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10 May 2021, 07:36 AM
#101
avatar of Jilet

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Grenadiers are really fucking good, and with the newly buffed G43 they will be good anywhere


They are good but far from "the best".
10 May 2021, 07:38 AM
#102
avatar of jagd wölfe

Posts: 1660



I'd like to see a return of the 5 man G43 grens, although I understand why they changed it. Maybe instead of the special VSL G43 with insane retreating wipe potential they could just give him a regular G43.

Ignore it, the new G43 are good
VSL is still shit (it wasn't touched)
Some people proposed giving it a panzergrenadiers stg, but I think that a reinforce cost and time reduction on the current squad would be better because g43 are already meant to make the unit more mid range oriented
10 May 2021, 10:38 AM
#103
avatar of Zyllen

Posts: 770


While I agree that volks are the weakest, there's no way grens are the strongest. Rifles are superior, tommies are slightly better, and cons are superior too once they get 7 men

You could maybe say tommies are "weaker" because of no snare. But in terms of raw anti-infantry power definitely not


Grens are well-rounded. Rifles only win from grens at short range. Tommies only win from grens when in cover and at long range. In any other situation grens win and are more flexible. and of course the ostheer has access to tools to defeat both situations in tier 1
10 May 2021, 11:07 AM
#104
avatar of Geblobt

Posts: 213

jump backJump back to quoted post10 May 2021, 10:38 AMZyllen


Grens are well-rounded. Rifles only win from grens at short range. Tommies only win from grens when in cover and at long range. In any other situation grens win and are more flexible. and of course the ostheer has access to tools to defeat both situations in tier 1


Since when is range 25 short and 13 long range? You overestimate vet0 Grens without lmg. Anyway Ost has the best support roster with mg42, 222, 251, pak40, t0 snare and teller. So Grens dont have to be the strongest squad, while being cheap. And they scale quite well.

5Man Grens are fine. They are stronger Volks with better snare, healing, better nade and really good scaling. Sure they bleed more than lmg Grens, but on some maps where lmg dont work very well they can be a solid alternative.
10 May 2021, 11:38 AM
#105
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jump backJump back to quoted post10 May 2021, 11:07 AMGeblobt


Since when is range 25 short and 13 long range? You overestimate vet0 Grens without lmg. Anyway Ost has the best support roster with mg42, 222, 251, pak40, t0 snare and teller. So Grens dont have to be the strongest squad, while being cheap. And they scale quite well.

5Man Grens are fine. They are stronger Volks with better snare, healing, better nade and really good scaling. Sure they bleed more than lmg Grens, but on some maps where lmg dont work very well they can be a solid alternative.

Pray tell what maps lmg grens are worse than vsl and elighten this poor peasant.
10 May 2021, 12:16 PM
#106
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jump backJump back to quoted post10 May 2021, 11:07 AMGeblobt


5Man Grens are fine.


No they aren't

jump backJump back to quoted post10 May 2021, 11:07 AMGeblobt

They are stronger Volks with better snare, healing, better nade and really good scaling.


Which is not an high bar since Volksgrenadiers are the worst infantry unit in game, with the worst scaling, and OKW has the most expensive healing system. Still, 30mp reinforce cost is terribly overpriced for slightly better volks squad. They are actually probably more or less what volksgrenadiers should be changed to be, especially considering their actual decent veterancy, but with volksgrenadier reinforce time and cost (25mp), surely not with GRENADIERS reinforce time and cost (30mp)

jump backJump back to quoted post10 May 2021, 11:07 AMGeblobt

Sure they bleed more than lmg Grens, but on some maps where lmg dont work very well they can be a solid alternative.


No, G43s and Panzergrenadiers can be a solid alternative, surely not VSL. We can put VSL and mg42 grens behind the same cover in cheat command and I'm quite sure that mg42 grens would still come out on top
10 May 2021, 12:25 PM
#107
avatar of Geblobt

Posts: 213

jump backJump back to quoted post10 May 2021, 11:38 AMLMAO

Pray tell what maps lmg grens are worse than vsl and elighten this poor peasant.


Eindhoven, Winnekendonk or Elst Outskirts.

Old 5Man Grens were completely broken. And now where they have 10% more recieved acc they are bad? How do you wanna make them balanced when the stock upgrade is that good?
You cant reduce the reinforce cost without changing stock Grens. And even if (!) 5Man Grens are underwhelming, how do you wanna buff them without breaking balance again?
10 May 2021, 12:32 PM
#108
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jump backJump back to quoted post10 May 2021, 12:25 PMGeblobt


Old 5Man Grens were completely broken. And now where they have 10% more recieved acc they are bad? How do you wanna make them balanced when the stock upgrade is that good?
You cant reduce the reinforce cost without changing stock Grens. And even if (!) 5Man Grens are underwhelming, how do you wanna buff them without breaking balance again?


They don't have any RA bonus, that was removed when their G43 was replaced with Volksgrenadiers Kekgewehr version

Yes, you can reduce Grenadiers reinforce cost because that reinforce cost accounts for better upgradres and the possibility of potentially retaining most of the squad dps with a single model and having a squad capable of an high dps output while away from the enemy (thus better durability), which is not the case with VSL
10 May 2021, 12:40 PM
#109
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They don't have any RA bonus, that was removed when their G43 was replaced with Volksgrenadiers Kekgewehr version


Yeah they went from 0,82 to the basic 0,91 rec acc. Thats why i said 10% more rec acc.

And Sander already proved that the VSL Stg is no downgrade compared to the VSL g43. The only nerf there was the oneshot model potential. That was a fair nerf. Even Sections lost that a couple of patches ago.

Edit: Here are the stats
https://ibb.co/6tBpsp4
10 May 2021, 12:58 PM
#110
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jump backJump back to quoted post10 May 2021, 12:40 PMGeblobt


Yeah they went from 0,82 to the basic 0,91 rec acc.

And Sander already proved that the VSL Stg is no downgrade compared to the VSL g43. The only nerf there was the oneshot model potential. That was a fair nerf. Even Sections lost that a couple of patches ago.


It was a nerf. I didn't see Sander post but I doubt he meant to say that the squad wasn't nerfed, overall but especially within 15 meters range
The difference at max range between G43 and stg44 is neglegible.

The fact is that VSL are undeniably a poor choice and can be seen by durectly comparing it with mg42 grenadiers
10 May 2021, 13:06 PM
#111
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The fact is that VSL are undeniably a poor choice and can be seen by durectly comparing it with mg42 grenadiers


We held a vote to get the opinion of the top players.
89% voted that the current version of VSL Grens is doing fine.

They are just no longer a no brainer choice.
11 May 2021, 05:08 AM
#112
avatar of ZeroZeroNi

Posts: 1563



We held a vote to get the opinion of the top players.
89% voted that the current version of VSL Grens is doing fine.

They are just no longer a no brainer choice.

But is there any reason to pick vsl over lmgs now???? Don't get me wrong, my entire point was that lmg's are always better. They allow you to fight even with upgraded allied infantry late game and since you don't need to close in you don't take as much damage. VSL upgrade doesn't do all that well. They can't beat Penals at any range, they loose to 4 man section behind cover and bar upgraded rifle who cost pretty much the same (280+60 to vsl grens 268+60)dominate them at all ranges. They are not use full at combat over the lmg one and they even take more damage because any other squad than rifles and cons(pretty much out dps them at all ranges).

I suggest allowing them to upgrade to lmg 42 after t4 has been teched. Or if that is to much lower the upgrade cost to 50 and reduce reinforce cost by 3.
11 May 2021, 10:04 AM
#113
avatar of T.R. Stormjäger

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We held a vote to get the opinion of the top players.
89% voted that the current version of VSL Grens is doing fine.


I don't disagree with not buffing 5man Grens, but I feel like it's kind of hypocritical to say you held a vote and it matters for 5man Grens when you also held a vote for the M20 timing buff and 17 voted no while 2 voted yes and you still went ahead with it.
11 May 2021, 10:13 AM
#114
avatar of Sander93

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I didn't say that the vote on VSL was suddenly leading and that it changed our minds on changing anything about it. I just posted the results that the majority of top players that voted think the upgrade is fine at the moment.
11 May 2021, 14:20 PM
#115
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But is there any reason to pick vsl over lmgs now???? Don't get me wrong, my entire point was that lmg's are always better. They allow you to fight even with upgraded allied infantry late game and since you don't need to close in you don't take as much damage. VSL upgrade doesn't do all that well. They can't beat Penals at any range, they loose to 4 man section behind cover and bar upgraded rifle who cost pretty much the same (280+60 to vsl grens 268+60)dominate them at all ranges. They are not use full at combat over the lmg one and they even take more damage because any other squad than rifles and cons(pretty much out dps them at all ranges).

I suggest allowing them to upgrade to lmg 42 after t4 has been teched. Or if that is to much lower the upgrade cost to 50 and reduce reinforce cost by 3.

You pick 5 man grens so your grens have 5 men. You pick lmg for reliable DPS.
Its literally a choice as old as choice in games. Damage vs durability.
upgrades that overshadow others are poorly designed upgrades.
11 May 2021, 15:09 PM
#116
avatar of jagd wölfe

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You pick 5 man grens so your grens have 5 men. You pick lmg for reliable DPS.
Its literally a choice as old as choice in games. Damage vs durability.
upgrades that overshadow others are poorly designed upgrades.

That's not how it works. Durability and dps go hand in hand, the lmg grenadiers losing 2 models means still having most its dps, while the dps of 4 men grenadiers drops drastically with 2 models lost. As the dps drops, the enemy retains much better dps, so your durability is is actually lower.
11 May 2021, 16:02 PM
#117
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That's not how it works. Durability and dps go hand in hand, the lmg grenadiers losing 2 models means still having most its dps, while the dps of 4 men grenadiers drops drastically with 2 models lost. As the dps drops, the enemy retains much better dps, so your durability is is actually lower.

I did not get your second part, but from the first one you exactly describe how 5 men Grens are intended and what thedarkarmadillo described: LMG Grens are damage dealers, 5 men Grens offer superior survivability (and more close and moving DPS)
11 May 2021, 17:50 PM
#118
avatar of jagd wölfe

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I did not get your second part, but from the first one you exactly describe how 5 men Grens are intended and what thedarkarmadillo described: LMG Grens are damage dealers, 5 men Grens offer superior survivability (and more close and moving DPS)

When fighting against other infantry survivability depends on the ability to handicap enemy dps capabilities. We can create any situation and engagement against infantry and we'll see how having a single model with an mg42 allows mg42 grenadoers to be better because that mg retains its dps, so that survivability is just apparent as damage is dealt and entities drop. This is why squads that have a dps distribution that is more even between all squad members are less elite and generally cost less to reinforce. VSL is not a bolster infantry where you simply add a squad member. You trade that better dps upgrade with the extra squad member, but the squad itself will always perform worse in any situation, so there's no use for that survivability. This may be my opinion and probably it's not popular, but the overall value of the squad goes down, and so should the cost to reinforce it. The moment VSL drop 2 models their dps is greatly impacted, while this is far from true for lmg grenadiers, and dps retention causes the enemy to drop models himself, meaning it will be able to deal less damage overtime than it would while fighting with VSL grens
11 May 2021, 20:52 PM
#119
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Posts: 479

I think 5-man is fine at the moment, I just think people tend to favor LMG Grens because you don't have to pick a commander and they are as good. If anything slightly toning down LMG Grens would make 5-man seem much better. I think the new G43's are probably as good as the 5-man upgrade and are in more commanders.
11 May 2021, 20:59 PM
#120
avatar of donofsandiego

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When fighting against other infantry survivability depends on the ability to handicap enemy dps capabilities. We can create any situation and engagement against infantry and we'll see how having a single model with an mg42 allows mg42 grenadoers to be better because that mg retains its dps, so that survivability is just apparent as damage is dealt and entities drop. This is why squads that have a dps distribution that is more even between all squad members are less elite and generally cost less to reinforce. VSL is not a bolster infantry where you simply add a squad member. You trade that better dps upgrade with the extra squad member, but the squad itself will always perform worse in any situation, so there's no use for that survivability. This may be my opinion and probably it's not popular, but the overall value of the squad goes down, and so should the cost to reinforce it. The moment VSL drop 2 models their dps is greatly impacted, while this is far from true for lmg grenadiers, and dps retention causes the enemy to drop models himself, meaning it will be able to deal less damage overtime than it would while fighting with VSL grens


Playing devil's advocate here; while I agree with your point about LMG grenadiers having an advantage in battles because of DPS output, I definitely can't agree that LMG grens are more durable. Yes, LMG grens will drop troops faster than VSL grens and therefore take less damage overall, however I definitely think that 5 men is nothing to sneeze at. Especially with the free medkits. If you properly support VSL grens you can repel enemy attacks and heal for free, which helps to offset the lower DPS because you have an advantage on model health IMO. I definitely think that it's a poor choice offense-wise. But then again, if you want better offense you have panzergrenadiers.

Honestly I think it's very useful to have a more durable snaring squad to support tanks, even if it's not incredibly effective at dishing out damage.
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