it's amazing how this community is hell bent on ruining this game
No one is forcing you to play it. It seems that 'Uninstall' is your best friend now.
for those talking about the centaur can you imagine if it had the speed of an ostwind?
Nerf ostw speed. Voila!
Ostw is not a meme anymore, its speed is paired with its performance.
the reason the ostwind wasn't popular wasn't because it was ineffective, it was solely because the panzer was extremely effective against infantry but also a very good medium tank.. the balance team of the past understood this and that is why it wasn't "fixed", but unfortunately this "balance" team completely confused unfavoured with underpowered, ridiculous
Well, no. Sincerely speaking, opinions and stats are two very different things. Pz4s are good but not 'extremely' effective against infantry. A couple of rifle zooks can drive it off, but its usually a bad trade since tanks can be repaired for no cost, infantry must pay their new recuits.
Dont be disrespectful to the balance team if you dont understand the current meta and the ongoing patches. Its your fault not being well informed and the best way to solve it is asking and listening.
so now you have a panzer that still retains it AI and the buffed ostwind that can now support the AT capabilities of the panzer
if the ostwind is going to be a so exceptional at AI plus have the benefit of doing significant damage against tanks then fine but that has to mean the panzer will need to have a significant AI nerf
in reality the ACTUAL balance fix here would of been to nerf the AI of the panzer and slightly buff the ozwinds moving accuracy therefore giving an actual roll to the ostwind..
Again, what are your reasons to demand such a nerf? Pz4 are all arounder tanks in a midgame full of various kind of units. From ATG to Light tanks. Its biggest strenght is not having particular downsides, it still cant dominate a game because lategame allied AT tools can deal with it.
Ostwinds were underperforming beyond their intended role, their same tier units and the faction units. That is why it was buffed, Pz4 are not displacing Ostw, Stugs obviously not either. Its sole role was a mobile AA platform for teamgames and it was lame at it. Expensive, uneffective in a faction that needed a buff. No more explanation needed.
If you are having a hard time against OST then say so, people here will provide as much support as they
can.
in truth the ostwind was always effective if people bothered to actually learn how to use it but why bother with it when you can get one of the best medium tanks instead which was still effective against infantry
It wasnt. Check actual gameplay of it to figure it out. Even when a ostwind could see some action, its opportunity window was too small, a T70 was able to displace it without trouble. Even when Pz4 are a good option, OST lacks of a light tank and a good AI tank. If you cant understand that is simply because you dont play OST at all.