin rant!
Ur getting touched
My spookston senses were tingling
Funny how the 2S38 mostly outperforms the Otomatic and the HSTV-L while being at 10.3
it does not
@@o-hogameplay185
You are telling me a plane with 1/3rd of the reload, much more ammo, with 120+ ready rack, APHE if you want it, and trust me it can be very useful at times, with gen 3 thermals vs hstvls gen 1, and with better teams
At 10.3 vs 11.7
Are you missing a brain cell or do i have to remind you how broken the 2s38 is.
It's Russian, so it's allowed.
@@o-hogameplay185 it does, while the OTOMATIC and the HSTV-L (and the RDF/LT) have slightly more on-paper penetration (311mm and 276mm with their respectful APFSDS rounds) over the 2S38 (225mm APFSDS), The OTOMATIC can carry 90 rounds with a 29 round ready rack, The HSTV-L has 26 rounds available (thankfully without a ready rack), and the 2S38 has 148 rounds with no ready rack, apart from that, as Spookston mentioned, APHE is very potent at 10.3, especially in full downtiers. The OTOMATIC has the 0.5 second reload rate, on par with the 2S38, but the HSTV-L suffers for 1.5 seconds, and keep in mind the OTOMATIC is 11.3, the HSTV-L is 11.7, and our dear boy, the 2S38 is
10.3
@@o-hogameplay185 you're just a bad player.
I wish Gaijin would just say "we don't want to do this because it goes against how we want to balance the game" rather than try to mental gymnastic sources provided to them. Doesn't do anything besides generate bad will when people engage in the system the proper way and they don't give any reasonable explanation for ignoring it
Translation for "how we want to balance the game" - USA can't have anything competitive in Ground top tier and we will nerf it and add more Premiums until winrates hit rock bottom
Usa ground isn't that bad, especially if you use it's cas it's not fair
They're so adamant on "adhering to the sources" but have no problems making changes solely for balancing reasons when they feel like it.
Traction is by far the most egregious example. They nerfed traction into the ground because they couldn't fix their shitty map design.
@@EvenMoreCheese it kinda is given they refuse to give us spall liners and darts still don't shatter properly after all this time making the UFP of the Abrams absolutely worthless compared to every other nations vehicles. I have more fun in my type 90 just because it reloads faster, doesn't need an ace crew, and oddly enough the armor actually seems to work on it, at least compared to any Abrams I've ever had the displeasure of using. And needing to rely on air power isn't a great feeling when I want to play ground battles.
Because that would be a lie even they couldn't defend. Its nerfed because its not Russian. and they probably want an idiot to leak info on the round that can pen their tanks that they still have in service.
Knowing that spooks is a midwesterner, that tone of voice may sound not very angry, but you just know, he is beyond mad inside, He is just straight up going nuclear inside.
100%. That is the tone of a midwestern man that has decided to stop giving f***s about the bulls*** he’s dealing with.
-Source: A Wisconsinite
this man is so infuriated he won't tell the snail's employees to have a nice day
this guy's so mad he wants to do chores angrily
brother's so bent out of shape he's gonna build a table explicitly to flip it over
The gimped reload is really just so sad
i very much agree with you, and how disappointing and frustrating they are. it'd be made better if their behaviors were followed or justified by them with actual communication, such as: "here are the stats we provide for the hstvl which is a similar vehicle, albeit a different vehicle in reality; this is why we balanced and chose the reload speed we did"
instead of being like: "nope we dont think it should have that ok bye" with some sources and then with others asking for more reliable or primary sources. they ask for these sources, then when provided with some, they make excuses as to why they dont want to follow them, and with no proof or evidence with their claims such as "our stats say this so thats it"
rdflt content before the actual update is crazy
Chomik
im starting to think that Gaijin just can't stop adding busted Russian vehicles/premiums EVERY SINGLE UPDATE, they literally can't stop
Video (8) of asking spookston to do a randomized challenge. Essentially a wheel decides almost everything.
List of wheels:
-A wheel that decides the nation.
-a wheel that decides how many vehicles (1-3).
-A wheel that decides the BR. (Maybe like a 1-2 br leniency)
-A wheel that decides what vehicles (air or ground).
Either reroll before every match or just do it once, your choice.
(If you would like me to make the wheels to save you the suffering of making them I would gladly do that.)
Mike: I think a certain youtuber will like this vehicle (speak with german accent)
Spookston: *NUH UH*
Gaijin screwing over anything and everything about new vehicle to avoid giving the US a decent goddamn Light Tank? Must be a damn Tuesday.
Which is weird, I could've sworn I went to church this morning.
not to mention the xm8 should have been a tech tree tank since it was a taints hair away from adoption.
How many US light tanks have been wasted as premiums and event rewards now. :(
If you think gaijin treats the US bad you are out of your mind. Look at how they treat the UK, Japan and Israel by comparison.
@@johannbezuidenhout2976 i already know japan is gunna get the stingray 1&2 yet here the US is without a true light tank.
@@thatonelocalauthority2809 They treat everything that is not from Russia like shit you pleb, making a point about us light tanks does not negate everything else they do. Multiple things can be true at once not everything is a zero sum game.
Sorry just so I understand correctly, Gaijin is saying they won't increase the reload rate of the RDF/LT because of "balance"... while the 2s38 will be at a lower battle rating, has comparable survivability, arguably a better gun, and a higher fire-rate.
Players: "We have a source to fix X vehicle! please do read it and fix ASAP, it's also straight from the military/company"
Gaijin: "What's that? a western source? one our team magically didn't find? HA! pure misinformation!"
Even was accepted
Theres no fix like JDS Murasame
Literally why the stingers aren't buffed
Genuinely cannot believe they thought that you'd approve of this to the point of name dropping you, I seen that and immediately knew this video would come
Im just so tired of russia getting EVERY SINGLE minor variant or prototype as a techtree vehicle just to bolster their lineups where the US or Germany get jackshit in terms of functionality. The 2S38 is just the cherry on top with shit like the RDF/LT or the Puma VJTF being 11.7 while it sits comfy at 10.3 while being 10x better.
gaijiin is co- sorry, a "Russian Flavored" games company, pal... it's to be expected.
@@ratte6090 It's worse than that. Their community manager is literally a Kremlin plant.
dude what did you smoke? where can i buy it?
I wish they gave the African TTD the 120mm variant that was designed
>while it sits comfy at 10.3 while being 10x better.
But thats not true? 2S38 is one of the worst performing vehicles around that BR for russia
I love how any argument against gaijin gets shot down. You bring evidence that it exists they just say nah I'ma do my own thing.
I love war thunder but a game thats meant to be based on some of the most historically accurate vechicles and constantly being wrong to the point where TOP SECRET information has to get leaked to get a fix. Yet things that are very very veryyy public knowledge is simple wrong at least 80% of the time, is absolutle bananas
I thought war thunder was for REALISM. Gaijin just flat out refusing to make it realistic is wild
it never was and never will
I feel gaijin nerfed this vehicle specifically to spite Spookston.
7:03
No, Spook. It's not rushed. It's purposefully castrated because if it were any good, their precious T-series would actually have in game competition from the US, and we can't have that, now can we?
the US tanks are already better. just because the average US top tier main is worse than the worst germany main with the Tiger, does not mean the tanks are bad
@@o-hogameplay185 There is absolutely no excuse for ignoring real primary sources to bring a vehicle up to its real world functionality.
@o-hogameplay185 yeah. That's why gaijin actively ignores real sources like accurate fire rate from the horses mouth in exchange for shit that matches its preconceived beliefs. Confirmation bias, if you will.
@@jw1343 reload rates are a balancing factor. that's it.
you could also say, "hey, gaijin just ignored this real video where a Leo 2 loader reloads in 2.5s and they did not give the Leo 2 that reload! BIAS4!4!4!"
@o-hogameplay185 saying reload rates is the only balancing factor is an utterly braindead response. Reload rate, pen, ammo count, maneuverability, and ability to engage first (ie, Gen 2-3 thermals, smoke, LRF, etc) all play into it. And when a vehicle has laughable of all, while it's "equivalent" is absolutely busted- there's no leg to stand on here in defense of the quite obvious anti-us sentiment the devs have.
Despite all the nerfs of the RDF/LT on the dev server my biggest concern about buying it is its lack of smoke launchers.
It took me 3 years just to get the Type 93 to have the correct missile and velocity, these devs DO NOT care unless it fits their narrative.
Gaijin ignoring sources to artificially decrease the effectiveness of American vehicles? Shocking. Are we really surprised anymore? This is the same company that took a youtube video as a source for spall liners being on the T-90M.
what?
Or refusing to give Stingers and Mistrals their correct performance because "Ilga's can't do the same so we don't believe it".
considering they're a company originally from russia you can kinda see why they pick and choose these things
Gaijin: Does everything to ensure that the american line is neutered to remain "balanced"
Also Gaijin: Does mental gymnastics to ensure that russian ground has as many advantages as it possibly can by accepting any information regardless of source
the worst thing is the 2s38 is still somehow at 10.3
because it is where it belongs
@@o-hogameplay185no it doesn’t lmao
@@o-hogameplay185 🤡
@@nicogonzalez2466thb after nerfs it's not quite good, the depression and survivability just isn't there. I would rather wish Gaijin moved that thing up to 11.7 but fix the fuel tanks exploding 90% of the time and actually absorb all hits like it did pre nerf.
@@nicogonzalez2466 it is. it's not very fast, has bad survivability, not the best gun, no gun dep
Friendly reminder that Gaijin gave the T80BVM a thermal sight because a prototype had it but won't give the Abrams depleted Uranian hull armor which was on a prototype.
I try not to buy into the Russian bias meme but that and the HSTVL really push that narrative.
it is not bias. the M1s don't need DU (it would not make them any better), while the T-80s need the thermal. also IIRC it was a T-80B not BVM.
also do you realize how many other tanks do not have modifications they had? all you guys do is just single out those 2 examples.
how is this called? ah yes, cherrypicking
@@o-hogameplay185 looking at all your comments, i can safely assume that you're just a brainless vatnik
you mean the T-80B? bc the BVM Does have thermals
@@o-hogameplay185why wouldnt we? All our shit gets artificially nerfed and the best response we can possibly expect from you morons is "You dont need it anyway" kiss my ass I cant take any of you soviet ball garglers seriously anymore
Good to see this video is a showcase of Gaijin’s hypocrisy coming home to roost.
Gaijin is run by politicians at this point
The community manager is literally a Kremlin plant. Look it up
yeah im fed up with gajins constant bullshit bug reports "marketing lie" my ass, whats the point in having the bug reports if there just gonna reject the ones that are right 99% of the time and make up some lie out of their ass saying how its not true
With everything that Gaijin is doing with bug reports, balancing, new vehicles, premiums/squad vehicles, maps, and sub trees, it's just worth the effort it takes to play this game if the devs just keep treating us like crap.
Completely agree with you, this is a super sorry ass excuse of an update. They are really trying to just milk peoples money and then copy paste and act like it’s brand new stuff!
Remember with the Yak-141 they just said "war thunder is a game about what could be possible" when its IRST didn't physically fit the internal volume. By that logic surely the mere existence of a better round from the same program should be enough grounds for the HSTVL to at least get that, same with the reload rate really.
“Historically accurate “
Angery dog barks at snail with facts and knowledge
RIP US top tier teams. Expected Gaijin wouldn't be dumb enough to add another top tier US vehicle after the catastrophe that the Click-Bait was, but then again, its Gaijin, so you can't really expect anything sensible from them
1:31 Good ole light skinned vehicles bouncing APFSDS shells.
it went right trough
@@o-hogameplay185it did go through but it just didnt do anything,ahh typical 75mm US APFSDS moment XD
@@dickymaulanaaini2972 same would have happened with the Rooikat's APFSDS, which is not american
Attempt 55 of getting Spookston to play the leopard 1
I'm still mad about the HSTVL situation, but what can you do in the end? Also IT-1 is still waiting, great video as always
Passionate rants about snail-shenanigans is how we players bond...
... I definitely didn't delete a paragraph before settling on this message...
0 seconds 25 likes this channel is very promising keep it up
Also EBR (1954) when?
The 2S38 is so busted it makes me mad. What does Gaijin think having a tank that is a prototype being developed as we speak (thought it will likely never see the light of production) light tank with a crazy cannon, great agility and mobility, ammunition with crazy specs, giant ammo count, amazing thermals, an unmanned turret, great gun guidance and reload speed of half a second at 10.3. Yet the HSTV-L, a fully built and functional prototype from the late 70’s and early 80’s which is worse statistically and functionally in game than in real life is 11.7 whilst barely, if even at all, being better than the 2S38 overall.
I get it Spooks, Gaijoobles really doesn't want us to spend money on this thing. Maybe someday they'll lea... nah who am I kidding.
Gaijin just needs to get their shit together. All they do now a days it add top tier or high tier premiums, barely add any earlier stuff or add vehicles that are irrelevant in war thunder and can't really do anything. Then the stuff they add is usually incorrect which leads people to point stuff out to them (or leak classified documents) in which they then proceed to ignore or change stuff for "balance". If you're not going to add this special vehicle with its correct parameters for balance, WHY ADD IT? They just lazily make premiums, don't do anything to core gameplay and ignore actual documents.
Gaijin applies the rules of historical policy that are convenient for the Kremlin and their PR for their military equipment.
Gajin is so hypocritical about saying a faster reload rate is unfair as the buffed the 2s38 into firing all its ammo without overheating because it gained modules
Day One hundred of asking Spookston to play the SU-100 (The one based on the T-34).
And here we are, triple digits.
Spookston: Makes video showing multiple places the RDF/LT needs to get buffed
Gaijin most likely: Neglects everyone of those arguments but does acknowledges the one about thermals and nerfs it.
Honestly at this point I wouldn't be surprised, in fact I would bet on it.
“A fast fire rate would be op”
The strf9040 at a way lower br:
Yknow. Ive played warthunder for many years. started back in 2018 and have logged almost 4k hours in it.
For the first time, I uninstalled the game back in September just because I was so fed up with the games balancing, management, inconsistency, and money hungry tactics.
Unfortunately, I have been really itching to get back into it, telling myself, "maybe ill just stick to lower tiers" or "ill just focus on one nation at a time instead of spreading myself out like I used to."
Then I see videos like this.
Thank you spookston. You've kept me from reentering that cesspool of a game for probably a few more months. Keep shedding true light on the game, how its being managed and all the inaccuracies Gaijin implements for *"Balance"* .
From their deliberate ignoring of correct information and sources to their use of AI for profile images, Gaijin is really exemplifying how game studios are gradually becoming absolute dogshite.
"Here before the video gets taken down" award
Spookston, how can they sell more Soviet premiums if American armor could accurately frontally pen them all? Think of the poor snail, they need that rent money.
Luckily we not at Gaijin forum, because this or any type of "discourage other player buying stuff from Gaijin or playing the game" action is restricted by Gaijin EULA, they give the chance of complain to players but they also keeping the right to ban your account if your statement or opinion isn't the one they like
based spookston take once again
The greatest curse: “I hope Gaijin adds your favorite vehicle and deliberately makes it suck.”
Love your videos bro absolute legend!!!!
I don't even play War Thunder, yet you've somehow become my new favourite RUclipsr. I'm hooked
You can't pretend Gaijin is just incompetent at this point, it's been too long. "Rushed" doesn't describe their work, as it implies the output would be improved if they just had more time. After ten years of bullshit in this game I'm amazed that people still give them the benefit of the doubt as if they're really trying their best and not actively and maliciously antagonizing the playerbase.
Gaijin,the same company that accepted a report about M735 overperforming with literally made-up sources by an angry russian guy that was constantly killed by RISE(P)s and Type 16s
I think the major problem in this game is the moderation system for bug reports: it's not a true-and-tested system, it's more like the justice system in which there are a set of rules (like what's considered a primary source) but each mod has the freedom and right to have his own interpretation of said rule
Therefore the same sources (for example a military document) for 2 separate vehicles (even under the same flag)can end up either both approved,both denied or only one of them approved.
In all fairness,this update sickens me not because they treated the RDF/LT harshly compared to the BMD-4M,but because they decided to add a PzH-2000 for Italy but premium and under the Hungarian flag, ignoring not only the massive Tier V gap between the M109G and the M113A1,but also ignoring the fact that Italy is literally the second largest user of that SPH.
If they want money under Christmas,they can simply ask us
Gaijin isn't beating russian bias allegations with this one.
You can present a peer-reviewed article to Gaijin and they will tell you to kick rocks. They don't care about your opinion and they only do when people complain enough so they don't get review bombed again. One day someone will make a competitor but not in our lifetime.
Day 380 of asking spookston to play the m22 or L3 at top tier and bring some friends
They have also rejected my bug reports with the Abrams lower plate that say that the lower plate was upgraded, they say it’s not enough and reject it.
5:53 ah cause gaijin cares about reliability of fire controll and relism
I really appreciate outing gajiggles on this one, Spookston. The blatant lack of care when adding vehicles was already clear but this makes it crystal that they refuse to course correct. I alreadly uninstalled Warthunder a while ago and this is the final nail in the coffin. No point in playing my favorite vehicles if they get butchered for the sake of bias/laziness.
On the bright side we get more Spookston yap videos. And if you ever decide to shift away from Warthunder for whatever reason I'm sure quite a few people would stick around (me included).
Ps. Glad your kidney transplant went well. Hope you're doing better man.
And the 2s38 is.. what? 10.3 after the decompression? Not calling bias but...
it is not bias, it is where it should be
0.5s reload facing 2A7s and T-80s it can't pen frontally: Broken
0.5s reaload facing 1A5s and mostly light tanks it can pen anywhere: Perfectly balanced as all things should be
Make it make sense without saying bias
@@prizrak-br3332 k/d and win rate says 2S38 is one of the worst russian vehicles at that br
@@wapniak666 Of course it is, it's a premium.
@@prizrak-br3332 yeah but thats not really relevant for game balance
"the RDF sucks"
people that have never played the HSTV-L: but it has 60 rounds
oh right, i am so glad the BVM and T-90M sides can now eat 60 rounds instead of 26
also, we know who rejected the report, it was 100% trickzzter, i guarantee it. he's absolutely the reason they decided to hide who's who in the forums.
Wouldn't surprise me if they copied the HSTV-L onto the RDF/LT, and then slapped a new visual model on and did some minor adjustments.
Because that what it feels like they have done with the Scimitar. The reason for believing so is because the extremely oversensitive steering on the Scimitar, where to drive straight it sometimes feel you constantly need to correct the vehicle.
At the same time with the new modules they are implementing, the Scimitar's periscopes are labelled as "FCS", and you get the dumb message "remote weapons system offline, Stabilizer offline". It has absolutely nothing of the sort. The RARDEN is able to shoot without any power at all, and the elevation and traverse is completely manual.
I can go on with issues that the Scimitar currently have, however the short of it, is that the Scimitar should have been a good side grade to the FOX, however I nearly see no reason to use it over the FOX, and its implementation have just become a disappointment.
I genuinely enjoyed the rant and hope to see more soon because its only a matter of time before Gaijin roll out another $60 premium that they ctrl+C ctrl+V with a decal
You really have to play this tank. it's the FV4202, a british medium tank that is very modern looking because it's actually an early protoype of the Chieftain. It has a 20pdr gun and its quite fun. (Day 42)
Player A: Historically accurate
Player B: In-game performance
Gaijin: This is brilliant (Player feedback A & B), but I like this (MONEY)
This is like all the sources presented on the M1A2 SEP variants having upgraded armor over the M1A2. It doesn't matter how many you provide short of classified documents, if Gaijin says no, it's permanently a no.