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I wish that by itself the range was shitty, but range was increased according to conditions like nearby units or that units can "spot" for them, similar to base howitzers.
But that clearly seemed to be too much work for Relic to consider. If they make the most money when reaching Bronze, they sure as shit won't try any harder for Silver, let alone Gold.

Yeah all they need to do is just add the flip thing back. It's not like they need to rework the UI, it's just not applied to other players' cards.

ffs THAT is lazy.

I agree with slight exception to the Obs Post idea: maybe if it was something like a passive ability of OKW trucks when deployed or even a toggle for some OKW light vehicles? I wouldn't mind spending the fuel manpower and popcap of a light vehicle to make sure that VP or Fuel point can't be taken unless it is destroyed first. If anything that's not much of a faction buff because the ability is just territory secure and not accompanied with an increased resource income.
Of course, that's merely trying to keep OKW asymmetrical as possible, it can just be giving them caches like everyone else and adjust economy accordingly, re making them even more like Ostheer. Might as well finish going down the slippery slope.

On Thorough Salvage it's simply a matter of assinging G and placing it above regular salvage. Oddly enough, that's a simple solution to a unit that has more abilities than any OKW unit, and with some oddly assigned hotkeys as well: why in the remotest fuck would you assign the closest keys to the least accessible vetearncy unlocks in the faction? O to salvage instead of V or even ZXC? Hell even Q is an option. I can understand V because VOlks' STG upgrade, but Q and rearranging to more sensible keys?

@Danyek I believe the point was that salvage offers multiple tactical options, whilst Thorough Salvage removes some of them (and increasing risk) for the rather miniscule amount of more fuel and some munitions. Sure in a match with loads of wrecks you can really get a difference...if you can get your guys to salvage all of them. But like what OP says, part of the benefit involves depriving the enemy of uncrewed weapons or vehicles.

In any case I would just buff the ability so it has same salvage time. It's not exactly a lot everytime. It's argue that OKW is the weakest faction, and it's not like Salvage is the number one thing you'd want Sturmpioniers to do. Hell if you really want it, Sturms do it just as fast but Volks do it slower, you got the risk reward of expensive versus cheap unit.

Some more feedback on some specific ideas:

Weapon racks: I don't hate the idea but you can't ignore two factions already have this feature, both being allies, and both being non-doctrinal.
I was thinking of a bit more novel approach that tries to be weapon rack and yet not really:

They are weapon racks as usual, but cost a lot; certain upgrades or teching up however reduces their cost as well as allow units to ugprade in the field; and unlike other weapon racks, allies can use the weapons as well. The only caveat is that these weapons are inferior compared to their equivalents, ie the LMG is weaker than the Grenadiers' LMG42, so the only real reason for the change in weapons is the slightly lower munitions cost, plus the instant upgrade compared with the time to upgrade a unit.
Another more radical approach is that weapons are paradropped in boxes; it's historically similar to how FJs get their weapons, though that's hardly the contextual case in this game, but it allows a different way of getting weapons- and being dropped also allow allies or enemies to pick them up.
As to weapons themselves, I was thinking replacing them with Luftwaffe weapons:
-MG81 for the LMG, which was basically the aircraft mounted MG34, similar stats.
-An AT weapon instead of Modello 38 (hereafter called "M38 SMG" for simplicity). I'm thinking a German AT rifle; the M38 can instead be an different or doctrinal upgrade for units for a close-combat option- any faction will need an AT weapon instead of SMG, after all.

Another idea in regards to weapon racks: there are weapon racks as well as unit upgrades, but they are different. For example, the MG81 and Panzerbuchse for racks, but the units have different upgrades like StG44s or Panzerschrecks, etc. The difference being the racks are cheaper, avaialbe earlier and all sorts of other benefits but ultimately weaker versions of what you can upgrade in the unit panel. If the idea is not good enough, then it can be relegated to doctrinal unlocks; that is to say, choosing certain doctrines allows some units to upgrade to better weapons, but the CP restricts them where you may be better off to get the weaker weapon rack stuff prior to unlocking the doctrinal goodies.

Also a point on doctrinal themes:
Would be neat if the faction, like the British Forces, have a different theme for their doctrinal unlocks. British tend to have multiple powers in a single unlock, for example calling a Crocodile or Recovery Sappers will also throw flares at their target destination. I'm thinking that this faction could have what I call a more modular design to their doctrinal theme.
Some examples come to mind:
-Replacing units or abilities with doctrinal ones: instead of calling in new units, stock units are replaced with doctrinal ones. For a specific example, Italian auxiliaries in an Italian themed doctrine will replace your Luftwaffe Field Troops, the former being cheater but weaker, giving the entire match a different economic layout because your men come faster, cheaper but perform less powerful.
-Replacing upgrades with different ones: most doctrinal upgrades are additions (ie Ostheer's Spotting Scopes), though rarely mutually exclusive (ie OKW's Panzer Commanders); this faction could instead replace certain upgrades entirely, ie weapon racks for X weapon is replaced with Y weapon.
-Special Luftwaffe Officer abilities: Elaborated in some of my earlier posts, certain doctrines adjust, enhance or even replace some of your Luftwaffe Officer's special abilities, like one where using Concentrated Fire is followed by an airstrike frag bombs, compared to another where it instead drops butterfly bombs as landmines. Certain doctrines may not have such specializations but are compensated by focusing on the army as a whole- those doctrines offering Officer enhancements however have a greater focus on using the Officer.
-Modular defensive structures: most emplacements in the game have few upgrades or otherwise specialist in design: this faction however can have a "blank slate" emplacement that, among other things, can be expanded by doctrinal unlocks. For example, a Slit Trench is your basic stock emplacement, but doctrine X lets you upgrade it to a dual machine gun "MG81Z" mount for 360 degrees suppression platform, while doctrine Y lets you upgrade it to a 2cm flakviering for better armour piercing firepower but costs more, and doesn't suppress. A third doctrinal option can make it a 37mm similar to OKW T4, but costs even more, has higher CP, and fires slower. You can also add some additional stuff to those unlocks too; the MG81z can come with tank traps, but the 2cm and 37mm does not, whichever gives best balance. Unless it's some specially defensive, doctrine, it is not possible to have more than one of such options simply by virtue of commander exclusivity (unless you're one of those "need commander that has Tiger and Elefant" types!).
- Certain modular options fit the theme of the commander, for example, defensive themed commanders naturally have more modular options for emplacements, whereas those with a mobility bent will have things like sprint, light weapons and paradrops. Current commanders already are designed around this, but this faction takes it further by changing units and upgrades rather than adding to them.

So if you wanted to "nerf" light vechs so that they come out 10 min later, I'd be ok with that. This means I'll actually have some AT options from multiple sources.

But wasn't it one of Relic's intended design changes that had light vehicles last longer and medium armour come later? I recall that was the reason why they upped the original CPs for heavy and medium call-ins and raised cost to tech and get tanks- they wanted players to spend more time in mid-game. Which just means 222s running around.