Profile of Angrade (Ægion)

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A stock unit that buff all soviet infantry can prove really problematic. Especially one that can nullify one of the things Ostheer have going for them the HMG-42.

If one want to make conscripts better in late game one can simply allow universal upgrades in each of the soviet buildings.

That would prevent conscripts from blobbing since they would have to spend on teching before becoming effective.

Imo conscript are not as bad as people claim, its the ST VG that are op and make them look bad...

The initial Commissar has a 2 minute deploy time and still needs to get to vet 1 for the Force Retreat ability so Ostheer early MG can still preform fine for a good chunk of time.

STG for Volks I did removed from my mod so now they do have to rely on the veterancy for the late game.


And when for it becomes for grens, I decided I would buff Pioneers to help support grens. Pioneers and Combat Engines were just weak and largely dead units through out the game after all, on a per model bases a Pioneer was weaker than a riflemen at close range while Combat Engies were a 4 man conscript squad. All the other factions had a useful Engineer to aid in the initial and early game.

First off thanks for the response, (or at least liking another response). I have done similar things so far, so hear are my responses.

Replace Relief Infantry with Mobile Defense Ostruppen
The psuedo-defensive ability of Relief Infantry is incredibly clunky to use with the Wehrmacht's 4-man squads. Why not just let the Soviet ability which works better be unique, and allow players to gain Ostruppen squads directly instead of having to pay munitions and manpower (for reinforcing units lost to fuel Relief Infantry) for those mediocre soldiers?

The problem with Ostruppen, is the fact then come a bit late. This is why I have replaced Ostruppen Reserves with regular Ostruppen Dispatch. The usage or over usuage relief infantry is a bit of a trap, for you are receiving weak infantry who need veterancy in order to be effective. Granted this ability needs something changed, I have nerfed it from up to three squad to two squads.

Swap LMG Grenadiers for Assault Grenadiers in German Mechanized 250 Halftack
This is a no-nonsense, straightforward change which will allow assgrens to live in more than one commander. Honestly, why fill the 250 halftrack with basic Wehrmacht infantry? On that note...
Give the 250 Halftrack... something
Manpower cost reduction is a given, but even so, there is little point to this risky doctrinal clowncar. An mg, an upgrade to the 250/7 mortar halftrack, a recon ability, ability to drop panzerschreks, something.

I took another approach to the 250. An empty 250 can be built for 150 manpower much earlier on in ordered so it can some more usage and it can garrison mortars (excluding the 120mm) who can fire out.

Replace Close Air Support Doctrine abilties with their loiter counterparts
I personally felt that this is how CAS should've been balanced. Bigger abilities make munition transfer more relevant, loitering introduces counterplay, and it gets rid of the silly "dodge or be murdered" game which CAS currently presents.

Yeah, think people right now believe loiters are on the OP side hence why I made the Anti Tank Loiter to a strafe variant.

Fold G43 Upgrade Package and Model 24 Stun Grenades into the same ability
Another case of extending rarely-seen abilities together to promote their usage. This would very likely come with an increased munitions cost for the upgrade, but it'd still be interesting. Give Elite Troops the stuka suppression run/fragmentation bombing run or something.

Seeing how my mod is has already swapped G43 and LMG 42 this will not extacty fit in. Additionally, stun grenades are strong enough to be their own doctrinal slot.

Consolidate Vehicle Crew Repair and Repair Stations
Soviets have so many repair options, it's rather silly. Fold, replace, or whatever you like, but at the very least Soviet Industry doesn't need two of them. Give them IL-2 strafing support for a proper munition sink.

I do not know of anyone who uses vehicle crew repairs often. Changing is maybe necessary.

Replace Conscript Repairs with For Mother Russia!
Hell, while we're at it, remove the other widespread repair ability to something more immediately valuable for conscripts, and to make the remaining repair abilities more valuable.

I think Conscript repairs are fine myself.

Add near-instant reinforce time to Rapid Conscription
The instant reinforce time of the British Air Resupply Operation would be a brilliant addition to this rather bland ability. It just makes sense.

This is an interesting idea, maybe with Ostheer's and OKW's Counter Attack as well?

Do SOMETHING to Elite Vehicle Crews
This might be the single most useless ability in the game? 90 munitions to make something you don't ever want to see away from a vehicle half-decent in combat? Make it into a weapon-rack upgrade, make it an automatic upgrade and/or a half-sized upgrade for Rear Echelons, just don't keep it how it is.

I chose with replacing it with Withdraw and Refit

Replace USF Recon Sweep with M10s for Recon Company and Bulldozers for Mechanized Company
This ability is incredibly redundant with the Major, although I do recognize that there are some differences. These two commanders are widely seen as the weakest that USF has right now, and a lot of that comes down to poor late-game presence. Giving them sturdier call-in vehicles can help with this issue. Of course, the Mechanized version could also be replaced by a certain heavy tank...

Currently I have adjusted the Sherman with a dozer upgrade which increases health to all more tankiness.
I chose to change the Recon Support with the Loiter and the Mechanized with Combined Arms

Fold Riflemen Flamers and Riflemen Flares into the same ability
Flares are very rarely used, and this could make way for inserting Riflemen Field Defenses into Rifle Company, which seems rather appropriate and would further diversify defensive options like the Eastern Front changes I proposed.

I actually did something similar. I combined the forward observers and flares for they both provided sight. The Flamer upgrade I moved to Lieutenant tech and replace the directional ability with Riflemen Field Defenses.

Fold Radio Silence and Artillery Flares into the same ability.
Similarly, who uses Radio Silence? Both abilities firing at the same time fit with each other, silently spotting for a slightly sneaky attack. Mostly though, it'd free up an ability slot. I'd suggest HEAT shells or even Wehrmacht's Breakthrough (Encirclement Doctrine) for added 'elite' capabilities.

This could be interesting. Over course it need to be renamed, maybe Silent Operations?

I have been thinking, for some additional ideas and I would like to hear your all thoughts.

Soviets

1. Shock Army
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Possible Replacement
Based on the name this doctrine should be geared towards offense but shock troops have been used many other doctrines and prevent overlap why not Assault Guards?

-2 CP: Hit the Dirt
-3 CP: Assault Guard Halftrack
-6 CP: For Mother Russia
-8 CP: Mark Target
-13 CP: IS 2


2. NKVD Rifle Disruption Tactics
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Based on the name, this doctrine should be about harassing your opponent and perhaps with "Harassment unit: Partisans?"

0 CP: Radio Intercept
2 CP: Partisans
2 CP: PMD 6c AP mines (can be laid by partisans)
2 CP: PMD 6m AT mines (can be laid by partisans)
6 CP: Fear Propaganda

While there is still Three Munition based abilities, two are very cheap and variable so they are not really a big munition sink while Fear Propaganda is cheap enough itself used as well.
Granted, in my mod, I have replaced one the Partisan Call in from the Partisan Tactics Doctrine with PMD 6 mines as well so perhaps replacing that with something as well. I was thinking for that a Conscript PTRS upgrade in which Partisans can be upgraded to the Guards variant as well.

This is something I've thought about off and on and tried to implement various ideas in mod tools. I could never get things to function how I'd wanted due to the restrictions of mod tools/my own time and knowledge of modding this game.

I honestly believe that while there are obviously some broken commanders on either side of the viability spectrum, I don't think that individual designs of commanders are the root of the problem.

I think the most distilled version of what might function for CoH2, not necessarily a hypothetical CoH3, would be the return to how vCoH utilized CPs.

You didn't choose a doctrine that automatically unlocked abilities as you acquired CPs. You acquired CPs, and then you used them to progressively unlock abilities from one of the three doctrines.

For CoH2, since commanders don't have branching/multiple paths of unlocks, it would actually be feasible if ALL THREE commanders in the loadout could be unlocked in one game. You would have three pathways to spend CPs on. You could have your Soviet Shock Army where you spend 2 CPs to unlock Shocks, but then you could have the community commander with tank traps that you could spend 2 other CPs on. And then hell, you could have Guard Motor to unlock Guards.

6 CPs in you could have Shocks, Guards, and Tank traps, but at the same time you'd be a long way off from any ML-20s, T34/85s, etc. This setup would allow for players to spread their CPs out for a wide array of useful passives, like say, Riflemen mines, RE flamethrowers, and M1919 unlocks. But the endgame abilities and call-ins would be likewise delayed. That M10 might just come too late.

Do you put everything into one commander to get out that Elefant? Do you get your Panzerfusiliers out then switch gears to try and get that Sturmtiger or Command Panther unlocked? Spreading CPs too thin could be crippling.

I always thought this would've been far more dynamic and interesting for CoH2. This is how I felt in 2013.

My OTHER notion about commander loadouts would be that all commanders could be categorized in a mutually exclusive way. For example's sake, all commanders could be categorized as "Offensive", "Defensive" or "Support". All loadouts would consist of one "Offensive" commander, one "Defensive" and one "Support".

All in all, I kinda miss triple NKVD commander loadout scare tactics. Kappa.

This would be interesting for a CoH3. I remember from a post in the Modding section where some one was or did try in import a Company of Heroes 1 style menu. I tried looking around for it but it may have been a year ago so it is like trying to fine a needle in a hay stack if you do not know what it was called for the search function.