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Jump back to quoted post15 Jul 2020, 19:18 PMProtos Angelus

USF has no non doctrinal rocket arty or heavy static arty, and the doctrinal ones are mediocre at best (next to soviets, it's good that USF is arty weak so it forces synergies). UKF also has non doctrinal arty and it's got arty flares thrown by infantry sections which need to get close to throw them (suppression can stop that easily). There is your balance. OKW has Stuka and OST has werfers which opens up a lot of possibilities to destroy the front line before advancing. Even more so since that arty is quite mobilel (weak but mobile) -> allowing it to get closer, barrage, get out. And a final argument why every recon ability should be stock plane flyby is the fact that the planes flyby quite fast, forcing you to pay attention and follow them and the only good info you get is the location of forward base. Flares are the strongest recon, followed by loiter planes that scout one area for a given amount of time (that's why you need to invest in AA, to nullify those planes), followed last by recon-pass planes. Sander, even though that post is filled with bad suggestions, made one brilliant suggestion. Make flares extend vision for infantry around them, as opposed to giving unobstructed vision.

So in my opinion the recon possibilities in this game should be:
A) Flares that give extra sight (obstructed sight, so buildings would still block the extra sight) to units that are in some AOE radius of those flares (0 counter but also not as strong as current flares)
B) Loiters that fly over one AOE (AA counters it)
C) Recon flyby (recon counters it but a bit harder than loiters since it's one pass)

Which faction/commander should have which is beyond me and is suited for somebody that plays all factions equally (equally being the important thing, not 1000 axis games and 100 allies or the other way around)

Jump back to quoted post13 Sep 2019, 19:39 PMKiwiBirb

Right now, flares provide uncounterable vision, which is very powerful.

I propose that instead of the flares sighting units themselves, they grant a sight range bonus to all units in the flare’s radius.

This way, flares will no longer be able to grant uncounterable vision on back lines, while still providing bonus sight.

Jump back to quoted post18 Jul 2020, 21:10 PMRosbone

I did not see this coming

Is Vancouver that expensive? More than say Toronto? I have been to Toronto and it sucked hard. I would not live there for any amount of cash.

Curious about Vancouver though.

Kiwi out there fighting the good fight!

Jump back to quoted post17 Jul 2020, 20:59 PMthedarkarmadillo

Build time or tech lock and it should be fine. It's got good performance but not overbearing.