Should I upgrade heavy cavalery to tank?

[JuDomines]

This upgrade is really questionable. The dps increase is far from being spectacular and the training time and troop space increase really hurt. If I upgrade it, I could't donate this troop type to some of my crewmate in lower ages... @Ironangel: could you do me the favor to ask the dev team what is the rational behind having only this troop type seeing its training time and troop space increasing in IA? I feel that completely breaks the unit balance and actually prevents me from upgrading. Also I'm interested to have the list of all the unit speed point, is there a place I can find this or maybe the dev team could provide that?

 

[dbukalski]

No (10 characters)

 

[dbukalski]

Actually i take that back. The reasons to not upgrade are too intricate. U should upgrade tanks look cool

 

[Parmenion]

I'm looking forward to researching the companion tank. My unit HP will increase from 11,475 to 19,355.

 

[dbukalski]

Other than issues donating to lower level players theres no real reason not to upgrade. And tanks look awesome

 

[Eddie F1]

True, but tanks take 10 troop spaces:-

3 tanks = 58065 HP for 30 troop spaces
5 HC = 57375 HP for 30 troop spaces

So 2 less units to shoot at for a paltry 690 gain in HP.

 

[dbukalski]

Their dps goes up a bit eddie. And tanks look sweet. Its embarrassing to be industrial and still use pointy stick horses

 

[Parmenion]

But but but, it's shiiiiiny!

 

[Eddie F1]

I was using Parmenion's figures - too lazy to look properly

I've had St Chamond for a week or more now - haven't got round to trying one out yet.

 

[dbukalski]

Its about 10% more dps per troop capacity. And increased rang which is the main advantage less time spent getting to target.

 

[Parmenion]

They must have nerfed the companion tank since writing the wiki. The wiki says DPS is 480 but in the game it tells me it's the same as normal tanks at 300. :/

 

[JuDomines]

It's very close call indeed. I stil have a couple of days to make up my mind

 

[Parmenion]

Think of it this way, no more horse **** to clean up!

 

[dbukalski]

I cant imagine what there is to think about.. all the stats are superior

 

[Cannibals]

5 hc will last longer against anti tank gun because excess damage of the killing blow is wasted. 3 tanks will last longer against redoubt damage. You may favor one of these scenarios over the other and that could help your choice.

 

[Hunter Killer]

Who uses heavy cavalry or tanks anyway nowadays? That was cool 3 patch upgrades ago, you guys need to keep up with the latest rebalance.

 

[atom3]

Very interesting when it's about something good like clearing forest faster in IA people are angry that game doesn't follow real world model but when it is about something bad like in this case they for some reason forgot to mention the real world part...

 

[Ravenlord]

I agree - shiny is best!!

 

[Ravenlord]

I'm looking forward to researching the companion tank. My unit HP will increase from 11,475 to 19,355.

19355??!
I'm playing with the wrong toys!

 

[JuDomines]

yes all stats are superior. including cooking time. It's a 67% increase in rebuild time. I can't imagine someone so obsessed with his gold/hour ratio like you overlooked this stat.