Profile of Cruzz

can't buff the base damage or it fucks up with vet abandons.

There's a boolean value for resetting veterancy bonuses on the death of the crew. Relic just keeps forgetting to set it right.

Is is true that cover is ignored close range (10)? Better to stand still and shoot-out than to sneak behind cover (movement penalty on accuracy I guess) in close quarters battles?

Yes

Are you sure the +25% accuracy triggers properly? I tested Valiant Assault at least a dozen times and didn't see any tangible difference. Volksgrenadiers fighting Conscripts seemed to fight the same whether or not it was triggered, and the results were pretty consistent.

Haven't seen anything to indicate it not working. Like I commented at some point about OKW offizier mark target, accuracy bonuses are kinda bad for OKW a lot of the time because they have very high accuracy to begin with.

Does the sturm offizier buffs actually do anything to things like ISGs or mortars? Ive done it a few times, but i wonder of im just wasting my time

A minor improvement to reload speed which means less than it sounds like because reload itself is only a small portion of the firing delays of these units. Definitely a less than 5% increase no matter what weapon you have, specific number will depend on the ratio of cooldowns and animations to reload.

*1.1 accuracy for infantry, HMG (raketenwerfer does not gain accuracy, but any other atgun will)
*0.91 reload for mortar, atgun (leig will not gain reload because it's not classified as a mortar)

LEIG gets the offizier icon because it's gaining accuracy as it is "infantry". But it does not use accuracy as an artillery piece so all this does is make the crew a bit better at shooting their horrible rifles.

If I equip OKW Sturmpios with minesweepers and deactivate the minesweeper (because it will replace one STG) do they still have the repair speed buff?

And how big is the repair speed buff in numbers btw.?

Doesn't matter whether you have sweeper out or not, the repair buff is applied always after buying upgrade.

Standard repair speed for sturmpioneers is 3 hp/s per model, vet 2 adds +1, minesweeper upgrade adds another +1.

And does spotting scope allow Elephant to aquire targets at max range?

Spotting scope multiplies vision by 2, Elefant has 35 vision (or 35+35 with the cone enabled). Max range on weapon is 70 so yes it will always spot for max range with scope even without the cone enabled.

Random ability explanation:

Airborne Assault
250 munitions
Spawn a slow recon plane to go over target sector
After 3 seconds:
// (Non-functioning part because the target for the strafe is set wrong):
Start Overwatch for 15 seconds for enemy vehicle in targeted sector, if triggered:
Spawn Stuka Ground Antitank plane that is the same as an Ostheer Stuka CAS attack //

Start Overwatch for 15 seconds for Enemy unit in targeted sector, if triggered:
Spawn Stuka Ground Attack plane that is the same as an Ostheer Opel Blitz Strafe except double damage and 100 penetration instead of 2, does up to 3 runs at roughly 9 second intervals, will not swap target even if target dies.
After 6 seconds, spawn a slow plane that will drop a Fallschirmjaeger squad

Removed the line about construction penalties from the original post because it was indeed fixed in the July 21 patch by the addition of a 2x received accuracy on most infantry that could build stuff. Except: Partisans, Mechanized halftrack LMG42 grenadiers, puma ostruppen, because consistency is hard.

Some more ability explanations:

OKW smoke nades will disable all weapons on a vehicle like USF white phosphor

VET1 AP rounds on M36 will temporarily buff the damage on the gun back to the original 240 from the 200 it has by default, changing the number of shots required for some targets markedly. (PIV/Ostwind 4 --> 3). Also does not force reload on start so starting it immediately after Jackson fires will get you faster fire rate. Has a 3 second ready aim time so switching targets while this ability is on will result in a 3 second extra delay before firing (applies on first round no matter what because the weapon change counts as a first firing). Note that because the regular gun does not have a ready aim time, the Jackson will fire a regular shot immediately after the ability ends. Except for the damage part all of this applies to M10 AP rounds as well.

Propaganda Artillery:
80 munitions
On start, reveal radius 30 area for 30 seconds
2 seconds after, start barrage of 8 rounds, one per 3 seconds, in radius 15
Every round is radius 15, on enemy unit type infantry random chance:
25% nothing
35% debuff for 30 seconds of -2 speed, *2 received accuracy
30% instant suppression applied every 2 seconds for 7 seconds in area
10% force retreat


USF Light AT Mine (Infantry company riflemen, Armor AssEngies, Mechanized AssEngies, Recon paratroopers)

20 damage, always penetrate, will apply debuff "hit light at mine" for 7 seconds. Crit is applied AFTER debuff check so a single mine does nothing.

Light vehicle (Anything without infantry crush, plus su-76):
1 or 2 debuffs:
engine damage 30%, no crit 70%
3 debuffs
engine damage 40%, threads destroyed 40%, no crit 20%

Heavy vehicle (All other vehicles):
1 or 2 debuffs
crew shock 10%, engine damaged 10%, no crit 80%
3 debuffs
threads destroyed 33%, engine damaged 33%, no crit 33%


Paratrooper specials:
Suppressive Fire:
11 seconds
Disable movement on paratroopers
Burst duration *3 (~50% increase in DPS on LMGs)
Suppression +0.01 (more or less equivalent of a maxim)

Thompson Assault Stance (Also used by Stormtroopers with STG44):
10 second duration
Received Accuracy 150%
Outgoing Accuracy 150%
-2 move speed
Multiply burst duration by 2.5 while standing still (~40% extra DPS on the thompsons)