Profile of Chocoboknight88

There are several things I would like to see to improve the doctrine.

Sextons should have their Creeping Barrage replaced with an Overwatch ability that covers an area the size of a Typhoon Bomber Loiter and LOS will be required. This also sets it apart from the Priest and would be far more useful for The British needs. Either that or the existing Overwatch ability must not cover the whole map and require the Sexton to fill the role when enough CP is unlocked. Making way for my next idea.

I'd also like to see the Creeping Barrage become an ability for the UKF base's 25 Pounders. Have it replace the "Improved" Concentrated Barrage and the 25 Pounders can show the American's what a real creeping barrage is. The best way to use this is creating cover and being able to do so quite quickly (And cover a wider area) would be far more useful. A CP increase may be needed.

But back to the Sexton. This needs a lot of help. For it's normal firepower, I'd like to see these fire more shells for one. Through Vet, like other Howitzers.

Hmmmm... I was playing on the Gilroy's Harbour map from the Steam Workshop on the bottom corner of the map. So maybe it's a map issue? I'll try this ability again on my next match and report my results.

I think it got a good nerf already from not being able to build more than one, to be honest.

Agreed.

Since the changes to halftrack upgrades no longer reinforcing, half of the vet 2 and 3 bonuses are redundant.

Perhaps for example: Sdkfz251 flamethrower halftrack
Vet2 = increased move speed and rotation (partly current vet3 bonus)
Vet3 = increased armour and +10 health (to make it just a little more survivable in the late midgame / lategame - the extra armour should significantly reduce small arms damage)

Thoughts?

I very much agree with this.

I had a game with this change and I'm not sure I like it. Something needed to be done for sure but this makes it too vulnerable and rather inferior to the Flame Hetzer where if I can recall, has the same range as the Pre-Patch Croc.

Let's keep in mind that the Flamethrower is the de facto main weapon on the Croc.

1. Every time to attack ground, it uses the flamethrower. Not the turret. So it can't destroy abandoned weapons.

2. Every time you give an attack order against armour, it will chase it down until it's in Flamethrower range. That's seriously dangerous when the enemy tank is supported with AT and you have reduced range.

3. It exposes it's rear armour often when targeting a heavily contested area.

The fact the range has been decreased makes these things more of a problem. There's got to be a different solution.

Now... I have been watching the Croc do it's work for a while now and I can confidently say that the thing that makes this flamethrower tank so deadly is it's rate of fire. It fires long bursts and doesn't take much of a break in doing so. One would think that the weapon needs time to cooldown before firing again. So then it hit me.

Solution: Revert the range nerf but greatly extend the cool down between flame bursts instead. This way, it won't be seriously screwed in Tank vs Tank combat and be able to kite Shreck blobs and do so without wiping everything in 10 seconds.

I say make the cooldown last around 7-9 seconds and go down to 5-7 seconds with Vet as starters and tweak it from there if needed.