Nerfing Indirect Fire

Jump back to quoted post11 Jan 2018, 16:56 PMMarkedRaptor

The Panzer Werfer is a mix of good and terrible. I've noticed once it gets going and gets veterency it quickly a pretty useful indirect fire option.

There are pretty big problems though. It requires you to hit the last tier and sacrifice getting a tank out (Ostheer strives on getting these tanks out). It also doesn't really counter emplacements, like at all. Which is what you'd get it for. Also only firing 10 rockets is noticable, it's infinitely weaker at the "Wide Spread" barrage tactic where you try to saturate an area in rockets to damage as much as possible. Making it really only good at trying to wipe a small area or individual targets.

Thing is, when you use rocket artillery against allies you WANT to launch as many rockets possible to target as much infantry as possible. Or if you want the focused destructive rockets, you'd want them to damage emplacements. The panzer werfer isn't bad, it just doesn't really fit into the niche it's trying to. It's why most people like the brumbar as "indirect fire".

Jump back to quoted post14 Jan 2018, 19:07 PMDerKuhlmann

Isg took 5 of my full health shocksquad in green cover in one shot.
Pls explain.

Jump back to quoted post14 Jan 2018, 21:46 PMAceOfTitanium

In what patch?

Right now the one unit that needs a nerf the most is the soviet heavy mortar, it's just too much and surviving with only one model is dumb.

I wouln't mind at all if all mortars were to lose autofire as long as they got a buff and two types of barrages + smoke, maybe even apply light suppesion if a squad were to take a direct hit kind of like mines do.

The panzerwerfer and katyusha are alright but the sherman calliope really needs a nerf, pz4 shells bounce from the rear at close range...

Jump back to quoted post11 Jan 2018, 15:15 PMLago

One very interesting suggestion I saw in another thread is to make them work like the rest of the game's artillery - they've got a very good barrage ability but no autoattack at all.

If you combine that with the suggestions in this thread (two barrage abilities, rapid light and sustained) you'd get a unit that serves the same role but which has the similar micro requirements to the game's other team weapons.

Jump back to quoted post14 Jan 2018, 19:07 PMDerKuhlmann

Isg took 5 of my full health shocksquad in green cover in one shot.
Pls explain.