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Thread: Using panther tanks.15 Feb 2015, 13:45 PM ^ If Coh2 was designed to not toss every replay per patch i could show you what im talking about. But thats a place and time for another thread. Game went like this. > Map lanzerath ambush > Allies holding 3/4 of the map > axis have the first line of Vps (4) > Next line of VPs is constantly contested > Forested side turns into a stalemate > All 4 players mostly concentrating on the West side/ mid. At this point i have a line set up. 1 squad with flame hidden behind a building 3 squads with zooks x2 hidden where they would be right on top of that squad before they saw them AA halftrack supporting 3 AT guns with a nice spread 1 E8 up front to take the fire 1 Jackson to do the DPS Solid defense, stopped p4's, blobs everything germans could throw at it for 45 mins. Good macro. Minimal casuatlies Just a blob of 3 hacktracks with those dammed cannons on them backed by the reinforcements stopped us from going into the base and ending So we shell and doc call ins on their face for a solid 5 mins trying to break defenses. "Then the panthers broke free" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9b9UhFe6Eg 5 panther tanks come just Yoloing diretly into our lines, (2 panthers came to my side the other 3 towards my allies front) Drive right past my zook squads which start popping shots All AT guns open up E8- Jackson tag team it up > LOL what is this? Defense ha, the panther said as it bounces > Half the shells shot at it (Count 5-6 shells from the front) > "Balanced" (6 zooks pound into the back) > if they didn't miss > "Laughable damage" , K. Panzer just drives in a circle more or less with zero coordination from any of the player and just take random shots at anything. > Wreck 1 at gun > E8 > Jackson AT nades are tossed, cool no pen. of course why not. Panzers limp away smoking with easily 2 more shots left into it out of sheer RNG luck do not die. > Proceed to repair up and do this exact same thing 2 more times. > Why is this almost every german strat . Jpg > Why aren't AT mines on a basic echlon kit yet. ---------------------------------------------------- However ---------------------------------------------------- Then i realize, why even bother playing the game when i can just go with a soviet player use forward HQ, blob right to the closest building in front of their base and then win the game because the axis have NO WAY to take that forward HQ out in a reasonable enough time. (sure you can shell it, but thats not effective) (Shitty t2 cars are not an option with zooks) (If they somehow get close they dont have soviet bomb) (Too early for call ins to take that thing down) Games over, allied players will get armor on the field while axis is stuck dealing with this buidling. In: Strategy Desk
Thread: Using panther tanks.7 Jan 2015, 06:07 AM Yeah, Im a 1v1 2v2 player just lately 4's because i have convinced others i know to try the game out. I mean in understand its not balanced for 4v4 but holy hell its insane the amount of heavy tank spam... Honestly I think relic should limit the amount of "heavy" tanks per class to avoid that lategame spam because there is absolutely zero depth in just heavy tank spam. If they limited the tank build que it would be more "Support the heavy" then "lets just spam tigers/panthers". OR... Make shermans not cost 140 fuel (easy 8) because if i was offered the choice to wait an extra 35 fuel for a panther I would everytime, since the panther is equal to 2 e8's at least. As for 1v1 I run a easy8/ std sherman backed with a jackson to take them out and it works simply using the sherman to tank and jackson to DPS . You know standard stuff... In: Strategy Desk
Thread: Using panther tanks.7 Jan 2015, 04:52 AM I am constantly seeing this strategy from OS and OKW where the player will get beaten for 25-30 minutes then just mass panthers and drive them into combat recklessly. For example; in my last 5 games as American (Which I won all 5 3v3/4v4.)the German players got completely slaughtered/outplayed for the entire match until they where down to 50 or 65 so VPs and then they would just line charge with 2-3 panthers per player into our forces proceed to get shot by rockets, tanks AT and zooks. Even take a handful of rear armor hits and straight up tanking at LEAST 30 combined arms shots. End up with broken guns or almost dead drive back to base repair and do it all over again. (this maybe happened 3 times per game) I mean guys, i understand that the panther is insanely OP in its ability to pretty much fly across the battlefield one-shot everything then stand in front of 3-4 ATguns and laugh as the shells bounce off and carefully take out all of the guns (because this is how German tanks won the war) But i honestly have to question the lose for 30 minutes tactic with only 15% map control then play the trump card panther hopeing it will solo an entire army (Which it does 60% of the time because of RNG godism/OP front armor/how the germans won the war) What do you guys think? Is that a valid strat on the germans part ? Do nothing for the entire game then just panther spam ? Is the panther in need of a goddammed nerf because i don't think any tank should be able to withstand 30 shots from any AT unit. Or is this the new german meta of don't have a overall strategy then tank spam? Honestly, i see this shit in almost every single game i play now. In: Strategy Desk