BZ-176, what the hell is it? Dunno, all I know is I hate them, both on the enemy team and on my team, for a pretty simple reason, the damage.
Seriously, why does the premium shell has both extra penetration and EXTRA DAMAGE? Just why? Isn't 650 damage enough? Why to give another shell that pumps it up to 800 (if it doesn't high roll to 850)? That's more than half of a tier VIII tank in a single shot, a simple misplay and you are half away from death if not dead.
What about the armour? Well it's another issue as well, why did they chang the only weakspot it had? Don't get me wrong, but removing that weakspot completely destroyed the balance with its armor, now it is another generic god-like hulldown tank that doesn't have an issue to play arround.
WarGaming really forgot about why they nerfed the Type 5 in the first place and why they had to remove its prem HE in the first place, it was outright P2W, the same thing as the BZ-176 but at higher tier, people hated that back in the day, forcing them to nerf the Type 5. With the BZ-176 however, they might have put themselves in a pretty tight situation, since it has this P2W shell and is a premium, they will either have to nerf it and piss off people who bought the Boxes for it or keep the way it is and piss off the rest of the playerbase.
I guess that depends on us now…
Anyway, tell me what do you think? Should they change the shell or not? Should the people who bought the boxes only for it get a refund?
That's all I have for today, have a great day!
