Profile of Alexzandvar

It's funny because the M4C Sherman for cost is the best Sherman in the game.

The only Panther in the game that can self spot with out upgrades is the Command Panther. And the Panther isn't a TD, it's a Tank Hunter.

The elefant can sight for itself because it takes an immense amount of time for it to reload and reposition making it easy for a allied medium to escape. The elefant exists to support a defensive line, not to roam the map killing enemy tanks.

I think think the increased sight is actually a good idea because it actually fits the American Tank Destroyer theme. US Tank Destroyers had open tops because it allowed all 3 members of the turret crew to search for targets in all directions, rather than just the commander. Closed top vehicles, like most tanks, allowed only the commander to have a wide range of sight, via tiny vision slits around the copula. Other crew members were restricted to the gun sights for the gunner and vision ports for the loader although these didn't exist on all tanks and thus the loader was completely blind to the world outside.

Yet every variant of the Panther has options to increase its sight range; Vetted Panther, Commander Panther (Elite Armoured), Command Panther(Special Operations), Scoped Panther (German Mechanized, Jaeger Armor). And on M10 level is the Puma, who's eagle-eyed crew commander also gets the advantage of sight vs the apparently near-sighted turret crew. Imo it's just yet another real-life advantage that US are lacking in-game that makes fighting uphill against heavy armour even more difficult. Particularly ironic that Panthers do get that advantage in multiple forms.

+1, but if you wanted to go authentic it would also mean that open top TD's can easily be killed by flame thrower weapons and enemy grenades

Axis has a ton of more viable Mediums that they dont use because Jackson and IS2. You seem to think Allied Teching is cheap. Its not. The first Sherman costs more than the first Tiger.

You cannot say "do not use" and "viable" in the same sentence, it's a paradox. The first Sherman costs more than the first Tiger, but when you pay that 80 fuel for the Major tier your getting access to more than Sherman. Ostheer teching is current the most expensive in the game, for what you actually get from it.

I dont think you understand the pain of kiting and fighting Axis armor since you are the only using Axis tanks. I would rather pray to RNG Gods and do significant amount of damage in my first hit than take 2- 3 shots to do the same, not mention if I flank I want to do maximum damage or in your case let Panther survive bc my damage was nerfed. Also, keep in mind I have to damage Panther quick before his ShrekOber blobs arrive, its all about what you can achieve in minimum amount of time.

I understand what it's like to fight Axis armor, since only just the other day I made an OKW player my bitch when his Panther hit my M20 mine and then died to a AT gun. Then on top of that Iv killed my fair share of Panthers using ZiS guns, KV1's, SU-85s, It's fun watching a Panther shit it's pants and run away when it realizes that It can't do shit to an AT gun wall.

I don't get how the ideas of "I want to do a fuckload of damage in 1 shot" and "Please nerf Shreks they do to much damage" can coexist in your mind. And if you flank that Panther your going to actually kill it since you will have a chance to reload and fire before having to pull back, instead of having to pray to RNG gods.

Look at the AOE profile of the HE shell. Then look at the Tiger. They are VERY similar. The Tiger beats the Sherman HE of course but not by huge margin.

And I think soft counter medium armor is more accurate. In most cases 1v1 without support a P4 should beat a Sherman. Unless the Sherman had amazing RNG and first shot advantage. Much like the T34/76 vs the Sherman matchup.

I get what your saying man but I dont think an Infantry Support tank such as a M4 Sherman should run in fear from four little men. The Easy 8 I could accept.

And I am not talking about whipes from the USF. I am talking about the horrible bleed if you try such a thing. The bleed those tanks can inflict on Zookd Rifles would be much greater then the damage traded. So USF may not get whiped out but will bleed for less damage. And bleed ALOT.

I dont think anyone thinks that squad whipes without warning from full health are OK. But thats not a Pgren exclusive problem. Rnades do this by the 1000s as well as a whole host of Non Sherman things.

I firmly believe that the Pgrens are fine and shouldnt be expected to beat a Sherman 1 on 1. Which costs more anyway? Sherman with an MG or a Pgren with a Shrek? What costs more tech? Which loss is more impactful?

And in an even 1v1 If I rush for a Sherman I tend to get it at the 13 Min mark at the EARLIEST. I wouldnt call that fast myself. Seeing as I typically see Tigers at 17.

I don't expect Pgrens to beat a sherman 1 on 1, or any generalist medium tank 1 on 1. But I would expect some sort of return for my investment instead of them getting 1 shot by a giant Rifleblob of death despite covering them with multiple other units.

That is a different matter, but still the original statement that Ostheer infantry-held AT is weak does not hold regardless of the qualifiers and explanations you offer after that sentence. Purely speaking, Ostheer has the strongest infantry-held AT (double Schreck PzGrens), although of course Volks are much more useful overall. Yes, PzGrens die more easily since the cover system changes, and they are squishy. But I must say I disagree with the estimate that this squishiness (by the way, that's only 1 squadmember less than Rifles or Volks) is somehow the reason for Tigers / Elefants.

The reason people hold out for Tigers is:
- that it is disproportionately difficult to deal with Tigers cost-effectively as allies.
- that, when you factor in teching costs, a Tiger is just plain cheaper to get than a Panther.
- that the Allied factions' AT capabilities are designed to at least contend with the abundance of heavy armour, which means they are incredibly good against Ostheer T3. In fact, Soviet anti-tank was buffed in May patch of 2014 with the EXPLICIT explanation "OKW has a lot of heavy armour, so Soviet AT at the moment just isn't going to cut it". Which is when ISU-152 was buffed from being affectionately called "the quickest way to throw a game as Soviets" into a beast that dominated the meta for months.

"Purely speaking" is meaningless as units do not exist in a vacuum, and we cannot approach balance and changes in such a way. Ostheer Infantry based AT is weak because: It is expensive yet fragile, meaning it's quite easy for an enemy player to simply invalidate your investment because your squads/units are very weak to the very things they are supposed to counter.

The idea that you cannot cost effectively deal with Tigers as allies is a joke, not only does the IS2 out class it, so does the KV1. The Jackson preforms fairly well against Tigers and so does the 52mm AT gun. The Tiger is probably the most balanced heavy tank in the game at the moment, it's good with out being OP.

The reason you see "Hold and wait for Tigers" is because you have very little else in the way of options for dealing with allied medium tanks.