At the moment Ostheer's Pios are in a very decent combat situation, because of their bad middle and long-range weapon stats. Their order is to improve close-combat early game, to support Ostheer's weak spots at that state of game, for that role they are very well balanced. BUT the combat-upgrade with flame-thrower outplays the weapon-profile of this unit, because its optimal range doesn't fit with their MP40 screwed design. While other units doesn't have that problem with their upgrades.
My idea is to adjust the unit with an upgrade specialization, to become an urban battle specialist with an assault-pack. While solving the problem of too many different weapon profiles with very different stats. Also we get an unique unit, if not upgraded.
1. Change current MP40 with Lugar Pistols
Ostheer's Pios MP40 DPS:
0: 7,071083661 10: 5,234289456 20: 1,352598909 30: 0,379734542
Luger_Pistol DPS:
0: 7,441587786 10: 2,347192911 20: 0,798279123 30: 0,446320218
2. Flame-thrower upgrade changes Luger into MP40 with assault-grens stats. Change them into a new unit. (even if flamer gets destroyed they stay an unique unit, mine-sweeper gets locked.)
Luger_Pistol DPS:
0: 7,441587786 10: 2,347192911 20: 0,798279123 30: 0,446320218
Assault_grenadiers MO40 DPS:
0: 10,58817582 10: 10,58817582 20: 2,302975034 30: 0,334035088
a. Their actual design stays nearly untouched, because their DPS in close-combat doesn't get changed much.
b. Flame-thrower upgrade now really improves the unit, making it a combat unit.
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Nerfs if upgraded:
- 20% less repair speed with combat-upgrade.
- maybe locking some buildings: e.g. disable constructions of base-buildings and outposts etc.
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Beside: Maybe reduce max. range of Lugar Pistols, so the unit can be used better as observator. So they don't shoot at target over 25-30 range.
With that stats they would perform like (little bit better) than combat engineers on max. range of flamethrower.
Assault_grenadiers MO40 DPS:
0: 10,58817582 10: 10,58817582 20: 2,302975034 30: 0,334035088
CE Rifle DPS:
0: 3,611910653 10: 2,597436246 20: 1,978127476 30: 1,346060654[/size]
Edit:
See it as cosmetic with some benefits in unit design.
I would also like to see, if Ostheer's weapon-crews get same K98 as OKW weapon-crews.
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lol this thread.
CE are better than Ostheers' Pios. They are cheaper and are better with flamer, because of their weapon-profile, they are still usefull in late-game, while Pios get obsolete after min 10 (beside rep. + building something)
Ostheer Pios can build Bunker, Grens and Osttruppen can built them as well.
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