AEC Treadbreaker

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I never bothered with this ability before this last patch. I've been playing some British the past two days and have been using this ability every game to see how well it works. I had heard it was buggy before, but I'm not getting any bug. It's firing the shot, but no treads are getting broken. Just some temporary engine difficulty on the target and then they are fine (well usually it's under attack by other stuff and gets destroyed). So, is this ability supposed to do some kind of horrible permanent damage to the target, like immobilize? The description does mention that there are two outcomes, I just keep getting the one that is easy for the opponent to recover from.

29 Jul 2014, 12:16 PM by siuking666:

T34/76 is NOT a joke on my hands; Maybe on your hands you make it suck shit? but on me, No. I can kill a stug with a little micro, go toe to toe with a Panzer 4. Is it a joke? LOL T34/85 is apparently a very good tank. But no one says it "one hit wipe" or elefant penetration; up to a point i think this little medium tank just have too much health and too much firepower with that fuel cost.

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You are supposed to wait for the 2nd shot to fire too.

If you move after firing your first shot the ability cancels without refund.

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First Shot:-60% speed, -70% rotation speed, -70% maximum speed.

Second Shot: Immobilizes for 7 seconds.

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hmm, so it's not as horrible as an m6, but timed right it will assure destruction. Sometimes in team games a bunch of my allies will send a gang of tanks to a heavy tank destroyer. If I sent a vet1 AEC it would be screwed.

29 Jul 2014, 12:16 PM by siuking666:

T34/76 is NOT a joke on my hands; Maybe on your hands you make it suck shit? but on me, No. I can kill a stug with a little micro, go toe to toe with a Panzer 4. Is it a joke? LOL T34/85 is apparently a very good tank. But no one says it "one hit wipe" or elefant penetration; up to a point i think this little medium tank just have too much health and too much firepower with that fuel cost.

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It could do with not being tied to vet seeing how its the brits only tank control

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Do both shots always penetrate (I figure this is an obvious yes but thought I'd ask) and do both shots do damage?

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1 May 2017, 05:13 AMDanielD

Do both shots always penetrate (I figure this is an obvious yes but thought I'd ask) and do both shots do damage?

As far as I remember testing this ability, both shots deal damage. I'm not sure about pen though

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1000 penetration (guaranteed), 40 damage each (as opposed to 120 damage for vanilla shots).

1 May 2017, 01:15 AMOtherside

It could do with not being tied to vet seeing how its the brits only tank control

Maybe, but let's see how the AEC fares with the current stats and how Brits fare with their current loadout first.

One issue with AEC starting with snare from Vet0 is that the snare could come out of the blue, before you've even registered this as a threat. If the snare comes earlier, it should be considerably weaker at Vet0.

The AEC has spent 1 year being a no-brainer choice. Let's see how it fares now that there are tradeoffs to make.

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1 May 2017, 09:04 AMMr.Smith

1000 penetration (guaranteed), 40 damage each (as opposed to 120 damage for vanilla shots).

Maybe, but let's see how the AEC fares with the current stats and how Brits fare with their current loadout first.

One issue with AEC starting with snare from Vet0 is that the snare could come out of the blue, before you've even registered this as a threat. If the snare comes earlier, it should be considerably weaker at Vet0.

The AEC has spent 1 year being a no-brainer choice. Let's see how it fares now that there are tradeoffs to make.

As it is now, it's a very interesting ability. Making the AEC a useful unit at all stages of the game.
Good job.