Profile of Angrade (Ægion)

I think I said of good way to rework the Close Air Support Commander and Luftwaffe Supply Doctrine.

Luftwaffe Officer
-Abilities change from Close Air Support Commander and Luftwaffe Supply Doctrine
-Abilities share cooldown with their counterpart
-Doctrinal abilities recon ability replace the officer call in

Officer Variations

-Recon Pass
Improves with veterancy
can be come a loiter

-Supply Drop Zone
Not Tailored to a strategic point

-Anti infantry strafe
one aircraft loiter

-Anti Tank Strafe
one aircraft loiter, will need to be careful on preformace

-Stuka Dive bomb
Strategic bombing? like the commandos doctrine
or to like a bombing loiter like Overwatch

-Incendiary bombing run
Loiter like overwatch


This is just a brief idea, I have to leave soon so I can make replies once I come back.

Here are some alternative ideas for some various doctrines.

Soviet Industry
Replace Allied Air Drop to Engineer Salvage Kits
Replace Vehicle Crew Repair Training with Soviet War Machine

Soviet war Machine
-120 second time ability
- up to two/three lost tanks/assault guns will be replaced with Green T34/76s (similar to rapid conscription)
-200 munition cost

Green T34/76
-Max health 400 making it either a 3 shot kill or a 2 shot and snare kill.
-increased target size by 2
-unable to vet
-skin locked to default green skin.
-still have access to ramming
(in order of the Green T34 to look different then regular, the regular T34s should have the Hulls extras on.)


NKVD Rifle Disruption Tactics
I know have been talking about this doctrine a lot, in which we all agree it needs reworked. It should be around harassing or Disrupting the opponent. Additionlly having a third doctrine with partisans would make the bulletins more appealing.

-0 CP: Radio Intercept
-2 CP: Hit the Dirt
-2 CP: Partisans (the Disruption unit)
-6 CP: Fear Propaganda
-9? CP: Scorched Earth
60 Second Overwatch action that calls in Mortar Barrages (Incendiary?) in friendly territory

Soviet Shock Army
As stated before, too many overlapping abilities.

-2 CP: Shock Troops
-2 CP: 120mm Mortar
-6 CP: Fire and Manuver
-time ability
-vehicle increase accuracy and perhaps able to cap?
-12 CP: IL-2 Loiter
-14 CP: KV2


The Doctrines Terror Tactics, Anti-Infantry Tactics, and Shock Rifle Frontline Tactics has Three overlapping abilities making them too similar so a small rework should be in order.

Shock Rifle Frontline Tactics
-Shocks
-AT gun Ambush
-Incendiary Artillery Barrage
-KV8
-IS2

Anti-Infantry Tactics
-Shocks
-recon overflight
-fear propganda
-Incendiary Artillery Barrage
-KV8

Terror Tactics
-Shocks
-fear propganda
-Ml-20
-KV8
-IL-2 Bombing Strike

Here is how I would change the doctrines so their would be less overlapping abilites

Anti-Infantry Tactics
2 CP: Machine Gun Nests
-100 Munitions? With a Dshk in the doctrine making this cost munitions would not deplete the manpower for unit call ins
2 CP: Dshk 38 HMG
4 CP: Recon Overflight
7 CP: Incendiary Barrage
8 CP: KV-1

This doctrine would be transformed from a support-ish to a more defensive doctrine. Since this doctrine was in the middle of the other two in likeness, changing it would be Ideal. While the other two do have two same ability and one like ability, this should be fine. Though we can always change Terror Tactic's Shocks into Assault Guards?


Speaking of similar doctrines, Guard Rifle Combined Arms Tactics and Soviet Combined Arms Army. Even half of their name is the same. They two same ability and one like ability in the form of the airstrike. With Guard Rifle, they do have synergies, Guards with long range and Conscripts with PPSHs is close range. So I will focus on the other doctrine.

Soviet Combined Arms Army
-1 CP: Forward Observation Post
An Alternative "Cashe" to be built on a point to provide more vision like an observation post point.
75 munitions
-3 CP: Assault Guards
-5 CP: Anti Tank Gun Ambush Tactics
-8 CP: ML-20
-12 CP: Il-2 Bomb Strike

I think we are going about the Soviet Doctrine all wrong. There are simply a lack of unique and powerful abilities. Here is a video of unused doctrinal abilities. I will give a quick summery what it could be in the game.

Soviets start at 2:09


1. Scorched Earth
-Frontline Overwatch ability that drops 120mm mortars on advancing enemies.

2. Hold the Line
-Infantry will gain combat bonuses in friendly territory for a time.

3. No Retreat, no surrender
-too similar to hold the line and too gimmicky.

4. Manpowerblitz
-would promote too much blobing, not a good idea

5. Red Banner t34/85s
I have actually done something with this in the past
-One time call in of two T34/85s
-Skin locked to the Red Banner colors.
-Since it is a one time call in, they could revive a small discount in comparison to building t34/85s

6. Sector Air Cover
would be too similar to the IL2 loiter. (it maybe it because I can not remember the voice line to it.)

7. Machine gun nests
-do I need to explain this one?

8. Fire and Manuver
-time ability
-vehicle increase accuracy and perhaps able to cap?

9. Forward Observation posts
-Either a free standing watch tower (owned)
-Or a alternative Cashe for vision instead of a munition or fuel

10. Green T34/76, Soviet war Machine
I have a unique idea that combines theses voices lines
-Time ability
- up to two/three lost tanks/assault guns will be replaced with Green T34/76s (similar to rapid conscription)

Green T34/76
Max health 400 making it either a 3 shot kill or a 2 shot and snare kill.
increased target size by 2
unable to vet
skin locked to default green skin.
still have access to ramming

11. Evasion tactics
infantry unit may Oorah sprint for 5 seconds (like the Ostheer sprint)

I generally agree that the unit is underutilised for its performance, but I would not go as far as comparing it to "2640 hp grenadier". That is for a number of reasons:
1. Units shooting out of vehicles have only half the chance to hit.
2. All small arms are going to hit the vehicle with probability of 1, while it is not as easy to hit grenadier, especially in cover.
3. There is also rear armour of 5.5 which is much less and you are going to often show it, especially with pios inside.
4. You cant use all the great abilities grens have, this includes not only nades but also for example retreat.
5. Last but not least, grens are resistant to any type of AT, while the ht is going to get heavy damage from it.

Generally, IMO, it is much easier to lose the HT than to lose a squad of grens.

1. The half accuracy when garrison in a vehicle is not true. If the vehicle is stationary the units inside are still have full accearcy, they still recive moving penalties if the vehicle is moving, yet the LMG can still fire but with its own moving penalties. With the doctrine it in, not moving is fine with its spotting scopes.

2. Since the halftrack are targetable, units are more like going to target it rather than Gren squad itself.

3. It call reverse moving and not showing your rear, anyways 5.5 rear armor is quite high, higher than the frontal armor than the Kubel/WC 51/M3 Scout.

4. Why waste munitions on standard squad if it really can not touch your grens, or why waste munitions on a HMG that can now easily flank? For retreating, you can reverse move out or know your limits. You can always hop your grens out.

5. Spoting scopes will allow you not to drive into at guns, and you can always hop your grens out.

With the changes to camo the camo is a rather UP ability so I would suggest giving some RA bonuses as well and lowering cost.

The cost is 30 so it is already cheap. The Grenadier variant in my mod gains one G43 to help with damage. Maybe to adjust the camo settings to allow them more movement for the camo? Remember they do have a first strike bonus of x1.5 accuracy bonus for 5 seconds which really does help. I was also thinking of allowing Pioneers and AT guns to upgrade this as well. Maybe mortars too? So if they were going to get flanked they could just hide until they pass.

The G43/LMG (in your mod) is wierd on the PG so I would suggest that the ability for PG now give 4+1 g43 (around Ranger m1 Garrard level) and allows an extra member (no schrecks).

I am assuming you mean carbine and not the garand?

While your idea is interesting, I am a bit hesitant on changing Pgrens. In the live game, Riflemen with two BARs is relatively equal to a Pgren squad, excluding vet. Note I am not saying no because they would still be weaker than Rangers with their target size. Would you like to see this on Stormtroopers in the elite troops doctrine (exclusive to the other upgrades)?