Another "pig in a poke", because the developers are in no hurry to disclose the hidden parameters of the technique, crossing out all the positive aspects that are so diligently advertised.
Hello tankers! As many of you already know, a new marathon begins in World of Tanks on January 28 "Hunting the Hidden Tiger" – Chinese heavy prem so level 9 WZ-114. In addition to the fact that the developers first with by auction caved in to the Chinese audience of the game, but now for them (as in the past year) they are organizing a marathon.
In principle, this is just a business, so it is not surprising that the developers are betting on China. For example, there for gold type 59 one player paid 100 rubles (if transferred from RMB). WoT is gaining great popularity there, so the CIS region has faded into the background a bit in terms of development.
114 Review
However, no one forbids everyone else to take this tank for a marathon, but is it worth such an effort - let's try to figure it out. Initially WZ-114 on the supertest was awesome premium level 8, but then they changed the caliber of the gun, tightened the armor a little and dropped to level 9.
TTX WZ-114
Strengths
Impressive one-time damage, excellent accuracy for a heavy tank, and excellent LHP (especially Chinese) are very captivating at first glance. Large margin of safety on a par with Mauschen and quite good armor: ricochet NLD, sides do not break through according to the 3 gauge rule, a powerful NLD and a strong tower in the frontal projection (but not for tank destroyers).
Weaknesses
The tank pays for the gun and armor no dynamics and maneuverability. Getting to the positions on it is really long and the lack of mobility in turbos is a noticeable drawback.
A strong tower in the forehead is good, but who will shoot there with such prominent commander's cupola (a rhetorical question). At the same time, it is located in front of the tower, so it will not be difficult to target it while the WZ-114 will converge.
And now, since we are talking about the summary, it's time to talk about its main disadvantages. Aiming time of 3,9 seconds is an eternity compared to modern tanks, the same Vz. 55 will have time to discharge the drum until WZ-114 take aim.
Of course, you can shoot without waiting for full information, because the game still has such a hidden parameter as "gun stabilization". This is exactly what the developers kept silent about, ironically on the topic of his long information. For comparison, we selected several heavy tanks of tier 9, which do not shine with stabilization, but even they start to seem more playable against the background of the WZ-114.
Stabilization parameters highlighted with a red frame in: movement / when turning the hull / when turning the turret.
Even the KV-2 has better stabilization with its 152 mm hole.
In this case, cannon reloads 19 seconds, DPM is low, so the cost of a miss is very high. The developers on the presentation video talk about measured and positional play, but what to do when the opponent just decides to lean on WZ-114? Immediately without a chance to shoot someone in damage.
Conclusion
Of course, due to the accuracy, the circle from which the gun will begin to converge will be smaller than that of the machines taken for comparison, but this is still very bad. Without full information with its stub, the WZ-114 can only effectively shoot sparrows and dig the ground with shells.
Implementing a useless DPM on this machine will be difficult for average players. Trying to farm on it can be compared to an unloved job: it is also tiring and does not bring pleasure.
In modern randomness, mobility and DPM decide, and these are just the main disadvantages of the WZ-114. Therefore, it makes no particular sense to run a marathon for him and fall out of life for 10 days. The game has premium tanks of level 8, which will farm better and be more pleasant to play at the same time. Write in the comments what you think about the new tank and whether you will go through the “hunt”.
