I feel really lucky after this update. My best tank is the basic M4 Sherman. Now they add sweet a new tank right in front of my current one in tech . And now it also lets me choose if I want to switch to M6 and heavy tanks afterward. Which mean I can sell my old M3 Lee and never bother to drive the imo horrendous T1 HT. Apart from the American tanks I also own the SU-26 tier 3 Russian SPG.
The T1 HT is actually a good tank, decent speed, armor and HP, WG also did a overhaul on its' turning rate.
I dont know. The HT
does have nice frontal armor for its tier, but the side armor is terrible (You can penetrate and nearly 1-shot a T1 with the 105mm derp thats available in tanks as low as tier 3). The gun does not hold up against tier 6+ heavies and 7+ mediums, and the speed is largely useless since it's not enough to fulfill the role of a medium. You will want to commit seppuku when you face off against the KV, a heavy of the same tier, with its 300 damage/167 pen cannon and all-around good armor.
Personally, if I get a heavy, it better be a goddamn heavy. I don't want any jack-of-all-trades heavy or mediums. That's part of the reason the Russian IS and German VK3601 let me down; a medium masquerading as a heavy and a heavy masquerading as a medium. In the meantime, you have tanks that actually fulfill their roles, like the KV-3 and T20.
Anywho, I am pretty far into the game. I have multiple tier 8s, tons of tier 6/7s, and a couple tier 5s. I love it because of how pick up and go it is, without being overly simplistic and taking no skill to play. I can just start it up and run a match, and nothing is binding me to play another. The grinding is the fun kind of grind for the most part, but it does get monotonous and I wish there was more to do.
Edit: Now for some gloating!