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As I've said earlier in this thread, the AGs really need to be buffed, given cost of CP2 and 500 manpower and made to be Stormtroopers so they actually add something to Ostheer build order.

Before the muni cost they added a way for Ostheer to take the fight to the Soviets rather than play defensively early game. They didn't deal a lot of damage but they were durable and had to be used aggressively. Now with the muni cost, what's the point? Why would I skip Grens for assault grenadiers? Why would I keep getting AG instead of PG? The muni cost puts them in a very small window of effectiveness -- imo it's nominal.

The AGs can no longer be used for an aggressive style of play. Grens with LMGs are more effective and there are other ways the Ostheer player can spend 50 munis in the opening minutes rather than get a durable 5 man squad. This also makes their ability useless because by the time you get munis for it you'll have much better options. And again, once T2 is reached PG are much better. So now AGs can no longer serve as a substitute to Grens and they don't serve as one to PGs.

Either take away the muni cost or make their cost real high (2CP, 500MP) and buff them to be Stormtroopers. Don't keep them in this limbo where they're ineffective and superfluous.

I disagree. The AGs no longer really fit into the Ostheer model anymore. They should have increased the CP to 2 instead of 1 and simply made them stronger and cost nearly 500mp as Stormtroopers. Then they could be useful in T1-T3 strategies.

Instead they were useful in skipping T1 until they cost munies. CoH1 had the format down perfect, why not rinse and repeat? Disappointing.

Barton is right.

The Tiger really needs a buff. Before the most recent patches I suggested buffing the T34, IS-2 and Tiger.

The T34 and IS-2 have been sufficiently buffed but the Tiger has gone through changes that actually make it weaker.

It's effectively a vehicle to soak up damage but can't perform either two essential functions: (1) It can't be used a break the line unit; and (2) it can't be used as a flanking unit.

The SU-85s (there are always two or more) and AT guns burn through the nerfed Tiger armor and the Tiger damage output just can't keep up. There is no cost efficient way of using the Tiger as a break the line unit.

On the other hand, it's speed has been nerfed and again the armor has been nerfed so it can't even be used to flank the line. A T-34 ram or AT nade stops it cold and again it can't dish out enough damage before just getting engine damaged and destroyed by the SU-85s.

For the price and the role its supposed to fill this unit really should be look at carefully to buff it so it can fulfill some role in a competitive game.

I agree Panther needs a slight buff.

MG suppression needs to be buffed, considering that the real problem was the MG setup time in turning to suppress a flanking unit. Additionally, Relic needs to consider what Nullist has pointed out about the 25% damage nerf really hurting Ostheer more than Soviet 6 man squads.