Comming update: IS-2 and ISU-152 will be buffed

Jump back to quoted post31 Mar 2014, 14:06 PMJHeartless

Its great they are buffing expensive call in units at their AT role and nerfing their AI role to not squad whipe.

So now rebalance all other tanks. I persoanlly would like to see it as BALANCED as the infantry game is now. Where inferior units can beat superior units through the magic of "Micro" and "Cover". I would very much like to see a lone T34/76 beat a Panther through flanking and better micro.

Jump back to quoted post31 Mar 2014, 14:13 PMCardboard Tank

Actually that´s also what I´d like to see. A Panther being flanked should be toast. Hence I suggested it´s role as an anti tank sniper with good frontal armor. Not a nascar which drives in close, shrugs off shots to the side and drives out again.

A range buff and side armor nerf would be cool. blitz should be changed with some spotting ability, similar to that on Su-85s and Zis.

Jump back to quoted post31 Mar 2014, 14:01 PMImagelessbean

The story described above is characteristic of Soviet propaganda, because it details the power of the gun but fails to focus on the very limited type of battle in which this is good. Yes, Soviet tanks in narrow streets will always win because all you want there is the largest gun, and reload is unimportant since once you block a street no additional threats can arrive.

Jump back to quoted post31 Mar 2014, 14:46 PMMarcoRossolini

It can't have been too crappy if they used them through til the end of the war.

Jump back to quoted post31 Mar 2014, 14:53 PMCardboard Tank

Actually ISU-152 were largely pushed by propaganda. To some extend as much as the Tigers. This fear from heavier german tanks had to be overcome, thus the Zveroboy was pushed. The Russians usually used 4 ISU-152s together to get a decent rate of fire out of the vehicle(s). In actual combat there are of course some situations where the did their job well, but with a rate of fire that slow, my bets go on a Panther, which could just as easily defeat the ISu, with better optics and 6x the rate of fire.

Models being constructed throughout the war doesn´t necessarily mean tehy are superior. For example the Panzer IV while being almost outdated was in production til the end of the war, for the sake of having a tank in numbers.

Jump back to quoted post31 Mar 2014, 05:40 AMJinseual

However, if a Panther takes one shot at the rear of the ISU152 it's entire ammunition will explode, the Soviets never mentioned this but since the ISU152 uses very large, heavy shells and like all tanks if the ammunition is hit the entire tank is dead. Real life battles are not like Company of Heroes battles, you don't tickle down HP like in the game, it's one shot into a weak spot it's one kill.

The Soviets don't talk about the flaws in their tanks and they always love to boast about them despite losing them in huge numbers. For example, the T34 cooks and explode just as easily as a Sherman but who got the reputation of being a tea kettle?

Jump back to quoted post31 Mar 2014, 17:35 PMCrecer13

T-34 is very well repaired, many of the tanks were restored by 3 - 4 times, while the Germans thought that this new tanks, from here the myth: "Red Tank zerg rush". During this tank crews loved T-34.