Dear fellow COHfans,
Lately, next to all the other balance problems, I have the feeling that the IS-2, King Tiger and Panther are too overpowered. Not by gun or speed, but by armour. It's just plain stupid. I had a multiple games (unfortunatly I don't have the replays) where my P-4s tried attack the rear and bounced 7 times, before it penetrated once.
Yeah, I agree. I'm fine with heavy frontal armor, but side armor (significantly weaker) should be introduced. And rear armor (significantly weaker than side armor) as well. It would actually reward flanking tactics, say a regular T-34/86 vs King tiger would at least have a chance to do something. It would also promote supporting your valuable heavy tanks with AT guns and overextending would get punished a lot better.
However, for this to happen the vehicle pathing should also be improved dramatically so that the vehicles don't start spinning 180 or 360 when you order a simple movement command.