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Jump back to quoted post23 May 2016, 07:13 AMKatitof

Because they lose solely because other dude hacked or was using OP shit, never before player in question actually sucks donkey balls to the point where a kitten playing with the pc mouse would outplay him.

Jump back to quoted post23 May 2016, 14:43 PMMr.Smith

1) In order to make Churchill more worthwhile, Relic should first address the broken/subpar abilities that hold Anvil synergy back.
- Advanced warning is still bugged (doesn't work at all)
- Airburst shells are awesome. However, HE shells are still garbage (they might need the Sexton treatment).

The latter is important since having access to indirect fire & Heavy Sappers requires a lot of popcap. This brings us to the next problem.

2) In order to utilize all Anvil benefits, this requires too much popcap.

As Brits, you always need 2 Healing Tommies (EVEN if you plan on blobbing your entire army) = 16 popcap
To get access to arty, you need a sniper or a flare tommy = 8 popcap
To make use of heavy sappers, you would be foolish not to get 2 of them = 16 popcap.

That's 5 squads of infantry (or 40 popcap). And notice that none of these squads have any AT utility whatsoever. Sure, you can buy PIATs. However, which squad should use PIATs?
- You can't give PIATs to heavy sappers (since their speed makes them useless to chase tanks)
- You can't give PIATs to tommies (their Vet3 bonus and reload penalty will get in the way).

Finally, on top of that you have the Churchill which has minimal AT utility and costs 18 popcap.

Now, if Brits had access to popcap-free healing, things would have been more tractable (you could forego on-field healing to save up 16 popcap).

3) Anvil Churchill needs a popcap decrease.

Anvil Churchill shares the same popcap as the AVRE and the Crocodile, but shares none of their utility. The Tiger Tank costs only 1 popcap more, and has exactly the same durability (but more speed, better gun, better vet).

In the worst case, if the enemy spams TDs, your AVRE, Crocodile, Tiger is still able to camp a VP and prevent the enemy from capturing. The Churchill can't (thus it only ends up taking popcap).

If you fear Churchill will become too spammable, Relic could introduce a hardcap. However, a slow tank with a subpar gun will never be spammable (since it exposes the player to multiple forms of counterplay). Thus, if you build 2 Churchills, I will build 3 Stugs, and you will end up with 0 Churchills.

4) Churchill needs to award even less veterancy than it does now.

Churchill's main gun is the grenade. This isn't enough to threaten targets, which is OK. However it gives off too much veterancy to targets which it cannot chase/wipe.

You need other units to wipe veterancy off, and Churchill's price already gets in the way of that.

Jump back to quoted post22 May 2016, 20:27 PMTpain101

2) The Matilda Tank — a heavy tank like the Churchill and Comet, but unlike them this one should be non-doctrinal and available earlier.

Jump back to quoted post22 May 2016, 07:31 AMjesulin

I've been doing that since day 1 and a lot of competitive players too.

I want to add one thing to your experiment. In Angoville as you can see, there is height difference in the ground so T-70 miss some shots.

Jump back to quoted post21 May 2016, 21:40 PMDoomlord52

Don't forget:
the incredibly powerful NON-DOC comet tank
the anti-blob cromwell (seriously, that's not it's role, but everyone THINKS it is)
the centaur (i.e. better ostwind)
half-reinforce cost Vet 3 REs (13mp lol)
mirrored PAK at gun (6lb) AND non-decrewable static AT (vs. decrewable ost static doc AT)