Profile of Firesparks

In game it does , and thats what counts , no?

This is an entirely dead end argument. Even if we were to rip the sound from the game file there is still a matter of sound mixing and localization.


The howitzer barrage is accompany by a warning sounds in addition to the smoke. This is by definition not "silent".

Anyone will tell you that relying on smoke alone to dodge off map is not reliable. It's entirely possible for you to miss the initial warning smoke just by looking elsewhere. The sound of howitzer firing It is a perfectly audible sound cue.

And we also have example of On map howitzer in game whose only warning is the sound of firing gun.

I don't think relying on creates early game is as bad as you make it to be. Yes, you will throw less granades and fusilier based build is probably not an option. Other than that, okw is pretty low on munition usage compared to other factions so you can spare it.

Okay then.

Let's agree to wait and see how the mechnical truck perform after the luch build time go down to 60s.

If only USF had some sort of reckon like the recon planes Major has so that they could use their Major arty.

OR maybe some smoke so that major could close in.

I am not sure what some people expect from one of cheapest units in the game (cheaper than CE) that comes with 5 unique +1 abilities and from an ability that cost 60 munition

at this point the major artillery turned into a 110 mu ability.

and you're still unlikely to hit anything since the ability is even more telegraphed.

Removing smoke from major strike would make it godly for wiping and be OP as hell. Anything off map needs marker , atleast give the sturmpio blob a chance.

The major artillery is a rocket barrage disguised as a off map. It is nowhere as strong as the typical doctrinal off map. The shells are weakers, there are less of them, and they arrive sequentially with longer pause between them.

off map barrage usually rely on alpha strike or have several artillery even going off at once. Major artillery have neither.

A stolen MG42 and even MG34 tend to keep axis infantry in their place, however. And man is it easier to steal a steam weapon as allies.

of course, the best allied support weapons are the one stolen from the axis.

(or, how to have the most variety of tech artillery in the game and still lose the tech artillery war)

major: way too obvious and slow to actually hit anything. Maybe the shell deal decent damage but any competent player can move out of the way.

Remove the signal smoke



M8 Scott: Good fire-support with its auto-fire, but the barrage recharge too slow for what is basically a glorified mortar barrage. (75s)

increase the number of shell and/or decrease the recharge time on the barrage. The duration of the barrage and its recharge time should sync up like the mortar barrage.


Pack Howitzer: the shell pack a punch, but is plagued by the similar barrage problem as the m8 scott. It's also hard to keep this unit alive due to the lack of gun shield.

Need to be able to retreat. It's actually more fragile than it appear, as the gun require a 3 men crew. Combined with the lack of gun shield mean the crew is likely to get stun-lock after losing 1 of its operating crew. There's also other possible tweak but this is the main one.

81mm mortar: basically a 60mm mortar masquerading as a 81mm mortar. extremely fast fire rate but short range. Excellent in the early game but the range become a liability later on as you're going to get counter barraged to oblivion.

remove it and give the rifleman ability to throw smoke similar to the shock troops. The rifleman with smoke was good enough to provide the USF with one of the best early game and they didn't need early game mortar. The only way they could fit a mortar into the USF early game is to make the mortar weak and nerf the rifleman (no more smoke).

The m8 provide mobile firepower. The major call in barrage on entrenched position. Pack howitzer is a combination of the 120mm mortar and leig. the 81mm mortar is unnecessary given the USF early game and there's already three other artillery piece late game.