OKW needs better non-doctrinal infantry options to deal with vetted American infantry or Riflemen bonuses need to be toned down or a little bit of both.
That is what I've been saying from nearly 2 months now.
Volks can only win through attrition as they are nothing more than a walking Shrek and Incendiary platform. Even when vetted they still do poorly against American and British infantry who gain massive bonuses to their received accuracy that makes them near impossible to kill. Even when vetted, they still don't do enough and are worse meatshields as they only get 0.81 Received accuracy to protect themselves vs small-arms.
In addition, due to penalties, OKW is an infantry faction by excellence and relies more on infantry-type units than vehicles. And, as one of these guys said, volks are not a meatshield. They are the backbone. The backbone is shit, your army has a verry good chance to be weak.
-Tone down the Rifleman Vet 3 Received Accuracy to 15% from 20% so its 0.63 Recieved accuracy when at Vet 3 rather than 0.59. Not much but a smidge easier to hit.
I don't know, the problem is the volks performance, not necessarely the fact that rifles perform excellent nowadays.
-Give OKW a non-doctrinal MG either in the BGHQ or replace the Kubel. They need suppression to deal with blobs and they don't have snipers like Ostheer to inflict manpower bleed/win engagements. They have to toss infantry at the problem and fight head-on rather than relying on positional play of Ostheer.
Again, asked for this from nearly 2 months now, thank you for pointing this out.
-Slightly boost the Volks Received Accuracy. Not to Terminators, but maybe to 0.7-0.75 from 0.81 so they can meat shield for the elites better.
Yes, a valid solution also.
-Revamp the Volk Rifle so there is greater potential such as a slight damage increase so they require one less shot to drop a model. 12 damage from 10. DPS remains the same from the start, scales better in the end.
I don't know if this won't affect other axis infantry units also. They are the only ones using this rifle? I doubt.
tldr: OKW has a hell of a time fighting USF infantry. Critique suggestions at the bottom.
Feel ya on almost everything you said. The only way I could win these days with OKW is picking an MG34 doctrine, especialy because I use to play with an "on the field" med truck. If you don't set up some defenses in early - middle game, something to stop the attacking waves, you will be crushed and your med truck erased from the face of the earth. That is why I use only Luftwaffe and fortifications, they give me the chance to hold the line until I have enough power to push it myself. In the past, this could be achieved with or without MG34 but now without it it's impossible.
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