Profile of Firesparks

while I don't hate the removal of crush, I have a less drastic alternative solution.

Right now, the most effective crusher in the game are the cromwell, t34/76, and the m10 wolverine. While most people seems to think it's their top speed and acceleration that make them effective crusher, in truth it's actually their chassis rotational rate.

95% of crushes are actually the vehicle rotating into the infantry at close range, or the vehicle turning on a dime into the infantry. the cromwell and the m10 both have a rotational rate of 38 deg/s, while the t34/76 have a rotational rate of 36 deg/s. By comparison, the sherman, panzer4, and the panther only have a rotational rate of 34 deg/s, 32 deg/s, and 30 deg/s.

Then, to nerf the cromwell/t34/m10's ability to crush infantry without removing the mechanic entirely, the best way is to nerf their chassis rotational rate. From personal testing, giving them a rotational rate of 32deg/s seems to removing most cases of infantry crushes. 34 deg/s is another possible value, but there will still be some crushes left.

addendum: forgot to list valentine as one of the good crusher. its got the same movement stats as the cromwell.

I think thier moblity is vital vs heavier axis tanks.

you can probably nerf the rotational rate without hurting their mobility against axis tank.

the most important characteristic for a flanker is turret rotational speed, acceleration, top speed, and chassis rotational speed, in that order.

rotational speed is frankly not important (against other tank) as long as you have above a certain amount. the jackson's rotational speed is only 30.

I can understand why relic wanted to normalize the size of the Cromwell to bring it in line of the other medium tanks but what if they just reduced the size of medium tanks across the board instead?

why does the size on the cromwell need to be normalize? it's one of the characteristic that make the cromwell unique and decent into late game. It's like the higher armor on the panzer4.

and 23 is larger than the size 22 on the t34 and panzer4.

thats cause the cromwell will still be a good tank despite the size change.

the size is one of the biggest reason why it's a good tank. it dodge instead of trying to "tank" the german shot.

size 23 tanks like the 75mm sherman get obliterated in an instant. even the penetration buff to the sherman hasn't really make it a "good" tank, it's mediocre at best.

Developer Comments: The Size of the Cromwell was smaller than other Medium Tanks. We are slightly increasing its size value to match other Medium Tanks.

• Target size increased from 18 to 23

WHAT?

the t34 76 and the panzer 4 have size 22. only the sherman is at size 23.