Hello guys,
My question is regarding the following mentioned in the balance update beta patch notes:
SU 85
"With the reduction of armour on certain Axis tanks, along with the SU85 receiving improved penetration from previous patches, the unit no longer needs high veterancy bonuses for penetration."
- Veterancy 3 Penetration from -30% to -20%
M36 Jackson
"With the reduction on armour of certain Axis tanks, along with the M36 receiving improved penetration from previous patches, the unit no longer needs high veterancy bonuses for penetration."
- Veterancy 2 penetration bonus from +30% to +20%
I have seen a trend of reducing the armor on allied vehicles making the german medium tanks a bit more potent cases, most of them are aimed at reducing the rear armor in order to promote more active flanking in games.
In the current patch the only armor changes that are happening are;
Reducing the
Brumbar's armor from 260 to 250, Reducing the
Churchill's rear armor from 180 to 150 and the
ISU-152's rear armor from 150 to 110.
But in the previous patch, the only 3 armor changes happened which were the reduction of the
Jackson M36's from 130 to 110,
IS-2 Armor from 375 to 340, and also the increase of the
Brumbar's armor from 240 to 260.
Is the armor reduction on german tanks something that is still planned for later iterations of this patch preview or is the penetration reduction otherwise justified, since the only armor change in the last 2 patches on the axis side is an increase of 20 and then a reduction of 10 armor from the front of the
Brumbar.