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is it that good really?

after 770 battles i got my first sniper medal. 92 of 100 hits XD

@heeroyuy
the PzII can be really funny. but you have to come close to the enemies, because the gun is not accurate and the penetration is just ok, not good as long as you don't use Gold Ammo.
and another point is: flak guns can't hurt something which is >250?m away.
Edited by Aramid, 03 July 2012 - 02:24 PM.

Just made "Ace Tanker" in my PzKpfw II.
907 Exp. and 13.028 Credits.
I love the little bugger

Btw.: It was my 41st battle in the PzKpfw II

I have played this tank quite a lot recently. It is a lot of fun. Getting 6 or 7 kills is not too uncommon depending on what tanks you face in the battle.

Here is one example of a good fight:
http://youtu.be/0ab5OqnbBOE

I might sell it later and then play another tier II tank but for now, it is  a keeper.

Got my first Medaille de guerrier yesterday for this char. That  happened when I declaired this tank is boring as hell. My equipe did loose though...

I think this tank stinks!
It is slow to be so weak, gun is not a gun - it just throws many small stones very fast. They forgot to mount armor on it before shipping it. Many tanks in tier 2 is (much) better, imho.

Though it is quite a time back, this tank was one of the best low tiers I had played.

167 battles, 60% WR, dmg dealt/taken 1,7, 224 kills, several topguns, overal ER at 1936....and then tell me it is not a great tank :-)

Hell, I even managed to deal some dmg to a Lorraine (forgot to switch tanks while in platoon). Might prove by a screen if needed.

Anyone who played this tank before AND after last patch COMPARING to give a verdict would be nice.
I remember this tank to be nice when I was starting to play this game. Now, Im on tier 9 and 10. I wanted to replay some tanks that I got a really bad score on, I already replayed the m3 lee, but also my bt-2 and pz-2 had a bad score. Now, I cant get a win with either of my worst tier 2s. I suck! I get more losses than win!? And still fanboys on both tier 2s claim it to be the best of all tanks. And neither played it like after the french line came.

I do very well with the Pz II, including after the last patch. It is not the fastest, but it has good mobility and slightly angling the tank from your enemies will result in a few bounces. You can snipe (up to the autocannon range limit) if you don't blow your whole magazine in one go, but fire-pause-fire-pause-fire etc and most of your shots will hit. When in close combat the high rate of fire and fast magazine reload are great. You need a decent crew to get the most out of the tank, though.

My last match I only had about 4 kills but got over 1000xp undoubled (actually over 3000xp due to the weekend bonus) because when I wasn't killing I was supporting or spotting.

Good tank!

Dude, this shit is fun, no matter how you slice it!

bug, on 21 August 2012 - 11:28 PM, said:

The difference in the MM? You do see a lot more T3's and T2 TD's since 7.5, but there are only a few you can't hurt, T127 and AMX38 particularly, and the T2MT and T82 one-shotting you can be a pain. There are a lot fewer T1 and 2 matches, so you just have to be a lot more careful, let others spot, and flank the rest. Still a good tank.

PZII is one of the easy tier2 kills for Trolltraktor, slow moving, easily tracked and penetrable from all sides and at distance...PZII gun limits it to closer combat, which is just as well because view range is nothing special...all in all an ok tank with high rate of fire...nothing special.

Hun

steview162, on 22 August 2012 - 11:07 PM, said:

Not a good tank, can't hurt anything with the 20mm.

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Edited by annacat, 23 August 2012 - 11:49 PM.

annacat, on 23 August 2012 - 11:27 PM, said:

You maybe need to aim better.

steview162, on 22 August 2012 - 11:07 PM, said:

Thank you for comments to my question
I played this a lot more now. I did get a better feeling of it as crew got better. Especially aim improved. It does not feel so totally helpless when my gun actually hits sometimes. My win rate does not improve however, as most often I am in tier 3 battles, and teams...   Teams often make me want to cry... lol.  :p


I actually think I like the tank now, but it is too often outmatched, even by some tier 2 tanks, I mostly get killed by pz35, and t18 is bad too, tier 3s Im not even mentioning.
Edited by bug, 30 August 2012 - 12:00 AM.

IMO there are two ways to see the the Panzer II:

1) researching it as a new player
You'll start with 50% crew normally there. With such a crew and the first guns this tank is not a pleasure. Just hope to find some tier 1 enemys to kill every now and then. It doesn't resist much and not probably knowing the maps doesn't make it better for you.

2) playing it again after a long time
I have played it lately for first time (used free XP to skip it).
I've put full upgrades and 75% crew in it.

It's fun to me when coming from disappointing high tier matches.
No, it's not the best tier 2. (Did same with T18 and got way more kills when using it with boring, ambushed, "TD style"). But that top 2cm gun has a very high DPM. If you can most shots count your enemys disappears quite fast. Speed is OK to flank. And as it doen't pen on higher distances or only with problems against good armored enemys (Hotchkiss and Co.) you have to drive and flank. So there is still a challenge in it, instead of just doing low tier bashing with an overpowered tier 2 tank.
Besides prefering guns with high pen and high alpha damage this is the only "high DPM" vehicle I like. Sound of autocannon is also "cool".

doh
Edited by steview162, 05 September 2012 - 11:49 AM.

steview162, on 23 August 2012 - 11:51 PM, said:

Funny.