222 used to cost more and be a lot worse in. Now it has received almost 2x HP while maintaining its significant dps with the now free auto cannon.
They should've buffed it stats to what they are now and keep the old cost, or reduce the cost like they did. Both is a bit much; and while it's not as ridiculous as T70 or Stuart it still effectively shuts down Lt. USF or Sov T1 with the speed you can get it out. While this could also be fine, the cost the Ost player makes by getting a a cheap 222 (basically buying a pioneer for 15 fuel - fuckin no brainer here), is way less than the benefits he receives by shutting down a lot of early game play.
This puts the Ost player way ahead of the Sov/USF player if they choose to go T1. As such, we have this dumb meta with only Stuart and T70.
It should cost more fuel to make the Ost player pay for early game power through delayed teching.
