Profile of JibberJabberJobber

Voting for bundling vet 3 Riegel with AT-rifles for Grenadiers.

The bonus is still 20% less damage.

The aura range is 45.

The bonus applies to teammates aswell.

20% less damage is better than more health, because it also means the enemy will get less veterancy per shot and repairing/healing takes the same time.

20% less projectile damage translates to 25% more health.

Even team weapons get destroyed less easily (the weapon itself), which is mostly useful for the PAK43.

Any tank with 640 or less HP will survive 1 more tank hit. Every tank with more than 640 HP will survive 2 more tank hits.

The less damage bonus stacks with hulldown, meaning a total of 40% less received damage. (1 / 0.8 / 0.75 = 0.6).

As OKW against advanced emplacements:

- Get Jaegers (opieOP) to scout for raketens and have a way to trade efficiently with trenches.

- Avoid mechanized. Save healing muni by going med truck.

- Get 1 leig. Put it on hold fire and use barrages to hit trenches and the forward assembly. Shift-move afterwards to avoid counterbarrage. The forward assembly is easily killed, causing a great drop in repair efficiency for the enemy, while also stopping the enemy from being able to reinforce on the field.

- Get atleast 2 raketens. Place them manually when attacking emplacements or they will move in firing range of the Bofors. Reposition if you hear the Bofors doing a suppression barrage. Keep Volks nearby for recrewing.

- Upgrade your storms with a shreck to save some manpower instead of making another raketen. You often don't need a sweeper against Sim City, unless you're flanking. Try to move the Shrecked Storms in a trench or nearby garrison when attacking the emplacements.

- If enemy braces, move up some Volks to throw incendiary nades (wait until brace has almost ended).

- Get either a JP4 or Panther, depending on if you're gonna assault head-on or flank. JP4 is pretty good against emplacement play, cause of low pop and long range.

- Avoid reckless pushes. Move up slow and steady. The Bofors punishes overextension hard.

Just a few ideas

An alternative to Hull Down that I've tried is a toggle mode that slows movement heavily (including turret rotation) and reduces sight by half, but increases armor by a lot. It also takes a while to transition. It's kinda like halfway-hulldown.

A massive slowdown would be an interesting change, but to me the main benefit of Hull Down is the range increase.

What do you think about this idea?

1. Ability is toggled.
2. Tank digs itself into the ground. Same animation as the current hull down, but non-turreted tanks would have no sandbags around them.
3. Tank can only fire after the animation is finished.
4. Turreted tanks can only rotate their turret slowly, while non-turreted tanks can only rotate themselves slowly.
5. 25% range boost while active, possibly slight accuracy boost as well.
6. Ability can be only be untoggled/cancelled after the dig-in animation is finished.

The Elefant can't dig in with this change or gets a health boost instead of range.
Perhaps a name change to "Precision Firing" or something.


So like the current Hull Down, except tanks can do it themselves, take normal damage and get a rotation speed nerf.

Infantry Support Doctrine

Description: Halftracks support the advance of troops, who will fight more ferociously. Sturmpioneers can deal with armored threats, while Panzerfüsiliers can be requested for recon operations. A Panzer IV Ausf. F stands ready to soften enemy positions and provide powerful support options.

Sd.Kfz. 250/1 Half-track (0 CP)
The Sd.Kfz. 250/1 can be deployed from the Command Headquarters to provide infantry support.

- Can be build from the HQ once the first truck is set up.
- Costs 200 manpower and 20 fuel.
- This halftrack can be garrisoned, but unlike the Ostheer version has no MG and can’t gain veterancy.
- Can dig in, allowing nearby squads to reinforce. No other bonusses.
- Can sidegrade to a Sd.Kfz. 250/7 mortar halftrack for 60 manpower and 10 fuel, losing the ability to garrison infantry and dig-in.
- The veterancy is to be fine-tuned by the balance team.
- BALANCE CHANGE: The incendiary barrage is slightly more accurate and the cost is reduced to 35 munitions (from 45). Affects both OKW and Ostheer.

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Panzerfüsiliers (2 CP)
Panzerfüsiliers can be deployed to the battlefield. These units are adept at recon and long range combat.

- Possible minor changes to make them a more interesting option. To be decided by the balance team.

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NEW: Anti-tank Package (3 CP)
Sturmpioneers can be provided with additional explosive weaponry to combat vehicles.

- Sturmpioneers get the option to upgrade to a 2nd Panzershreck. Can’t be combined with a sweeper.
- BALANCE CHANGE: Panzershreck cost for Sturmpioneers reduced to 60 munitions (from 70).

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Valiant Assault (6 CP)
Inspire mobile infantry to move quickly and attack more effectively.

- No changes (infantry sprint and gain 25% more accuracy for 30 seconds. Costs 70 munitions.)

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NEW: Panzer IV Ausf. F Support Tank (8 CP)
A Panzer IV with low-velocity gun can be requisitioned to the battlefield. This unit excels at supporting infantry advances.

- Can be called in for 320 manpower and 100 fuel. Limited to 1 on the battlefield.
- Can switch shells.
- Heavy Explosive shells (same as Stug E): 50 range, good against amassed infantry and team weapons.
- Anti Armor shells (same as Command Panzer IV): 40 range, good against moving infantry and light vehicles.
- Can fire its smoke dispensers for 30 munitions (same as Sherman).
- Comes with a Panzer Commander, allowing the ability to call in coordinated artillery strikes for 80 munitions (same as Elite Armor). No other bonusses.

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Rational
- An infantry-based commander, akin to doctrines like Feuerstorm and Overwatch, but relying on vehicular support instead.
- This doctrine provides some of the tools that OKW otherwise lacks and encourages the use of combined arms.
- The large variety of units on this commander requires the player to decide on what he needs most, similar to USF Mechanized Company.

Additional Context
The doctrine is inspired by the Panzer Elite from CoH1, which relied heavily on halftrack support, had access to the short-barrelled Panzer IV and had doctrinal double shrecks.

Additional ideas for this commander: https://www.coh2.org/topic/85216/new-commander-submission-discuss/page/8#post_id722139