The abysmal state of the KV1

Jump back to quoted post2 Oct 2016, 06:02 AMZombiFrancis

The Churchill gets mainly offensive bonuses as well. More importantly the Churchill gains no defensive or health bonuses with its vet. It's ability to act as a meatshield is still quite solid.

Although I guess it does have that weird vet 3 engine self-repair thing.

But the whole pseudo-command tank aura would be such a massive change to the unit, not to mention the aura itself would have crazy impact on infantry combat. The impact on team games I won't even bother to get into either. I mean, the B-4 commander was already a pretty troll commander in team games to begin with.

A vet 1 hulldown wouldn't be too crazy though. But IMO vet 1 abilities need to set aside altogether. Crams the pacing of vet bonuses into only 2 steps.

Jump back to quoted post2 Oct 2016, 13:43 PMvietnamabc

By contrast, Soviet CE takes ages to repair stuffs, KV-1 is not that threatening compared to Churchill (Does it get its MG buffed like T-34?).

Jump back to quoted post2 Oct 2016, 12:02 PMAustralian Magic

You better start using it

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Jump back to quoted post3 Oct 2016, 11:16 AMThe amazing Chandler

Watched the replay, very nice use of the B4.
The last shot thou before it got destroyed (on the TA) saved your ass

Jump back to quoted post1 Oct 2016, 23:12 PMmiragefla

Needs some work and I believe it should very much be a meatshield tank. I'll plug my suggestions here:

-Veterancy 2 Horizontal Traverse Speed removed. Replaced by an aura that boosts nearby infantry, increasing accuracy by 10% while reducing received accuracy and cooldowns by 10%. 25 meter radius.
-Veterancy 3 Reload modifier removed.
-Veterancy 3 Speed and rotation modifier from 1.2 to 1.15.
-Veterancy 3 allows the KV-1 to repair 1.25 health every second when out of combat and increase the tank's health by 160.
-Health from 800 to 960
-Vet 1 to "Defense Mode" from "Capture Point". Defense mode halts all movement of the tank in exchange for 0.8 recieved damage and lowers reload speed by 0.85.

Now you have a very tanky vehicle. It doesn't kill much at all, but it's a very annoying meatshield to deal with. The aura might be too much, but it could be a timed ability. I don't think it would need limits as you would feed TDs XP, though Mother Russia could use some looking at. It's like Valiant Assault, but way better since you get an armour bonus.

Veterancy requirements might also need to be increased with these changes.

Jump back to quoted post3 Oct 2016, 14:07 PMnee

Another idea worth considering is copying the coh1 Panzer4 IST, which can toggle to immobilize but increase its firing rate and turret traverse speed. Unable to move but fires faster means it's a tanky anti-infantry vehicle.

Jump back to quoted post3 Oct 2016, 15:58 PMDangerous-Cloth

This is a great idea. But wouldn't it sort of make the KV1 a underpowered KV2 in that aspect?

Jump back to quoted post3 Oct 2016, 11:16 AMThe amazing Chandler

Watched the replay, very nice use of the B4.
The last shot thou before it got destroyed (on the TA) saved your ass