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I don't really understand why the Sturmtiger doesn't get an automatic reload as well now since there's no longer an abandon critical while reloading.

I mean, what's just the point in more senseless button mashing?

Could have used a long range shelling ability as well but whatever at this point I guess.

Anyway, like I suggested in the General Feedback topic, perhaps Hull Down can be introduced for the OKW as well for the Fortifications doctrine now too after it's buffs, seems to fit the theme.

Also the Command Tiger could maybe get an S-mine launcher similar to the Sturmtiger or a smoke ability to make it more unique and practical possibly if you ask me.

The Sturmtiger is still immobilised/heavily slowed while reloading, isnt it? If this is the case, that's really the only excuse for making the player manually reload the thing. If that /had/ been changed, then there's absolutely no reason for the damn thing to not automatically reload.

Pls gib one of the commanders the ability to give sturmpios rifles, it would make the faction playable.

Edit: Hell i'll even settle for mosins, it'd make perfect sense to give scavenge such as an ability merged with that useless shitty muni buff to salvaging.

Honestly I wouldn't mind an OKW commander (Be it an existing one, or a newly minted one) revolving around Beutewaffen and even Beutepanzer.

Would giving Sturms rifles actually be useful, or is this just an April Fools post? I assume the latter, given that you mention giving them Mosins.

Why were Pfussies touched at all? You traded early game for a great late game when choosing not to go volks. Why are we just straight buffing a doctrinal replacement unit, so volks are even worse? I really, really don't understand the logic behind the pfussie changes at all.

It appears to be a buff in the early game, but I think it's arguably a (Minor?) nerf in the lategame (Except for AT Fusies, who have simply had their performance improved).

I say it's a minor nerf as less of the Fusies' DPS is localised in their G43 now, which makes model drops a little more impactful. I'm not sure how much it actually changes their performance though, I haven't done the maths here.

I propose Falls have their bundle grenade replaced with a Panzerfaust. It would be very powerful and I suspect probably even overpowered, but I would like to experiment with the idea of giving certain elite infantry unit snares, especially Falls and Paratroopers since they made use of portable AT weapons during the way.

April Fools

These threads are honestly not particularly funny.

[This discussion spawned out of the OKW commander revamp thread page 5+]

So this is a topic I found quite interesting:
Previously, the game had a lot more infantry with spawn mechanics. There were either paradrops that were meant to be placed in or very close to combat, as well as a multitude of infiltration spawns from buildings to surprise the enemy and kill a damaged unit.
With the changes over the last years, parachuting and infiltration building spawns have now completely missed their original design. The initial strength of units has been nerfed to allow them to better fit into build orders or remove "cheesy" spawns. Examples here are the Fall nerf to 2 FG42s, infiltration commandos down to 3 men and Stormstroopers needing to upgrade MP40s. Others like JLI have completely lost the ability to spawn from buildings. Alternatively, map reworks have continuously removed buildings or moved them to less important areas (Whiteflash even said that he completely avoids placing functional buildings at all).

This makes these spawn mechanics nice to look at, but overall less meaningful. Infiltration spawns have become a rarity and the power spike from those units upon entering combat has been lowered a lot. The additional delays (for weapon upgrades) also do not allow to launch them into an ongoing attack anymore. I know all of this was intentional and in most cases also benefited overall unit balance, but it degrades the whole spawning mechanic to (slight hyperbole) nothing more than a neat animation.

Now the question: What do we do with this?
Do we just keep it this way? It's not really broken after all. But maybe we could also do much more with it and rework these spawning mechanics of these units (they are doctrinal, so covered by the upcoming patch) for a slightly more impactful or at least unique spawn role.

Personally I think all doctrinal infantry should be built at the HQ, rather than being "Called in", and should all be tied to tech instead of to "CP" (I'd say the same of /all/ doctrinal units, but this thread is about infantry specifically).

Infiltration units in particular should simply cease being infiltration units, and be constructed normally. In exchange, they would arrive pre-upgraded, and I might argue that their camouflage should be improved. The latter to allow these units to still fulfil their role of penetrating enemy lines and causing disruption, without the gimmicky (and more importantly: Inconsistently useful due to the number and position of ambient buildings) "infiltration" mechanic.

Paras and Fallschirmjaeger Should still be airdropped/called in, as I don't think there's a really viable way to make changes to the way these units are "made" and still keep their flavour/role. It also keeps them unique.


A side benefit of all doctrinal infantry/vehicles being buildable, rather than "called in" is that it can help to free space in the commander UI, which leaves room for abilities to be added/shuffled around in doctrines.

EDIT: Alternately, in the case of Infiltration squads, I think they ought to take a page from Paras' books. An engineer unit should need to construct a "beacon" (or field camp, whatever) that infiltration squads can be "infiltrated" to. This would at least make things more consistent, though it would be a nerf in many cases.