Profile of Esxile

Just said the p4 is OK as you mentioned it doesn't shine in anything. If I want AI I'll buy a ostwind and if I want AT I'll take a stug. See the difference between the T34-76 and T34-85 and even with the SU-85. The 85 has a specific place in Soviet roaster which is failing for the p4.



p4 is OK for its price, but far for "really really good."



the grass of the neighbor is always greener

What don't you understand in "The EZ8 is ok for its price" sentence.

You'd see loads of them if they were in a doctrine that's not garbage.

RE flamer and Willy Peter aren't bad in fact. You'll see a loads of them if they were more than okayish.

A very tricky maneuver. If now an early walking stukas is a bad idea, why are you so opposed to being moved this to t3 ? So this still has an advantage, right? I directly feel the concern of the OKW fan.

There is not a single reason that the OKW had powerful artillery so early.



You said the same thing when OKW and Ostheer used to have an early tigers, and the Allies also demanded pershing and IS2 was also early? Oh, you probably miss those times.

You can't be judging the walking stuka after the patch without taking in account that the main OKW doctrine allowing to use it so early is getting "nerfed" by moving the CPanther into tier tech,

Please don't spread misinformation. I said that it was looked into giving the Ambulance more HP only in the main base sector and that it was found to be impossible, and that we decided not to give the Ambulance more basic durability (like more health or acceleration) out of balance concerns for team games:

Yeah you're probably right. Bringing an 'experimental change' to Grenadiers to make them less subject to damage from tanks is far less of a concern about balance than giving a couple of HP more to the ambulance so it doesn't die in one shot, in base or not.
Like today USF is THE team faction, we all saw it during the last tournament and the couple of changes you brought in this patch which are in majority nerfs for the faction are going to shake the state of the team play balance so hard that anything else has to be forbidden to give breath room to other factions.

Don't you find it strange that the balance team deploy a lot of effort to reduce the wipe mechanism for some units but leave completely unattended others or even more promote it like in the case of the pakhowi?
And when you ask them if this unit could receive the same treatment their only answer is "not possible, there are no solutions".

But I'm pretty sure you'll call me fanboy as it is your single line of defense nowaday. After all ANDY did it right away when DDD lighted the lack of consistency in your decision to buff or nerf units.

Shocks can also get supressed really quickly. Nobody doubted that a sprint would not be of use. But apart from that that still does not nullify my argument that they can't frontally wipe an MG, since they need to close in first.
Also blobbing is a viable tactic from low to high rank matchups, your argument is pretty pointless and not backed up.

Honestly, I already covered most of this, so I'll just make a short version:
Mortars/howitzer won't work against fast moving infantry, rocket artillery is a real gamble and luck based, Scott micro intensive when you need your eye on your infantry.
This leaves us with Shocks for SOV, not sure if they will work reliably though. They can soak a lot of damage, but you need damage dealers in the back to deal with the enemy infantry. Also I do hope that you see a design issue with the fact that your opponent's commander pick forces you to counterpick a very specific strategy. And good luck if you already locked in a commander as SOV by the second CP.
USF has basically no real counter.
UKF has Centaur with the risk of getting snared and killed by OKW P4. I hope that land matress was a joke.

The "window of opportunity" is usually shorter than the time you need to land your artillery. This means that you need to rely on your opponent's mistakes rather than outplaying him.

Unfortunately, like FMR its a blobbing ability and not so much can be done. Maybe strongly decreasing their accuracy during the effect so it can't wipe so easily squads.