Flak Emplacements...

Jump back to quoted post14 Jan 2016, 10:03 AMKatitof

Overall army balance is irrelevant when singular units underperform.

All units should be viable choices, not always optimal, not always go-to option, but not useless to the point you wish you could travel back in time just to stop yourself from getting one.

Flak, M-42, greyhound, penals, vickers UC all suffer this fate.

In this particular case, scrap fuel cost or take away AoE, leave suppression and make it rely on accuracy instead of AoE and scatter to hit, this is the only way for such unit that does have gun on the ground level to hit anything when the ground isn't flat.

Jump back to quoted post14 Feb 2016, 10:07 AMAerohank

I faced a flak emplacement for the first time in months yesterday. To my surprise, it was actually fairly effective. It was placed on flat ground so it no problem hitting and suppressing infantry. I tried to quickly take it out with double AT guns, but my AT guns had a very hard time hitting it. I'm not sure if I just had some extremely bad RNG, or if the gun has a small target size.

I'm going to do some experiments with it myself. I'm not sure how long it holds up against things like mortar fire. Nor do I know how good it is on non-flat surfaces.

Jump back to quoted post27 Dec 2015, 08:17 AMAustralian Magic

Unable to decrew, fixed.

Jump back to quoted post14 Jan 2016, 06:40 AMSerrith

I have no issues with the flak being buffed.... But the OP is kind of obnoxious...

Jump back to quoted post14 Feb 2016, 17:40 PMDomine

Even if it would be unable to be decrewed, nobody ever would pay fuel for a poor mans emplacement that gets rekt by really any vehicle or an AT squad or a single mortar, or an offmap or onmap arty, or or or...

Jump back to quoted post14 Feb 2016, 20:29 PMGrim

with the exception of AT squads it SHOULD be countered by everything you just listed......just sayin'

Jump back to quoted post23 Dec 2015, 01:37 AMcomm_ash

Make it undecrewable (like Brit emplacment), and have the same weapon as the 251/17 flackht. Cost increased to 30 fuel.

This way, it would be like a bunker +, with better damage, light at, but at the cost of fuel and similar durability. It could then cover flanks, but be destroyed quickly if it is unsupported.