53 replies to this topic

[kaneloon]

Let's be honest guys : the only thing good with the Thunderbolt is that you pay 15€ for 5 BIA crew, making them 3 € per head.

Apart from that it is very very weak, the armor doesn't work in this gold meta.

[SlyMeerkat]

Already got them

[Rozbrus]

Cobra6, on 29 May 2019 - 07:34 AM, said:

Neither, the standard pen is not competitive enough for the tier. Especially not on the T-44.

 

Cobra 6

 

Well Progetto has olny 22mm more. And T44-100 is nimble enough to circle oponents. I find it to be the best premium medium in the game. Yes, i even like it more than Progetto.

[ccoolliinn_1]

For those desperate for the Type 59, the T44 100 is about the same. The Type 59 is a bit harder and the T44 more nibble, but not much in it.

[TataAtila]

A enjoy my t44-100 very much its a great tank. And im a player who didnt like t44 and t54 at all.

T54 is the only tank that i bouth and then seel twice, give it two chances but didnt manage it to work.

[Zmago5000]

both are meh,..tunderbolt is t6 so no credit potential anyway,..

t44-100 is meh also, I find it comparable to Mutz but worse than Primo Viktoria.....

[Weak_man]

TataAtila, on 29 May 2019 - 09:20 AM, said:

A enjoy my t44-100 very much its a great tank. And im a player who didnt like t44 and t54 at all.

T54 is the only tank that i bouth and then seel twice, give it two chances but didnt manage it to work.

 

I have T44, 430, 430U, 140 but i sold T54 because standard ammo pen is worse and is too expensive to play.

 

 

[guest273]

Why not both East and West? *German tank sounds*

[Sir_Armand]

Soviet bias FTW!

[Simona2k]

i dont have them

[TheArk_2014]

SlyMeerkat, on 29 May 2019 - 06:55 AM, said:

Already got them

 

Simona2k, on 29 May 2019 - 09:04 AM, said:

i dont have them

 

I'm in the middle ... I have one of them.

 

[ccoolliinn_1]

If you already have the thunderbolt and need some gold it's a good pick up with free BIA crew 

Edited by ccoolliinn_1, 29 May 2019 - 10:58 AM.

[Badz360]

T-44-100

Great tank, but a bit pricey. Has been sold once on a good discount and once thrown in for free with a yearly premium purchase - both cracking deals. If you are patient, might be better to wait in the hope of something similar. 

 

Thunderbolt

Standard M4 fare but probably worth it alone for the BIA crew

[Jumping_Turtle]

undutchable80, on 29 May 2019 - 06:16 AM, said:

I have bought this tank 4-5 times already just for the crew

 

Be carefull when you put retrained crew in it. You might think they dont fit into the tank

[Mr_Heydorn]

Do T8 prem usually cost €45 or is this one priced pretty steep?

[Gruff_]

I bought the Thunderbolt earlier this year specifically for the bia crew, you can do ok in it the armour does offer an interesting bouce even from standard tier8 shells at times, however it's very very slow to get up any incline/hill which effects how you want to paly a tank with good gun depresion, and is not a particularly exciting or dynamic tier 6 medium to play.

 

 It gets the job done I have had good results plinking away with the same sort of gun you get on most tier 6 light tanks, but it doesn't satisfy in the same way a Cromwell or T34-85 or VKp does, well for me at least.  Against tier 4/5 it's armour is so op the game is no fun.

 

T44-100 I would lika this tank and was hoping it might come up in the black market for gold/cr, for something that was previously available via a marathon I think the £38 price is disgustingly over priced.

Edited by Gruff_, 29 May 2019 - 01:48 PM.

[thePhilX]

We added the 0 skill BiA crew to the bundle description now, in case anyone was wondering. Enjoy playing!

[undutchable80]

Jumping_Turtle, on 29 May 2019 - 01:35 PM, said:

 

Be carefull when you put retrained crew in it. You might think they dont fit into the tank

 

Mr_Heydorn, on 29 May 2019 - 01:40 PM, said:

Do T8 prem usually cost €45 or is this one priced pretty steep?

Its a marathon tank, so its price is inflated

[Cobra6]

undutchable80, on 29 May 2019 - 06:37 AM, said:

 

Works fine in FL mode though. 

 

Most Tier 8 tanks, even the average/bad ones work quite well in Frontlines because Tier 8 balancing compared to Tier 7 and Tier 9 is garbage.

For no good reason Tier 8 tanks still have a big drop in DPM compared to tanks below and above, this is an old balancing factor from WoT in 2012-2013 which still hasn't been addressed.

 

Tier 8 medium penetration especially is lacking since the huge influx of heavy armour in this game without the penetration of standard ammo rising to compensate/deal with it.

 

ccoolliinn_1, on 29 May 2019 - 06:41 AM, said:

Good point but what mediums would you say are superior to the T44 100 at tier 8.

 

Anything with more then 210mm pen on the standard ammo. Since doing damage is the major contributor to your income/xp you need to pen your shots to do damage.

 

Rozbrus, on 29 May 2019 - 06:57 AM, said:

 

Well Progetto has olny 22mm more. And T44-100 is nimble enough to circle oponents. I find it to be the best premium medium in the game. Yes, i even like it more than Progetto.

 

Yeah it's nimble but if you don't want to shoot that much gold, anything under 210 penetration on a medium is just not very competitive.

 

Cobra 6

[Sknr]

 Have been wanting to buy T-44-100 for a long time, but at that price - no way.