Profile of Chocoboknight88

Just had to laugh at how insanely fast a Vet 3 Cromwell fires when a Command Churchill is nearby! Literally two seconds per shot! I take back what I said about the Cromwell firing too slowly. I'm imagining two loaders taking turns each on loading the gun. XD

Seriously though, it needs to be toned down a little. The Cromwell already gets it's RoF boosted twice through vet. The Aura is just overkill.

Might as well share my impressions too.

Bren Carrier

I'm a little disappointed that it doesn't let infantry fire from inside. Shattering my fantasies of having them rush in under smoke cover and letting them decimate support weapons. Ah well... Makes a good capping unit though. I kinda hope we get a Kangaroo in a future commander.

Infantry Section

While these infantry are indeed strong, the reinforcement cost is too high. I would have rather had a higher upfront cost (Maybe 320?) in exchange for 30 Manpower per man. I do love the Medical kits though. Definitely improves their durability.

Royal Engineers

I know I shouldn't be expecting them to compare to Sturmpioneers but their firepower leaves more to be desired, especially for being a tier 2 unit. Not being able to build trenches themselves is rather odd. And GOD I miss tank traps! You simply cannot fight on more than one front because of it. The Pop Costs for the emplacements are really high and really shrinks my army's potential. If the Mines they planted were pure AT though (Infantry can't trigger them), it would certainly make up for it.

Scottish Sniper

Now this unit I love! I like to double up on these when I can. Being able to call arty, having fantastic range, decent rate of fire and when teamed up with a Valentine's Observation ability, he has a massive advantage in a Sniper war. Wouldn't change a thing.

Vickers HMG

Finally! An allied HMG that rivals their German counterparts! Sure it has the same weaknesses (Slow set-up speed) but these is ten thousand times better than the CoH1 MG nest.

Trench

I gotta wonder why the heck Relic decided to make this a player owned defense rather than an ambient one. I would have loved to support an ally by building these for them. Mind you, it doesn't last very long but it should at least be comparable to the German trench. On a side note, why did Relic decide it was a bug to let mortars fire from inside one? It has a bloody hole on top! :/ OH! And the American .50 Cal fires from them while lying down instead of setting up properly.

Cromwell

It was a favourite of mine in CoH1 but it is now a shadow of it's former self. I was hoping for that quick firing, low penetrating, HE shells I loved so much. It seems more geared toward fighting tanks, like nearly everything else seems to be. Plus I suspect the Smoke Shell is bugged. I would sometimes have to order multiple times to use it before it fires. Aggravating to say the least...

I'll share more thoughts on them as I play more.

I feel fine with all the DLC. It creates the funding needed to support the game for a longer time. I don't understand why people aren't taking into consideration that the Developers aren't modders. It's a paying job to support themselves and their families in an expensive city like Vancouver. The money to provide their upkeep has to come from somewhere.

It's not like the Relic Team are doing this for free and Sega pockets all the money. Every balance update, every maintenance session and every single staff member must be paid for (Full time hours, benefits, insurance...). There's only so much you can do with only one flow of income (Full game sales). Hence why DLC income helps extend the life of the game and the Relic staff's careers.

I'm more than happy to help support the talented team that made this game without having to buy multiple copies of the game.

Yes. A 6 pounder (USF 57mm) except it has penetration that of pak40/zis.

I'm going to assume that the British use better ammunition and it's more expensive? ^^'

Keep in mind that Duffy said he can cheat in his stream in his "Developer Build". Perhaps things will still have a shared cool down in the Public Build.