Profile of T.R. Stormjäger

Is this an out of season April fool's joke?

Good point! Miragefla once mentioned the idea to make Panther like Firefly.

I would definitely appreciate that change, cause at this time, there is no real use for Panther.

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Allow me to shed some light on why the panther may be receiving some kind of accuracy buff.

Oh no, 1 shot missed, better buff the panther.

They are still as effective against mediums as they have been for years now.

While in terms of penetration that is true, I fail to see the point of this. In general terms they are less effective against mediums since the Winter patch, why do you have to make up a new standard (penetration) to state that somehow they've been untouched in years? They were indirectly nerfed, alongside all other heavy tanks, TDs and AT guns, against medium tanks.

The target sizes of the 2 panzer IV variants have gone from 22 to 20, reducing the overall effectiveness of the SU85 and M36 against medium tanks. That is a fact.

At the same time, the buff to USF and SOV mediums' target sizes is being inexplicably reverted in the context of the Panther, alongside a ram nerf, in order to make the Panther the only unit necessary for Axis players against medium/heavy armour and TDs. It was my understanding that the Panther was intended as a stock counter to heavy tanks, with StuGG and JPIV acting as the choice against medium tanks. This now goes out the window, making the Panther better against what it’s not intended to hard counter.

It would help a lot if we were given context as to why this change was included in the first place. What kind of Panther weakness is being fixed in order to improve it in what role and how the other 2 TDs fit in that picture.

Panther's armor is good against mediums but okay at best against Allied TD and gets bad once they vet up .

Excellent, that’s exactly how it should be.

I think a change from 0.5 to 0.6 or so would not be that bad overall. And it also would not roll back the previous buff to mediums as much.

Ok....and? What does this accomplish? A pretty pointless buff to an OP unit. Why is this needed?