It could be cheaper, but in my opinion Ostheer just needs a light tank in the form of a 50mm short barrel Panzer III, which would be a hybrid between a t70 and a Stuart. Can counter light vehicles like the stuart, can deal decent damage to infantry but not like the t70 can.
Somewhere around the price of OKW puma, but doesn't have the range nor the speed the puma does, needs to be a bit slower.
Now people might say 'oh this doesn't fit the timeframe of 1944-1945 with the multiplayer design'. Sure but the tiger ace with double the hp and increased vision and speed also didn't fight in 1944-45, neither does the T70 fit the timeframe, let alone an ostwind which had like what 40 build? The game has no problem with deviating from its 'limitations'.
I think such a light vehicle would help out the Ostheer more than any other teching and fuel adjustments can.
So? The way CoH is (RNG) makes it much harder to balance than other RTS like SC or AoE.
Even Smash Bros 4 is screwing up balance from patch to patch, adding exploits and so on. Just to mention a big player.
You can't say they don't try. With their new community manager things got A LOT better.
The real problem are bugs, 3 weeks to fix unlimited range Vickers Vet1, 5 weeks Gatling Sherman, etc, etc, they just don't test things, they just break things every patch, and take ages to fix them.
You can have the best community manager ever, but he will not fix the game.
Weaker? More damage, more pen, more suppression than the ISG (yes, it's possible) and twice the AOE.
And you can easily get 2 of them as USF. I do it plenty myself if I haven't had many squads wiped, and even if I don't, 1 Pack Howitzer to me often seems to beat 2 ISGs.
Blalord, you realise if your Medium tank is moving (as it should be) Tulips won't hit it? You can drive up and round a Firefly and get out with at least 1/3 HP if not more left on a PIV. Does a Vet 2 Firefly even kill a PIV 1v1?
- tulip rocket travel really fast
- if sherman drive up and around a kt he can win with 100% hp left... why in the hell would i let a pz4 go around my firefly ? If you anticipate moving, if he move in a line, if he move slowly, you can one shot him