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We'll see what comes of this in time I suppose, at the very least though this doesn't belong on the Strategy desk. I think the balance section would be better here.

/Moved to CoH2 balance

It would make OKWs lategame better, but not in the way that'd be healthy for balance. In 1v1 especially, the tank would nullify construction of allied stock mediums and essentially force a TD as their first piece just to avoid getting rolled by the high armor.

Similar to how the KV-1 functions now. It's ok in terms of damage, but is very difficult to kill if your opponet has just fielded a P4. I'd say probably no bueno.

I don't really agree at all. The KT has massive shock value. If my opponent ever builds a KT, I'd be incredibly shocked.

If he's losing, he basically spent all his resources on an elaborate and expensive white flag. If the game was tied, he basically threw the game away. If he was in the lead by a little, he basically threw the game away. If he was dominating so much that he could throw 760mp and 280fuel away, and was able to dominate the late game with only 74 pop cap, I'd have surrendered by that point anyway.

Hence, one would argue that the KT offers massive and unrivalled shock value, especially in 1v1 games.

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If 440mp and 155f (+lets say 150muni for tulips) isn't equal to deal with a heavy tank than what is? This is poor logic because I would say the FF is overpriced if anything, the jadpanzer for example can counter a Croc and is not only cheaper in cost but with better DPS and popcap too.

Correct! But the croc pays for that power while having the ability to engage both infantry and armor with its (yet I say terrible) main gun and flamethrower. Although it should be much better post commander patch. But the KT is tied for most expensive unit ingame but it's AI is as RNGfested as the IS2, and the AT is decent when someone decides to push the KT within its range. But if the AI is so inconsistant, why would I not just purchase a panther for reliable AT on a more mobile platform?

I don't really think that an unsupported heavy tank being countered by a tank destroyer is a problem. That is how it is supposed to be.

I'd agree if the price gap wasn't major. The firefly at 440MP 155F is just over half the price of the KT, but entirely nullifies it in any way if the KT doesn't have those raks there. A unit which costs 55% of another should not be shutting the more expensive unit down completely. You should be using relativley equal resources to engage your opponet to gain equal footing.

ISU, AVRE, elefant, croc... all these units I would say are slow and need support in varying levels, in the case of ISU even more. So why should KT be any different?

Pershing is the only heavy that can zap around and nuke everything, but most people consider it OP. IS-2 has KT armour with decent mobility but if you give it the maingun of the KT I would say it would be OP for sure.

If there's an issue with KT I would say some of vet is a bit mediocre, spearhead for instance could use a small buff.

I'd agree that those units need support in varying levels, but thats the key, varying. The croc can operate against most targets once these commander buffs go through. It'll have a full damage main gun and a flamer to clear AT guns. 2x ISU was used in the qualifier tourney last weekend by Rutra and dzzara against Hans and DevM. Hans and DevM didn't have the Ele and essentially couldn't counter them. I remember one of those ISUs walking into 3x raks and simply just drove away because of bounces and the single shot it landed vs the 3 AT guns. People used to complain about how the KT could walk into 2x AT guns and just clear them, but somehow that was different.

Point is, if a KT has desiginated support it can somewhat work, if it doesn't then it's practically unusable. With many other heavies they can operate alone. Not really gonna talk about the Pershing, it's hilariously OP but receives no nerfs.