Cost of Panthers

Totally love this mod, ever since I knew about it.. as I have to thank the developers of this mod for their great work and efforts… With that being said, and without further ado; I do actually have some complaints about the price of the Panther tank.

Throughout all the ww2 games I have came across so far… Panther tank pretty much always used to be cheaper than the Tiger1 tank.. except that it’s currently the complete opposite only Wikinger Mod ^^

Originally, I believe it’s undeniable fact that the Panther was mainly designed by the Germans during ww2 primarily for the purpose of being cheaper than the Tiger1 tank. Since that the Tiger was harder to maintain on the battlefield and costed a lot more on the other hand… Hence, I honestly don’t accept how the Panthers currently in Wikinger Mod are more expensive than Tigers somehow!

However, there is no issue for the Panthers to be later available compared to Tigers, specifically when keeping in mind that this is actually realistic too. Given the fact that Panthers were produced in 1943 and Tigers were produced in 1942 the other way around.

Nonetheless, having Panthers MORE EXPENSIVE than Tigers is extremely ODD if I might say!
I do completely understand that this might be due to game balance, but to be honest with you.. if this is the only way to balance the game, then it’s entirely still unjustifiable.

Not to mention that Panthers aren’t necessarily better than Tigers by the way. Each one has advantages and disadvantages over the other… Therefore nobody can certainly say that either any of them is exactly better than the other one. As there are people who would rather the Panther over the Tiger, but others on the contrary might have a different perspective, I mean that such a matter is highly subjective rather than objective.

>>>> For instance, or just as an example… Someone who favors the Panther might argue that it’s faster and has quicker turret rotation than the Tiger tank. Excepting the Panther Ausf.D of course… Or that the Panther is “cheaper” than the Tiger. There is no doubt that one of the core advantages of the Panther over the Tiger tank was obviously a cheaper price. Somebody else might also say that the Panther has better gun penetration power due to higher velocity. And of course, someone might say as well that the Panther has better frontal armor than the Tiger due to being more sloped.

Side note though:
Why does it say in Wikinger that the armor of the Panther tank is 140mm and not 160mm?? Wasn’t the frontal armor of the Panther 80mm while being sloped at 60 degrees??!! Meaning double the thickness! 80 + 80 = 160mm OR am I wrong here??!!

>>>> On the other hand, someone who favors the Tiger might argue saying that the Tiger has more accurate gun (88 of course) which allows it to successfully score direct hits on targets located at very far distances. Another one might argue that the Tiger1 was earlier available in the war, while somebody else might argue that the Tiger had better high explosive shells due to higher gun caliber than the Panther’s 75mm gun. Others might argue that the Tiger has thicker side and rear armor than the Panther, which is another advantage for the Tiger. Others might also argue that the Tiger is a bit bigger and thus harder to be knocked out with a single hit, or in other words.. has more health overall.

You guys see my point here???? My point is both tanks have advantages and disadvantages, therefore you CAN’T say which one is exactly better, but people can choose what they favor accordingly to their own personal preferences!

SO, I don’t understand why Panthers are more expensive than Tigers in Wikinger Mod, this is clearly contradicting the reality… And I do strongly believe that this also has to change.

Changing this in my humble opinion can be done in a lot of different methods, for example… Panthers could be all cheaper than Tiger1 tanks, just as supposed.. but in return more “production upgrades” or “tier ups” could be implemented just in order to make it harder to obtain the first Panther. That’s if you really think the Panther should not be any easy to get.

However, as I clearly stated… I honestly don’t think that simply making the Panther more expensive than Tigers is any good solution at all. This is exactly like if you would make Tiger tanks more expensive than the King Tiger only because somebody thinks it’s more valuable!!! Sorry, but this is inconvenient…

Thanks everyone for reading 🙂

• This topic was modified 7 years ago by Tiger1996.