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Churchill Croc - Flamethrower Range Nerf

21 Nov 2015, 16:45 PM
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I had a game with this change and I'm not sure I like it. Something needed to be done for sure but this makes it too vulnerable and rather inferior to the Flame Hetzer where if I can recall, has the same range as the Pre-Patch Croc.

Let's keep in mind that the Flamethrower is the de facto main weapon on the Croc.

1. Every time to attack ground, it uses the flamethrower. Not the turret. So it can't destroy abandoned weapons.

2. Every time you give an attack order against armour, it will chase it down until it's in Flamethrower range. That's seriously dangerous when the enemy tank is supported with AT and you have reduced range.

3. It exposes it's rear armour often when targeting a heavily contested area.

The fact the range has been decreased makes these things more of a problem. There's got to be a different solution.

Now... I have been watching the Croc do it's work for a while now and I can confidently say that the thing that makes this flamethrower tank so deadly is it's rate of fire. It fires long bursts and doesn't take much of a break in doing so. One would think that the weapon needs time to cooldown before firing again. So then it hit me.

Solution: Revert the range nerf but greatly extend the cool down between flame bursts instead. This way, it won't be seriously screwed in Tank vs Tank combat and be able to kite Shreck blobs and do so without wiping everything in 10 seconds.

I say make the cooldown last around 7-9 seconds and go down to 5-7 seconds with Vet as starters and tweak it from there if needed.
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