Bought this tank on my alternate account because I needed a tier 8 premium, wanted it to be a medium, and this thing was on sale. I like it pretty well, but I don't see why it is so much slower than the tech tree T-44 and has less gun depression. I could see one or the other being traded off for the side skirts, because the side skirts are actually rather useful I find, but losing both makes this tank pretty outclassed by the other tier 8 Russian style mediums. I'm not saying it's bad, it still has decent mobility, armor, and firepower, but there is no reason to play the 44-100 over the Mod. 1 or Type 59. The Mod.1 and Type 59 have worse guns, but get much better armor and the Type 59 is quite a bit quicker, with the Mod. 1 not that far behind - we all know what the Mod. 1's armor is like though. The Type 59 also has better pen and 7 degrees of gun depression. The tech tree T-44 has a much better power-to-weight ratio, making it better at accelerating and climbing hills. It also has 7 degrees of gun depression over the 44-100's 5. Again, I am not trying to say that this tank is bad and can never do well as it is right now, but I think it is the worst of these four similar tier 8 mediums.
I propose either giving it 7 degrees of gun depression like the T-44 with a very slight engine buff, or leaving the Gun depression and buffing the engine to the same horsepower as the T-44. The other thing you could do would be to leave its horsepower and gun depression, and just give it turret armor like the Mod. 1's to compensate the lack of gun depression.
What are your thoughts on this tank?
Edited by Jonny_applesauce, 11 September 2018 - 07:50 PM.