This patch is going to completely screw the USMC.

[stug41]

"all three American LAV variant (APC, Scout & Mortar) front armor decreased from 2 to 1."
"American M48A5 USMC price increased from 20 to 25$."

The only good things are a decrease in the overpriced M60
"American M60A1 USMC price decreased from 40 to 35$"
and an increase in Skyhawks available...
"American A-4 Skyhawk II gets +1 availability per pack."

The A-6 Intruder series remains useless.

However neither the M60A1 USMC nor A-4 Skyhawk series are what make the USMC competitive. It is the LAV-25 with marines that is the bread and butter of a USMC deck.

The solution to the overuse of LAVs is NOT to nerf it, but to limit its availability by making it a USMC prototype. You already increased the price twice, just limit the availability to USMC and US national already!
The price increase for the M48A1 USMC is completely unjustified.

Why are you doing this? Why are you further limiting the viable decks?

[DeuZerre]

"all three American LAV variant (APC, Scout & Mortar) front armor decreased from 2 to 1."
"American M48A5 USMC price increased from 20 to 25$."

Still the only wheeled APC with autocanons of that magnitude. Saying they are useless when they were, according to you, already glass canons? So it doesn't change much anyway?
For the M48, well, I don't remember its stats.

The only good things are a decrease in the overpriced M60
"American M60A1 USMC price decreased from 40 to 35$"
and an increase in Skyhawks available...
"American A-4 Skyhawk II gets +1 availability per pack."

M60 needed that price decrease.
Skyhawks are funky anyway.

The A-6 Intruder series remains useless.

Ever tried to test them with this patch and the way bombets spread out now?

However neither the M60A1 USMC nor A-4 Skyhawk series are what make the USMC competitive. It is the LAV-25 with marines that is the bread and butter of a USMC deck.

And it shouldn't have. Relying on a single unit? Wow, great!

[stug41]

The LAV-25 was what made the USMC viable, by inherent design it was what one had to depend on to gain that edge of mobility since the USMC so greatly lack in armor.

[GBNATO]

The frontal armor of the LAV is paper thin anyway, it could stop shell fragments and 50 cal maybe but anything with more punch would have no trouble penetrating.

-Ultra fast
-Most accurate auto cannon in the game
-Same penetration as a 40mm round
-Can murder tanks at most ranges

Why are you complaining?

[DeuZerre]

Was mobility changed? Nope.

Now, use the LVPT-7 for armour.

[stug41]

The frontal armor of the LAV is paper thin anyway, it could stop shell fragments and 50 cal maybe but anything with more punch would have no trouble penetrating.

Same as BMP series but that doesn't seem relevant in french fantasy land.

-Ultra fast
-Most accurate auto cannon in the game
-Same penetration as a 40mm round
-Can murder tanks at most ranges

Why are you complaining?

Did you bother to read the post?

[stug41]

Was mobility changed? Nope.

Now, use the LVPT-7 for armour.

This nerf only serves to discourage smarter gameplay and leaves one less viable deck. The risk of losing 55 points easily to very weak guns is now too great. Coupled with the US Army buffs it gives little reason for players who want to enjoy the game to choose USMC over Army. You mock me when you haven't even bothered to click the links to the information you lack, how little integrity have you, shame. Your half-assed logic doesn't justify squat.

[Breadbox]

Lav25 is now autocanon apc.....
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Should get a price decrease.
Btw Intruder is quite good now.

[GBNATO]

The frontal armor of the LAV is paper thin anyway, it could stop shell fragments and 50 cal maybe but anything with more punch would have no trouble penetrating.

Same as BMP series but that doesn't seem relevant in french fantasy land.

-Ultra fast
-Most accurate auto cannon in the game
-Same penetration as a 40mm round
-Can murder tanks at most ranges

Why are you complaining?

Did you bother to read the post?

Actually I did, bitching about the LAV's frontal armor if I recall and how this makes the USMC deck less viable. The USMC is the most viable marine deck in the game BY FAR it is better than certain nations altogether and the reduction of frontal armor by one is not going to change that.

[Leviathan]

smaller than 1000 kg HE load-outs seem to do decent damage now. Just tested it, so go: try the intruder. the big nukes do less now then they did before. I'm quite content with that. And be honest: LAV is still a very potent killer. Before it was more like "put them in the forest and forget about them. They'll kill anything. Just come in to loot the corpses" now you'll have to look after them every couple of minutes