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This was me a few days ago:
IrmaBecx, on 22 September 2016 - 09:09 PM, said:
So it's looking like I'm going to miss out on the Type-59 again this time, and the reason is very simple:
I can't afford it.
Only eight days to go, and I haven't received my student loans yet - likely it will be another 10 days or so, and so the opportunity will be gone.
Mind you, this is an opportunity for me, because I like quirky and unloved tanks. Your average player I wouldn't recommend this tank to, because I believe they won't get their moneys' worth playing it.
The Type 59 is not a bad tank; in fact it's very, very balanced. For me, as a Medium and Light tank driver, it would make sense, because it could replace many of the OP Russian Meds which are super boring to play anyway they're so balanced.
But with the new OP Russian Lights in game, I had to grind the T-34, which lead to the T-34-85 when I realised I had grinded too much, and that will of course turn into a T-44 and then a T-54 before long. My LTTB will turn into a T-54 Lightweight, which will also turn into a T-54 and then a T-62A and an Object 140.
So with my garage filling up with all those blasted OP Russian vehicles, there really isn't any need for me to replace them all with another tier VIII Premium; especially not since the T-54 Ltwt in all probability is the way better tank, and I already started throwing my credits at them.
So it's a shame, because I really do want the Hype 59 even though it's not as good as everyone expected, because it's still a nice drive, and it's not uncompetitive in it's tier. Also, it is of course one of the absolutely most essential and important Gold Noob Elitist tanks.
As it is, however, it's a no-go. It's simply too expensive, and it has hit me at the completely wrong time.
See you guys around this time next year...
So yeah, instead of buying food this week, and next week ( I am not joking), I shelled out the horrendously high price for the Type 59 just now. I still think the above is perhaps the best advice about the Type, but I did want it anyway, and I am not sorry at all.
And I'll tell you why:
Because it's a great tank. The fact remains you won't have to train the crew or grind any modules, and its' performance, remember, is measured against the very best tanks in the game. That said, the Type 59 is not an easy drive, and this is actually on account of the facts stated above; in other words precisely because it is a Premium tank.
Premiums take longer to master, because you won't be spending all that time playing it with maybe half the upgrades and really, really learn how the tank moves, where you can get gun depression, what angles bounce, and so on. The fact boring stuff can be really educational should come as no surprise to anyone.
The most "stock" you will ever drive a Premium is without equipment and rations, and you will of course have an easier time right from the start with the actual driving, but when you compare a Russian Medium to the Type 59, you are most often comparing it to a tank you know pretty much in and out. I am sure people who drove their Type 59 more than they drove their OP Russian Mediums are pretty few.
The Lightweight Sports-model I mentioned above is not the better tank because it is a T-54 - likely the stronkest tank in the game, but because it is a Light tank. It can do things that Medium tanks can't do because of this, and for this reason that comparison is also slightly unfair. Still, for the overwhelming majority, the Lightweight will be the better choice. Or maybe the T-44. Really, unless you really, really want to drive the Type 59 specifically, I cannot recommend it at all, because you will invariably be disappointed in any other scenario.
I'll say it again: if you want to drive the Type 59 for any other reason than that it is in fact the Chinese Premium tier VIII Medium, you will be disappointed. It's not a complete monster brawler, it's not going to pen every other tank in the game, you won't COD OP Russian Mediums in it, and it will not make you or anyone else huge, huge piles of credits. It's not going to happen. Don't buy it.
The package deal rubs a lot of people the wrong way, but for me, that actually made sense too. You may not have any use for 6K gold, but I threw some of it at my LTTB to finish off that grind, because I just can't deal with all the Light tank haters out there right now.
Ever since the last update, I have been hearing more and more complaining in game about the team, about people being noobs, and the level of abuse is greater than I have seen in a while.
And it's no surprise. The exact same thing happened when the NGL were introduced; people were helplessly watching the game change completely around them, and they couldn't figure out how to deal with the new threats. Instead, they blamed everyone from noobs to Wargaming, and of course their fellow players got the brunt of it.
In the T-54 Lightweight, I can play more like a Medium tank; I can use the same attack lines, and I can deal with the same threats without losing too many hitpoints. Light tanks are tricky to play, but they are extremely good at putting thought into action, like Bushka likes to point out. And that's why I like them. A tank philosopher who doesn't drive Light tanks isn't a tank philosopher; it's that simple.
And herein lies the problem - because most players don't understand light tank tactics, they aren't able to make the most of having a Light tank doing its' job on their team. All you can do is light up the targets for them and try to swallow their insults. The see you driving off in some random direction, they don't see you are flanking or trying to go someplace useful, they'll just call you a moron coward noob.
So with some gold thrown at it, I may now own the best tier VIII Medium in the game fully kitted out and the very exotic and capable Type 59.
A comparison will be forthcoming as soon as I grind the 700.000 credits needed to fit equipment on the Type, in the meantime I can tell you that the T-54 Lightweight does in fact struggle to pen tier VIII Heavy tanks from the front, especially if they have a pike nose.
It may possibly be the best tier VIII Medium, but it's still a Light tank with Camo on the move. Hit them from the sides and rear 
Edited by IrmaBecx, 27 September 2016 - 10:13 PM.
