Profile of comm_ash

Do yo think the 5 men squad upgrade is worth it?
No clue actually..

5 man upgrade is the best upgrade IMO. I prefer a more aggressive strategy, so the extra HP helps a lot, as does the increased damage on the defense.

If you are being aggressive or muni starved, 5 man is the way to go. Pretty much a no brainer in the lategame for less squadwipes too.

OK guys, I just tested the new tiger changes by editing some game files. At vet 2, a tiger will be able to roll up and shoot a jackson as soon as the jackson fires. How? Because the time it takes a Jackson to aim and fire, is more than enough time for the tiger to reach its range and take the shot. If a shit hits/bounces a tiger, the tiger already has sight on the jackson.

5 range is the equivalent of the molotovs throw range (minimum), and that is just a stupidly low amount of leeway to give dedicated tank destroyers, especially when said tank destroyer is also the lowest hp "tank" in the game.

In terms of the TA, this means that a TA would hardcounter a jackson due to its sight range and weapon range. Even 2 Jacksons wouldn't be enough thanks to TWP and long reload times.

I really hope these heavy range increases don't make it into the game. I personally was quite happy when heavies had become relegated to luxury items, due to the fact that I find engagements between medium armor far more interesting. Buffing heavies back up to crazy levels mean that we will just be seeing more of them, and less of the variety we had for the last 3 months.

And anyone who can't see the issues usf would have with a long range tiger / TA really needs to play some games as usf. You have access to 1 at platform to reliably pen, which has 0 ai, high resource cost, low survivability, and now a near nonexistent range advantage. The tiger ace is just going to be even more broken vs. USF than it already is. Mark my words, elite troops will be in just about every load out if this change hits live in its current form.

The best counter to braced structures are flamethrowers, thanks to their DOT. At least, thats what I find.

What I think needs to be done is a redesign of their HP/armor pool. Either:

Make it 190 armor (penned by all real AT) and 1600 HP.

Make it 320 armor and 1280/1120 HP.

Giving it fairly high armor AND crazy HP makes the thing not only have huge survivability against all heavy AT, but it also allows the thing to bounce shots from Paks and the like, making it even MORE frustratingly crazy.

Vickers -> rush good building (aggressive/defensive depending on map) -> IS -> UC -> IS/tech