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Jump back to quoted post9 Jul 2018, 13:47 PMSander93

Do note how I explicitely stated 'kind of' selfsufficient. A 720mp 280fu unit should be able to perform on its own to some extend, instead of needing the support of an entire army to be even somewhat effective. Supporting a unit this expensive should supplement its strength, not be the source of it. As long as it doesn't, it will never be a viable alternative to regular army compositions.

You're basically saying a unit like the Kubelwagen can be very effective in the late game too, you just have to support it by an entire vet5 army, lol.

Jump back to quoted post9 Jul 2018, 10:30 AMFelixTHM

It's incredibly common for it to take multiple volleys. Especially if you want to let it fire a shot in retaliation. The alternative would be for the KT to poke out, get hit, retreat without firing because of its turret traverse, and then you don't risk losing the KT but it's just going to be 26pop of upkeep that does nothing the whole game.

If players were to use the KT as hyper-conservatively as you suggest (never being in situations where it could possibly be endangered) then it would be an expensive and worthless piece of garbage that eats up 26 popcap.

It sounds as if you've never used a King Tiger before. The KT's acceleration value is so bad that if you're slightly slow to retreat or stay to get a shot off, you're guaranteed to eat 2 hits. And that's 2 hits from each source of AT weaponry - it definitely won't kill the KT, but it makes a dive pretty viable.

Jump back to quoted post5 Jul 2018, 13:20 PMSander93

They generally don't have to invest anything because right now the counters to a KT are all mainline units that will be around anway by the time it hits the field, like 1-2 AT guns and 1-2 TDs. The problem the KT has over other tanks in regards to being able to disengage properly is its immensely slow speed and a near crawl once it gets engine critted giving it no chance to escape kiting TDs.

Also, I have no idea why you keep referring to it as a wild card when it costs the immense amount of 720mp and 280fu. If a player can afford to save up that kind of resources, he deserves a good tank instead of the highly-situational-but-generally-POS we have now. It shouldn't be able to tip entire matches over in favour of the Axis just by turning up, that's agreed on, which is exactly why most proposals are moderate buffs that would make it less shit but not as overpowered as before.

Jump back to quoted post5 Jul 2018, 03:08 AMtightrope

Locking the puma behind battle phase 2 is too late, these days battle phase 2 tech is quite expensive.

I think overall it would be better to make it buildable from T2, that extra 40 seconds or so delay from the build time should make an impact. Similar for the command tank it should be buildable from T3, probably accompanied by a 10 fuel discount.