Profile of MarcoRossolini

I don't mind US not have heavy armour.

What does need instead however is something to compensate, either awesome artillery, or excellent infantry. US rifles, whilst pretty good, are pipped at the post by obers and I'm sorry, the M8, whilst cool and good, isn't what I'm talking about when I'm referring to heavy artillery, priests etc. Something like a non-doctrinal howitzer would be nice, not as good as the doctrinal pieces, but something to pound OKW bases etc.

Why not nerf the Is2 along with the rest of the heavies and tone down Panther armor? Wouldn't that go a long way in making allied standard armor, and axis mediums more viable?

As for the tiger vs is2, test it for yourself. The is2 completely and utterly dominates the tiger. Maybe it should win but not by as much and not while it's still nearly immune to all Wehr At except Panthers, which aren't exactly viable for Wehr to field.

Seems like a decent idea.

The KT still needs a look in.
That thing being non-doctrinal is just crazy.

Not won over by the Tiger dominated IS idea though. Everytime I've run across a Tiger it's been a pretty even match.
Considering the effectiveness of OH non-doctrinal armour compared to Soviet armour, in the grand scheme of things I don't think it's as significant as some make out. IS-2 is strong, but it's backed up by comparitively poor armour. A Tiger backed up by some of the OH late-game armour is a serious problem.

People talking about the Panther vs IS-2 match up are getting it all wrong.

Both panthers are non-doctrinal for both German factions, building one effectively invalidates every allied non-doctrinal tank apart from the Jackson (which lacks AI power). The Panther is awesome, enough said.

Meanwhile the IS-2 is doctrinal (and Soviets aren't neccessarily going to build it or have the option to), it is the only Allied Heavy Tank (worth a damn), and it is expected to take on King Tigers (also non-doctrinal) and Tigers (which are roughly equal, I can't understand where everyone thinks this isn't true).

Panthers not only are a serious threat to IS-2s, they outrange them, are faster and have blitz. On top of all that, they're non-doctrinal.

I think the core of the issue is that German players are unused to having their shots bounce off an enemy tank. They're used to facing T-34s and Shermans whose armour is paper against Panthers and Tigers. Then the IS-2 shows up and suddenly they aren't penetrating so much and the IS-2 is giving as good as its getting.

The solution is therefore obvious.

IS-2 OP plz nerf.


Buffing any Axis armour will just render Allied non-doctrinal armour all the more useless. Don't. Axis late game is overpowered enough as it is.

I'm going to agree that certain units make certain maps extremely unfair.

For example, I just had a game on Semoisky where the OKW player put his flaktrak on his fuel point, which is right next to his base. Meaning his fuel was basically unharrassable.

Pinsk Marshes, 'nuff said. Awesome 4v4 map