killed in matter of seconds from what? AT guns? t34s? it only happens if you run into soviet lines head first without weakening their lines 1st or hitting a mine or 2 and losing ur engine. cant blame anyone for that when a swarm of t34s comes and hunt ur weakened panthers down.
stop initiating fights with panthers. its no longer the tank it used to be when they could mess up soviet lines just by charging in. if you rush panthers into the straight into enemy lines, expect them to be taken out. instead chip away at their defenses with indirect fire and gain advantage in map control with ur superior mobility. t34s have no chance against panthers, so expect AT guns and bring along infantry to deal with them. then settle ur paks elsewhere to guard against smart players who relocate their t34s to another side of the map away from ur panthers.
there's a problem with teching cost and CP gain, no doubt about that. but there's none with the unit itself. cost does not justify a unit being OP. look at what the old tiger ace was, stupidly tanky with 2000hp, 320dmg and with a whole bunch of abilities. expensive? yes. balanced? not in any sense of the word.
i didnt mention isu152 beating it because its clearly an OP unit, needs to go out of the game together with the elefant.
Man, you don't understand. Panther is to expensive to be used in the manner you say it should be used. Understand? You want Panther to be used like a soviet tank while it's way more expensive. I can't spend that amount of resources on a tank that after every shot must run and hide because that means I wasted my investment. I said it allready: keep the Panther as it is, but seriously decrease its cost, otherwise it's simply not worth it. Decreasing Panther cost and making Pzwerfer to actually kill something from time to time, will bring back german T4 in the game and german players will have a choice, to go T3 or T4. Currently there is only one resonable and cost effective choice: T3 + Call in.