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Jump back to quoted post4 Mar 2023, 06:06 AMdonofsandiego

It seems that Brit AA is trash compared to the US M16 halftrack.

I was thinking that relic balanced each faction to have a similarly effective counter to planes.

Apparently 2 centaurs struggle to shoot down even 1 plane.

I guess that's one thing that the US does better than brits at least.

On a more serious note, that's even worse gameplay design than I thought. If there's no US player, then the brits are seemingly shit out of luck for AA.

Jump back to quoted post22 Sep 2019, 04:33 AMMr. Someguy

While everyone is promoting pretty wild ideas, I might as well throw mine back into the mix.




The way I set up weapon slot usage in this is inefficient though, and there is a question of what happens if you grab 2 guns before you Bolster. To resolve this I have revised my suggestion: Sections only have 1 weapon slot and Recon and Medic do not take it, instead Bolster Section adds one weapon slot. Same desired effect, Recon and Medic can take 1 Weapon, while Bolster can take 2.

Jump back to quoted post18 Dec 2017, 16:55 PMLago

Do the mounted 50.cals have the same stats wherever they're mounted then? I thought they varied in stats from unit to unit despite being thematically the same weapon like slot weapons do.

Jump back to quoted post22 Dec 2016, 23:06 PMMirdarion

Aside from the MG 42 not being the right way to balance Grenadiers, you severely misrepresent the BAR. A Rifleman Squad with a single BAR will beat Grens with an MG 42 at any but the longest ranges - no, the MG 42 does not magically outperform the BAR at medium range, not when the BAR deals two times the damage at close range (as it currently does). Then there's of course the Bren, which simply can't perform on the same level as the MG 42, as it comes on a potential 5 man squad that already massively outperforms almost any other infantry unit (when sitting in cover). Giving Infantry Sections even more firepower by buffing the Bren would be more than just stupidity.

As I said, the MG 42 is not the way to balance Grenadiers. Ostheer already demands way too much ammunition investment to stay on the same level (not even to outperform, just to be equal) as other factions. Emphasising that even more would corner Ostheer even more - just as beating up the fat, ugly kid in school isn't very heroic.
The balance approach should rather come from either adjusting the other infantry units, or by re-evaluating veterancy bonuses. Sadly the Winter Balance Preview focusses most of its energy on relatively sideline topics, instead of finally tackling the major infantry problems, so we will most likely not see anything happen here anytime soon. Sure, there are some adjustments of veterancy bonuses, but what has been shown so far are negligible changes at best.