Profile of jagd wölfe

*caveat emptor only applies to ostheer, who also have skill planes (and stuka DB).

OKW shoots them down without even paying attention lel.

No he doesn't, it isn't lend lease plane, they take ages to be destroyed.

^^^^^^^^^^

Not it is not because "weapon profiles" goes along with "relative positioning" where a player tries to fight at the optimum range for the specific firefight. Mainline infantry that are good at all ranges like penal and STG V.G. make "relative positioning" a far less effective tactic since the enemy gains very little advantage regardless of range.

That's not true at all, charge with volks/penals right through long range bren/mg42 and keep fighting at long-medium range.
You win't win without at least outnumbering the enemy 3:1.

Only double bar break those rules and are too good both at close and long range.
Both gren and IS vet to be the best long range infantry and penals and volks will have an hard time at close-medium range even outnumbering by a huge gap shick unit like ppsh and panzergrens.

Not evert army has a specialized mainline, and that's ok as long as they have an hard time against more specialized that are fighting in their optimal conditions.

Volks are meant to be the filler until doctrinal or ober infantry, used with sturm, they should retain such versatility because anything more specialized would make them either op or up.

Like i said, penals should come closer to volks in dps curve, and buy their stv, so they stop overshadowing shock troops.

Further add that those "JACK OF ALL TRADES" mainlines are in factions that aren't supported by a tier 0 hmg and in case of okw a barely decent one.

AND those troops, despite being numerous, have less RA than more specialized one.

FINALLY ukf and ost have specialized cqb units like panzergrens and R.EG.togheter with the best hmg's.

A mg42 gren/bren will still have upper hand against all three of those units (again except double bar) at long range and panzergren/commando will still dominate those at close range unless outnumbered (again except double bar).

Thinking of infantry balance with "specific optimal" positioning for every mainline is an utopia and ectremely disadvantaged for factions like okw and isf that trade such dps curve versatility with shitty team weapons or late team weapons abd lack of specialized non doc cqb unit.

DON't GET ME WRONG i can see your point, using rifles, volks, penals, despite still requiring tactics and map awareness, is much less FORGIVING indeed.
Yet we can agree that is faction design, not necessarily a flaw, at least until those factions can't rush 2 hmg to westwall buildings

Grenadier can not stop Riflemen especially since riflemen have little reason to attack and can now stay behind cover and wait for mortar support.

Riflemen no longer need smoke grenades (they can be moved to officers or elite infantry) and especially ones that disable the weapon of vehicles even when out of smoke.

Conscripts can not fight VG especially since the now have weapon that do not follow "weapon profiles" logic and are good at all ranges.

Penal and SVT are again weapon that do not follow "weapon profiles" (especially combined with veterancy bonuses)again being too good at all range while being too good on the move also.

All mainline infantry should be re-balanced one vs other once more with grenadier (no lmg) as base line.

You are fixing a car that ran out of fuel by replacing the engine.

"Weapons profile rule" still applies to wfa.
Bar and stg are less powerful than mg42 and bren at range, they identify as versatile mid range over mg's long range and "sturm/panzergrenad" stg, thompson and ppsh.

You talk about veterancy, good luck at disloging a mg42 gren in green cover or bren is in green cover (rightfully balanced) when vetted

1) usf shouldn't have mortar, but tier 0 smoke
2) penals should be changed, either lose all stv and become cannon fodder and cons should get a three stv package, but should lose hourraaa
3) brens and bar should be limited to one per squad.

Actually most WFA mainline infantry and Penal are over performing. Most of these unit should be toned down with Grenadiers and Conscripts in mind.

The sorted the small arms fights are the more rng they are and less tactical.

Rifles and volks are balanced, IS a bit less, since unlike the first two it is meant to be used with a tier 0 hmg, it should just equip only a single bren like in FBP.

Penals should pay muni for those stv.