Profile of Kasarov

I agree with all of the changes except moving them to the HQ. I think they should stay in the German T2 building, especially in light of the build time reduction and smoothed out vet.

Since we're back on Conscripts, I'll just repost this:

I think the Conscript rework, while interesting, is a bit too clunky.
My proposal for Conscript changes:

To make the conscripts more combat effective, and to compensate for their single weapon slot, a single "squad leader" SVT may be added as a starting slot weapon. This makes conscripts ever so slightly better at min 0, but not in a way that they would ever compete with Penals. At vet 3, conscripts gain a stat bonus when in cover, similar to Tommies and Osttruppen.

The new, revised, Mobilized Reserves upgrade to complement the above changes should do the following:
+ Reduce reinforce cost (as-is) and perhaps reinforce time
+ Improve veterancy gain (as-is)
+ Does not add another man
+ Does not utilize a weapon slot
+ Any fuel/manpower reductions to Conscript grenades should be reassigned here

This would accomplish the following:
+ Better min 0 performance, slightly more competitive choice
+ Better late-game scaling that offers something other Soviet units don't have
+ Faster scaling to the new Vet bonuses
+ Global upgrade that is straightforward
+ Still bleeds less
+ Still can loot weapons
+ SVT40s for Conscripts that don't overlap with Penals for I M M E R S I O N

And this is an absolutely stupid and senseless move. CoH1 still alive because it has a huge number of mods, with new factions and expanding opportunities. If CoH2 had the same modding possibilities, over the five years of the game’s existence, a huge amount of content would be created. Which could be taken with the permission of modders for New Commanders or created as needed.

I don't agree with this approach either, but it is what it is.

On the bright side though, the guys at Relic have allowed us community modders to add in UI assets like icons, portraits, and symbols, which is a definite improvement in acceptance compared to what we've had from Relic pre-Andy. So maybe there's still hope for the future of CoH2 modding, just don't hold your breath.

I am all in for the inclusion of Soviet Assault Engineers:



4-man squad, 320 manpower, locked behind CP 1.
Each model costs 27 to reinforce (same as Guards), and has combat performance slightly less than Shock Troop model (same armor, easier to hit, armed with less accurate PPsH). Cannot construct defenses (wire/mines) or tech buildings or caches.

Abilities:
Rudamentary Repair (slower than normal engie, same as P.Gren repair)
Satchel Charge (non-homing)
Cut Wire (no prerequisite upgrades)
Smoke Grenade (vet 1)

Upgrades:
Flamethrower as usual. No minesweeper upgrade.

I've made this pitch in a previous post, but I'll post a revised version here.

Make Pyro flare's barrage ability free, and put it behind a player-wide cooldown to prevent spammed usage by multiple squads. Give the upgraded squad some sort of camouflage ability (I've since found out toggle-able crawling is buggy with garrison/transport mechanics) so as they don't get pinned by unscreened MGs before throwing the flare. The beauty of it is that there are already in-game assets for such an implementation because of the cut Recon Infantry Sections had the crawl ability (There might also be unused voicelines for the sneaky beaky, but I'm not sure).

The current scrapped recon tactics ability disables Tommy weapons, gives it a sight range boost, and enables camouflage across even open cover. (It should be noted that if such a change were to be implemented, the innate sight boost from Pyro flares would have to go). The camo ability can be balanced accordingly if the current scrapped ability doesn't fit.

Sniper's arty flare can still cost muni since it doesn't require an upgrade, but a cost reduction would also be welcome.

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I think this is the most elegant way to tackle Brit indirect fire without adding any new units. It also helps solve Brit muni starvation. By making Pyro flares both easier to throw and free of per-use cost, the flares function much closer to proper mobile indirect fire (which is all free per-use) rather than the glorified range-limited off-map that it currently is.