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Jump back to quoted post15 Dec 2016, 05:36 AMTheMachine

• It's a boring overlap to just have a shitty version of the Ziss gun on Tier1, whether or not its got some gimicks to make it useful. PTRS Penals is a more unique approach that's completely different to the Ziss gun. This makes Tier1 actually feel unique instead of "It's Tier2 minus the Maxim." since you could argue that Sniper and Mortar fill a similar role. (dislodging and harassing static units)
  

If you don´t like m-42 coz is a shitty version of the ziss gun, maybe you won´t like PTRS penals as they are the shitty version of Guards, that came at only 2 CP.

• M42 won't scale into the late game where as PTRS Penals are mobile and still decent due to deflection damage. (Assuming that Penals can get a 3rd PTRS option later on in the game which we have coming for 1.3) If M42 gets deflection damage its then going to be the only AT gun in the game with deflection, where as all infantry-based AT weapons have deflection damage
  

rak is the only atgun that can garrison and retreat at this moment, and I don´t see a problem with that.Why m42 can´t be the only one with deflection damage??? we like asimetrical balance and combined arms....both are reasons to give m42 to tier1 and deflection damage to m-42

• It will require the commanders with M42 on it to have a new ability, which will be more work and would put it even more out of scope of the patch
  

you can leave the m42 on the commander without problems, modify the thing so it came as an M42 without crew and with prize reduction as you already have in other commanders (airbone gives you a t1 unit in the commander but without crew...same way should work for the m42).

• Having to build the M-42 instead of just upgrading PTRS to ward off light vehicles will make Tier 1 even weaker, and that's the opposite of what the concern is now of making people actually want to go Tier1 over Conspam and/or T2. Conspam gives better early game pressure and more AT utility, Tier 2 is more robust and gives better strategic flexibility (and Maxims are OP) Without Flamer Penals being so overpowered, and with Guards being nerfed, what reasons is there for players to want to go Tier1? The only real reason is the Sniper and better scaling of Penals compared to Conscripts.
  

sniper and penals are enough reasons to go SU tier1 if you think on others factions tier1 as OKW (only give you LEIG) or USF Tier1, with no AT except for the Zook in the m20 crews...

• Whilst not necccesary buffing the anti tank of Soviets due to the heavy investment it requires, PTRS Penals give strategic flexibility to anti-tank in ways that all other factions have, since M42 will have the same counters and vulnerabilities as Ziss. In team games, Soviets can be in a very limiting spot late game if heavy Axis Tank destroyers nullify all their armour and Offmaps, Rocket Arty & Sturmtiger can constantly deny AT guns. With no infantry-based AT, Soviets have little options in these situations.
  

m42 will fight LV and will help better AT tools to deal at least with mediums...

is not rocket Arty & sturmtiger hardconunter of HAT infantry???

Jump back to quoted post8 Dec 2016, 15:27 PMMr.Smith

That's provided that I know that the M20 can cause this.

In order to verify that no matchup presents issues, I will have to do either or both of the following:
- Check each of these entries by hand
- Play out every single of the 2500 combinations in the live game

No go.

Jump back to quoted post21 Nov 2016, 16:38 PMVipper

Why not fix what would improve the game, especially if it is an easy fix.

Most Broken things are bugs and should be fixed anyway they also have little to do with balance...

Jump back to quoted post18 Nov 2016, 15:06 PMMr.Smith

The examples that you mentioned (Stuart vs OST or T70 rush vs Axis) are great examples of other problematic play-counterplay issues in the game.

As long as one player (the "attacker") can choose a particular strategy that shoehorns the other player (the "defender") to follow one particular playstyle to counter this, doesn't increase the game's strategic depth; it diminishes it. Particularly so if the only avenue available to the defender is not barely even viable.

Using these attack patterns to shoehorn the defender to play in the same predictable way is not "outplaying" your opponent. It is using knowledge of the current meta to completely deprive your enemy of choice about how they want to develop their army composition.

Every choice made by the attacker should afford the defender at least 2 viable ways to counter the threat. That way the defender is also given the choice to make their trade-offs than follow the exact same script game-in, game-out.

It is great that some factions have certain playstyles more developed than other playstyles; it adds flavouring to the game. What's not fine is that some factions have barely one playstyle available to them that makes them even conceivably playable.

Jump back to quoted post16 Nov 2016, 11:59 AMMr.Smith

My three biggest gripes when playing OKW are:
- Lack of smoke
- Lack of healing, unless MedHQ or Vet1 Sturmpioneers
- Lack of tools to dislodge a Maxim spammer (especially in teamgames), except for artillery piece spam (which I find boring)

When facing maxim spam, it is next to impossible to get Sturmpioneers to vet1. Thus, you either bite the bullet and go MechHQ (while bleeding to death), or you go MedHQ and spam ISGs (while getting bored to death). And, god forbid if the map is dominated by a garrison that the Maxim occupies.

My solution to this would be:
- Give Sturmpioneers a high-cooldown (say 60 seconds) short-range smoke grenade ability, and take it from there.