Profile of Cruzz

I do have a question about Conscripts. Does the +0.07 received accuracy apply to the models even after they are merged into another squad? Also, why did Relic choose that way to balance them versus Grenadiers instead of slightly nerfing their damage? It means that Cons scale much worse than Grens in larger game modes. They normally last 0.07 seconds outside of green cover in a team game. I'm sure some will respond to this question with a "keep them in green cover, noob" which would be a great answer if the Cons only had to sit inside the base behind sandbags instead of actually capping something.

Good question and one for which the answer actually changed in the last patch! I probably should've mentioned this in my ninja notes, I touched on one small aspect of the implications of it (puma ostruppen nerfed), but I forgot to mention the more general cases where it has a huge impact.

Anyway, because relic moved the squad base received accuracy to the model/entity SIZE instead of a squad modifier, this now means that merged conscripts are in fact easier to hit than the proper models of a squad for any kind of infantry squads. They are harder to hit than the regular members of an HMG/mortar squad, but...

The other implication of this change is that now only the initial squad of HMGs and Mortars sucks ass. As soon as they get decrewed and recrewed with something else, they lose their received accuracy bonus permanently. For instance HMG42, initial received accuracy/size is 1.25. Lose the initial crew and recrew with grenadiers and you now have an HMG42 with 0.91 received accuracy. Or with PGs for 0.8 received accuracy.

are the mortar bulletins still -0.5 accuracy?

No, they reduce scatter properly these days. BTW. "Hole in One" for Ostheer Mortar, "Like a Surgeon" (120mm), "Let the Motherland Guide you" (82mm) are the strongest ones. The first two actually reduce scatter in all modes by 5%, the last one only reduces autofire/ground attack scatter by 5% (but other bulletins for mortars only do 3%). Ostheer "Mortar Hero" is the same as Let the Motherland Guide you in case you don't have Hole in One.

So it is possible to get a 10% boost for regular Grens with the 3% increased Assault Gren bulletin? Or does this only apply for regular Gren bulletins affecting Assault Grens?

No, assault gren bulletin will not affect grens, it only works one way.

Exploity mechanics

You can over double the fire rate of Rear Echelon rifle grenades from a fighting position by leaving the FP immediately after firing and then immediately re-entering again, skipping the 5 second reload.

Democharges triggered through damage rather than the button do more damage. A democharge+soviet mine is supposed to be 250+200 damage, but it does around 700 to a vehicle hitting this combo and thus oneshots most tanks. Works for usf demo charge too. Never did figure out why this happened, reported this as a bug to Relic over 6 months ago but hasn't been fixed so at this point I'll just consider it a "feature".

Cruzz do the bulletins for the PZIV for OKW stack with the Wher PZIV? I've got 3 x 5% additional armor bulletins (or is it penetration?) and I'm curious if I could stack those for extra pain.

How were you planning on using OKW bulletins as Ostheer (or vice versa)? There are crossfaction bulletin effects but these only apply for abandoned vehicles and team weapons because of this little issue

I think you should add that, unless i'm wrong, that open cover is as bad as red cover against anything that doesn't apply suppression.

def(ault)cover is open ground. I do not know if tp_open is in use anywhere.

To be honest you really should have realized that no way your units die as fast on open ground than in negative cover, even if the naming is really confusing

Speaking of flamers, there are people who believe they were not nerfed at all with this patch.

Like me?

They can't immediately win you a fight against full health models any more, but they do more consistent aoe damage now and their crit rate on models below 50% health is even higher than before. And now you don't risk blowing up all the time.

Other flame attacks are the ones that actually got nerfed. Mortar incendiary barrage, shock rifle incendiary barrage, molotovs, etc.

Guess I'll add one little thing about gameplay:

Vehicle Priorization will be disabled after using any ability that switches the weapon temporarily (SU-76 barrage, ZiS-3 barrage, Pak40/43 stun shot, Stug TWP, etc). You will need to switch it off and on again.

What about non-working bulletins? Like that, which should reduce satchel's price. More of them maybe?

Would have to check every single bulletin individually and verify the script is correct. Not gonna do that, I can look up individual ones if someone asks. Like the penal satchel one, which is indeed making the wrong ability cheaper so it doesn't actually work. Not that you should ever pick a bulletin that would make satchel 1 munition cheaper even if it did work.

Do you mean Blitz standing at cut-off territory which belong to enemy gives you resources from cut-off?

Any territory connected to a territory you own that has a blitz truck in it (setup or not) will count as connected even if it is not connected to your base sector.