You just have to be a little smarter now when upping a Tiger. First off theres IL2s and Jabos to worry about so I'd never upp a Tiger to attack an enemy airfield. Even if ords are down an IL2 can take out a Tiger. That, and your losing a lot of the 88mms edge when your rolling up on entrenched enemies.
The Tank is at its best on the defense at a base where enemy air is contained and the terrain allows for full use of the cannon. The exception being, I guess, a huge GV mission. If you take it out like any other tank your probably going to be disappointed.
I think some means has to be made to allow GVs to tower out at spawn points a little easier. Either build some tower ramps or lessen the distance needed from the enemy to tower out. As it stands now if you spawn out a perked tank on an enemy air base assault the odds are your not going to be able to land any kills. Most of all in a Tiger which is guaranteed to attract a lot of attention from the enemy.
I feel the Sherman is a better all around tank then the Tiger, and, the T34/85 is the best tank in the game. The T-34 is very tough to take out with heavy cannon from aircraft I can tell you that much. The Tiger has a bit larger sweet spot on top, that is if you can get the high angles to drop down on them. Either way I think the pendulum has swung a tad to much to the defenders side, most of all if an airbase, and allowing for easier towering out by the offense would energize the Tank game more.
As it stands? It seems month after month, since the IL2 update, I'm seeing less and less Tigers on offensives at air bases. Since I generally leave GV bases to GVs I cant really comment on those fights.
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A year or 2 ago I landed 650 kills in tiger at end of the tour. I was able to get on enemy bases with ease fearing nothing but another tiger.Now I am more worried about il2 now then anything else. I do think m4 firefly should be perked,and we also have the standard m4 not perked.How hard can it be for hitech to make a standard version since the firefly already exist.What change a few settings?? How hard can that be to do?