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All the heavy tanks are good, but the Tiger and IS-2 are the two that really entrench the heavy tank meta. The Pershing is just as powerful (if not more so) on paper, but it's had nowhere near the same impact on the meta.

I think that's because of the matchup with the Panther.

The Panther beats the Comet (800 HP), can take on the Pershing (960 HP), and generally loses to the IS-2 (1040 HP).

This makes the IS-2 the most impactful heavy tank on the meta despite not being that much stronger than the Pershing on paper. If the opponent wants to counter it without going heavy tanks themselves they need a Panther and something else. They need to expend more resources on AT units than the generalist IS-2 costs.

Viewed that way, it's easy to see why the IS-2 is such a popular pick in 1v1: it doesn't have a nondoctrinal counter.

Then we have the Tiger. The Tiger has 1040 HP, making it better in a heavy tank slugging match than the Panther. This makes it a better pick than the Panther even against the Pershing: anything the Panther can do, the Tiger can do better.

In summary, we have these two problems:

• The Panther cannot deal with the IS-2.
  
• The Tiger is a better anti-heavy unit than the Panther.

What if we changed that?

Reduce the Tiger's HP to 960. Adjust cost or buff as necessary.
Reduce the IS-2's HP to 960, or rework it into a more expensive tank in the vein of the King Tiger.

What if we cut the IS-2 and Tiger to 960 HP, same as the Panther and Pershing? The Panther can then take on the IS-2 in a one-on-one battle, and the Tiger stops being a better pick than it.

Now that the IS-2 can be countered nondoctrinally, there's less incentive to go IS-2 every game.
Now that the Tiger isn't a better heavy counter than the Panther, there's less incentive to go Tiger every game.

Thoughts?

Axis tanks are great, as long as the enemy doesn't use armour.

I just don't build tanks, extra at guns are always better, fuel is a waste of resources to spend on AT capabilites, especially when the axis lacks in AI severely. Spend fuel to counter allied blobs and always have enough AT guns.

As axis, you should NEVER build armor, it always under performs. Stick to suppression platforms, indirect fire and anti tank guns. plug gaps with infantry. THere is not a single role axis armour performs in, that something else doesn't do better, for cheaper.

Those Ost T4 bonuses won't last, especially the cap/decap bonus. That thing is a nightmare to balance and has no place to be there in the first place.

Finally, someone gets it!

Seems like balance team is reaching for straws here. Do what other games do for asymmetrical balance, quality vs quantity.

Overlap? Since when did obers have camo and ambush bonus?

They took away Faust but made the unit field earlier, so you could argue they diversified it more. Obers don't come that early so you can fit a couple of squads in your build quite easily.

Also AT capability just doesn't fit the role of falls, they were notorious historically for being caught unprepared when something as simple as a Bren carrier turned up in Crete for example. Suffering heavy losses.

That's because in Crete, Fallschirmjäger dropped without guns, most of which were never recovered. Your Bren story is at best anecdotal and at worst completely fabricated.

You should avoid comparing this game to history, especially since you are clearly not well versed in real-life history, you seem to prefer nonobjective and politicised versions of events.

As for the service record of fallschirmjäger units, they performed with distinction outside of the role of paratroopers, throughout the whole war. I would refer you to the service records of the following:-

-Fallschirm-Panzer-Division 1. Hermann Göring
-1st Parachute Division
-2nd Parachute Division
-3rd Parachute Division
-4th Parachute Division – included volunteers from the Italian 184th and 185th parachute divisions
-5th Parachute Division
-500th SS Parachute Battalion
-600th SS Parachute Battalion
-Brandenburger Regiment

All were or became Fallschirmjäger divisions that served with distinction, outside of their intended paratroop role. Particularly the Brandenburger Regiments and the 500th SS parachute battalion see [Operation Rösselsprung (1944)].

The problem with their inclusion, is that they are disproportionately involved in massacres of the civilian population, with two divisions accounting for approximately one third of all civilians killed in war crimes in Italy.

Lets let this game be a game and leave historical accuracy to games like steel division. Otherwise we'll have incredibly outnumbered axis armour and soviet tanks that can't hit anything and fail catastrophically when fire is returned upon them.

Snipers have 45 sight range while Pyro Sections have 42 sight range. Other recon squads like JLI or Pathfinders have 50 sight range. Snipers with veterancy permanently have 54 sight range, Pyro Sections with veterancy have 52 sight range and only in cover.

Unironically seems balanced.

But that UKF cover bonus is still not being toned down.