M4A3 Sherman needs a buff

[Inuki]

The M4a3 is much better with less players. But I'm told it's meant to be equal to a P4 G and I'm not sure about the H. I don't feel like this is the case though.

[penguofdoom]

http://www.livestream.com/penguinofd...edium=ui-thumb

Since some people can't take the fact that a weaker faction needs a price reduction on it's mid-tier tank so it can compete better with the German dick-riders.

[rossBurglar]

IDGI. Your video shows two well matched tanks. The Sherman costs slightly more because it has a .50 cal and a stabilised main gun.

And German players? I've played Commonwealth since MoW. That was a weaker faction, USA in AS is fantastic.

[Retia Adolf]

Your testing methodology is awful. The only conclusion that can be made from your video is that the Sherman can kill G at max range and vice versa. Which we all knew already. Looks more like a sandbox than someone trying to obtain useful statistical data.

Someone with better methodology needs to handle making a video of this.

[penguofdoom]

Ok get your mechanical engineers to analyze the frontal armor of the Panzer 4 and run a series of tests in a vaccum to ensure that the velocity of the Shermans shell is not affect by outside forces when it impacts the armor of the Panzer 4. Compile evidence as needed and submit a lab report to your supervising scientist.

[Retia Adolf]

You don't need to take it out on me.

You came here with nebulous claims and an outrageous suggestion, which had maybe 30 seconds of consideration invested in em alltogether, and so far you've presented nothing to support them.
The less outrageous suggestion which you came up with - to move Sherman on par in price with a mark IV mod. G is not much better. Even if price change ideas based on 1v1 sandbox weren't useless to begin with.

[penguofdoom]

Yeah the 1v1 sandbox was bad my fault. I just got out of a massive 6 vs 6 sherman panzer 4 battle in farmland and it turned out completely differant! I have provided an 8 min video and specifications from the database and your sitting here defending your claims that it will be too strong to cheapen the price by 40mp. Anything that could threaten precious germany right?

[Retia Adolf]

1v1 sandbox is Mark IV G vs Sherman. Not 1(one) Mark IV G vs 1(one) Sherman. It assumes that these units need to be balanced against one another in a sandbox rather than as a piece of something greater.

[penguofdoom]

So if one is on one side of a point in farmland and the other is on the other side, the results will change? I'm not taking building penetration into account or AT infantry distractions its just a straight up tank versus tank to determine which one is superior.

[rossBurglar]

Everything on both sides are different. German infantry have better machine guns, American have better rifles. Germany get supermassivedeathtanks, the USA get fast tank destroyers etc. Hence Retias point that not everything has to be balanced against each other.

And just as an aside, I find I enjoy the game a LOT more by avoiding Farmland...