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Jump back to quoted post4 Jun 2021, 00:15 AMFunPolice

Self Spotting Elefant was super powerful and there was little reason for it to have been around so long. It's requires little input to have your super heavy self spot compared to all other super heavies which still need to be spotted for. Scopes on a 222 or something like that still gives the commander better spotting than other commanders but it's gonna be easier to disrupt it now.
There's a reason in 3v3 and 4v4 it's twice as included in a line up as other commanders. https://coh2stats.com/stats/week/1618790400/4v4/wermacht?statsSource=all

Jump back to quoted post28 May 2021, 19:02 PMMMX

granted there might not be too many situations where getting a cmnd.p4 + mark target will straight out beat just getting a regular p4 instead, but there are some for sure. those will mostly involve t3 units pitted against heavier armored vehicles, as hannibal already elaborated, though not entirely.

if my simplified back-of-the-envelope calculations (long range pen, frontal armor, assuming 100% acc) are not too far off, a cmnd.p4 + panther + mark target combo deals virtually the same DPS against an IS-2 as a regular p4 + panther during the 30 s the ability is active. granted this isn't long enough for a vet0 panther to score a kill as you'd only get max 5 shots off before mark target expires, but it'll still heavily shift the odds in your favor. and that is neither considering the accuracy buff nor the survivability bonus you get on top of the better penetration, yet.

similarly, two p4s plus a cmnd.p4 with mark target will dish out more damage per second against a kv-1 or bigger (against any tank, in fact, that has at least 33% more armor than the p4 has pen) than three p4s could in the 30 s window the ability is active, again even before the DPS boost from accuracy.

so, yes, a cmnd.p4 just for mark target may not always be worth building over g a regular one, but there are certainly a lot of scenarios where that makes sense.

Jump back to quoted post27 May 2021, 09:20 AMMMX

in a vacuum... sure. but you're usually not getting the cmnd p4 just for the mark vehicle cast alone, nor is the tank itself just a giant paperweight that doesn't provide anything beyond that. the 10% DR aura may not seem too powerful, but lets your mediums eat an extra shot and makes infantry a good deal more durable against a variety of threats that could normally OHK models, such as grenades. plus, the newly added smoke shell will surely come in handy in some situations.
oh, and did i mention that it has a pretty decent gun against infantry and light vehicles, too?