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yeah, that´s the point....it took you two great wall of texts arrive to the point where my post started....

if all factions suffer the same problem, why you propose fixing the case that is boring for you????? it shouldn´t be a matter of boring/exciting but a matter of balance what we chooose to fix/update/change...

My point is that:
1) None of the other factions suffer from MG spam as much as OKW does.
2) This topic is about OKW explicitly, and I hinted at their issue against MGs.
3) If I have an opinion regarding OKW, in an OKW-only thread, it doesn't make sense to mention other, irrelevant matchups even by name (e.g., USF vs OST). What purpose would that even serve?

The "Let's keep X broken, because Y broken too"-mentality is the only guaranteed way to make sure that no issue will ever gets addressed. What's so wrong about fixing both X and Y? What is so wrong about only fixing X, and then, maybe also fixing Y later on?

oh well, maxim is the only one "offensive" mg so I don´t see the point in filling up what you ask me....anyway,

if SU player dind´t go maxim spam, but he rush a t70, then, how many options OKW has??? I don´t think OKW player has 3 o 4 types of playstyles, yet I suppose you don´t get bored then, so it is fine....


if USF player goes rush stuart, how many options has OTS players??? don´t know, you are loooking for problems where there aren´t......you have the tools to counter maxim spam, but it is so boring for you that, hey, gonna give more options so Mr. Smith don´t have to go play compstomp....

The examples that you mentioned (Stuart vs OST or T70 rush vs Axis) are great examples of other problematic play-counterplay issues in the game.

As long as one player (the "attacker") can choose a particular strategy that shoehorns the other player (the "defender") to follow one particular playstyle to counter this, doesn't increase the game's strategic depth; it diminishes it. Particularly so if the only avenue available to the defender is not barely even viable.

Using these attack patterns to shoehorn the defender to play in the same predictable way is not "outplaying" your opponent. It is using knowledge of the current meta to completely deprive your enemy of choice about how they want to develop their army composition.

Every choice made by the attacker should afford the defender at least 2 viable ways to counter the threat. That way the defender is also given the choice to make their trade-offs than follow the exact same script game-in, game-out.

It is great that some factions have certain playstyles more developed than other playstyles; it adds flavouring to the game. What's not fine is that some factions have barely one playstyle available to them that makes them even conceivably playable.

I was able to continuously 5-6 reproduce it by placing the mine in the same crate where it fist happened. Seems to be related with the terrain...pm if you want the replay but it easily does in cheat more steeps island near on the road near fuel.

Thx, I'll try!

Machine also mentioned something about placing mines in pre-existing craters. I'll have a go at it, and I'll let you know if I get stuck.

Conversely. Has anyone seen the m20 mine or the riegel mine ever bug at all? (assuming that other people do use them that is)

My three biggest gripes when playing OKW are:
- Lack of smoke
- Lack of healing, unless MedHQ or Vet1 Sturmpioneers
- Lack of tools to dislodge a Maxim spammer (especially in teamgames), except for artillery piece spam (which I find boring)

When facing maxim spam, it is next to impossible to get Sturmpioneers to vet1. Thus, you either bite the bullet and go MechHQ (while bleeding to death), or you go MedHQ and spam ISGs (while getting bored to death). And, god forbid if the map is dominated by a garrison that the Maxim occupies.

My solution to this would be:
- Give Sturmpioneers a high-cooldown (say 60 seconds) short-range smoke grenade ability, and take it from there.