Profile of Dullahan

They're not meant to be combat capable. They're rear echelon troops. They're fine.

Then they should have non-combat utility. The only thing they have that other units don't is mine sweepers. Pioneers and Combat Engineers suck in combat too, but they have options like flamers to be somewhat formidable and they're the primary builders for their faction. RE are builders, but both riflemen and assault engineers can build the same things through doctrines. (In fact, more things) Their repair is also entirely unnecessary because tank crews are better at it anyway.

I think you're missing the point about the "rear" in the rear echelon squad. If you want to spam them, you basically must go Airborne for paratroopers. While they have pathetic base damage, buffing them to any meaning state would overlap them with riflemen (America is designed around riflemen in CoH2, not an RE army).

I like every unit to be useful. I try and find the value in every unit in the game. I don't think anything I'm suggesting is over the top at all. Combat Engineers are 10 man power more expensive and do twice as much damage with better accuracy.

I think rear echelon troops are fine. Volley fire is in a good place now.

Got any replays actually using it? Why would I ever want to spend 20 munitions on volley fire?

And why would you put Bars on this squad anyway.

I'm a stubborn fool who plays with a lot of 3x or 4x RE builds, so being my mainline infantry they tend to need the damage output.

Also if we want to talk about min/maxing effectiveness of the army, RE are a much better squad for bars since they have the same health/armour as Riflemen but are cheaper and benefit more from it.

Wait, how is that 57mm gun the best one? Pak40 eats it for breakfest in terms of dps and penetration.

It has the best abilities. imo anyway, your mileage may vary.

Again, why not? It provides more viable options.

I feel like the purpose of doctrines is to allow you to tailor your core army to a specific playstyle. The best ones are the ones that unlock abilities on existing units.

Nothing about 0cp units prevents you from doing this.

Waiting until 1 cp lets you see what your opponent is doing and react to it. If that same opponent was rushing for a puma, your doctrine choice is looking really shitty now isn't it? It also maintains a proper game pace where every doctrine unlocks abilities a few minutes into the game. 0 cp units break the traditional pace of the game and completely invalidate the point of picking 3 commanders and not just one.

Are you arguing that all 0cp units should instead be core units? I'm all for increasing available options but that seems a little too strong to me. You get access to the dodge in exchange for NOT having access to easy eights or paratroopers or whatever.

No, not all of them. For americans though I would certainly argue that units like the Jeep, or Pathfinders, would be better served as core units that unlocked abilities through doctrines rather than be purely doctrinal call ins.

Why? They give you more early game options, keeping the meta flexible. Isn't that a good thing?

3x rifle start gets a little stale.

I don't like how they encourage picking a doctrine instantly. I can't be the only person who equips doctrines just so my opponent will be really fucked if he decides to use certain units, am I? (IE if he builds a kubel, I can shit out a jeep and instantly counter it.)

I'd much rather the jeep be buildable as a core american t0 unit than be locked behind a doctrine. In general, I'm really not a fan of calling in units that aren't late game tanks or battle groups. I prefer when they have to actually be built at a structure, using up time and a production slot.

The variation in American early game is in the decisions to buy upgrades or mix in RE/ambulances. A 2x riflemen 2x RE build has its strengths if you make good use of fighting positions. 3x Riflemen is just the current trend but it's far from the only viable option. (And past 50 fuel, Americans have a ton of great options in terms of tech and units.)

play with the unit before complaining about it

what's the biggest complaint US players have? No end game. What end game does mechanized give? jack shit.

You should be happy to see trucks, because if you can survive them (and you can) you know you won't be fighting easy eights or m1919 rifles

American T4 is one of the strongest in the game. Just because they don't have a heavy tank doesn't mean they don't have an endgame. Not to mention they have the best AT gun.

Yeah when they swapped the .50 cals 25% bonus accuracy for 25% increased accuracy recieved, the unit suddenly became made of paper. It never felt all that overpowered before and nobody was really complaining about it, now it's kinda... eh.

They were just bringing it in line with the German machine gun which takes the same penalty.

It was added back when people whined about conscripts not killing the crew before it could retreat.