Profile of Darc Reaver

You're going to have to tell me what the core issues are then. I thought I dealt with most of them.

I don't think the four-man Panzer Grenadier squads are overpowered to be honest. In combat, they're the same as Wehr Grenadiers right now, but are more expensive, have weaker guns, cost more to reinforce, and can't throw grenades without an upgrade. Pretty sure that Riflespam > PGren spam, which is how I wanted it to be.

Not saying I'm right and you're wrong, but I need more details.

Well, if you couldn't figure out the core issues with PE you shouldn't have started in the first place to be honest.

The problem from pgrens isnt the squad size earlygame, the gren hitpoints + soldier armour is a problem. With their low hitpoints they get critted by flamethrowers too easily, and cost too much to replace in case of losses.

To fix this issue, all you need to do is to modify the hitpoints from pgrens and tweak the reinforcing costs. There's no need to put in 4men squads by default. This creates more issues than it actually helps. g43 4men squads massacre Riflemen, even with bars.

By removing shared vet from PE you nerf PE blobbing power while not giving them something to compensate. You're not adressing the core issue, you're just fixing a symptom.

PE lacks blob control weapons (real artillery/supression), which leads to PE having to blob against allied factions to match them in firepower. As you cannot supress properly you need firepower to avoid getting rolled over by allies.

These are 2 points only so far. I could go on with every other small issue, but I doubt it's worth the effort since I'd need to spend 2 hours writing everything up. Reason seen below:

So maybe a list of the core issues would be a first step then.

To quote an earlier post from myself, thanks for reading carefully

PE has several flaws, which are:

1) paper armour on vehicles, which result in most units having a very tight window in which they can be useful. Afterwards they're a waste of resource to build
2) blobbing bonuses
3) weakness to early tanks/light vehicles
4) Pantherspam in teamgames/getting heavy tanks without limit for manpower only
5) No real anti-blob weapons apart from sector arty/Hummel (so limited to 1 doc)
6) broken vet system (defensive vet always better than offensive vet, especially for vehicles) Shared vet isn't as bad as people make it out to be though
7) Ketten OP with hidden detection, fast movement and sdkfz22x armourtype.

ofc Pe also has strengths:
1) very early vehicles that can have a huge influence on the battlefield
2) many specialization options for infantry and vehicles
3) very fast teching
4) strong doctrinal units that can fill up holes in the own teching
5) start off with their mainline infantry

These are not even all issues, but those were the ones that I found originally. There are some more subtle issues, which are related or depending on larger problems within the faction.

So I got my mod to a point where I feel it's ready for a release. Lots of changes and still something of a work-in-progress, but very playable. I got the Flakpanzer 38(t) and Panzerwerfer working, so they're in the release.

You can download it here:

http://www.gamefront.com/files/24770566/Redesigned+Panzer+Elite+Mod.zip

You should finish it before releasing it to public. Gj on the effort, but it really feels lackluster when playing.

How about putting the PG upgrades into the HQ?

You could add a "T1orT2" requirement to them, but ultimately it opens up choices instead of limiting them by putting them into channeled tech paths.

Actually, this could be interesting.

But as a side note... The Focus on PE right now is pretty intense. What about brits? Anyone got ideas for them?

Yeye good old ww1 ...

* Jeep didn't do any damage in any scenario, now it does a little bit, and still not all that much. It's in a fine spot, I haven't seen anything oP about it

* The long run was never the problem it's the short run that IS the problem. After an early engagement where you'd go equal on a flank US was loosing out compared to Wehr.

* Maybe, maybe not. The Croc does hardcounter full infantry tactics now. (While not having any form of AT) Is that a bad thing for the highest fuel cost unit the US has as it's disposal?

* I'm well aware of the Quad being OP vs PE vehicles. That's what I pointed out to Lexy aswell before my games vs him.
BUT if the Quad was a useful damage/suppression tool you'd seen it more being used for sieges, yet nobody ever used it.

The problem with the quad is that it's munitions heavy, and dies in 2 pak shots. Since pak is cloaked you cannot gurantee that you'll spot the pak before it first-hit strikes your halftrack. And since it's using the halftrack moving tables (aka fucked up rampage pathing) it's highly likely that the pak gets a 2nd shot off, destroying your large investment with no return.
The M8 can take a 3rd shot at less ammo cost, that's why it's more useful/more generally used.

Imo the only chance to remove this issue would be to nerf the pak accuracy against halftracks significantly.