The Panther trades a bit of it's Rate of Fire (let's face it, it's not -that- slow) for:
- Massively better penetration than its peers
- Great Durability (HP/Armour)
- Great speed
- Insanely good veterancy bonuses
If a Panther feels a bit not-too-strong at Vet0, it eats everything alive at Vet3.
- If you feel like some of the Vet bonuses of the Panther should be gotten at Vet0 (like the Jackson buffs), I can empathise with you.
- If you consider that the Panther needs a straight buff, you're insane.
If you believe that the Panther is UP with its penetration and it's RoF, you must surely be believing that the SU85 is getting butchered in the next patch. In that case, if the opposition has gotten weaker, why does the Panther need a buff?
The firerate IS VERY slow, less than a second from a jadgtiger infact.
How's the 85 getting butchered? now it gets to be reliable vs all armor while losing 1- sec in reload for a 30% total pen on vet plus even more base pen? and smaller target size with a small cost increase.
Even then its going to fire faster than the panther, they're not exactly equivalent units either though.
So, when the Panther has a very low rof, what does the Firefly have? Speaking about bad accuracy on the move.. the only tank that kinda falls in the same class as the Panther is the Comet, which has (very slightly) inferiour moving accuracy on long range until it hits vet2. The Panther is fine, if not borderline op considering the effective task differences of axis units.
You're not seriously comparing the firefly to the panther right? Completely different roles.
Suggesting that the panther is op with the comet in the same sentence, cmon man you're gonna need to try harder than that, the comet will compete with the panther's in its strenghts (AT) and easily while outperforming it in the other areas (AI) for about the same cost.
And dont get me started on their abilities.
Panther has no impact relative to the cost of fielding it.Its only imposing in large teamgames when u can mass large numbers of them.A dud gun on mobile fortress,means they are overshadowed for their price by allied options like comet,t-34/85 ,jackson.
Allied tank destroyers keep getting pen buffs,yet german tank armour is staying largely static.The only reason panther is useable was becoz of the armour buff a while back.Tiger front armour is now something allied armor laughs at.
Exactly my thoughs, panther has no teeth, but high armor, allied TD's are getting armorpen/sight bonuses, making that armor even less relevant while still lacking in offense, guess what situation will that cause.
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