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If one goes for a solution like that it would make more sense to delay the Soviet/Ostheer sniper instead...

Maybe drop the price abit to compensate...

Hmm, I don't see why shifting 2 units (with all the game changes that entails) would be preferable to adding this option for one faction. I don't think it's too strong, and it adds more options rather than taking them away.

I know it's an unpopular opinion but I disagree about sniper being a big issue for UKF. You can go UC + AEC and then counter snipe. Dealing with snipers is really only an issue for OKW and USF because they don't have a sniper of their own.

Actually I find playing vs Ostheer sniper much easier for UKF than dealing with multiple MG42s. But I guess that is just my personal opinion.

Your UC micro is clearly better than mine then lol. I find that it is very easy to snare because it rotates slowly and can't react well to flanks.

Right, snipers definitely give OKW a headache. But given that Brits would have to spend 460 manpower on the Sniper and wait to build any units while it was teching, do you think the matchup would be that painful?

A spectre is haunting Brits in 2v2 automatch... The spectre of the Ostheer sniper...

Playing Ostheer on open maps vs Brits is a tonne of fun. Your sniper takes the head of Tommy after Tommy, your Grens snare any lumbering UC that strays too close, your Scout car murders the Brit Sniper in seconds as soon as it arrives to try to stave off the bleeding. They go AEC, and now you're ahead in fuel so the Panzer IV can run out the game.

At least, it's fun for the first 20 games. After that it feels cruel. And so I got to thinking how Brits could be given a tool that wouldn't completely break the balance of the game.

To me, the main reason the Brit Sniper is so underutilised is that it comes too late. It often comes onto the field facing an Ost Sniper and 222 already built. But simply putting it at T0 would make it the cheapest sniper in the game and probably too punishing.

My suggestion: Enable a 100 manpower, 10 fuel upgrade for the Brit Field Headquarters that enables the training of the Brit Sniper from T0 once upgraded. This prevents the Sniper from arriving earlier than the Ost one and opens up more strategies for the Brit that don't rely so heavily on the unwieldy UC.

Question 1 - Does this fuck up the OKW matchup?: I don't think so. Spending the equivalent of 1 1/2 Tommy or MG squads to use the early Sniper is unlikely to work out very well against numerous OKW infantry. The lack of early snare on the Brit side means that Kubels could also punish the Sniper, even if they do take a beating from it if caught out.

Question 2 - Won't this make Brit even more vulnerable to the Scout Car?: Yes. The AEC is unlikely to arrive early enough to protect your sniper, so going early Engineers and planting a sneaky mine or two seems like a must.

What are your thoughts? A shift in the right direction, or a SNAFU?

Idk what rank u play.. but in my games jp4 only sees jacksons when i sneak to them.
first of all u see rifles and then a pak and behind it jackson's.

You can see what rank I play from my playercard. Can't see yours though...