Okay I am a relatively new player all things concerned but penetration values are super high! I played WoT on Xbox years ago and nearly everyone used standard rounds. Which is kind of equivalent to the pc version where everyone loads premium. However the key difference was armor REALLY mattered. Weak spots like the little gun port holes, cupolas, side armor, lower plates were the ONLY way to consistently pen tanks from the front.
My suggestions…
Option 1: Lower the penetration values of all rounds in all tanks by 10% with the exception of the tanks in the bottom 20% of pen values for their respective tier? IE tier 10 loses 20% pen, so the Jag panzer e 100 would have 270 pen instead of 299 on its ap rounds
Option 2: Decrease the penetration drop off for rounds significantly. Every meter drops 2 pen down to 50% pen reduction. (This would make getting instantly killed as a stock heavy tank after a light tank spawn spots you less likely)
Option 3, both option 1 and 2.
Overall I just would really appreciate having armor mean more! Getting blasted after angling your armor wrong while side scraping kind of sucks! the Maus literally servers 1 purpose a bullet sponge.
The rounds would be longer sure but it would be nice to make shots be higher quality and less "I can aim anywhere on your tank and pen you"
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/WorldofTanks/comments/11hs1vq/shell_penetration_values/
