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Katushya, Arty, Werfer, Stuka having increased accuracy against blobs would be another way.

That is a pretty cool idea right there.

Blobbing is actively being encouraged by Relic. In order to reduce the amounts of blobs there needs to be checks in place. Units such as stuka half tracks, god-cannon tiger; abilities such as off map artillery; and to a lesser extent suppression are examples of checks. Over the past patches these checks are becoming less effective for blob control. KV8, German rocket half track, Katyusha have been adjusted and no longer effectively counter the blobs.

So whats a player left to do?

You get creative. You mass your own units and you throw them against the opponents blob. 2 Uber squads? I raise you my 3 shock troop squads. It's an arm race for the ultimate blob

May the largest blob win.

There is the catch though.

If Relic reverts a lot of the adjustments there will be a whole lot of whines about units getting one shotted. ISU, love it and hate it, was an effective blob counter. Obviously, that was over powered and corrected.

they still need to fix American tank priority....

It's not just Americans that are affected by this. All factions seem to be suffering from priority issues.

Great news on the map adjustments. Way cool to see that being done.

Indifferent towards the others but the KV8 and 120MM thing bothers me. Both of these are purpose built units and are great at anti-blob killing.

Let's take a look at the history of the KV8 adjustments.

KV-8
Health increased from 640 to 960
Armor decreased from 360 front/225 rear to 240 front/120 rear
Cost from 440mp/120 fuel to 360mp/135 fuel

KV-8 population from 9 to 14

KV-8 Specialist (KV-8) from +7% damage and +10% experience to +10% experience

The KV-8 has seen its damage profile adjusted such that it no longer front loads the majority of its damage over a 10 second period. This will result in more of a reaction period for players under fire. The overall DPS of the KV-8 was also reduced from 18 to 15 damage per second. Other abilities have had their cost adjusted to better reflect their value in game.

KV-8
Damage from 40 to 27
Ready aim time from 1.5s to 0.75s
Reload form 5s to 3s


KV-8
Veterancy 2
-25% Reload
+35% Turret Rotation
+20% Max Speed

Veterancy 3
+20% Rotation
+35% Burst Duration
+5 Range (from 25 to 30)
+20% Acceleration

KV8 increased from 8 to 9

The KV-8 saw a significant decrease in its health to better align its performance to cost.
Rear armor from 120 to 145
Health from 960 to 720

KV-8 Heavy Flamethrower Tank
Health increase from 720 to 800
Price increase from 360 / 135 to 390 / 145

Flamethrower damage reduced from 27 to 16

Over all change to KV8 since release is 40 to 16 damage (nerf), health from 640 to 800 (buff), 360 front/225 rear armor to 240 front/145 rear (nerf), price increase 360/135 to 390/145 (nerf)

Price needs to come down. The 120MM mortar shares a similar story.

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