Who’s idea was it to put this thing in the game? I just started playing Axis on Normandy and every single time this thing shows up we lose. It is sits outside of the range of infantry and lobs HE all over the place. Armor too thick to be penetrated by any german tank, fast enough to outrun plane bombs and grenades, and has a crap ton of ammo. Even if you get it side on, its pretty much invulnerable to the puma and Panzer iii N…
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You can actually kill it frontally with any German tank aside from the 3 N unless you try to pull memeshots.
It wasn’t there irl and shouldn’t be in game for sure though
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As ridiculous as it sounds, it’s often driven by overconfident players who don’t even try to hide their radio man mg port. Then they get pickachu face after being obliterated.
I’ve seen more skilled play from smaller tanks than typical Jumbo encounter.
But it should be gone either way.
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Progression wise i think the Jumbo deserves to be Campaign lv30 for how powerful it is. I’ve owned one and can say it is very strong on Airfield. If i was playing Germans one tactic i use is charge towards the Jumbo then exit vehicle, then use explosive pack, try that.
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But raising its level requirement doesn’t change how broken it is though. 2 months. 3 months. 4 months from now when more and more people get it, then level 30 doesn’t mean so much. Its just out of place. It can’t be balanced so it needs to be removed.
Its not that broken, its slightly stronger than a pz4. Stop acting like its a godzilla compared to a chihuahua. There are loads of ways to counter the tank. Fighting a German pz4 you instantly notice if you play vs a decent player or a shit one. The pz4 can pen a Jumbo from the front and a good pz4 player knows how and does it all the time.
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Talking balance without map mechanic is seriously useless. Its not a tank pvp game and not WT. We are talking about a battlefield game whitch defending objects like church and airfield.
Good Jumbo is simply spamming HE out of the battlezone. Then the object is cleared. Pz4 spam HE to shake friendly? No, thats completely a different story. A good jumbo neven give face to u. Just hide beside the barn near the airfield garage spamming HE and USA won. Pz4 need to run to the edge of the battlezone to fight jumbo, while cleaning all infatry on the way to avoid a sudden death from TNT.
The jumbo can rape a object outside the map and a good jumbo player knows how and does it all the time. 
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No shit sherlock but the pz4 can do exactly the same as everything you just stated but does not have to move during the entire game. The Jumbo does since it is on the attackers side.
How exactly does that work?
- Allies don’t spawn in a single spot, Axis does at the start of the round
- Even if attackers run to the point, it’s usually just 1-2 people, no reason for Axis tank to constantly shoot into cap
- Everytime point is captured, Axis needs to move back to stay in bounds, Allies don’t. Allies can move up on their own leisure when they feel like it. In addition, as defending tank, you have to either turn around and risk being shot at the engine or try to blindly backpedal or use commander hatch view to backup, staying blind as to what happens in front of you.
- When defending point, there is usually two streams of attackers and tank can cover only one side, but when attacking you just need to shoot at cap point to scare people off it or kill them
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Shooting in spawn from back of the map or sit behind a building where no one can see them and shoot the lanes of attack. It is the same idea as the dude posts but from the other side.
Correct, 1 or 2 dudes remain after they get shelled by the tank.
Btw I think its fine being shelled with tanks the finally have some punch on the HE, just dont like the one sided post the guy made.
Just wait for Panther for now, its the only thing good for Germany. They will never take away the Jumbo. I’ve owned it and its amazing, i would be sad to see it go from my Inventory after i spent all my gold upgrading it. I would be mad if they take it away from me, surely many other US players too.