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Jump back to quoted post14 Jul 2014, 13:21 PMcoh2player

I have different views than you. I actually find the Panther a good tank destroyer but very expensive due to the faction's fuel disability. So the 175 fuel panther is basically 263 fuel to me. So the tank is so expensive that only 1 can be realistically fielded. The command panther makes me laugh; It is so expensive that it's usually alone on the field and not commanding anything.

2 Panthers synergize a good deal and are more than the sum of the parts. The duo can fight independent of other units while a single panther cannot. Their 4 machineguns can focus fire and do some damage on infantry but 1 panther alone doesn't cut it. They can quickly knock out a tank with focus fire.

The Jagdpanzer IV I find to be similarly overpriced but it comes earlier which is an advantage.

But if I can wait, I prefer having the panther any day.

Jump back to quoted post14 Jul 2014, 10:22 AMOZtheWiZARD

I find jagdpanzer4 to be too vulnerable to flanks and not very effective against heavies.

Jump back to quoted post14 Jul 2014, 02:03 AMThe_Courier

Properly used MGs save the Maxim are useful against blobs at all stages of the game, since unlike CoH1 this game doesn't have silly shit like Fire Up! or heroic charge that breaks suppression. In the early game, it suppresses infantry faster and you mop up with other troops (sturmpios, rifles, grens). In the late game, it suppresses slower, but you have much more potent blob counters on hand with various tanks, artillery, and elite infantry.

An MG is not supposed to be sat there to be forgotten; you need to position it well, in cover if it all possible, and micro it to respond to the flow of battle, not to mention support it properly. The battlefield becomes increasingly deadlier for MGs, sure, but that's why you use other units as meatshields.