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Jump back to quoted post9 Jun 2016, 14:06 PMMr.Smith

BreakingBrad has given one of the best suggestions to fix howitzer-play to date:
- Reduce their range drastically
- Also reduce their cost drastically
(something like 50%)

That way, you will only, realistically, use howitzers offensively when you want to besiege something in particular (e.g,. Brit sim-city, OKW-truck blob, etc).

This will lead to more interesting situations where:
- The howitzer is actually vulnerable to direct assault, since it is closer to the front.
- Countering the howitzer with one-click abilities will no longer be profitable.

Currently, we get the "I'll set this LeFH all the way in the back and camp around it with my pak-wall"-flavour type of Howitzers. These can only, realistically, be countered by commander offmap abilities. We don't want to overbuff these.

Jump back to quoted post9 Jun 2016, 11:34 AMMissCommissar

Well, why not to make it "Gustav"? You know, sometimes it says that "Schwerer Gustav is ready to fire", when ability becomes ready to use, so... who knows.

Anyway, I think V1-like offmap stirke would be way more useful for breaking defensive lines, than those pathetic and inaccurate 3 shots. Specially for that count of ammo, which you need to spend on it.

Jump back to quoted post8 Jun 2016, 20:38 PMAustralian Magic

The hardest faction to play with the biggest micro input is Ostheer.