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Jump back to quoted post27 Nov 2020, 11:42 AMDarkpiatre

There you go, now pliz share your player card.

If you can't understand that both the sherman and the pz4 cost 22%/33% more than a T-34/76 and thus it's performance matches it's pricetag, I can't help you further.

Jump back to quoted post27 Nov 2020, 08:15 AMDarkpiatre

It's performances matche it's pricetag and is quite a good medium tank.

Jump back to quoted post26 Nov 2020, 11:14 AMVonManteuffel

3 things that have to be changed additional to those proposals Miragefla and Sander 93 already made:

• Allied Vet 0 abilities.
  Why do so many allied units have strong abilities directly form Vet 0? E.g. Soviet Morat (flare), AEC (track shot), Zis gun (artiellery barrage) and a few more...
  
  For example, mortar flares can be really punishing for Wehrmacht weapon teams and give soviet cheap recon in early game. Is there any reason why soviets should need such an advantage? I don't see any.
  Or Zis gun artilley barrage. This one especially is awful... Soviets are able to counter every MG42 and also mortars from long range and that for only 35 ammo. I don't think, that an anti-TANK-gun should be able to act like a better mortar.
  
  => My point is, these abilities should not be totally removed. Every unit should have a strong special ability. But they must get it at Vet 1 and not directly from beginning at Vet 0. Axis have to take care for their vetted units, so should Allies.
  
  
• Wehrmacht light AT
  Sander93 already made a proposal to buff Panzerschrek long range accuracy and decrease its damage from 120 to 100. That sounds fair and well. But with a range of only 35 it gets outranged by ALL light vehicles.
  
  So ingame, you buy a 340mp elite unit and make a weapon upgrade for 100 ammo not having a chance to compete with vehicles at range 40. And on top of that its damage will be lowered, so if you finally get a chance to hit, it doesn't really help you and and an AT gun is still needed though. So what is the point of investing so much ressources?
  
  => Lower its damage to 100 and increase its accuracy BUT also increase range to 40. In this case Panzerschrecks will not be a threat to light vehicles but can compete and are able to act as a soft AT unit, which Wehrmacht really needs since there is no light AT vehicle like Puma, T70, AEC or Stuart.
  
  
• Axis penetration values
  StuG3 and Jagdpanzer IV have not enough penetration to fight with Heavies like Comet, Churchills, KV1, KV2, KV8, IS2 and ISU. Give them abilities like HEAT or pen buff with Veterancy.
  
  All allied factions have a strong tank hunter unit: Su85, Jackson and Firefly. They all have 60 range and enough penetration to fully penetrate frontal armour of King Tiger, Tiger, Jagdtiger and Elefant; Panther and Panzer IV anyway. To clear things up, I will show you some stats:
  
  Su85 has these pen values with Vet 0 at far range:
  Penetration far 220
  
  With Vet 2:
  Penetration far 286
  
  Tiger has front armor of 300.
  Chance to get penetrated with Vet 0 at long range: 73%. Chance to get penetrated with Vet 2 at long range: 95%
  
  Now we look at the Jagdpanzer IV (StuG3 has exactly the same stats):
  JP4 has these pen values with Vet 0 at far range:
  Penetration far 170
  
  It doesn't get any pen buffs with Vet (except first shot bonus from camouflage at Vet 5).
  
  Churchill has 290 front armor. Chance to get penetrated with any Vet at long range: 58%.
  
  As we can see, Axis tank destroyers are way worse than their allied counterparts and have less chance to penetrate allied Heavies. But some of you may cry out now: Axis have Panther!! That is correct, but look at the stats:
  
  Panther has only 50 range and gets no pen bonus with Vet. Its penetration values at far range:
  Penetration far 220
  
  Churchill has 290 front armor. Chance to get penetrated at long range: 75%.
  
  You can see, Panther has almost the same chance to penetrate the frontal armor of Churchills at 50(!) range like the SU85 has against Tiger at 60(!). But Su85 gets way better with Vet 2, Panther not.
  
  => In conclusion: Panther is in a good spot and feels well. Its a pretty strong premium medium. But Axis tank destroyers need some sort of penetration buffs. Maybe give StuG3 the real HEAT ability from OKW at Vet 1 and buff JP4 penetration by 20% at Vet 2. These changes would bring axis tank destroyers closer to allied ones and are also no overbuffs. StuG3 is damn cheap and has high ROF, but with Ostheer already beeing heavy ammo dependent, a timed ability for 45 ammo wouldn't be that unbalanced. Not to forget, StuG3 has only 50 range and less hitpoints. And JP4 costs almost the same as Su85 with better sight, mobility and camouflage at Vet 1. But with its lower basic penetration and the 20% pen buff at Vet 2 it would still be worse.
  
  Looking forward to your opnions!