Profile of Tommy

Although I think a lot of these are really good (hence why a lot of them have been implemented in elite mod, one way or another), the changelist is unnecessarily long and to think that they could all be implemented at once and achieve perfect balance is crazy. This is kind of what I'm working towards but you've got to go one step at a time and balance things along the way, because you can't expect to anticipate every balance ramification.

Also, people need to play it to balance it, but as nobody seems to have as much interest in doing that as they do arguing about the changes on the forums, it's all a bit moot really...

Fantastic!

This edition sees one of the biggest balance changes yet- snipers will now hit each other with 100% accuracy except on retreat.

Aimstrong (a proponent of the current system) and I verbally sparred for a very long time over this contentious issue, and there are most definitely arguments on both sides, however I believe this will be a positive change.

The crucial word being 'believe'.

I am not beyond reverting such a change IF IT IS PROVEN WITH REPLAYS that it is bad for the game. If necessary I will post the chat between Aim and I where we argue the biggest points on both sides (we agreed to disagree) rather than explaining them all here and now. However I urge you before you go all keyboard warrior on me to go and actually play the mod. Test it. Post replays. Even if you think you're shit, or if you think you're the shit, post replays. This is probably the biggest issue the mod tackles and if it works, it could be great for the game. However the opposite is true.

In other news, the Croc no longer comes with a free dozer. However it retains the ability to upgrade to both to dozer and 50 cal, and the dozer cost has been reduced. The main gun was buffed to bring it in line with the aim of making it a T2 counter.

Bombing run was changed slightly so that the same amount of damage is spread across more rockets. The real world implication of this is that damage will spread more evenly across the target zone instead of being focused on 4 random areas within the target zone.

Full changelog below:
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Well it's a beta, so once it's fixed (like the crashing, 'drophack' ends to every game) it'll be merged, obviously.

By the way has the reduced 24 manpower on rifle resupply worked out, I haven't been able to test it that much but it seems like it has been good.

I think it's worked out well. The US has a lot more breathing room now when it comes to flanking. In real terms the difference isn't massive (if you reinforce 100 rifles over the course of a game, it's only 300mp total saved) but it's just enough to make the early game not quite so decisive when it comes to a single failed flank.