E8 would still be useless as there would be no point in going for an AT gun next to Jackson. E8 in no universe can take on a Panther 1v1, no matter what range. Don't know about the bulldozer change since I don't play dozer much but E8 from my experience should get a slight increase in AOE to match closer to stock mediums and be a doctrinal premium jack of all trades which loses to Panther but can be useful when massed and preserved to reliably take on armour. With a corresponding price increase.
What do you mean, “E8 in no universe can take on a panther 1v1?” Are you saying we can’t buff the E8 because it would be historically inaccurate? In this game, I don’t think historical accuracy is a valid argument as there are many extremely inaccurate things already in the game.
Also, what do you mean, “there would be no point in going for an AT gun next to Jackson.” Nowhere in my post did I mention AT guns or the Jackson.
If the point you were trying to make was that no one would buy this reworked E8 over the Jackson, I don’t believe this is the case. This is because if we look at the example of OKW players, we don’t see them exclusively building either the Jadpanzer or the panther.