It wasn't labeled as underperforming due to lack of mobility or armor you know.
And cromwell would go a long way if its MGs were buffed in similar manner as its AT performance isn't bad, in general brit meds are pretty lacking in AI department.
Cromwell mobility kept getting nerfed because of crushing infantry issues.
- Cromwell was designed as a cruiser tank (mobility) so when that was crushed,
it caused issues.
The underperformance is because :
it used to insta-wipe squads because of RNG.
Germans complained, so it's scatter was increased. It's accuracy on the move was raised a lot
it's mobility was decreased...
Yea. Upping it's MGs goes a long way towards helping it in a way that doesn't insta-wipe axis squads.
Same story as the T34 really. Germans may complain about the T34s machine-guns, but that's because
they forget the original problem which the buffed MGs helped fix.
Miragefla had a few lenghty posts explaining all of this. He's the one who came up with the idea.
Comet was buffed this way because of how well it worked for the T34.
- Comet wiping infantry is unacceptable.
- Comet having Panther-level AT is unacceptable.
... What justifies it's high cost now, then?!?!
It was clearly over-nerfed long ago.
Upping it's MGs brings back it's AI advantage without insta-wiping all infantry
and without upping it's AT (which would make the Panther crowd howl).
Honestly, it just seems like allies 'just shouldn't have anything nice'
or 'allies get a toy, axis should ALSO have it"
It's not RNG-based and doesn't insta-wipe, so, just let go...