Profile of Imagelessbean

Maxim nerfs make sense, but without the death loop problem addressed, which is a glaring problem.

Nerfs to the emplacement doctrine to hold over until it can be further nerfed I assume when counter barrage is altered.

Sorry OP, but I'm calling a l2p issue here.
I've lost 2 to the same tactic - one T34 rams, another flanks around me.
JT was so slow it couldnt turn, and no other AT support = gg.

Second time he flanked with 2 Jacksons - thanks to stunned crew, I couldnt even turn it.

Hmmm...I guess its been a while since I was told L2P, so this was bound to come up.

I don't know how you lost one to a T34 ram, which at best might (small chance) penetrate the front and get a damaged engine, which still leaves the JT to continue to fire.

If you cannot find AT support to deal with 2 T34s in a team game then you have lost already. By that point in the game you should have shreks on 3-4 volks squads, you probably have an AT gun, you may have 1 additional tank yourself (with vet), and any teammate should have anything from 1-4 tanks nearby. Since the enemy has to penetrate into your lines to kill the JT you can lay mines whenever you want, and since you will be floating munitions at this point you should have them everywhere.

I don't mean to sound rude, but before you call me out on L2P, please make sure the scenario you describe is one in which better play is the issue. I and by Mr. Smith's contributions, have laid out a solid argument for why the JT appears to be over performing in its current place.

For those arguing that the JT does nothing to infantry. This is entirely incorrect. The JT is still dangerous to infantry and at vet 1 its ability makes it a defacto artillery piece.

Not investing heavily in TD's is arguably not an option in 4v4. At least one other player will have multiple tanks, and the Allied side needs to maintain enough AT to deal with fast flanking panthers. I also mentioned that "cheap tanks" are near impossible to trade effectively with the JT, especially against an OKW opponent with plentiful AT.

Mechanized Support works great with this combo
-1 ISU 152
-1 SU85
-2 2 Guards

Button on guard + mark vehicules is perfect

Ok...so you just committed what appears to be half or more of your army to fight this unit. You also had to drive under its gun to fire, and the opponents did not move.

The MT is ok, and frankly required to deal with its enormous health pool, but I don't understand how a turretless TD is supposed intimidate an effective AT gun.

@Mr. Smith, I appreciate your responses. I also agree map selection is a problem, but we are unlikely to change the entire map pool. The unit itself will unfortunately need to be modified to fit better. In my experience, lesser skilled players are able to recover from a losing battle by slowly bleeding an Allied team to death with JTs. If the trade is slightly in the Axis favor, and they do it again pretty soon they are up 3 or 4 tanks on the Allied team. By making the unit appear slower the trade is still in favor of the Axis team but helps to allow the Allied team to also pick up steam again.
About the emplacements, the need to force the JT to expose itself to damage, as you pointed out, is really the critical part of bringing the ranges in line.

@Omega_Warrior, target tables could work as well to help redress the issue a bit. Artillery as you pointed out gets at most 1-shell on target. On it by default most be fired at near max range to prevent the JT from creeping foward and blasting the unit to kingdom come.

@Stug life, Did you seriously recommend the Sexton to kill the JT?

Jagdtiger is Pak44 (128mm) not Pak43 (88mm).

Note that I said: "It functions as a Pak43 on wheels..." not actually talking about caliber of gun here.

obviously you can't remember the pre-nerf jagdtiger

I do remember it and it was far too good. Right now though it can function in a similar manner because munitions income was increased but cost of piercing rounds was not. It also doesn't matter if the unit was OP before and is now currently slightly too strong. It still deserves attention.