i think in actuality that the game models up all allied equipment over the down modeling of the axis equipment.
i dont say this to start an argument or to hear brain dead insulting and retarded retorts from the players in the peanut gallery, so save them for someone else.
my point is simple really, if you exactly model equipment such as the Tiger to be as purely dominant in the game as they were in rl, then you would have only german equipment being used. there would be little to no variation or variety on the AH battle field.
lets face a simple fact, germany was defeated in a war of attrition, never in the war of technology or quality.
if AH didnt model in some weaknesses then you would see fields of tigers and nothing else. this is completely unrealistic as the numbers, or actually the lack of numbers, of the tigers fielded during the war was their achilles heal and the only reason they were defeated.
i dont remember his name but he was a famous tiger commander so you could look it up, but anyways the guy stated " one of our tigers could easily take on and destroy 10 t34's, but there was always an 11th". his point was that the horde wins.
it was the same review for the shermans.
the allies defeated germany by putting more tanks and equipment into the field than the germans could destroy, compound that with resupply issues, area saturation bombing by high alt bombers, and close in ground pounding by fighter support squadrons and the tigers in such limited numbers could not compete. they were simply overwhelmed.
think of how miserable the gv wars would be if you had even as few as 10 or 12 properly model tigers on the field and entrenched. even bringing in tigers of your own would not do alot of good, you would be killed while moving in to find the enemy tigers. every battle would become lop sided in favor of the guy who parked his tank first. the only way to clear the field would be by massive carpet bombing campaigns, thus ending the GV v. GV combat aspect of the game.
i personally hate how AH has under modeled most of the german equipment, but i understand it and agree with the implementation of the intentional under modeling in these circumstances. without finding a way to build into the game the restrictions of availability and supply that the germans suffered from during the war, the german equipment would be the only thing anybody would field. unless that is they enjoy being sent to the tower every ten seconds.
in reality nothing the allies had was the equal too, let alone the superior of, the equipment fielded by the germans. but the allies had numbers and they used those numbers to tip the balance in their favor.
the only reasonable way to implement any kind of fair play into the game, without massive programing issues, is to up model some things while simultaneously down modeling others in search of a balance that makes the game playable while promoting variety.
if a sherman had less than a 10% chance of killing a tiger and there was a tiger on the field would you take out the sherman knowing he had a 100% chance of killing you? no, you would up bombers and pound the field until all the tigers were dead then you would up your own tiger. the ground game would die a miserably lonely death.
i hate the way it is but i understand the purpose of it, so i find it to be an acceptable evil in comparison to what would happen in the alternative.
