New 203mm Heavy Howitzer
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The weapon is essentially a better Soviet 120mm Howitzer + a better German PAK43 rolled into one unit all for the not-so-expensive price (relative to those two units) of 600 manpower. In my opinion, it is much too efficient considering it can one shot a Panther at vet 2. I know it's doctrinal but a 600mp unit killing a 600mp+130fu unit in one shot? Pretty ridiculous if you ask me.
Note that the weapon should only require 600 damage inflicted in order to get to vet 1 - thats only 10 infantry kills. Once it is vet one and has its precision strike, the German player can pretty much kiss any HVT immobile for more than a second good-bye. This leads to easy vet 2 which then after is simply "trolololol." If the German player didn't pick a commander with recon run + some call-in bomb ability, he has literally no way to counter this provided the Soviet player plays smart and defends his base well.
I've been on the giving and receiving end of this cheesy unit and I really don't think it adds any fun to the game (maybe in compstomps?).
On a side note, why is it that the Soviets always get these insta-gib units like KV-8 and the 203mm? But now that this is here, I have to say this is far more cheesy than the KV-8 ever was, considering this thing can be easily defended due to its long range.
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Relic has make him so strong because they want everybody to buy this commander.
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Im not sure but the "one shot" ability cost 160 munition.
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recon flight + stuka bomber
Im not sure but the "one shot" ability cost 160 munition.
That's one commander that has that combination. Any other commander is pretty much fucked (I guess Spearhead with recon + frag might work too).
Both the direct shot as well as the precision strike do the same amount of damage so either one can be used to the same effect. This might be changed in the next patch with the veterancy rework but no details have been really revealed about that yet.
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Repair your vehicles further away, behind your lines and you will be all right. Keep your tanks mobile when there's a recon plane airborne.
The worst unit in this commander good only against bad players in 3v3 or 4v4 mode.
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Besides, it doesn't need to be only used against tanks - remember it still does its regular howitzer role quite well (it does cost the same as the regular one so any other features are essentially free bonuses).
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If you build it, then it means you've been already way ahead of your opponent such that you're just building it for amusement and humiliation.
not necessarily, sometimes you build howitzers to break deadlock.
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not necessarily, sometimes you build howitzers to break deadlock.
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If built to take advantage of the (expensive) direct fire ability, then it is also likely in an even more vulnerable location. I see it really only being effective in choke-point maps like Pripyat and Rhzev
You really need to pre-aim the B-4 203 ahead of time, otherwise it is far to slow to actually hit anything.
Also, if you see a recon plane flying overhead, move your units around. Treat it kinda like a stuka dive bomber.
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Cons:
It can't fire through forests so it needs a clear path to fire on a tank.
Super slow reload.
Super bad accuracy ( missed 4 out of 5 shots, the 5th shot was a direct hit to a non vetted panther and it did 70% damage )
I didn't get to test the direct damage to a tank but I can only imagine it's not as imba as people want it to sound like.
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I gotta say, in 3v3 and 4v4, it's great for helping against the usual tank spam.
http://www.coh2.org/replays/8840/b-4-203mm-owning-tanks
But it was also a bit much combined with the constant rain of Katys along with this heavy barrage to blow up the big guys.
It's pretty invaluable when fighting the type of German players that plan to sit back and amass tanks.
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