The fuk? What does that even mean?
Does the fuel and tech cost difference between sherman and king tiger put them at the same level too?
Thats some next lebel thinking right there.
He meant cost relation to stats and effective damage in a normal game situation. Still you are free to disagree without using "extra" words.
I can agree you dont buy 2 shermans each time you see a panther just to win the cost efficiency and stats of the other tank, maybe you just cant. Thats a big disadvantage in the "cost efficient" tank system. The power jumps between each tank is something to care about also.
Thats why the jumbo sherman is interesting, one stats to pay for (durability) and the other ones to bargain for (dmg,speed,utiliy)
Then M4 Standard sherman should be the ones with more utility (with extra cost for it, no longer cost effective)
M4 76 could be the cost effective one, cheaper per resource unit for its stats
And E8 the harder punch ones (with a little better armor, E8 fits better as brawlers)
But there is a problem in this logic, that is USF already had a tool to deal with enemy armour (M36) and its super effective at it. Adding or retweaking the medium armour of USF must have an impact on late TD for balance pruposes.
Edited: M4 and 76 concepts