Profile of Hannibal

So compared to the Churchill the KV1 is/has:
-cheaper 70 MP, 15 FU, 2 POP
-faster by 1,1
-more armor by 30
-better target size by 2
-less HP by 600
-less ROF (probable, can't quantify it perfectly due to missing data)


other points:
-does not need side tech
-has no real utility (unlike Churchill grenade and smoke)

Can't speak about the hull MG DPS.

The 30 more armor is actually a pretty big point, bigger than it looks. Even a Panther has "only" about 80% pen chance at range 50. Basically, Axis have no unit that you can really count on to pen the KV1, besides doctrinal Jagdpanzer and Elefant.
However, the other side is the horrible gun. You can't really pen anything besides lights decently. Both Axis P4s can really trade with the KV1 with each of the three tanks having 35-45% pen chance. Statistically, Axis standard mediums trade economically pretty much equally with the KV1 in tank on tank warfare, but the KV1 has other downsides such as limited AI and mobility which the P4s don't have. Also, P4s perform better vs other higher armor targets due to better pen, while the KV1 more and more sucks the heavier the enemy tank becomes.




-> I agree, make the AI better via the hull MG. AI should be slightly better than the P4s or KV1 should have utility to compensate for lower speed and pen.

I think that's an interesting idea, not sure how well it will fare though without screwing over the current balance.
If there ist larger interest for it, balance team could add it to a pre build. I could do the calculations for most of the tanks as I have the data for them, but I can't implement them.

I think the idea is particularly interesting for the T34, since it is currently a bit underwhelming and would really fit its design. Maybe as a free, timed vet1 ability. That would also make vet1 worth it maybe

Depends on what VonIvan an Chihuahua regard as 'short'.
But good to know that 8 min is the hard cap for queuing up to find a somewhat decent game. Bottom line seems to be that it was either a strange calculation that led to that match or that there is a factor that I am not aware of at the moment.

But maybe the CoH2 gods just wanted us to veto Crossing in the woods. Since we played almost exclusively SOV conscripts back in the day, we vetoed this map since low rank meta for Axis is locking everything down with 3-4 MGs. So we just kept it vetoed due to bad memories. On monday, we decided it to give it a go again. And tuesday, the first Crossing game in probably over a year, bam, VonIvan and Chihuahua.
Maybe we'll just veto it again.

Relic Automatch ftw. It does this sometimes which I think may be a bug as I was surprised we got a game so quickly and it wasn't vs top 500s.
Kudos to not dropping instantly after seeing our names. Most rank 1000s usually leave without trying during the loading screen.

Wait, I thought at least you guys waited for a long time until the match maker went "fuck it, let's just match them with the next team available". Short search times are usually an indicator of balanced teams. Obviously not this time.
But thanks, we usually give every game a try.

They had us on the first half, not gonna lie.

Thought it was gonna be a story about self improvement and beaten Goliath against all odds.

Glad you liked the green text.
If Von played OKW, I would have instantly gotten two sweeper pios.

New arranged teams start with a null/new rank. You know how when a new player has to play placements (and goes up against ~middle-low tier players?). Well a new 2v2 arranged team has to play placements too. I'd imagine that's what happened.

although we have less games with axis, we are pretty much stable at rank 1000 with both sides since a year or more. We're far beyond the placement matches. And while we don't play CoH everyday, we play it regularly enough with both factions to not be reset.