Felicius

Maybe it is the server difference. EU server has much bigger population than SEA or NA, so you see tier 10 not so often. I used it about 2 y ago, and it was decent with 90 mm if you spam gold. I played patriot and pretty much the same 90 mm feels good enough. Sure, you lose some mobility in T32 but you get invincible turret... My DPG and WR was about the same on those tanks. They play differently to a point, but they are still quite similar. Sure, patriot can simply decline the fight with those that can not pen, but T32 can troll ppl into shooting HE, and since the rep kits are multi-use,

True. The grind is atrocious, while the M103 is actually the weakest link in a nice line. (OK, it was the weakest until the E5 armor nerf, maybe still is).

Just get a Conq for a proper 120 mm in tier 9...and better turret all the way.

Webium is the best if you want all the goodies.

It was at its finest 4 y ago, and tolerable up to about 2,5 y ago (great TD nerf). I sold it straight after, moved crew to bufffed JT. Much better platform for 128. Even has not bad camo+ unnerfed VR.

And it was slightly better than IS-3 ages ago (pre-HD)...how far mighty have fallen...everybody got buffed except 110... That pike actually worked back in the day when the average pen was way lower, and you could pen IS-3 pike with 180-190 AP.

I am contemplating to buy it back now on discount, and sell E4 POS afterwards. Is it still a good tank in this armor-creep meta? Tier 9 is nicer to play, I know that...how T30 gold holds out vs 375 apcr on E4 tier for tier?

True. It just feels weak to play against, like you fight a tier 9 tank (and not a particularly good one). IS-4 has more pen+acc so it nails me back by the time i finish aiming the roof. Still, if they removed (or buffed) the shoulders it would be less like Tiger P of tier X.

Nope. 128 now more than then. armor creep means 352 apcr feels like silver bullets. Sometimes you are the only one in your team that can penetrate enemy over-armored heavies. 352 apcr goes through IS-7 turret, tried and tested numerous times ( Russian med turrets too, except the 430 U not that good) + you do not wanna expose to type 4&5 at all. just load apcr and snapshot in their general direction. take note that 128 has dirt cheap gold ammo, too. 4400 vs 6000 silver. if you count every time you miss/Stalin space armor eats HEAT, it is like 2x more.

If you angle, your shoulders become weak...so no perfect use of armor possible (except hull-down, but bad gun dep+rear turret). Not being able to side-scrape like a boss on a rear turret tank defeats its purpose. UFP would be OK if it was a brick tank, but shoulders defeat the purpose. Add thin side armor and shit acc+aim time and you can defeat this tank by slinging HEAT(330-340 mm) at it with minimal aiming, not even letting it return fire, with 50-60% chance to pen it.

Can I rephrase the question without being too much off-topic? If you would have to pick only one tank in tier 8-10 Conq line, which one would it be? Solopubbing and pubstomping, no CW. Goldspam is not an issue. I have Conq yet, super Conq unlocked, and just one british crew in total...I hated caern back 3 years ago...is it so much better now? better than Patriot/IS-3/VK 100.01 (at bullying)

Death of vision meta/corridors should have helped a lot, but...everything and their mother in tier 9-10 was buffed several times in last 2 years. Among other things, E 75, one of the last original tanks to get buffs. It feels much stronger tier for tier now, and it is not the best tier 9 heavy... Gun handling+acc buff means its armor (unbuffed) efficiency goes up - you have to spend half less time aiming. It also warrants putting vents, even optics on E 75 (400 m vision on tier 9 is nice+ optics+BIA, you can outspot tier 8 heavies all day and detect tier 9 meds firing on you, tier 10 400

Northwest: 31 Pearl River: 49-3=46. Chinese maps=Kitsch South Coast: 29+1=30. This would be good if it got the Mines treatment. Remove the base camping appeal. Beach was way better than it is now on Overlord, anyway. A legit tactic in a slow heavy to avoid being dog food for camping TDs. I wonder if the TDs would be today as effective, though. Armor creep+TD vision nerf...

He probably meant 113 as having a (marginally) better turret than 5A. hatches are smaller, just enough to be a lot less likely to get hit in CW. And hulldown against meds is what these tanks both excel. 430 U has OP turret better than both. by a huge margin. hatches are even smaller, and almost a 100 mm stronger. you need 300+ just to get through, whereas you can pen weak chinese knockoffs with any tier 9/10 stock ammo (if you hit) . Like an E5 HD overbuff. Also, 430 U turret sides are quite a bit stronger. Just enough to expose to multiple enemies in about 30-40 degrees angle and n

As a pubbie tank, Maus and Type 5 are still better. I own all 3 of them. Don't get me wrong, E 100 was my first heavy, which i acquired back in vision meta. It is a no-sell, and crew for my B2... It was always a strong tank, among the top. But in all honesty, it is outmatched today by overall armor creep. one of the last original WOT tanks that have not received buffs or "HD" remodels that either killed them or made them OP (or both, like E5)...of several gun handling/ROF buffs. "Golden age of E100 was after the death of vision (lets say the time of the great TD vision nerf) and befo