Profile of ZombiFrancis

I'm pretty sure nobody who want to change the current M10 actually tested it extensively as I did. The argument Whatever the M10 can do the M36 can do better is stupid, M26 cost 50 fuel more hopefully it performs better. But 50 fuel is a thing sometime you can't afford and the M10 does the job just perfectly vs Pz4. Two M10 cost 100 fuel less than two Jacksons, I mean you can have 3 M10 for 2 Jacksons fuel wise...

Man did you even read what I wrote?

EXCEPT be built in numbers/be expendable.

You're explaining to me the exact reason M36 Jacksons cannot be built in numbers or be considered expendable.

Believe it or not but the Actual M10 is good enough to keep medium from pushing. I have been using it for a while, People complain about Scott backed by Jackson. But Scott backed by M10 also works great for 50 fuel less (and you get your second scott faster.) You can also get 1xM10 and 1xJackson and use them effectively.

Imo in the doctrine, the M10 isn't in a bad spot, it was the Bulldozer, Elite crew and AE that hurt a lot. Bulldozer seems to be good now but Elite crew is still bad.

Hey I totally agree with you on that. This is why my main push is just reducing the cost more than adjusting its performance. It really is a good tank, and IMO should either be a stock unit or at least in more doctrines.

As a major tier unit, it is a great option for responding to heavy T3 Ostheer play or an OKW player with heavy mech truck builds and/or P4 spam. However, anything the M10 can do the Jackson can do better EXCEPT be built in numbers/be expendable. I think as it stands, a 90 fuel tank isn't expendable for a USF player that's unlocked major.

I agree that Armor company has issues greater than Elite Crews and Bulldozer Sherman. I think the notion that they're looking at making Elite Crews a passive is worthwhile though.

1: simply revert to it's old range so matches panther

3: price decrease to 400mp 155f, popcap down to 17. (probably the worst of the three options here imo, cheap doesnt exactly mean good either with how old t34/76 was)

Both of these changes at once would probably be most appropriate. The reductions in cost alone drifts the cost effectiveness of the unit far more in UKF's favor. Even if it continues to fail to trade with Panther's directly, it would be a much more powerful counter to Ostheer T3 and OKW's P4. This is the exact role that lategame allied tech decisions should be: forcing Axis to spend their fuel reserves to stay competitive.

The reduction of range on the Comet only made sense in the context of Comets fighting Panthers in a vacuum.

The Comet's anti-infantry capabilities should likely be made more reliable, indeed, but I hesitate to think it should be outright improved. If that makes any sense. I mean like a more accurate and larger AoE shell with a tighter lethal radius.

I think, in a sense, the Comet is sort of the British T34/85 to the Cromwell as the T34/76. Performance between the units should probably correlate in a similar fashion.

Completely aggree with your statement but not with your solution. We may see M10 being spam as hell for that price like the Su-76 at his shiny time.

On one hand, I think this isn't necessarily a bad thing, but on the other hand I understand that people seem to recoil at this kind of gameplay. The SU-76 is a little different due to the fact it is not in soviet T4, and it has the free artillery barrage. A few SU-76s can wreak havoc on team weapon positions and chokepoints, unlike M10s. (Though M10s can do some decent crushing.) I think they're sufficiently different, but you do make a point. I just believe that the lack of AI on M10s leaves them particularly vulnerable to paks and raketens because they cannot just shoot the crew down, throw a grenade, or launch an artillery barrage.

Imo, a weaker M10 should be available after two tiers unlock and be individually upgradable to match/improve their current stats.
So when the first M10 hit the field it is not an insta hard-counter for every mediums, leaving room for the Axis player. And the upgrade becomes mandatory to keep it relevant but also to prevent spamming them.

If this is how M10s are locked by tech, then yes, they shouldn't be an insta-hard-counter on mediums. If they are not to be tied to Major tier, then their current cost may even still be appropriate.

I'd support reducing the M10's cost to 300MP 80FU, removing the HE shell, and see how it performs from there. 70FU rivals the Puma and I'm pretty sure the M10 is more effective than the Puma; it would be far too cost-effective then (You could get 2 M10s for 1 OKW P4).

This is indeed the biggest caveat: OKW tech design and that they have a P4 in their FlakHQ. (Also the fact that OKW has non-doc KT which means there's always a threat of heavy armor.) This is why I had the suggestion of adjusting the penetration on the M10 to pressure closing the distance for effective use.

But a fuel cost of 80 may be more appropriate given the costs of Pumas and P4s. There's just very little room to adjust fuel cost before the M10 becomes too expensive. Maybe 75 fuel. I'm just not sure even 80 fuel is cheap enough to make an doctrinal major tier M10 a better option than the current Jackson.

I'd love to see this, but the issue is that the USF would be doctrine-reliant on dealing with Axis heavy armor. Doctrines with no answer to Axis heavy armor would fail to be of much use (e.g. Recon Support, which has no late-game units/abilities).

Perhaps, although such improvements to the M10 would mean USF would be able swarm with M10s against heavies, much like they were before the M10 was put in Major and the Jackson buffed to the hilt.

I think the Stormtrooper changes fit Close the Pocket rather well.

I guess they work for Elite Troops? But the stun nades, the flame nades, the smoke nades... And no honest grenade?

For the Elite troops commander these Stormtroopers just seem a little out of place, especially since panzergrenadiers can get G43s as well from the doctrine AND have bundled grenades which, quite frankly, is all I ever want out of an axis infantry squad. A real goddamn grenade.