Do you like new patch?

Jump back to quoted post12 Jul 2013, 07:18 AMStephennJF

• MG42 4 man crew further increases its ability to repel flanks and is unrequired, just return in back to 3 man crews. I have been saying it since alpha, please increase the damage of all small arms rifle fire so that flanked support units and units out of cover are punished harder and faster. In my mind 2 conscripts with a flank on a gren and mg42 should win the engagement, however this is rarely the case as MG42 pack, unpack and then fire extremely quickly again in response. Without an increase to small arms fire, my solution would be increase the pack up time of the MG42 so molotovs do more damage and a flanked unit is punished.
  
• Soviet nerfs on mortars makes no sense as they were actually quite ineffective as they were last patch. Furthermore, it amplifies the strength of MG42's as mortars are weaker and the effects of flanking are weaker. I feel now the only way to breach well played 2-3 gren/2 mg based play is with M3 flamers/snipers or stall to T70. I feel flanking is never rewarded how it should be and early game Soviet indirect fire does not break MG positions well.
  

Jump back to quoted post12 Jul 2013, 09:36 AMStephennJF

When I am playing as Ostheer and its a 2 conscript vs 1 gren/1 mg engagement I feel I win the majority of the time. Even if my opponent does perform a flank where 1 conscript gets suppressed and the other gets close within grenade range it is still relatively easy to handle.

Shift the gren fire to the free squad, pick up the MG and dodge the grenade (even if it hits but you react fast enough you generally only lose 1/4 health. Then just sit your grens very close to the MG and suppress down the squad or if its to close then the MG42 continues to hurt the other squad already pinned down.

I don't know, but I'll keep trying as Russia but I feel the only way I win these small scale engagements is if I have an extra squad in the engagement or catch an MG42 off guard and quickly Orahh all my squads in very close. Even based manpower number battles that involve conscripts vs grens/mgs generally fall into the Ostheer players hands I feel.

Jump back to quoted post12 Jul 2013, 10:14 AMhubewa

What about a damage multiplier for small arms on weapon teams?

That might work

Or is this not possible here?

Jump back to quoted post12 Jul 2013, 12:19 PMrofltehcat

Lower armor than 1 wouldn't do anything, would it? Because you don't deal more damage to low armor tanks with a huge penetration gun either. You just have a chance of 0% for it to deflect. However, it might increase the chance for criticals (just speculation though).
So no, just lowering their armor wouldn't do anything. If anything, they'd have to buff every weapon in the game, which they surely won't do.

Jump back to quoted post12 Jul 2013, 13:47 PMSukha

MVGame patch, they left out most of the abuse on Russian side and German strafe....
I mean how do you ignore the likes of HTD and Strafing run....