I'm generalizing pretty harshly because your talking "meta" but I feel like you need to watch your manpower budget with USF wisely and the m20 is sort of a luxury item. It's not unseen for sure but it's not meta anymore
Captain plus AAHT plus mg airdrop (airborne) is my preference. M20&Stuart doesn’t seem as attractive anymore. |
Yes, can you please stop posting and just enjoy the matches.
Discussion can come afterwards.
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and soviet conscripts should only have 3 rifles for a squad of 6 men
Cite official document or edit it out and never mention it again. |
You could have a Major tier upgrade for 150 muni that converts the Stuart’s main gun to a larger AT platform. Is there any way to represent that visually? |
I don't think this is a good suggestion. It solves practically nothing unless the now newly introduced combos turn out to be OP. Basically it either solves nothing, or is likely to create issues.
If Cpzt is OP, then nerf the OP unit. If Lt is UP, then buff the UP units. The role setup atm is very well done.
I would have to agree, the more I’ve been thinking about this the worse it seems. I do however think there is some merit in focusing the stuart in an AI role since the 37mm gun will never be a good intermediate AT.
An alternative would be to make LT to Captain mandatory so you have to tech everything. That way you can fix the stuart without needing suppression, AT and AI in each tier. |
Now that I’ve exploited it I can tell the mod team about it.
Strategic Reserves breaks Theatre of War badly. Panzer IV J and Tiger Ace wipe the floor with everything, even though only 1941 vehicles are allowed. |
so, in essence, you want to revert the usf tech revamp to its original state and make cpt tier even more superior to lt (better ai and at)? i honestly fail to see how that would make lt tech any more attractive.
Make the Cpt even better? The main issue I see is that this might make the LT tier absolutely batshit OP. Good luck countering MGs and M20 with the mobile AAHT guarding them. This would have to be balanced very carefully. |
Captain is the tier to go. We told the balance team the M20 rush was overnerfed, they went with it, now Captain is far superior. Lot of Stuart talk as intermediate AT for USF ahead of a Jackson nerf. Problem is 37mm guns don’t penetrate Panthers unless you use magic shells. Stuart is not AT, but what it could be is an excellent T70 clone, minus the OP crutchness. I know someone will say Stuart has an at gun mounted why HE shells, and I’ll ask why the T70’s 45mm AT gun that’s also in Urban D and Community Defense doesn’t fire HE.
Captain and LT need both AI and AT, the same principle that’s half assed in Soviet T1&T2 that produced the penal AT horror.
My suggestion: Take the Stuart, wreck it’s AT capability so if struggles to kill a 251. Give it a sight mode, let it cap with the crew inside the vehicle and make it an Anti-infantry specialist, then put it in the Captain tier where the AT gun can help out with AT. Take the AAHT, slightly lower its anti infantry DPS and increase the pen value, then put it in LT tier.
Disclaimer: The suggestion has 2 weaknesses:
1) MG and AAHT together around the 5min mark is only possible with airborne rn and is quite strong. This combo as stock, together with the M20 might make LT the god tier Anti-infantry tier. AAHT’s anti inf DPS might have to go down a lot.
2) AAHT has some AT currently, compensating for the AT gun’s lack of mobility and protecting from dives. This is less problematic than issue 1, especially with zooks, but is still a possible issue. |
Not sure how you can make the Stuart a medium counter tho. Both the su76 and Puma out range to make up for the lack of durability. I don't see how to make the stewie able to fill the role without a huge redesign that could consume its identity
Stuart shouldn’t be a medium counter.
Buff up the AAHT’s pen a bit and stick it in LT tier. Perfect AT for LT.
Nerf the Stuart’s AT to the ground, give it sight mode, vehicle capping and HE shells then stick it in Captain tier as the perfect T70 clone but without the OPness. The tier has AT guns. |
M4 can absolutely fight an Ostheer Panzer IV on equal terms. |