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Jump back to quoted post26 Mar 2016, 20:44 PMNemesis10192

HVAP is insane, its 240 damage (50% more than the tiger or pershings regular shots) and ALWAYS pens. Its also super easy to hit on enemy mediums and heavies because it only takes about 1 second to shoot. You just need to learn the delay and to lead the target a bit. Its also allows for gibbing lighter vehicles like luchss/puma and quite often people leave mediums like stugs/panzers low enough to get double tapped because they forget about the ability. The problem is it gets fucked (like tulips) by elevation changes, but if you are shooting roughly on the flat or downhill, its an awesome ability. Quite frankly late game you always have munitions for HVAP if you want to play around it with some to spare.

The pershing is also a huge squad wipe threat to axis (slightly better aoe than tiger and chasing down squads with 75% moving accuracy) and axis smaller squads in general.

Furthermore in a tiger vs pershing duel the Pershing pens the tiger 9% more often which helps reduce the firing time discrepancy (albeit doesn't make up for it).

The Pershing seems to vet up super fast (probably because it kills so much but it may also have lower vet requirements (?)) so you almost always get to vet 3 before the tiger in my experience which gives it a significant temporary edge. Also as US you should have more fuel because of more map control because of better early game so can often get the pershing out before the ost can call a tiger.

Basically HVAP transforms the Pershing into something highly threatening to tanks (as well as retaining potent AI ability in general). Without HVAP I think the Pershing would be very meh for its cost but with it I think its awesome. Take for example the panther, a total nightmare for USF armour in general. If you duel a panther and happen to pen the first shot, then just double tap and the panther has lost HALF its hitpoints! Its slow firing and now has to back right away or risk dying whilst the pershing is on 83% HP with a faster RoF assuming the panther also penned.

I'm waffling a lot but basically HVAP allows you shut down enemy tank pushes. 1 Pen + HVAP and most tanks have to back right off and have downtime for repairs.

I'm not saying the tiger isn't a great tank, but I really think, especially backed by USFs general roster, the Pershing is fantastic and is the only doctrine that gives USF a properly threatening late game (especially in 1v1s).

Jump back to quoted post22 Mar 2016, 07:58 AMdpfarce

This bug only works with Brits. I'm not sure why, but it seems 99% harder to do with any other 2 non-brit factions.

Jump back to quoted post21 Mar 2016, 23:14 PMMistah_S

Hey OP, if I understand you correctly, I can have both a King Tiger AND a Tiger Ace in the 1 game?!

Jump back to quoted post21 Mar 2016, 20:32 PMOmega_Warrior

it's a well known bug that's been in the game for a while. Relic already knows about it.