Profile of Esxile

Cromwell yes, but that's obvious.

ATGs not so much.
Vet 0 ATGs have a 62-75% of penetrating a vet 0 Brummbar at max range (M1 using Sabot).
At vet 3 they have 78-85% of penetrating a vet 2 Brummbar at max range.
ZiS being the weakest, 6-pounder in the middle and M1 with Sabot having the highest chance.


Generally, two spaced out ATGs are enough to keep it at bay and will definitely out trade it in a (isolated) head-on engagement.

Fortunatly with the recent raise in power of computor grafic cards we're not fighting on a excel spreadsheet anymore. In real game 62-78% is rather a poor statistic for a unit that is specifically designed to counter tanks and highly vulnerable to anything else. Even more when you have to pay munition for it.

75% still mean you can shot 25 times in a row and not score a penetration shot and still reach the 75% chance. But more realistically on a 5-10 seconds engagement means that you can bounced 2 or 3 times and see the brumbar, to which those statistics doesn't apply, always decrew your ATG in two shots. Here there isn't even the question of manual targeting with the brumbar since the ATG can't realisticaly move to mitigate the damage and its shield don't stop the shell.

The problem with the brumbar is that there isn't an in between alternative to ATG and Tank destroyers since medium tanks suffer worst penetration value making them during a prolonged engagement easy target to the inevitable pak park behind the Brumbar.

At the end, dealing with a brumbar is mostly about dealing with the pak wall and the rest of the Ostheer army with Rocket arty and then finishing the Brumbar before it finish you.

Only took them 8 years. I guess it's not that bad then, based on this argument.

Probably because there isn't anymore insta counter to LEFH and ML20. Before that it was acceptable, but not anymore since those indirect buffs.

Anyway it is maybe also a problem of communication of yours. Maybe aknwoledging the issue and saying that something will be done about it in the next patch would be a better way to tactle the issue than just throwing a "not a problem".

What's the point in that? Then in an actual scenario over decent distances the LeFH will be too slow to fire before the rocket artillery can finish its barrage and back away out of range. Counter Barrage still adheres to the LeFH's maximum firing range, it does not have unlimited range.

Which force your to bring your unit out of range instead of moving it await from their initial position.
Mortars or pakhowitzers and such are pleased to know you just need to move them out of lefh range once they fire their barrage for safety.

It only tracks for the first shot, though. The video fails to mention that detail. Once it starts firing, it no longer tracks, and it will just finish its counter barrage in that area.

So this is only relevant when you cancel the rocket artillery barrage and start moving before the LeFH has had a chance to set up and fire the first shell.

Have you watched the video? you just need to turn your lefh so to make sure your opponent end firing and reposition before it start the CA barrage.

The problem is that 76mm in its current implementation is op for stock unit. I 76mm Sherman supported by Paras for instance.

This what I had suggested over a year ago:
https://www.coh2.org/topic/104125/a-redesign-of-sherman

I doubt that Mod would be wiling to for such a change.



That is diversity issue and not a balance problem.


The problem has little to do with access to doctrinal tanks since USF have more option than other faction:
Easy8
76mm
Dozer upgrade
Dozer 105

The diversity issue is that M4A3 is one of the most cost efficient Main battle tanks with exeptional AI and M36 is one of the most cost efficient TDs vs any vehicle making the alternatives unnecessary.

The problem is for some reason only known by the balance team none of them should be as good as the Jackson vs heavy units even for a superior cost.

When you build as USF you should always keep in mind that Tiger/panther and king tiger exist or you end like Kimbo vs Ashiaboy on they first game this Sunday. Over extending AI unit and forgetting your opponent can call a tiger and get rolled over in less than 5 minutes.

Because of that the only diversity that matter at the moment are tanks that bring something more than the M4A3, so in one word dozer upgrade that make your sherman more beefy to fight medium and rampage on infantry. The rest of this diversity will be hard countered by panthers and tiger alike. So yes if you manage to get 3 sherman74 together with vet you'll be able to do something but that's still 3 units to manage, keep alive and vet. In a sense it is a bit weird that in order to get diversity in your build working, you must kill the rest of the diversity and spam that unit to make it effective.

As stated before I'm all for making the Ez8 a command tank, one per player at time but capable to fight 1v1 with a panther. Sherman74 is imo a unit that shouldn't be made into multiplayer but they never wanted to duplicate the Ez8 to not make rifle company trash commander in comparison.