Change: Increase USA Paladin Composite Armor bonus to match with USA Crusader Tank bonus (200)

[xezon]

• Fixes USA Paladin Tank requires a General Promotion, but is not better than Crusader Tank #645

The USA Paladin Tank now has the same Composite Armor bonus as Crusader Tank does.

Stats

Unit	Health	Composite Armor Bonus
Original USA Crusader Tank	480	200
Original USA Paladin Tank	500	100
Patched USA Paladin Tank (this)	500	200

USA Paladin advantages over USA Crusader (in Patch):

• +20 Health (500 vs 480)
• Has low range Point Defense Laser gun

USA Paladin disadvantages over USA Crusader (in Patch):

• Requires 1x Level 1 Generals Promotion
• +200 cost (1100 vs 900)
• +2s build time (15.25 vs 13.25)

Rationale

The Paladin tank is better than a Crusader in that it starts with 20 extra health points (HP) (+4.2%) and a slow firing Point Defense Laser (PDL) that can target infantry besides neutralizing missiles.

In general, it is not worth the extra cost of 200 and build time of 2 seconds. After Composite Armor, it has much less HP than a Crusader to the point where the Crusader survives longer against 2 rocket infantries than a Paladin does despite the PDL.

To keep the Paladin worth the investment after Composite Armor upgrade, its Armor bonus is now equalized with the Armor bonus of the Crusader Tank.

[xezon]

Dominator:

Make composite armour double up on the paladin like on crusader

[commy2]

So, what about the Microwave? It has the same health and armor as a Crusader, but only 100 buff.

[xezon]

I think this ticket is not the right place to discuss this. You can open a new report for that if there is a rationale to why this is a problem.