Profile of murky depths

A friend and I ran some tests comparing Maxim without, Maxim with, and DSHK to suppress a squad running into green cover from neutral territory (trying to simulate what a real situation may be like if someone doesn't try to flank but tries to get into safe range to rifle-grenade or just distract while another squad flanks).

I gotta be real, I don't find the ability that useful. The veterancy thing is whatever, it'll happen eventually if you don't get completely punked, but the fact that you have to toggle it in advance and only have a short window to actually get the bonus to suppress is really ... just not useful. It also doesn't suppress _that_ much faster that it's so noticeable. The biggest difference I noticed was that with the ability active squads who got into green cover didn't go from yellow suppression to no suppression as fast. That's... not really an achievement, IMO. At most it may give you a little more support when you know a big push is coming in advance.

If you are open to input, I'd change the vet 1 ability altogether to reduce damage, increase suppression, and reduce movement speed while active (with a cooldown of when you can/can't use it) and have it be a toggle.

I just don't think it's a useful ability compared to literally any other HMG active ability.

edit: cleaned up some wording.

edit 2: Another option may be to keep it as is and give it an effect like Rear Echelons' 'Covering Fire' where it gains additional suppression over time, so after 10 seconds it goes up another 10% and at the last 10 seconds it goes up another 10%. If I have to be prepared and use muni to suppress, I'd like it to actually suppress.

Regardless of who wins the slapping fight, if they do stay, can we please fix their bugged implementation which was already covered but I'll repeat just to add another voice supporting the fix:

Causes red cover to form
Voice over cue implying people are getting shot
Forces infantry to walk away from the center, possibly no longer capping it

Does it count it as an actual artillery hit?

BTW, regarding this:



M3. As in the scout car? So does that mean the soviet one has worse moving accuracy for riders as well?

M-42 gets double nerfed =(

I'd rather it get the JLI treatment where it's performance is left alone but cost and spammability are addressed.

Oh well, RIP the dream.

This is the most i could see them (you must gather your party before) venturing forth.

Literal PTSD flashbacks because of this, you bastid.

edit: on topic, god I hope not.