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Jump back to quoted post29 Jan 2020, 18:51 PMelchino7

Reason: there is no need for artillery units to remain in the frontline once they use their barrage.

IRHT is a HT which needs to remain in the frontline to get value out of it's vision.

Jump back to quoted post29 Jan 2020, 00:49 AMSkysTheLimit

Where were you for the launch of OKW?

And bugs aren't balance decisions. They are accidents. As this mod shows there's a lot of them in the game...

Jump back to quoted post28 Jan 2020, 23:59 PMKatitof

Does major shit out tanks?

Jump back to quoted post28 Jan 2020, 20:59 PMDoomlord52

Something being imbalanced in the past doesn't justify making things imbalanced in the present. The idea is to make the game better for everyone, not to get "revenge" for past mistakes.

Jump back to quoted post28 Jan 2020, 06:25 AMDoomlord52

I looked into that - specifically for some recurring problem units: the M36, T70, Panther, and Infantry Sections.

Below is a change log for 'from release' to 'current live version'.

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While I do think there's been some base stat power-creep, its less than I was expecting (or at least, less obvious). It also turns out its fairly complicated. At face value, some of these look pretty neutral, but there's some interesting details. For example, let's pretend the "Old" and "New" M36s were facing a 'current version' of OKW's Puma, P4, Panther and KT.

vs. Puma
Old: 100% pen x 240dmg = 240dmg per hit = 2 hits - 1 reload = 1x 7.285s = 7.285sec
New: 100% pen x 160dmg = 160dmg per hit = 3 hits - 1 reload = 2x 6.25s = 12.5sec

Vs. OKW-P4
Old: 68.4% pen x 240dmg = 164.2 per hit = 4 hits - 1 reload = 3 x 7.285s = 21.855sec
New: 94.0% pen x 160dmg = 150.4 per hit = 5 hits - 1 reload = 4 x 6.25s = 25sec

Vs. Panther
Old: 61.5% pen x 240dmg = 147.7 per hit = 7 hits -1 reload = 6 x 7.285s = 43.71sec
New: 84.6% pen x 160dmg = 135.4 per hit = 8 hits -1 reload = 7 x 6.25s = 43.75sec

Vs. KT
Old: 42.66% pen x 240dmg = 102.4 per hit = 13 hits - 1 reload = 12 x 7.285s = 87.42sec
New: 58.66% pen x 160dmg = 93.9 per hit = 14 hits - 1 reload = 13 x 6.25s = 81.25sec

Except for against extremely fragile and extremely armored opponents, there hasn't been too much of a change; power has definitely shifted towards focusing on heavies (which it should), but its also gained:
+50% build speed (90s to 60s)
+20% acceleration (2.5 to 3)
+33% HP (480 to 640)

while only receiving a nerf to its vet 3 reload bonus (from +30% to 15%).




In 1v1 this might work, but in every other mode it would be OP. Multiple "Pershings" backed by SU85s and M36s, and of course, IS' blobs.