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Jump back to quoted post7 Dec 2015, 23:33 PMNuclear Arbitor

same shit with the wurfrahmen for a lot of allied units. it's got good armour against small arms and 320 hp so it doesn't die to one hit; factor in misses and it can take 3-4 shots to actually kill the wurfrahmen with a med tank. priest is similar but doesn't do as much spike damage.

Jump back to quoted post7 Dec 2015, 07:05 AMTobis

I want more asymmetrical balance, the factions are too similar. Look at CoH1, each faction had a unique veterancy system that completely changed strategies. Here we just got OKW with the vet 5 that still functions in the exact same way as the other factions.

At a core level all the factions are very similar, the main difference is that okw can build outside their base and USF and UKF don't need to build their buildings with engineers, or the order of buildings used to unlock the highest tier. Look at Brits, the are so incredibly similar to Ostheer in faction design. They get base artillery and some nice emplacements, but all the teching and most of their units are so similar. The only things in this game that relic is trying to make asymmetrical balance work with is by adding in changes for the sake of changes to units. Many of the current balance problems being dealt with were from poorly implemented changes added to try and make unique units in the expansions: kubel, isg/packhowie, huge health brit tanks, emplacements. If Relic had instead focused on trying to create unique factions instead of unique units, the game would be much more interesting.

I would also like to point out that Relic completely fucked up OKW on a massive scale in the original faction design. When you scrap core faction ideas less than a week before release there will be big problems. They just need to put in more effort into implementing these broad ideas.

Jump back to quoted post6 Dec 2015, 22:59 PMchipwreckt

Rear echelon should cost more in current state. Looks like you did not test them. They are super cost effective and sniping sturm models on close range. Give them BAR and they win vs G43 panzerfussies/ Obers.

Luchs is good, but not that hard to kill, its fine.
Obers are 4men expensive squads that should be countered with vehicles, they dont need any more nerfs.