- If you want balance, then you must have mirror squads.
- Grenadiers having 6 men and costing 300.
- Penals costing 300 and having 6 men.
- Conscripts replaced with Strelski. Costing 300 and having 6 men.
- Riflemen having 6 men.
- All with 100% same stats.
Then you give .50 cal squad to Americans at T0. With MG42 stats.
Same with Russian. Give Maxim 100% same stats as MG42. Same cost.
- Make MG42 a 6 man squad.
- Make T34/76 cost 350-125 (12 pop) give it Pz4 stats. Same w Cromwell.
Same with Sherman 75.
- Make T34/85 cost same as Panther. Give T34/85 Panther stats. Same w Comet
Same with Sherman E8
- Give Pershing/Churchill/and Tiger - King Tiger stats and cost. All need 100% tech to make their heavy tank. All heavy tanks now core. No need for commander/doctrine. (same as king tiger).
If that is NOT what you advocate, then, your arguments holds no water
thedarkarmadillo.
The game is this :
You have 2 choices :
4 man squad with bolts and T0 MG42 (Gren+MG42 or INF section+Vickets)+bunkers+late game super tank (Trench/bunker)(emplacements)
(Panther/Comet)
or you can have 5-6 men squads with auto weapon, Forward Retreat Point,
late MG (USA, OKW). US have smoke, OKW have cheap mines and late super
tank.
Now... you want Grenadiers to be equal to Riflemen AND have MG42 AND bunkers?
Some have 2+1 some have 1+2 some have 3+0+0 some have 1+1+1.
You would like to have 3+3+3
Like chess. One has 18x pawns, one has 6 queens.
hey! It's unfair! He has 18x pieces. I ought to have 18x queens vs 18x pawns. THEN it would balanced
thedarkarmadillo... you should have designed COH...
Logic :
USA Riflemen can upgrade +2 bar.
Wehr Grenadier should upgrade +2 LMG42 to make things fair.
(but bar are way weaker than LMG42 and cost way more)
USA Riflemen should only upgrade +1 BAR.
because Wehr Grenadier can only upgrade +1 LMG42
(but LMG42 can upgrade away from HQ, and doesn't have a fuel cost)
SU Guards have 2x PTRD and 2x DP28.
Grenadiers should start with 2x LMG42 and can upgrade 2 more for 60 mun.
(= Gren with 4x LMG42)
The game is now balanced.