Should Axis pintle upgrade give bonus sight?

Jump back to quoted post20 Oct 2019, 17:36 PMLago

The Riflemen buff made Riflemen win harder at ranges they already won at.

If you fight them at range (which OST is very equipped to do) they're not any stronger.

Jump back to quoted post20 Oct 2019, 18:41 PMachpawel

But I totally disagree with such arguments
Now they will melt them more quickly, which gives you less reaction time and will mean that before grens retreat they will deal less damage. Also now rifles scale much differently against assault grens - they are much less vulnerable to ass grens. They will also melt support units more quickly. They will more easily wipe low health squads on retreat. Such things add up throughout the game. So they did get buffed. And all this without any buffs to grens, for example. I can completely understand ostheer claims for some buffs for tanks, for example.

Jump back to quoted post20 Oct 2019, 18:41 PMachpawel

But I totally disagree with such arguments
Now they will melt them more quickly, which gives you less reaction time and will mean that before grens retreat they will deal less damage. Also now rifles scale much differently against assault grens - they are much less vulnerable to ass grens. They will also melt support units more quickly. They will more easily wipe low health squads on retreat. Such things add up throughout the game. So they did get buffed. And all this without any buffs to grens, for example. I can completely understand ostheer claims for some buffs for tanks, for example.

Jump back to quoted post20 Oct 2019, 22:48 PMelchino7

Rifles were "underwhelming" for cost in the early game. The shock part in USF early game came from the officers as "free units". This lead to basically call in infantry meta replacing most Rifle builds. I'm still on the fence of whether the change was good or not.

Jump back to quoted post20 Oct 2019, 22:48 PMelchino7

Grens did get buffed. Replacing RA for a damage modifier. They are the only unit besides snipers who can survive a direct rocket, mortar or normal grenade (non nuke ones such as bundle/commando).

Jump back to quoted post20 Oct 2019, 22:48 PMelchino7

I can understand claims for buffs on specific units, not on factions. This thread or OP as of several months long, not really.