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While I agree, I wouldn't delete those abilities because they are cool with great graphics, etc. Would be a shame to get rid of them.

I think increasing their price for every next time such ability is used would be a good solution. For example, You use it first time for 200 munitions, but the second time costs a player 300 muni, 3rd 400, and so on. It would make it much less spammable but still would allow for some some clever use. The player wouldn't be able to rely on them throughout the whole game but could use them once or maybe twice.

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Everything U wrote is true and I totally agree.

The "problem" is not that great. Generally, looking at tourneys (1v1/2v2) and analyzing matches one thing can be said for certain. It is easier to play as allies than axis. The difference is nowhere near what it used to be (thanks to the balance team - great bunch of people still making sure that the game experience of many players is better than in the past).

Pzgrens with shrecks are just one tiny example of small "problems" that add up with other small "problems" creating small but significant imbalance. The key is simply that the better penetration and dmg don't offset slower reload, worse far range accuracy, more manpower that has to be invested in the squad that holds pzshreck, more mp to reinforce, and the fact that the have less hp than larger squads. One also needs to add the fact that this is the only stock squad that can wield hand held at on the ost side. Allies can equip hand held at on many other squads and don't need to sacrifice more expensive squads. If they do sacrifice them, their at performance is boosted by the relatively new "elite" bazooka performance. The idea is probably to just adjust pzrshreck performance a little bit, so that the result of a relatively big resource investment into a shrecked elite squad is more predictable/reliable. We're probably talking of small differcences. Just look into sander vs jibberjabberjobber discussion in the thread on Sander's personal balance changes.

OP is right - for an elite and glass cannon squad they seem to miss too much. I'd suggest a blend of both solutions. Make them be more accurate from the start with less damage and instead of receiving better accuracy with vet, they should deal more damage with vet instead, so that at vet 3 their damage output is similar to what it is now.

I dont think the proposed changes are problematic at all.

I do agree that having a 300mp unit that needs to perform close combat duty, sweep, repair vehicles/structures, lay mines/wire, potentially provide anti tank duty, give healing and doctrinally clear garrisons is extremely taxing for a single or even 2 squads.

I see two potential ways of helping the situation:
Either offload the utility on other units, for example-give volks an optional sweeper package that locks out other upgrades

Or make them cheaper and less potent

Yep. That is pretty much a correct diagnosis. The solutions are also sensible. My worry is that if one starts toying with early game power of sturms, the consequences might be largely difficult to predict.

The idea of giving a sweeper to volks is actually quite good. They would lose one fighting model and other upgrades. Makes sense. I would even consider actually upgrading volks to some repair unit after some tech.

Still, I feel that just building an ost 5 men pio from hq after all battletrucks are set up would be an easier option. It would also not exclude all the proposed changes by Sander. They could be added anyway.

That's way too big of a nerf for allies imo

For OKW as well. They would have to snare a vehicle on top of it hitting a mine. Or snare and then wait for a mine, or place two mines. I'd like that tbh, even being mostly allied player. I know how game changing it would be, though. I feel that the mine cost and the vehicle cost discrepancy is so big that those expensive tanks should not be crippled and lost due to a random mine when they are full health. Since they often need to dive, the mine damage would be enough. This would make the game more dynamic. You would have to protect your mines and follow up with a snare.

Of course, I understand that many people may be against it Let's just make it my own risky opinion

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Panzergrens with shrecks do suffer form accuracy far range not only because they miss. It is also because they are four men squad and very often have only one chance to shoot and they have to retreat if a player doesn't want to lose them to a t70, for example, let alone sth heavier. It wouldn't be a problem if shrecks were equipped on a cheaper squad. Sander suggested making them deal less damage but be more accurate far range - makes sens as range might help pzgren to be less likely to get wiped as they won't need to close distance that much. JibberJabber suggests, if I remember correctly, that a better idea might be to make them reload faster. I think both ideas suggest that there is a bit of a problem with an expensive upgrade on an expensive and fragile squad. I don't know whose idea is better tbh (Jibber arguments with the fact that accuracy rises with vet and that what Sander suggested might be unintentional nerf - I think he might be right here).