Profile of Grumpy

Big no to OP.



Not sure why this is a thing.

"As having more than 9 decks, having too many buttons would confuse people".

What's the button for AT nade assault and molotov ?

AT nade assault replaces the normal snare. I think it's the detect armor ability that replaces the molotov. I do wish they would've just used the middle buttons instead of replacing the original abilities. They end up pretty gimped so you often end up using only 1 or at most 2 squads as PTRS cons. I do think it would be okay for the PTRS cons to get the 7 man upgrade. PPSH cons would be terrible to play against if 7 men.

Had an opponent use the Pack howie in a match on Rails and Metal today. In 14 minutes, it got 8 kills and was Vet 2. The 8 kills cost me about 208mp. He got his as part of a air-dropped combat group so it cost him 125 to crew it, plus 80(?) munitions and 168 in upkeep (roughly). It did force several retreats. Seemed like it missed stationary targets about 30-40 % of the time, did a little damage about the same percentage, and hit hard once in awhile.

It might have looked better had the match went longer but during the time he had it, it seemed like he would have been much better off with a cheaper .50 cal. I didn't have a lot of weapon teams so he mostly had infantry to shoot.

This is why I asked people about their Pak experience after the patch. In my opinion the Pak howie change of increased scatter just increased RNG which is a bad approach, this combined with 20% damage reduction on vet3 grens makes pak howie an unreliable and expensive investment for 340 MP or whatever it costs.

I've tried it a few times since the patch. I had one that had a lot of good luck and got to vet 3 with 21 kills in a 4v4. Most of the time it did next to nothing. It still gets wiped easily (a problem that I don't have with LEIG's) but now doesn't do much even when it is up. I did have a MG42 almost get wiped by a Pack Howie. It only got hit because I was repositioning it. Had I left in in place the Pack howie would've missed comfortably.

If they made it an exact copy of the LEIG it would be a significant buff at this point. I've had double LEIG get close to 60 kills. Those work really well with the newly improved Falls.

I don't understand the mentality behind some of the decisions that are made. Somehow, the USF mortar needs to be worse than the OST mortar, while having about the same cost and pop cap. The justification is that OST needs to be stationary, implying that somehow USF never needs cover or to be stationary. It's okay that the OST mortar and the LEIG hard counter the USF mortar but not okay that the Pack Howie could counter them.

I don't think the Falls need to lose the Faust, they had it before the patch and it was fine then. However they were outclassed by nearly all other Elite Infantry, so that was their problem. The nukenade could be replaced by regular nade; nukenade from stealth can be a real bitch. Considering they're squishier than Obers I think they need to keep the Faust to help them against vehicles, which might chase them down and butcher them retreating otherwise.



So you like the suggestion then? (Not really super clear) because currently they have the same range and 'less uneven' implies it'd be a better dynamic. I think it would be a good change - ISU kills infantry at incredible ranges, and beats up most tanks, while Jagd is the only unit in the game able to really scare it off, but sacrifices all performance against infantry (atleast after its most recent nerf it sure does.)



Totally agree, especially the smaller-crew ones paired with the new Heavy buff makes them really useless.
AT gun wall will always be vulnerable to artillery, which I'm fine with, even with the proposed change and they'd be more akin to the 5-6 man AT guns. Also, 4/0.875 is still only 4.57, not even the health of 5 men (and remember the 4 are generally more clustered up than larger AT guns too), so that kind of change isn't really enormous. Could even be made larger.

I played several games as Soviets after the patch until I ran into someone who rekt me using Luftwaffe Ground Forces. He/she parachuted in behind MG's, dropped Falls on retreat paths to get wipes, etc, etc.
After seeing that, I've mostly been playing OKW with LGF and been enjoying the game much more.

Having falls parachute in at 2 cp is a problem. You can often parachute in behind a MG and if they don't notice and retreat right away, you can launch the tactical nuke for only 40 muni's and end up with a gently used MG. There are a lot of maps where you can shut down team weapon play. Falls has always had the faust and I don't think that taking it away would make much of a difference. Before the patch I thought they were overpriced and squishy. Now they seem too good.

I used this doctrine extensively in the past and I moved on. I think the lack of tank kills it. I’d suggest:

0CP T34/85 (built at T4)
2CP Conscript tank hunter package (100 muni: 4 ptrs39s, camo, can plant light AT mines, grenade assault)
4CP TMDB heavy mines (70 muni: immobilises vehicle)
4CP Camouflage (AT guns and tanks can camouflage but must remain immobile)
9CP Mark Target

This is the best suggestion so far. Maybe add a few things to make it more worthwhile. I don't think the above would beat Guard Motor.

0CP T34/85 (built at T4)
2CP Conscript tank hunter package (100 muni: 4 ptrs39s, camo, can plant light AT mines, grenade assault) (maybe add building tank traps, as it would help make the mines more likely to be worthwhile)
4CP TMDB heavy mines (70 muni: immobilises vehicle) Camouflage (AT guns and tanks can camouflage but must remain immobile) (combine the mines and camo)
9CP Mark Target
12CP PTAB Bombing run (lower the cost to 140 to reflect current damage)

One other possibility would be to add Guards instead of the Bombing run. Guards and tank hunters work well together. The bombing run would probably be needed in 4v4's though.