I'm doing fairly well with my ISU, dragging the win rate up to 48% from 45 last night. The SU85 and 100 are doing well too, 53 and 55% respectively.
Anyone else pick up anything in the anniversary sale? I picked up the year of premium and birthday bundle #2.
I haven't bought anything yet, but I'm seriously considering the year of premium since it's such a savings at the moment, and that one I can justify since I almost never play without paying for premium when I do.
I'm also considering a tier 8 premium tank, but that one I'm a lot more hesitant to jump on. I always said I would never buy one until I had earned a tier 8 the normal way, and now that I have, I'm still not sure I want one.
It's abundantly clear that you NEED one to make enough credits to feed multiple lines of experimentation, but I'm not certain I can justify the cost based on how poorly I play at that tier and how prone I am to just walking away for WOT for weeks or months at a time. At least a tank doesn't expire, like the premium time would though :hmm:
I would have a hard time deciding which one to get, too. I have the most experience playing Russian tanks, so naturally I'd be inclined to lean towards the KV-5, but the few times I've used it on test, I haven't done as well with it as I would have expected. I also look at my win rate in my IS vs. my KV-3 and that tells me I might have some issues there, too (about a 15% difference, IS on top at almost 50%).
My only experience with American heavies is the T1 and the T14 premium, which I got some kind of discount on a long time ago, probably during the first anniversary or something. I haven't been any higher in the tree, but I hear the T34 is pretty darn nice. People like the Lowe a lot, though, too.
I'm not leaning towards getting a medium since I do much worse in those than the heavies. I haven't figured out how to use them properly yet and really benefit the team the way you are supposed to, and just get shot to hell too quickly.