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Let's talk about the P-47 anti-tank Rocket Strike

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20 Oct 2014, 11:45 AM
#1
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I think the P-47 anti-tank Rocket Stike is too OP now. More and more US players start to use the Airborne company commander because of this ability. WOW it can do a lot of heavy damage to german heavy tanks ,even the JT and KT. If you don't get your tanks out of the area which is so large timely, the P-47 planes can destroy all of your heavy tanks including panthers, tigers, KT, JT and elephants. I think it is too OP for just 240 munitions, compared to usless OKW artillery strikes which costs more munitions but does little damage.

BTW,OST Fragmentation Bomb costing 180 munitions, is the most usless OST aircraft ability. It can be very unaccurate, since the ability acting area is too narrow.

And, The Soviet IL-2 strikes (cost 180 munitions) and OST stuka close air support (cost 200 munitions) have been usless for a long time because of nerfs.

Test the P-47 and you will find it is the strongest airsupport ability now!
20 Oct 2014, 11:53 AM
#2
avatar of DakkaIsMagic

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jump backJump back to quoted post20 Oct 2014, 11:45 AMatouba
compared to usless OKW artillery strikes which costs more munitions but does little damage.





jump backJump back to quoted post20 Oct 2014, 11:45 AMatouba
Test the P-47 and you will find it is the strongest airsupport ability now!


Ha ha, American late-war air-power.

Now onto another thread.
20 Oct 2014, 11:55 AM
#3
avatar of RandomName

Posts: 431

I would agree with you if the USF actually had a good alternative to destroy Jagdtiger/Elefant.
A bit overperforming yes, but not in the current state of USF. For now they need it. When they get another good option to kill tanks it can be toned down a bit.

And you seem to forget that OKW flaks a destroying it super fast.
20 Oct 2014, 11:58 AM
#4
avatar of Burts

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It IS OP, but due to the absolutely abysmal state of USF right now, it is needed.
20 Oct 2014, 12:00 PM
#5
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make the radius smaller and its fine. On small maps you can't "save" your armour:
20 Oct 2014, 12:26 PM
#6
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jump backJump back to quoted post20 Oct 2014, 11:45 AMatouba

Test the P-47 and you will find it is the strongest airsupport ability now!


It is there to make up for the lack of US heavy armor, without it US have no chance against Axis heavy armor supported with shreckblobs or Paks(especially in team games).
20 Oct 2014, 12:27 PM
#7
avatar of JohnnyB

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Somewhat disagree. It's the only effective counter against late german heavy armor. I think it's fine actualy. The only problem with this ability is that it makes USF players to exclusively chose this doctrine in larger games and this is not ok for diversity's sake.

P.S. I laugh remembering the time when people called me german fanboy and crying because they couldn't find a solution to german armor. Then me, a "german fanboy" who "exclusively" played germans, I came and say "why the fuck don't you use the P47 air strike?". Today, people playing USF are using it intensively. Searching for solutions is allways better than whining.
20 Oct 2014, 12:32 PM
#8
avatar of Porygon

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It is very overperforming, but very easy counterable.

But if you don't get the exactly single hard counter of P47, you are fucked.


One more retardness of Relic balance design. <444>_<444>
20 Oct 2014, 12:33 PM
#9
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jump backJump back to quoted post20 Oct 2014, 12:32 PMPorygon
It is very overperforming, but very easy counterable.

But if you don't get the exactly single hard counter of P47, you are fucked.


One more retardness of Relic balance design. <444>_<444>


Sounds almost like the Jadgtiger?
20 Oct 2014, 12:43 PM
#10
avatar of Tetley

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jump backJump back to quoted post20 Oct 2014, 11:45 AMatouba
More and more US players start to use the Airborne company commander because of this ability.


Actually its because this is the only commander that allows the US to field mgs, AT guns and have a useful flanking unit. The joy of retarded tech structure.

P47 may be a tad too good but its not as game breaking/changing as some other issues.

20 Oct 2014, 12:57 PM
#11
avatar of pugzii

Posts: 513

It's as OP as the units its used to kill.
20 Oct 2014, 13:00 PM
#12
avatar of braciszek

Posts: 2053

The power of warp speed shall save your tanks from the rocket threat.
20 Oct 2014, 13:03 PM
#13
avatar of sherlock
Patrion 14

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It's not hard to avoid at all. Just reverse out of the area of effect.

First there is the smoke indicating something is coming then the first pass, which will not kill any medium tank. This should be more than enough time to realise that one needs to reposition the unit.

If one chooses to stay that's the result of one's risk-reward assessment which might turn out to be wrong.

It is a strong air support ability nontheless.
20 Oct 2014, 13:18 PM
#14
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jump backJump back to quoted post20 Oct 2014, 12:57 PMpugzii
It's as OP as the units its used to kill.
20 Oct 2014, 13:55 PM
#15
avatar of The amazing Chandler

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The only call in arty/bombing that works for US is OP? Ok guys, lets nerf it so anything that the US can call in is useless!!!
20 Oct 2014, 13:57 PM
#16
avatar of NinjaWJ

Posts: 2070

It's as OP as the units its used to kill.
20 Oct 2014, 14:01 PM
#17
avatar of The_Courier

Posts: 665

1) US has pretty bad AT otherwise
2) If you go airborne, you forgo stuff like Priests and E8 so you need late-game help
3) It's avoidable if you smoke/blitz out of the area
4) you usually have an advance warning that he went airborne (pathfinders or paras), plan accordingly and get AA
5) I bloody well hope a 240 ammo ability that only targets vehicles in line of sight is effective at what it does.
20 Oct 2014, 14:01 PM
#18
avatar of Napalm

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The claims of this ability being OP are vastly over spoken. It is a very expensive late game ability that is countered by moving your tanks in reverse. I have yet to have a strike destroy a full armor tank. Seriously, just move your tanks and all will be fine.

The only case I have used P47 with uber-success has been in a 4v4 where a JT was not moving. Two USF players called in two strikes at the same time and the Soviet player put mark target on it.
20 Oct 2014, 14:24 PM
#19
avatar of Hati

Posts: 39

Its very random in my experience. Sometimes it deals heavy damage to enemy tanks, sometimes it misses completely, sometimes planes get shot down immediately. I think its quite broken in the current state, half time it does nothing, half time it win you games.
20 Oct 2014, 14:33 PM
#20
avatar of Napalm

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Wins you the game? Get out. This is no close the pocket artillery.
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