Maxim reinforce cost

Jump back to quoted post11 Jan 2021, 12:11 PMSerrith

I know the 50cal is statwise better, but it too deathloops and it only has 4 men. Should the 50 recieve extra models? 50cal models have the same RA as maxim(machine gun) models.

Jump back to quoted post11 Jan 2021, 23:00 PMSkysTheLimit

"Statwise better" is a bit of an understatement I feel. The .50 cal is vastly better at suppressing

I've airdropped .50 cals for a soviet teammate before in 2v2. They are ferocious as hell

Jump back to quoted post11 Jan 2021, 04:17 AMtheekvn

120mm mortar crews are 5 now to prevent 1 man mortar squad.

Jump back to quoted post12 Jan 2021, 03:50 AMMr. Someguy

Strange, I wonder why they didn't just increase the minimum crew size to 2. Nevertheless that's a single example of a niche unit that already has an unusual characteristic (one-man artillery).

Jump back to quoted post12 Jan 2021, 16:15 PMEtherealDragon

I think OP provides good logic for why this nerf can probably be reverted. The only concern I would have is that this nerf was prior to the introduction of Mobilize Reserves so buffing the reinforce cost of Maxims might make Conscript builds a little too MP efficient in the late game but that probably wouldn't be overly oppressive in my estimation

Jump back to quoted post12 Jan 2021, 16:18 PMKatitof

Mobilise reserves do not work on any other squad then cons.
They are reinforcing for regular 20 when recrewing anything.

Jump back to quoted post12 Jan 2021, 19:22 PMPip

He's not suggesting that Mobilise would work on Maxims, but that if Maxims are more efficient, this being coupled with Con reinforce rates being very low might make SOV too cost-efficient in terms of MP.

Jump back to quoted post12 Jan 2021, 19:29 PMKatitof

The whole point is to rid of moot increased reinforce cost to make maxims a wee bit more cost efficient without changing other stats.

At the moment there is no reason at all to NOT let maxim get decrewed and crew it with literally anything else for that rifle DPS increase, because its stock, shitty, useless crew costs as much as cons as a relic of the time where maxim was dominant.

Jump back to quoted post13 Jan 2021, 16:25 PMHannibal

If the gun is shitty and can't properly do its job, people will still not buy it. The main issue is the Maxim not being able to control blobs, those 50 MP you save over the course of a whole game won't make up for still ending up with a bad and unreliable MG.