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Jump back to quoted post7 Jun 2016, 18:01 PMMr.Smith

The same conversation about Panthers, Comets, and the other zoo animals has been going in parallel in another thread.

Regarding Panther vs Comet, let's, first, acknowledge some hard facts:


Now, regarding the SU-85 comment.

1 second difference makes a HUGE difference when the original quantity is tiny.
- an 1-second increase for something that took 4 seconds to complete means that it is now 20% less efficient.
- an 1-second increase for a huge cooldown (e.g., B4 barrage) is not noticeable at all.

If you read the patch notes carefully, you are going to see that the SU-85 not only lost its Vet0 reload speed (-25%). It also lost its Vet2 reload speed (that's another -30%):
https://community.companyofheroes.com/discussion/comment/245956/#Comment_245956

Cumulatively, the SU will fire 1.9 times slower than before.

This is a -50% performance reduction for anything with armour 190 or below (T3, JP4, etc). The SU-85 paid a heavy price to get its penetration and accuracy increased, so that it no longer fires dud shells vs Panthers and the like (and that the Soviets get a reliable counter to Panther-spam).

Now, what do you propose that the Panther sacrifice so that its RoF increases? Don't you agree that the charts show it is already very powerful as it is?