Profile of Aerohank

The Panther is fine; the tech vs call-in structure is fucked up.

If you compare the panther to any other tank, you will find that it is fine for its cost. It has both good AT firepower and high range and good that make it a unit that you can get a lot out of with good micro. A panther can solo any soviet medium tank (how well they solo depends on your ability to use the 10 range advantage) and it can put the hurt on Soviet heavies.

The teching cost isn't even that much of a problem vs soviet stock units. Against Soviet T4 you have plenty of time to tech up because Soviet T4 is not something that requires a immediate response. Against Soviet T3 it is trickier, but once you have a panther it is a big problem for soviet T3 units.

The problem with the panther is that this game has a cancer, and that cancer is the call-in mechanic. A panther is cost effective against a T34/85 or sherman, but it's not cost effective when the panther is outnumbered 2-1 right of the bat because those call-ins don't require a fuel investment for tech. Likewise a panther is not cost effective when you could just get a tiger for less resources.

If the no-tech call-in cancer gets fixed, the panther will automatically be a good unit again.

I play mostly 1v1.

The game is extremely fun when you play against someone like StephennJF who uses combined arms and regular T3/T4 units. This allows you to use sub-optimal commanders or units and can lead to some very fun and varied matches.

The game is extremely boring when you play against people who spam 1 unit, don't tech and spam call-in tanks when they reach 6/8/9/11/12 CPs.

Sadly, in the current meta roughly 80% of the matches fall into the latter category.

It was a Panther a while back but I decided to change it because I feared people would mistake me for being a shitposter like you.

And how the fuck am I defending my 'Soviet friends'? I agree that several Soviet things have to be nerfed.

Don't feed the troll.

The problem with howitzers is 2 fold. First, they are not very effective for 600 mp. The second problem is that building howitzers puts you in a terrible spot against no-tech call-in tanks. It's hard enough to compete with no-tech call-in tanks with regular units; it's downright impossible to both field enough tanks/AT guns against the call-in tanks AND have enough MP left for a howitzer.

Ahh it's top 50 this time around.