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My thoughts on factions needing some of these changes.


OKW
-MG34 does not suppress consistently enough
-FHT does not either and it is an underwhelming unit. Buff needed
-Should have snares available already in the beginning. This is the only faction to get AT earliest which dampens their AI early significantly even more than it should. It is really necessary for them to have snares early as they already nerfed most of the early game elements. Nerfs more than stated according to charts. Little has been done to improve mid gameplay in contrast since Battlegroup is in a worse state than before.
-Kubel Vet 1 should be switched with Vet 3. Damage can increase slightly by +2 or 4, its current accuracy is poor and damage is only 4. I mean Universal Carrier can get upgrade and do 11 damage per shot which is far greater in contrast. Price increase to 230 manpower.
-Falls nerf the vet bonuses since that is what makes them OP.


SU
-Maxim deathloop needs fixing and buff suppression
-Conscript 7 man should be available already to purchase when you get T3
-Conscripts Vet 1 should be changed for performance increase instead. Trip fire should already be available Vet 0
-Molotov and Snares for Conscripts should be all in one. It should just costs as much as the snare upgrade altogether.
-Make Conscripts scale and more viable better
-SU76 vet 3 should be 160 damage like Puma Vet 3. Cooldown should be reduced.

USF
-Was buffing Riflemen a good idea? Cuz I thought they were strong already even then OKW early game had been nerfed.
-I dont know if Riflemen buff was even a necessary change. I feel that it was supposed to be either a nerf to Volks or a buff to Riflemen, NOT BOTH. That is why I mentioned early snares for OKW.
-Riflemen should have snares Vet 0 instead of Vet 1. Vet 1 enables them to reload slightly faster maybe.
-Side tech for LT and CT for unlocking lights etc should be cheaper. USF has already a lot of side tech to purchase.
-Scott may need kind of a nerf since it so effective. Maybe reduce range only to a certain extent and in turn reduce the cooldown of abilities.

UKF
-Royal Engineers should be available in the beginning. Their snare should be locked behind the tech of the 2nd base. Purpose is to help in some way counter CQC better.
-New Feature. Able to purchase both side tech for AEC and Bofors but at the cost of "Locking Bolster 5 man squad". If you purchase first "Bolster Squad", you are only allowed then to purchase one of the two.

WEHR
-Grenadiers Vet 1 should be changed for performance increase instead. Med kit should already be available Vet 0
-Make Grens scale and more viable better


These are some things that I think should be changed. Some aspects of it.

I think in order to make Maxim good at the same time as avoiding the "Spam" of this unit is to do the following.

#the buff it needs

-To Increase Surpression to the way MG34 and somewhat inferior to see. Maxim already has the benefit of shooting for longer consistent periods (more than even MG34 does), would make up for a very strong MG suppressing platform.


#the nerf to avoid spamming

-Increase Set up time for un-deploying, set it as any regular MG. It is already 6 man durable (but I will get to the point of avoiding deathloop). Set up time is a factor for this favourable spam. That why I suggest nerfing it.

-Possibly even make it 5 man (if necessary) because the huge durability is another reason for the spam.


#avoid deathloop

-Buff RA when it un-deploys as mentioned and make it un-deploy/lift the MG quickly more like "twice as fast than it is now" in order to get a head start in retreating. Since it already has the downside of needing to pick it up after the model carrying it gets shot.


#trenches idea

-It sounds interesting but I think that is personally what either Engineers or Conscripts should have instead. Even then, it might even decline the incentive to make Maxim an even proper MG to have the ability to build cover while other dont. Personally, I would think it be best to focus on more vital elements such as its performance and viability. Having Defensive's would further hinder it from improving possibly, I imagine.

Lets see how this all goes.

It is apparently impossible to fix on account of requiring new animation sets, something the dev team cannot create. (along with not being able to make new models, etc)

And the raketenwerfer is subject to the same loop as any other AT gun (though less so for it's retreat RA)

For USF MG I would say make it 5 man but takes slightly longer than it is now to set up in order for it to be balanced.

Maxim make it 5 man first, increase suppression and also increase slightly its set up time. Performance improvement and changes in order to avoid this spam-able feature. See how it all goes.

At least they would get a benefit from retreating better and performance wise.

Im not 100% with OP in this topic, but tell me, if you were to choose between an earlier secret card, that the other player wont know until you play it and an ace that always come after the 10th round, which would you choose? One is predictable and arrives late, the other has the shock value and surprise element. At the moment the ace arrives you had more than enough time to prepare for its arrival, either minimizing loses or maximizing counter measures. Strategically speaking, having options is better.
Also, You just cant guess the enemy commander by seeing only a guards or shocks troops only. Even SU commanders that dont have infantry call ins, rely on tanks or indirect fire that obliterates obers anyway. Again, early game domination restricts a lot of the oponent freedom of will and possible strategies, an option SU has with earlier shock units.

Obers tend to compete with JLI and Falls, simply because of MP costs and bleed. The latter two options have a lot more of shock value and raw power too. Obers are great, but they are bland too.

I do not want obers buff but rather more flexibility to use them, as stationary elite troops they are. Maybe the way to go is simply nerfing volks and allow earlier obers.

It would make sense according to its historic identity and be more interesting. I am going to make this short, not going to go long winded and just get straight to the point. No long winded historic essay plz.


Mainly because Volks were "Militia" or the Peoples grenadiers meaning civilians irl and they were of course inferior to any other soldiers available within the german army.

The should be 5 man still as they are but nerfed. Remove the firenade for normal nade.
DPS reduced and price of STG package reduced to fit their identity more as a more urban unit.
RA increased and price decrease. Price should be either 240 or 250 instead.
Has snare still.
Will play more the role as support as it was identified.

Should perform similarly like Conscripts and somewhat similar to grens yet inferior to them.

Sturmpio were trained soldiers than Volks, Sturm should be improved differently the way they are now but modified.
Instead of them all having STG, they all get instead G43.
Remove stun nade for flame nade instead.
They will play the role of clearing as they were identified, not Volks.

It would significantly reduce their raw firepower close range for Sturmpio (which is more Volks identity urban combat) for more mid long range gameplay.

Obers should be this identity to display what they had left in reserves as their only form of their remaining experienced elite troops late war. Can partake roles in another level. That kind of unit.

Just an idea to fit their identity more.

No it does not. Retreating HMG 42, HMG 34 and Vickers crews never drop the weapon on retreat (unless the last model dies obviously). If the model carrying the gun dies, the gun just teleports to another model and the squad never stops running.

The M2HB, Maxim and DsHK on the other hand all have deathloops. If while retreating the model carrying the gun dies, the gun drops to the ground and another has to come pick it up, making it much easier to wipe these HMGs on retreat than the other three. As long as you're lucky enough to snipe the gunner model.

I guess they should add also the teleport feature for others that dont have it already.

Quite annoying when there is always a huge delay on the retreat when the unit focuses a long 2-3 seconds to pick it up after a guy who lifted it.

Same thing with Raketenwerfer, it has that very same deathloop also which bugged me a lot among other annoying features.