Profile of Cannonade

I just read the ISU52 wiki entry for some reference.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISU-152
Its a great introduction to the historical equivalent, with some very cool and specific references to tactics involved in it. Unusually much so, compared to many other wiki entries Ive read, as inspired to do so by CoH2.

I recommend it to anyone who doesnt already have even more extensive knowledge of how this armor was fielded. Its quite inspirational for how to field it in your own matches.

Ironically, from my reading of the wiki, it performs ingame just about exactly how I envisage it IRL.

But.
This IS a game.
And it cant sustain this kind of, sorry to say, outright OPness.

The infantry/support obliteration is just completely out of whack as compared to its other excellent stats.
It truly was an awesome piece of armor IRL, that excellently filled many roles, but for purposes of this game, the line has to be drawn somewhere.

Edited to add:

However, if there is one way that this unit can perhaps be brought inline while taking a page from historical realism, it would be to dramatically reduce its rate of fire. That is atleast one outstanding option that comes across quite strongly in the wiki, and which perhaps would relegate the ISU52, though incredibly powerful, to a historically accurate, and "playable" level of interbalance.

He just asked if you are serious or not.

A yes or no suffices as an answer.

Nothing rude about it.

I am offering a way to counter it. why do you have to be so rude? you say that ISU will have support, but Axis players also support their armor as well. Both sides have artillery to clean out the support units.

He wasnt rude at all.
Just asked you a simple and direct question.

It could be considered rude to try and construe something rude out of that, when there wasnt any there to begin with.

Just answer yes or no. No more to it than that.

I must not be facing any of you in my games. ISU is strong, but not how some here are making it out to be. Especially for OKW.?.. Don't tell me about the support, that's your job as a player, this isn't a movie that you just sit back and watch. Try outsmarting someone instead of attack move.

I've heard those OKW panzerIV's are crap, but I really haven't seen much of them used.

For Ostheer, it's very counterable. I have never had a game I played as Ostheer and lost it due to ISU.

There needs to be more replays uploaded or videos or some sort of proof for these odd claims of ISU deleting whole armies and players being powerless to stop it. I think a lot of players here are consistently failing throughout the game and ISU is just the final nail in the coffin for some of you, so it becomes your justification.

You do realise we can see your playercard, right?

so thank god for cheese strats and units like isu152.

Quoted.

Im not even going to comment on what this kind of attitude entails in gameplay and balance discussion.
Everyone can draw their own conclusions for themselves.