Profile of EtherealDragon

absolutely

As far as stuff that's missing I hate that they didn't add the KV2 + a few other units fix to shell trajectories that allowed them to fire over shot blockers. It was a real game changer that made them a lot easier to use.

I really like Hector's idea of just disabling Rifleman smoke while they are suppressed. Fixes the worst aspects of Rifle Smoke (yolo blobbing into HMGs) but retains the tactical flexibility you need for pushes.

That's intended as a countermeasure for early garrison-camping (and potential Maxim-spam) against OKW.

I think that was introduced around the time OKW veterancy nerfs were announced. Is that missing from the notes?

The last mention of flame grenades was 1.4

"BUG FIXES & QUALITY OF LIFE CHANGES
Fixed an issue where Walking Stuka barrages would not share cooldown
Volks flame grenade now available when truck hits the field (as advertised last update) "

Good to know though. Thanks for your hard work~

1. +1 to KV8 - at least in the FBP they buffed it's armor to compensate for being tied to Tech. It's not like KV8 call-ins are super meta currently either- it feels like it was solely a tit-for-tat for Flame Hetzer.

2. Luches build-time - I agree with it in concept but would have liked to see more testing. Maybe even something less drastic like +5 Fuel cost or 60 sec build time to see if that was enough of a delay first.

3. Infiltration Commandos to 3 Men - Now that Falls are Paradrop and Gammon bomb is on a timer this feels excessive - Stens are close range and not super wipey on retreating units. Given similar cost as Glider Commandos this ability feels pretty bad.

4. Luftwaffle CAS Clone - This might just be personal taste but I don't think adding more skill planez is going to make team games any more fun (although I admit that it's very good for making the commander viable).

5. Panzergren G43s to 3 - I haven't tested this a ton but they always feel very very good to me when I do use them. High moving accuracy on such a tanky unit that comes fairly early just makes me nervous .

What does 'Now has a received damage modifier of 0.8'' mean?

Mirage can correct me if I'm wrong but it means KV1 takes 80% of damage that it normally would. For example PAK shot would normally do 160 but instead does 128.

It does a couple of things for KV1 - it has less HP so it repairs to full faster but it also has more effective HP (I assume) since it will now take 6.25 shots to kill instead of 6 flat.

Patch notes are referencing "finalizing" changes so I assume they are aiming to release it this month. They also aren't changing much in the last few iterations except for the 11th hour call-in meta nerf. (Which you would think they'd want to test for longer but *shrug*)