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That clearly depends on the time frame. These bonuses are clearly too high at CP 2 they could be less of an issue at CP 10.

For instance a CM Panther needs vet 3 to give +20% accuracy +20% reload and that is to vehicles only...

Assume that the command vehicle comes at 10 CP*. What bonuses would you give to the Command Vehicle?

The Command Panther is a fully-functional Panther+, which also gets mark target and extra passive sight on top of everything.

* because there is no other realistic way to get it earlier anyway, unless you are stomping noobs

Is there anybody that has managed to find a workaround for this?

I got a tip-off by the wikinger guys that I can look up for the presence of allow_building_campfires. However, this workaround only works if cold tech is enabled. Has there somebody found a workaround for this?

the issue is that the aura is to strong for the time frame (compared to other like PZIV and PZV).

I would suggest a 2 part system.

A number of small bonuses that are always on. These bonuses could increase with veterancy of the vehicle. That would make the player either risk his vehicle for higher bonuses or settle for less.
It would also have an impact when ones loses the vehicle.

A second part with activated bonus giving some added bonuses for a limited time with a cost.

One could even make the bonuses to work in only specific type of units like infatry/vehicles.

For instance the passive could work for infatry only and the active for vehicles only.

These changes can help better balance the command vehicles across all stages of the game.

Penalties can also be adjusted so that they are different according to the type of the vehicle used. light meduim heavy.

If none of this is possible, and we have to use fixed bonuses, what bonuses should, say, a command cromwell give?

USF
-RE troops volley fire is still not very effective, probably not worth it, I cant see a reason not to just save that munitions and buy a bar later. Its not going to help 1v1 unless they would win anyways and 2v1 (squads) shifting targets from your opponent will still allow them to perform better.

-RE mine: Seems to do about 50? damage and slowing the vehicle down it doesn't seem worth 15 munitions, Probably should cost as much as the soviet stun mine since they seem to do about as much. 100 damage and 2 slows isn't even close to damaging an engine in terms of value. Especially if it's a specialist Anti tank mine Not worthless but certainly could be cheaper or made more effective.

-Smoke Changes: It seems like your just nerfing rifles, You can't afford to not get 3 rifles as your starting units and compete for map presence against a good player in 1v1 so no matter what your first 3 units don't scale as well anymore. May encourage more usage of the Heavy cav commander. If rifle smoke is OP and not easy to counter or too cost effective this change is ok. If you want to increase build diversity as stated this is not going to help IMO.

Officer changes will definatley help alot with MP bleed for USF, probably allow the major to be used on the front lines more.

USF Infantry changes are subject to a change. The most important question we want answered is whether the changes make the faction more interesting to play as (and counter). If the answer is that it makes the game more boring, we revert changes and balance from there.

Brits
Was the hotkey on standard changed for british medkits form H to q?

Yeah. The rationale is that when you use Smoke Raid, all units receive hold fire (which is on H). We could have given hold fire a non-standard hotkey, but trust us, it would feel awkward.

In order to receive better-quality feedback about commander changes, we will be creating individual threads for each revamped commander.

The reason for this is to draw the maximum amount of scrutiny to changed abilities so that we avoid going to the extremes of perpetuating useless commanders, or proliferating Artillery-Cover like commanders.

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Intent of the changes

Our general intent with the Royal Engineer doctrine is to create a defensive-oriented doctrine, with good access to repair boosts (to counteract repair speed nerfs in the British faction), a breakthrough unit (AVRE).

The Commander Vehicle ability in the doctrine is intended to be the main anchoring point of the doctrine that allows power to shift from one side of the battlefield to another.

We acknowledge that the revamped Royal Engineer Doctrine enjoyability may appear to pale in comparison to the revamped Commando Doctrine. However, that is attributable to the fact that Brits lack proper aggressive commanders. No matter how tempting it is to repurpose every single British commander around aggression, there have to be some defensive-themed commanders, so that there is enough variety in available options.

Stand Fast

Our intend with the changes to the ability is to make individual emplacements more sustainable to maintain. While we appreciate that the community is not too keen to accept emplacements as a valid British army doctrine, Brits and emplacements are unfortunately intertwined with one another.

If you can come up with a thematic substitute to Stand Fast that will make sense for the doctrine, we will gladly replace the ability.

We don't consider Sapper Flamers a legitimate substitute at this point, until the core faction's innate weakness to early garrisons is resolved (e.g., WASP, mortar pit forward investment). This is because we want to decouple commander design from the fact that the core faction lacks some very basic tools.

Vehicle Repairs

The ability has been redesigned to focus repairs where they need them the most. At the same time, removing the mass-repair aspect of the ability also prevents it from overperforming when the army has reached critical mass.

Command Vehicle

This is supposed to be the mainstay of the doctrine. Players are expected to use durable and/or high-utility tanks to create aura units. Command Vehicle synergises extremely well with 6-pounders and infantry units. To a lesser extend, command vehicles can also assist in tank combat.

If the new commander feels meh and you haven't used Command Vehicle yet, that's probably why.

AVRE

This is meant to be the main breakthrough vehicle of the doctrine. Higher armour but lower HP will make the AVRE easier to maintain with repairs, while making it more vulnerable to flanks.

Changes will bring AVRE's utility up to par with the Sturmtiger, since it will now be able to dabble in a semi-AT role. Compared to the Sturmtiger, the AVRE is squishier and with a weaker attack; however it is much more mobile (turret, reloads on-the-move)

Flame mortar attack

The ability has been redesign to give Brits a more sustainable access to off-maps, which they currently lack. It's meant to be a cheap ability that the player can use to force a pak wall to relocate.

Conclusions

In order to achieve mastery with the Royal Engineer Commander, you should experiment with the new options you have for using Command Vehicle with (AEC, Cromwell, Centaur and Churchills; probably not Comets). You should train to use AVRE to threaten stationary weapon teams, as well as to make it cause enemy tank assaults to stand-off.