15 cm Pz. W. 42 Needs Fix/Buff

Hello,

I was playing with this premium vehicle today and realized that after the last update the MG and cannon can only face directly forward at roughly a 25 degree angle. This means to engage targets you have to face them directly and centered for MG or the rockets, yet if you use the rocket sight you cannot see in front of you. This makes the vehicle almost unusable for practical competitive purposes, ambushing, or support. It’s still fun to shoot a couple rockets but with the MG unable to move more than 30 degrees (which also means the rockets cannot be moved further!) and the vehicle no longer having the advantage of zooming I don’t want to even take it anymore unless I purposely am just messing around and having fun without a care for my team or winning.

I wanted to propose that the Pz W 42 get the MG ability to zoom as well as rotate the MG/rocket pods at least 180 degrees from the commander seat. Additionally Normandy has become my least favorite campaign to play with the basically invulnerable “jumbos of normandy” around every corner (which isn’t historically accurate yet every single game they’re spammed constantly), a tank that I can’t kill without a plane until I potentially unlock the tiger and then the relentless plane rocket spam that insta slaughters any vehicles you attempt use against them. Then the paras are spammed directly on the objective with their infinite magazine smgs that mow your entire team down in 5 seconds flat. The least I could ask for is a fix to this vehicle.


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This vehicle never supposed to be practical nor competitive.
Low capacity of rockets makes you constantly go back to refill point or use your crew as 3 men assaulter.
It supposed to be just gimmicky fun vehicle.

But it sounds like bug more than anything. And it should be fixed as soon as possible. There’s literally no reason for such limit.

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And without commander zoom that just got removed, we have even less reason to use that vehicle. It’s only powerful in very limited situations where you can send rockets into a point full of people.

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It’s funny because you cant zoom as a commander but once you open the hatch you can magically zoom: Logic - none

Yeah, they should reverse this commander zoom change. It’s really annoying more than anything.

I could see it’s function for more of a reason to use binoculars, but otherwise yeah it can be a little annoying. I just hate that the last update completely destroyed my appreciation for this premium when I barely got to use it prior this update.

Rip, that sucks mate. But I do think it’s not intentional and it will be fixed.

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It is annoying but I suppose that would be one way to simulate visibility improvements and situational awareness that comes from having a vantage point and no obstructions.

The only thing this is good for is free kills for Shermans.