Flak emplacement thoughts
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What are people's thoughts on these things? At 200 MP, 20 FU they are more expensive than a bunker's 150 MP, 60 Muni but provide a major punch in a 360 degree & 20-35 pen autocannon that rapidly pins down any infantry. 470hp and 35 armour present a bulletproof target but can still be taken out with a single satchel...assuming you can get that close. Past AA testing revealed a lackluster capability in that regard, two barely equal to the recon downing potential of a flak HT.
EDIT: I had some success putting one down on a VP with many shot/sight blockers and preventing a cap by surprise.
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1) Bunker will always suppress and deal damage, regardless of terrain, while flak is terrain and shotblokers dependant, thats why sometimes you can destoy it frontally by satchels. Its low profile also means that its hard to find a good possition for it.
2) The most importand one, it takes pop-cap. This is a huge drawback.
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brits get for only 10 more fuel (which is nothing) a nondoc unit call bofors. which is insanely strong and in all department compared to the flak emplacement.
The Bofors is larger (and therefore harder to place/hide), and costs more population though, doesn't it? 10 fuel isnt really Negligible, either.
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The OKW Flak Emplacement isn't bad but it has terrible AOE Suppression and could use some vet on it. Though a Bunker is a much better and cheaper option especially since it doesn't cost fuel. You kind of need to spam tank traps and sand bags in front of the Flak emplacement so that it can actually survive so its also more of a commitment as well when your units could be doing other things.
brits get for only 10 more fuel (which is nothing) a nondoc unit call bofors. which is insanely strong and in all department compared to the flak emplacement.
Its not just 10 fuel, you have to also factor in the research upgrade as well which is 20-30 fuel (Don't remember as I don't usually build Bofors when playing British)
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The Bofors is larger (and therefore harder to place/hide), and costs more population though, doesn't it? 10 fuel isnt really Negligible, either.
compared to the intial cost for okw...which means to need a specific commander...and it is really easy to destroy compared to bofors...totally ok
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Its not just 10 fuel, you have to also factor in the research upgrade as well which is 20-30 fuel (Don't remember as I don't usually build Bofors when playing British)
15 fuel tech
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Why is it that the emplacement never suffers damage on the first 2-3 shots?
It's like a second health bar that is not repairable.
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One question:
Why is it that the emplacement never suffers damage on the first 2-3 shots?
It's like a second health bar that is not repairable.
It does? Is that a bug? Never noticed it myself.
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One question:
Why is it that the emplacement never suffers damage on the first 2-3 shots?
It's like a second health bar that is not repairable.
It always takes damage it just doesn't show sometimes to the opposing player (players who dont own the FLAK)
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It always takes damage it just doesn't show sometimes to the opposing player (players who dont own the FLAK)
The health bar on it seems bugged.
I'm not a fan of it. It costs about a little over half of a bofors for something that often repels one attack and then gets wiped as soon as the other side knows wehr it's located.
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i've seen tightrope using the flak emplacement quite regularly in his streams... with, uhm, mixed results at best.
They are always useless
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They are always useless
Flak Emplacements are one of the cheapest ways to get good anti-air in the game.
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