I am such a glutton for punishment but...YOU, and yes I mean you, specifically said that you wanted the KT's armor and speed buffed, so the issue is both in your mind.
Guess what, if you see an American player investing heavily in AT defenses (aka Jacksons) then maybe, and this is gonna sound crazy, you should not invest heavily in a single breakthrough tank. Maybe, you should focus on getting out your own AT units, or just invest in infantry based units and ignore the Jacksons. You already said SU-85's are pretty irrelevant against KT so I won't even bother taking about them.
Alex you don't get an I win button for getting to the KT. You get access, as a bonus, to the only non-doctrinal heavy tank in the game, IF YOU WANT IT. If you don't want it you do not need to purchase it, and in many cases you should use something else. Personally I find Panther + Stuka a better investment most of the time, but would still use KT for some situations.
Please don't respond in this thread if you have nothing new to add, we all know you want to buff armor and speed. You made your point now move one.
I never said I wanted more armor and speed. Iv made the point that the lower armor combined with the extremely slow speed results in a tank that is very hard to make breakthroughs with.
The SU-85 isn't very irrelevant anymore versus KT's these days because of the very high DPS an SU-85 can put out, and it's not like the KT is going to out run it. And the thing is USF players always get Jacksons because it's USF only AT option, meaning it basically just greys out the KT as a viable option.
A rework to the KT would be nice in and so far as currently it doesn't really do anything for you a more mixed army doesn't do. 2 Panthers are better, A Sturmtiger is better, a Jadgtiger is a more sound investment, ect.
Personally IMO it should get a reduction on the main guns damage to 200 and an increase in it's ROF allowing it to more effectively do damage before it's forced to retreat, that or as said early better acceleration would go a long way towards enabling it as a viable alternative for late game instead of a noob trap, as it's basically putting your eggs in one big easy to spot and shoot at basket.