Profile of Kasarov

So I've been thinking about the removal of FRPs, and here's my humble two cents:

It occurred to me that WFA as a general rule of thumb has no non-doctrinal reinforcement-providing troop transports like EFA does. I'm curious if this will be addressed as well?

Looking at OKW specifically, the 251 Walking Stuka is the easiest to retool. A marker_ext and some hold_ext edits would allow it to function similarly to the other open-topped halftracks. The Stuka's cost can be lowered and the rocket artillery functionality locked behind an upgrade that, depending on how testing plays out, may or may not take away its transportation and reinforcement abilities like CoH1. This would allow MechHQ to have forward reinforcement, too, opening up new venues of play. There are even voicelines for an OKW troop carrier in the files that can be heard on those rare occasions you capture an abandoned APC.

I haven't quite pieced together ideas for UKF and USF besides making their doctrinal halftracks non-doctrinal. I know for certain that the 251 Stuka as a troop transport functionally works.

In my mod the Stuka Zu Fuss was OKW's transport. It lets infantry fire out of the vehicle (with correct animations!), and that would probably be the better implementation.

It would be interesting to have some sort of Fallschirmjager unit for OKH, but there's no 100% fitting voice pack for them (you can't transfer voice assets from one faction to another). The closest substitute would be the normal Jager voicelines, but then voice and the portrait does not match.

I'd also like to see Luftwaffe Field Units for building flak emplacements, but again no voice lines. I feel that a lot of EFA commanders lack unique character because there's so much overlap. There's nothing that CAS really adds in vanilla that other commanders can't do better.

Ok vs USF for example

They spam rifles and airborne/rangers etc + AAHT

How can you counter this? It has such large range that they can easily kite away from raketen, luchs cant do much because they will snare it with riflemen

Same for puma, it will still pin your troops allowing their inf to walk all over yours.

It's such an easy strat for US but very hard to counter with OKW, especially when their inf walk over most OKW inf (green cover volks isn't viable over most of the map...)

The same argument can be reversed.

Spam Volks and Panzerfusilier + 251/17 FlakHT

Except USF doesn't get AT until Captain, infantry-based AT is suicide vs FlakHT, and USF have no mines. Worse yet, MG and AT gun are practically mutually exclusive.

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Raketens have cloak, and can sneak up to get within range of the AAHT. Try to use them aggressively, and have them always near your infantry for rapid response. Raketens are not defensive AT guns - they lack the range and the accuracy, so the goal is to get them in there as close as possible with cloak, and then attack with support from another AT unit, be it Sturms mit Panzershreck, Puma, or god forbid another Raketen.

With the Luchs, picking your engagements is key. Diving in without support is a surefire way to get swarmed by infantry and snared. Keeping the Luchs at max distance allows you to plink away at their infantry to inflict bleed, force them off, and then engage the halftrack when safe. Try pairing with an MG34 to ward off extra thicc infantry blobs, and a Raketen or Puma to deal with the halftrack. Standard infantry as support also works well, but be careful not to get in range of enemy suppression. The Luchs is a soft-counter, and should never be thrown head-on without support against a supported vehicle.

Pumas pair excellently with the Luchs. With long range and good accuracy and a decent rate of fire, Pumas can sit back at long range and force the halftrack out of play. The key here is supporting your Puma, as a lone Puma can get rushed by infantry. Pair with a Luchs or MG34 (or both) or keep your own infantry with it to protect it.

Finally, remember that he usually just has one half track. As long as you keep AT close by (but not too close to be bullied off by point men) you should be able to deal with the halftrack quickly. If you don't kill it, he has to pull it back and repair it, allowing you time to recover from its suppression and inflicting a small micro tax on your opponent.

I mean, if it must be implemented with the lease effort possible, would it be possible to give all ostheer vehs an aura that only affects Pgrens, or is game unable to do that?

I am no modder, so I am pulling shit out of my ass.

That's exactly how I did it. However, it's less of an issue of how easy it is to do it, it's more of Relic's papa scope. Many a great idea was cut because it was "out of scope"

V2.0 Proposal

PGrens cost 280 manpower, are deployed with 2x kar90s 2x stgs as standard, and traditional stick grenades.

Have one of two upgrade choices: 80 muni or 40 muni at vet 1

AT upgrade

One panzerschreck, anti tank grenade (only stuns), teller mine ability.

or

AI upgrade

4x stgs, bundle nade, and booby traps.

My personal design would be:
340MP: 3xK98, 1xLMG42. The Panzergrenadier LMG42 is weaker than Gren LMG42 but fires on the move. Think BAR profile. Reverted to normal Gren LMG42 if picked up by other units.

Can upgrade into:
60MU: StG44 Package, 4xStG44 and gives the tactical advance ability.
75MU: Swaps the LMG42 with a single Panzershreck and can lay teller mines. The Panzergrenadier version of the Panzershreck has a higher RoF than the normal Panzershreck but are reverted to normal Panzershrecks when picked up by other units.

Finally, a buff/nerf system based on their proximity to nearby armor. If they are not supported by armored cars, halftracks, or actual tanks, they are easier to hit and are less durable than Grens. If they are supported, the armor units confer both a movement speed buff and received accuracy buff.

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