Profile of Gbpirate

Heyyyy make a mod man!

If I had the time and the knowledge of how code works, I would do that.
Alas, I have neither.

Fuck it I'll make a new post, sorry moderators:

Okay, so, to make a general statement, the KT and the JP4 perform better than the IS-2 and SU-85.
However, the OKW vehicles also cost more.

When a JP4 fires at an IS2 from max range, it has a penetration chance of 170. IS-2 has armor of 375/205 (front/rear)
So, penetration calculations use the simple equation p(%)=v/a
Where p is the probability of a successful penetration (expressed as a percent), v is the penetration value at a given range, and where a is the armor value of the tank.
Against the front, the JP4 at maximum range has a penetration chance of .453(repeating 3). So you've got a 45% chance to penetrate. That's far from "always".

Let's look at the SU85 vs. KT.
When an SU85 fires at a KT from max range, it has a penetration chance of 180. KT has an armor value of 375/225 (front/rear). When you take the values (180/375) you get an exact .48

That's not much of a difference, three percent, but it does better than the JP4. Against rear armor of the IS2, JP4 has a .83 chance. SU85 vs. rear armor of KT is a .8 chance.

here's a fun google doc I made in ten minutes. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1g1GN0VO18kDoERcvo7q_4aKuyQpnN5dM5Jra0RflORE/edit?usp=sharing
stats from coh2-stats.com/vehicles


Edit: To conclude, l2p.

"it's never a good idea to tech t4 against late game OKW" yeah, of course, you don't need the Katyusha. T34/76s can put you ahead too. Say you kill the first medium tank from OKW right after it comes out and you know they've got to wait on their command panther or KT or whatever shit to throw at you. You get map control back cuz your 2 SU76s and your vet 3 ZSU are all still alive. You tech t4, push out 2 t34/76s and end the game.
idk, I'm not too good with theory crafting sometimes. Late game is hard with the variables.
Katyusha, though, always good.

Edit #2: Realized stats from coh2-stats are from June 2015. Checked penetration, armor values, and costs on http://www.stat.coh2.hu/index.php and everything was correct except for KT's fuel cost (up to 310). The pen. values that they list are the mid-range penetration values only, whereas coh2-stats listed near/mid/far.

If anything, veterancy requirements should be increased for volksgrenadiers, or should be increased after purchasing the panzerschreck.

With their relatively cheap cost, the vet requirements are so low. Putting schreck rockets into light vehicles feeds them vet which is very dangerous, especially when you're trying to be aggressive with the light vehicles.

I'm not sayin' the T70 or Stuart is dying, but I am saying is that with each schreck round, vet 4 or vet 5 is a lot closer than it should be.

Also, damage should be reduced from 12. It's just obscene. Maybe buff accuracy, RoF, aim time, whatever else to compensate, but 12 damage is craaaaazy. Gives the advantage to a-moving blobs of death.

I feel bad for the people who hope for a japanese faction.

How would the Japanese take out a Pershing?

Besides, how would there be an Italian faction? All of these factions represent a 1944/45 war, not a 1943 war.

Can someone just private messages me what the hell is going on with the Alpha at all? As I said my password keeps saying it's wrong but I can prove that I'm in the Alpha, got the invite e-mail and everything.

Alpha's been over for like 3 weeks man. Maybe four.