When i first started using the tiger ace it brought me back from the dead or finished my opponents off. Now they just mine and at nade and flank till engine is dead then stay away from it and kill all my inf and cap. I stopped using it because most people are seeing past the oh mygod wtf kill machine and just focus on what they need to do to win.
The tiger ace is the most expensive tank in the history of the coh series because it costs infinite manpower and infinite fuel and infinite munitions. Not sure if you tried it yet but it is painful when using it trying to cap and decap points with 1 man squads and such
Do you know how many time need vetted pios to repair the damage done by a ATnade?? Just seconds.
Anyway ATnade is pure RNG, same as ramming it with T34s, and the unit always dies trying it.
Mines are situational, and cunning players use arty or teammate's units to clean the path before the Tiger.
What you said can be true in a 1vs1 game where the german player is alone and the resource loss is a big penalty and you still can avoid the Tiger and cap Vps, but not in 2vs2 or higher, where Tiger Ace is supported by teammate's vetted PzIV and Panthers.
And I think the opposite, I think Tiger Ace is the most powerful tanks and cheapest in the story of CoH. No mp, no fuel, no popcap, no risk... Just call it when you throw the towel and instead of clicking the "surrender" button just click the "Super Oh-My-God Tiger Ace" and have a sparkly second chance to win the match.