Some love vents and other's think they're overrated. I've been on both sides, and now I'm firmly in the camp of loving them after running the numbers on tanks.gg. I calculated all the benefits of Vents vs. other equipment, and I can rarely see a scenario where they aren't worth running. One of the big benefits of Vents is they can be run in the bonus slot of any tank to get the 6% crew skill bonus, so all the comparisons below are the 6% crew skill bonus vs. the baseline bonus of the alternate equipment. These benefits seem tough to beat, so here's the #'s …

% benefit of Vents vs. alternate equipment

• 24% DPM bonus of Gun Rammer
• 27% Aim speed bonus of eGLD
• 54% Aim Circle Size bonus of iAU
• 27% Hull traverse and Turret traverse bonus of iRM
• 26% Terrain resistance reduction of Grousers
• 26% View range of Coated Optics
• 10-20% Camo improvement of LNE depending on vehicle type and base camo stats
• 6% Suspension repair time of Modified Config
• Last but not least, a 2.6% improvement in signal range that no other piece of equipment offers (breath taking – I know)

Add up these values and vents have the value of 1.5-2 equipment slots. With all that laid out, what is the case against using Vents 90% of the time?

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