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Marcus my post was *supportive* of a developer's comments yet got moderated. Unbelievable.

Err...wat? In fact, adding more factions makes balancing exponentially more difficult, thats simple arithmetics.
Also, Rollkommando is an unfortunate choice of term, no offence, a "Rollkommando" is a technical term in German, meaning roughly the equivalent of a flying squad, a mobile, police/paramilitary intervention group. Under the Nazis, this assumed sometimes far more sinister aspects, consider ie. these charming gentlemen: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollkommando_Hamann

OK thanks for the rollkommnado point, I saw it in another context and I'm not a German speaker.

Hello.

If you are one of those 'oh no, just balance what we've got the sky's falling in' types why not just close down this thread now? You're gonna hate it, the tl;dr is talking about a whole new faction for ze Germanz.

Some time ago I posited what a Brit faction would look like in CoH2. This envisioned a fast, armoured faction relying on modular infantry / support units and recce.

But what would their opponents look like? I'm talking primarily about NW Europe from the Winter of 1944 to May 1945, which for the British and Canadians was all about crossing the Rhine and the Scheldt campaign.

Note, I'm trying to capture a flavour of what a German faction would look like for THE GAEME not IMMERSHUN / ACCURASSY

So, to the faction

Kampfgruppe Nord

Army statement - Kampfgruppe Nord is the make-do-and-mend remnants of the once-mighty Wehrmacht, fighting a bloody, last-ditch defence of the Fatherland. Made up of battle-groups, encircled defensive garrisons and the occasional veteran unit equipped with Wunderwaffen, the Kampfgruppe Nord relies heavily on infantry, defensive tactics and captured materiel from earlier in the war.

Build style

This faction is fairly traditional in that it's initial building marks a call-in point. However, the first building, the 'Rollkommando HQ' can be placed in any captured territory. The Rollkommando is quick to build and can be used to call-in fast recce and interdiction assets (scout troop / MG halftrack / schwimmwagen / assault pios).

The three other tiers (insert fancy German name) specialise in -

Assault ('stomach battalion' low grade infantry, AT paratroopers, two-man MG42 team, sniper)

Defence (HMG team, AT halftrack, captured light armour (not decided what), PAK

Armour (StuH, Pz 4, Wespe 105 SPG)

Jadgpanther (etc) is a call-in unit, as is some other heavy armour. Wunderwaffe include IR sights for elite infantry and Me262 / Arado jet call-ins.

The vibe, therefore, is sort of Panzer Elite but with greater emphasis on defence.

Whaddya think?

Speaking, admittedly, as the worst moderator in the history of the Internet, I think BeltFedWombat is about right. That said, it's not a solution to anything. Hopefully whoever replaces Peter will be allowed to communicate more with all of us, and updates will be a little more frequent.

Bravo sir, bravo

^ That's not a bad idea.

But Amis don't need heavies. OK, the historic thing might be a moot point but Germany was famous for its over-the-top heavy tanks. The Allies weren't, even though they rushed some into production at the end of the war. I don't buy into the Pershing thing at all.

US needs:

* A more resilient, prestige Sherman variant
* Better AT guns
* A more interesting take on the tank destroyer doctrine beyond the Jackson (AT halfies, for example)
* Better, dedicated AT infantry and while I'm at it, sticky bombs
* An early tank better than the Stuart (Chaffee fits, a tank that scales well into the late game like the Puma does)
* Calliopes please

The vibe they need to capture is this - Germany is powerful, cornered and bleeding armoured beast. Dangerous when cornered, with a powerful bite. US is nimble, fast, well-supplied and tactically flexible.

The asymmetrical struggle between those themes is the whole point of US versus OKW. Pershings don't help that. They skew it.

It can be fixed with a core faction tweak and some commanders. An early Chaffee to counter Luchs rush, for example, or elite AT infantry with better zooks.