Spotting Scope on Elephants

3CP – Spotting Scope

All tanks can now be upgraded with spotting scopes. When stationary, the line of sight of the unit will be greatly increased.

Jump back to quoted post14 Sep 2013, 03:48 AMwooof

this ability is great when working properly. unfortunately i rarely have it work well for me. every time a conscript walks within 100m of my elefant it decides to turn which disables the spotting scope. the only way to stop it from doing this is to attack ground which means youve exposed your position and now have to wait for the 8.55 second reload. if they add a hold fire or hold position button, maybe this ability needs to be looked at. currently it only works well maybe 50% of the time.

Jump back to quoted post14 Sep 2013, 03:53 AMEndeav

It's so very amusing listening to Wooof on team speak as his elegant does slow motion pirouettes; stays amusing when we lose cause of it because he rages a bit extra!

Jump back to quoted post14 Sep 2013, 01:43 AMLichtbringer

Well.... can the Elephant even use his full shooting range without SpottingScope? Generally i don't think Spottingscope + elephant is op because he is so expensiv slow (without turret), does nothing against infantry and loses the bonus sight while moving (or rotating).

Jump back to quoted post14 Sep 2013, 11:13 AMOnkelSam

i won't accept personal insults in my topic Argue with facts please!

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Jump back to quoted post13 Sep 2013, 19:41 PMOnkelSam

What do people think about spotting scopes?



I am mainly a 2vs2 player where in almost all games around the 20 minute mark one of the german players will get an elephant. If you combine it with a spotting scope you will never need a recon run again, because the elephant will permanently uncover the FOW deep into enemy territory.

I feel that this is a bit unfair. Actually i have a similar feeling about SU-85s spotting for themself.