Reading is hard, I know.
The Jp4s only problem is not its price but its location. It was in the battlegroup hq a long time ago, and really has no business being unlocked at the same time as the Panther. The mod team's unofficial preview with OKWs last tier being split in two is the best solution I've seen for that.
"Hurr durr"
Keep up the ad hom m8.
Wtf does that mean ?
You are agreeing with su85 being worse (much and far is relative) than jp4, and based on what ? What is the criteria there ? Cost ? Mobility ? Versatility ? TTK ? Penetration ? It's all a +1 for su 85
Jagdpanzer 4 advantage is armor (only useful against generalist) and target size.
But somehow picking the huge list of advantages su 85 and saying su 85 is overall better is "vacuum hurr arh".
Saying that jp4 is better is fine.
Additionally the faster rotation/movement and ability to spot up to 60 range makes su 85 far better at getting panzers trying to escape or trying to flank (but you are constantly crying about looking at things in a "vacuum" while purposefully cherrypicking some stats and ignoring several more), so jp4 is not even a direct improvement as anti medium counter over su 85, and even unfavourable over stug or su 85 under specific circumstances.
And i could go on, taking the ridicolous vet xp requirements of jp4 as argument.
Like 90% of okw unit roster it gets insane vet 5 xp requireme ts compared to other factions counterparts (and this didn't change with vet 5 nerf).
Or outright ignoring the inability of jagdpanzer 4 to scale and get anywhere near vet 3 outside of 2 hours long games isn't looking at things in a "vacuuum" ?