- Ost hasnt a nondoc 60 range TD > must come close to deal dmg vs armor
panthers can fill this role despite being 50 range... plus you get the pak 40... an AT gun with TWP
- Ost has 4model squads
that are balanced against the soviet 6 man squad... next
- shermans smoke has alot more potencial: smoke the at gun and run around like a gocart and laugh about the AT gun ..its not the great defend option..but great attack option
and yet panzer tactician is an easy get out of trouble free card... no other ability doctrinal or not grants a unit a get out of trouble free card
- churchhill is slow like KT...but have nearly the same HP...for about 100 full less. and get a nondoc smoke..why u cry?
maybe if the churchill had more armor penetration and squadwiping ability it could lose its smoke... then again the KT needs a bit of help aswell... but its durable enough that it doesnt even need smoke
- panzer tact is a DOC SLOT
allied vehicles (except the churchill) dont get an ability that lets them get out of trouble in the same speed as panzer tactician... sherman smoke... the closest counterpart... doesnt pop out in an instant...
remove speed governor damages the engine right after...
churchill smoke exists because its soo slow but doesnt have the full heavy tank penetration and armor of a regular heavy... without smoke a churchy is going to get eaten by a panther with barely any counterplay...
but sure mah speedy arse axis units can get instasmoke because #balans
- yes it means you can drive into enemys army ..deal dmg and rush away...but competete enemy wouldn let u run away..mines, engine nades, high mobile TDs, attack ground...do a lot and works great
great... now why do their allied counterparts require more micro and arent just doable with a single click of a button?
- sov can bully your armor hard from 60 range ..they dont need to come close...they outrange every ost nondoc unit easily.
meanwhile SOV core infantry gets bullied by the majority of its opponents aswell...
anyways
all im asking is that panzer tactician would require more skill to use than a simple panic button left click to get out of free ability... but maybe thats too hard for your level...
im not asking for price hikes...
im not asking for the removal of the escape mechanism...
im asking that the ability take more than a simple left click to use... smoke shells would be a good change