how do you let a sherman eat more than one volley from the blob.
edit: did some math, comparing zookas to shreks in their performance against each medium armor. we've got shreks vs shermans, and zookas vs panzer 4s
Shreks time to kill a sherman (shrek has 100% penetration vs sherman armor at all ranges) is 51 seconds. Zookas time to kill a panzer 4 is 55 seconds (zookas chance to penetrate varies from 64% at max range, and 77% at the closest range against frontal armor). Bazookas cost 60 munitions, and wehr shreks cost 60 munitions, and okw shreks cost 108 munitions if you factor in the munitions penalty.
Why are you comparing Shermans to lolmagicalbuttonpushcarpetride Panzer 4?
These are not comparable units. One pushes a button to make all facing AT stop targeting it, and forces any unit that'd manually been ordered to fire to charge at it point blank while it fumbles through the smoke to find it's target which, even point blank, still will not see.
The other has a minimum range for a comparable ability that'll still have an active delay.
One gets an ability that gives it a huge movement speed boost when active.
The other has wishful thinking.
One gets practical survivability improvements at vet 2.
The other gets offensive improvements to make it competitive at vet 2.
Panzershreks are more useful than bazookas. More damage, better penetration while fighting tanks with less armor, slightly better scatter.
Bazookas do not typically bother me playing as the Germans, but then again I'm also not required to make my generalist tanks fight infantry.
i really wish people took your example and do the same when confronting shreks.
I wholeheartedly agree that all stealth mechanics should be stripped from German units, all units with range outside Allied sight range be rendered visible anyways, and all allied players be given no fog of war so that they're never caught unawares.
I also agree that German units should be stripped of their veterency bonuses- by '44 it was just old men and children anyways since the "vets" in the German army were dead or rotting away in POW camps- since those go a long way in turning riflemen from credible threats to CP pinatas.
Oh wait, you mean I have to use my tanks to fight infantry because my
infantry can't fight your infantry? Oh, well, maybe there's a problem here.