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No they dont. while its true that okw infantry comes equipped with their weapons your paying an arm and a leg for it in terms of mp popcap. simply put you can field far more riflesquads with bars/lmgs then you field elite okw infantry and if you lose a rifleman you only lose 28 mp. that much less risky then losing 40 mp + for all the elite infantry.

Not to mention, the beastly reinforcement times for units like Jaegars and Sturmpioniers. If for any reason your OKW squads needs to retreat, they need to retreat, heal AND reinforce before you can throw them back into the fight. Bringing down a Sturmpionier squad to 1 man and having to retreat that guy for the resources and time to replenish is big setback for any OKW player. It's worse than an idle squad doing nothing because it requires resources and time, and if attacked (especially at an upgraded medic truck) is more vulnerable to getting killed off.

They're effective at the right moment, which thankfully can be done by the player whenever opportunity presents itself. That said, once they are deployed they act like regular infantry with all the same limitations. Once the enemy is aware of that strategy they will respond accordingly. It's not like these things are for free.

Personally I think a suitable compromise would be to have them start with MP40s and be able to upgrade to FG42s. And that FG42s can be dropped. FJs therefore would have to choose between spawning just to rape a vehicle (which can be quite a waste of manpower, even if it was a wounded Jackson or Sherman), or spawn and wait to rape any infantry nearby. The waiting time could allow enemy infantry to kill them off. US paratroopers for instance don't spawn with advanced weapons, they even have two upgrade options, but otherwise are used in just the same manner. I mean if FJs get to spawn wit such weapons why not Paratroopers?

XP that goes toward CP for dotrines is OK, but units houldn't gain veterancy for building fences.

Building mines or other thins that cost however might be different. I'd think the amount should be VERY small though.

Not sure if this is too crazy of an idea... But what if the Kubelwagen is swapped for MG34 and the Luft and Fort. docs get the Kubelwagen? Of course the MG34 would cost a little bit more, maybe 20-30MP. I'm not sure if it would change too much balance wise considering MG34 is in two doctrines.

The Kubel could also gain a couple of new abilities for each doctrine. For example maybe with Luft after vet 1 it could serve as forward arty observer and call in small arty strike for ~100 munit. And maybe for fortifications it could 'hull down' i.e. put some sandbags infront making it immobile but reducing received damage from small arms fire by 50-60%. Also would increase suppression.

Just an idea...

Don't agree, allow me to explain:
The thing about the Kubelwagen is that it's not a great unit as-is. Swapping it around doctrines and such won't make any difference, instead I would just have an aversion to an entire doctrine rather than to a particular unit.

If however the Kubelwagen is given utility abilities like capturing points that is a great benefit. You don't need to divert your combat infantry to take points that are abandoned by the enemy team, you can use that Kubelwagen instead. The reason for building Kubelwagens then becomes twicefold: to provide suppression whenever in combat, and capturing points that are clearly safe from enemy contact whenever not.

Utility vehicles provide very powerful benefits to armies. One of the most important USF vehicles for instance is, of all things, the Ambulance. The thing is slow, cheap, has no tech required, and yet allows healing and reinforcement in friendly territory, a must for any player. Combine that with another utility unit, the Major, and you have the USF version of the medic truck, except it could also move.
Given the very low armour and fighting capability of the Kubel, shifting its focus towards utility use makes more sense. The OKW already has powerful units for one thing.

Another idea I have on hand is to swap the Salvage abilities from Volksgrenadiers to Kubelwagens.

Good god ANOTHER Alpha? Is this Company of Heroes, or Company of Alpha Products?



see waht I did there?