Thursday, July 13, 2017

FV4202- why haven't this thing been buffed yet?


I picked the FV4202 up with the 30% discount on the sale, having played 132 battles with a pathetic 40% win rate (my average was 53% and rising before I bought the FV) I have to ask why it's so poor, been a British medium I expected to be fairly decent in it, having enjoyed the rest of the British line and having the comet been my most played and one of my favourite tanks I expected an easy transition to the 4202, That's not what I got.For starters there's the incredibly poor armour, nothing new for a British medium, but with such a high profile turret requiring most of the cheeks to be exposed to shoot it mitigates any advantage the angled upper turret has, which may I also add hardly ever bounces in my experience, even when using ridge lines and the full 10° of gun depression.The hull is troll, bouncing shots every once in a while, rest of the time it's a granted pen, because of this I figured it'd play best hull down, problem is the turret is so weak it makes it difficult to do effectively especially against tier 9&10's I'm always matched with.The guns accuracy and pen is nice but the aim time along with its soft states means it misses easy shots, it may also be me but the shell velocity also feels really slow, which hurts when trying to snipe from a safe distance. The ROF also isn't spectacular but that I can live with.Every pen seems to ammo rack or destroy the tracks leaving you a sitting duck resulting in almost instant death, if you use the repair kit the power to weight ratio is so bad you'll never accelerate quick enough to make it to cover unless it's within 10M, and then your stuck with a 13 second reload on a 230 alpha gun.I just can't find a redeeming feature for the FV4202, outside of been a tier 8 premium making it best for earning credits and training crews.I've tried watching reviews and abusing Ridge lines as much as possible but it never seems to help.Turret armour buff (thicker checks and turret top) and a better power to weight ratio would go a long way to improving the tank imo. via /r/WorldofTanks http://ift.tt/2uWrPOm

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