SanguinaryDan, on 26 November 2017 - 05:25 PM, said:
I like the tank and the ideas quite a bit. The only thing I’ve ever really found the 13 lacking was gun depression to be honest. But that’s so Russian I expected it anyway. It’s a much better tank than the T-43 even though slower.
I don’t know that WG would go for the idea of giving it a decent 100mm gun as then it pretty much negates any reason for the KV-1S to exist. I imagine most of us would happily take a decently mobile and armored 100mm over the 122mm 1S every day.
ShootinSabot, on 26 November 2017 - 07:46 PM, said:
The proposed buff makes sense and would definitely make me take another look at the KV-13.
fabius1453, on 26 November 2017 - 08:45 PM, said:
The KV-13 is a weird orphan of a tank, that I will always have a soft spot for. I picked it up for fun while I was first grinding the Russian heavies when they introduced it, and it was one of the first higher tier tanks I started to do well in. Think I'm still top 400 or so on Blitzstars in it, IIRC.
More gun depression would do wonders for it, and help negate the power creep from all the tier VII premiums. Giving it more ability to go hull down would make its turret even more troll. And a high-alpha gun would be a nice complementary option for it. It's already a heavium in everything but the gun...
All of thee kind of sum up my thoughts on the KV 13. I want to like it, but some aspects (the gun depression and mediocre damage output) really make me want something more. I’d think that buffing the gun depression on the standard turret upgrade would replace this issue. The second turret would sacrifice said gun depression for more firepower