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It was a comment on the Stuka on Foot. in 2v2 u cant get it that early because u need the AI Power of the Luchs.
idk if there is vaild strategy to build Mech corps and than Stuka and not Luchs or Puma.

maybe if could camo that IR 251 it would be worth. it would be like a scout sniper.

But now, why not get an extray volks for scouting

yep, that's why I'd go into utility direction developing the unit. If you buff sight too much it will be OP like it was before. If you make sight similar to other units it will become just silly to build it. The only way is to compensate what was taken away by adding some other feature. Repair pios as an upgrade on it would be perfect imo for many reasons.

Not sure if this helps you or not, but with pintle MG upgraded close and mid range static Panther deals some convincing damage to infantry, we are not talking about P4 level of AI damage of course, but it sure can force home a squad that is trying to cap a point. What I noticed is that some players get too impatient and try to drive very close to deal AI damage and they lose more damage by being mobile than they gain from getting closer. Bunch of machineguns on a tank can substitute main gun in AI department at times.

It is not about heping me, but thanks . Just food for thought, you know. I'm really a fan of not only trying to balance the game but also give it a more 'natural' feel (of course as much as reasonably possible). To me, the situation when a big cannon makes so little dmg to infantry is not a big problem balancewise - just like you write it can be made up for with mgs to some degree. It is just a problem in the game perception (especially by new players who are not used to certain 'funny/strange/completely unexpected' things such as small arms shooting at heavy tanks, AT guns shooting at infantry instead of tanks, some tank cannons dealing dmg to infantry and some not without any relation to their calliber, etc.) Whenever possible I would like to see balancing always together with making it also as 'expected' as possible. To me, all tank guns should deal dmg to infantry. I would see tanks destroyers do it too but with switchable ammo and not powerful he shells (and imo they should be the only vehicles to switch ammo between at and he - sherman, for example, should be universal). Panther in this context should either have switchable ammo or be universal (my prefercence). The switchable ammo should have relatively long (4-5 seconds) delay. Imo such things can be balanced easily and at the same time would make the game less 'funny'. My pet sort of game oddity is that the more you play the game the more you stop realising how funny certain gamemechanics is (fro example, I had a had a game when kubel survived two jackson shots recently . Anyway - I like the game the way it is but somehow panther using only mgs to deal infantry dmg is just odd to me.

Panther should be the most premium medium and stug should have stock scopes after last battle phase to buy increasing range to 60. Panther should be a main battle tank with characteristic in between medium and heavy. Its armour should be lower.

Depending on who is playing.

People who frequently play them or even brought them when weak:
HH, Aimstrong, Asha

People who might swap in some cases:
Jove, the Poles (whoever participates), Kimbo (if he is allowed), the "Von's".

That is even better I don't think that the cup will be spoiled by the patch whatsoever. Can't wait for the games tbh. I also can't wait to actually analyse the differences (if any) between this patch and the recent world champs.

It's very possible that Sections have been around this powerlevel for a long time, and the patch simply brought new attention to the faction. Maybe competitive tournament players have 100s or 1000s of hours on OKW/OST/USF/SOV and didn't want to commit to learning a comparatively newer faction.

Either way, having seen the changes laid bare from the last patch, I don't see how this scenario has resulted from an obtuse, careless overbuff.

It may be because of the Soviets that are really great against both axis factions. I like playing with Brits and don't feel that they are worse than USF, for example. All I would like to see with them is the possibility to remove emplacements with some refund. I'd like it for two reasons. 1. To retain those emplacements to keep the faction unique. 2. By removing them with a sapper for some resources return they would be less static, which imo is the biggest problem wuth them as statsic structures on higher levels of play are just completely ineffective. No need to buff anything imo. It has been buffed/debuffed too many times. Just make sappers remove them and that is it.