You can get the puma out earlier than any axis medium, you can also get the su76 earlier than any axis medium. At least the stug wouldn't come THAT much earlier than the standard timing for a medium tank.
About Su-76 - yes you can, but how much you see soviets who bought instead t-70 su-76 (i even ask you how much you even saw su-76) as first LV? And don't forget that su-76 can't be great enemy to your medium. It still needs 6 shots to kill it without vet and 5 with vet, if they could penetrate of course. It hardcounter only to other LV (puma, p2, halftrucks). Regular zis will be much more danger for your medium (adn could be builde much more earlier).
About Puma - yes you can, current OKW meta p2+puma to counter t-70 and save field pressure. But it still LV.
About Stug - Only if you make from stug LV like these 2. I think you agree that LV and regular TD are quite different things? From one side - cheap cost, but low damage, low penetration, lack of health. From other side - more higher cost (15 fuel IMHO, it not so much in comparsion with su-76), but more armor, more health, more damage and penteration.
Against okw I could buy your argument but ostheer you see a lot of tier 3 play, and Panthers are something you get much later down the road when players have excess fuel to throw around.
The problem with the StuG is role, and right now it's a weird cross between the su76 and the puma without the strengths of either(long range, turret, low cost, early tech). By reducing its potency but also reducing its cost you let it fill the cost niche that the ostheer doesn't have atm- the 50-80 fuel range.
Without strengths? You could got it early than any ally medium arrive on field. For more early AT you could use shrecks, or ATG.
Maybe substantially reduce the cost of the StuG to like 75 or 70 fuel but drastically cut its AT performance as well like:
6 second reload (down from 4.5-5.5)
140-160-180 pen (down from 170-185-200)
It would be far more affordable part of a lineup that can still aid in zoning out mediums but you wont completely sacrifice your next P4 by getting one.
Note that in comparison to the su76, the StuG with these changes would have lower dps, lower penetration, lower range and lack a barrage but have more hp, more armor, more consistent damage potential vs infantry+AA, higher alpha damage per shot.
Stug problem not stats and not performance. For what it doing, it good - counter mediums.
Problem that ally prefers build TD not mediums - because panther. Want to see more stugs? Make that all top-tier TD and Panther could be build only 1 (like heavies) or drastically increase their cost and pop. Then every nation will be build more mediums and light TD. But i think, such decision will break gameplay.
South player, i don't know why, but south side always give you better position. Maybe it because when you in south, upper part of your screen don't closed by UI menu and it makes reaction on enemy units much easier.
the Cromwell and Sherman get additional offensive vet bonuses (c gets even more reload speed, s gets accuracy, not at it was really needed)
P4 instead gets defensive bonuses
Some offtopic: but what you suggest to cromw and to sherman?
ROF for sherman makes wipes with HE more often. Armor bonus (americans very often use addtitional handmade armor for their tanks, especially on frontal armor and it was better than axis skirts) like in reality? With greater penetrarion make p4 in quite awkward position.
Accuracy for cromw i think will lead to the same result - wipes of squads. Armor? Speed for sake of God of speed? I think all remembered old game Carmageddon and wwhat you can did in it with peoples?
That sure is one biased comparison if I ever saw one. How about we take their vet 0 performance to compare and not the vet 3 one which obviously favors the Panzer IV because of its armor bonus? Why would you take a relatively rare scenario (all tanks vet 3) for a comparison?
P4 got armor bonus on vet2 IRC? Penetration still the same at all mediums on every vet, with vet only ROF increase.
again u are counting vet bonuses only at vet 0 it only has 20 more armor , and btw other tank get other bonuses, like smoke, moving accuracy, etc
Ex: Sherman has the best accuracy and ai, Cromwell is a Ferrari, a t 76 is cheaper than food in Russia (true fact tho)
...My god..I though that you are already agree with my point, that p4 equal to any ally medium only will kill OST gameplay. Choose any ally medium in which you want transform your P4. Only don't say me, that you choose t-3476. Or you want also rebalance all ally handheld AT weapon and all light TD in game, to make better environment for new thin-skinned p4?
Don't increase Stug range to 60, the unit is fine as it is. I just wish its comparably weak TWP (to Pak40) would be replaced with a sight ability like the Su85. But then that would make Scopes too strong again.
I swear, Ostheer would be so much better if Spotting Scopes got the nerf hammer so Ostheer can get a more reliable lategame sight method than 222, Sniper and Pioneers.
Add to werfer instead counterbarrage (i never saw that someone used it) flares it will bring new life in unit and make it more desirable. Also we can add upgrade for halftruck that make from it observation point (not like IRHT, like t-70). I think we must return in game rare used units. Abilities and upgrades could do that.
well we can make all unit the same for each faction At that point
The p4 has average pen, that’s it
Not me wanted that P4 have the same bonuses as allies. Current P4 more than over fit me.
15 pen less than sherman, 5 less than cromwell and 15 more that t-3476))) AVERAGE!!!
But have 74 more armor. THE BEST ONE!!
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