Profile of van Voort

We also can't forget that few survived missions and 2 kills on a single one and in some cases, just survival would earn you an "ace" status.

WW2 pilot aces are not even close to say, red baron WW1 ace.

Pretty much the same goes for tank aces, where surviving long enough(personal survival, not tanks thou) would earn you ace status as well.

The red baron got 80 kills.

The great Luftwaffe experten are into 3 figures and there are several with 300+


The Red Air Force was just that bad and the Luftwaffe spread that thin.

Looking at this line by line:


Observer Mode

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In-Game Chat Moderation

To help ensure all players are having an enjoyable in-game experience, we have rolled out the first phase of an in-game chat moderation feature. This feature can potentially replace certain banned words with new text, remove a word entirely and/or send a ‘whisper’ coaching message to the offending party. This feature will see further roll-out as we receive new reports.

Goosefeathers, and I see no one has picked up on this yet

Units and Abilities

Allies are more difficult to play as a result of their high unit count and low power ratio per unit. For example, instead of heaving one super heavy Tiger, the USF have two or three Sherman Tanks. In theory, the USF player possesses a relatively similar army value; in practice the execution of this army requires greater coordination. Short term, our goal is to target a few problematic units or upgrades to better align the factional balance. Long term, we will be addressing faction scaling, how the power of a faction compounds into the late game, and difficulty of play related to Allied army composition. That said, other factors will likely be added to that list as we further investigate some of the challenges players are facing.

So they've acknowledged this as an issue; I have no expectation that this will be fixed too soon because it's a complex issue but it is nice to see them acknowledge the problem

Stationary Howitzers

Slight buff, but does not take them above the 400 level where they cannot be one shotted by off maps

If your howitzer is being attacked by on map units chances are you in the process of losing anyway

AT GUNS

Vet twice as slowly

Be interesting to see if they apply the same logic to AT infantry that also vets fast

Kubelwagen

Now has an upfront fuel cost - so no net fuel if you can salvage it and is easier to hit

Long overdue change people have been asking for

Volksgrenadier
Our concern is that this unit is over performing largely because it can fend off all target types. Even with a Panzershrek equipped, the potent grenade of the Volksgrenadier enabled them to engage other elite infantry.

Interesting minor change and rationale

Jagdtiger/ISU-152

Did not see this change coming, everyone was talking about costs, range or damage nerfs or ditching X Ray Shells

I like this, keeps them powerful without being a mindless "I WIN" unit

That the Elephant does not get hit with this gives it a niche

PAK -40

It was the best AT gun in the game before, it probably still is

Dodge WC51

Now coming earlier, but suffering the same disadvantages as the M3.

That Commander might actually be useful again

BAR

Needed some attention

Single Plane Off-maps

Il2 Bombs now more like Stuka zu Fuss

Confusing yes?

•Ability will now activate 1.99 seconds slower

Because 2 was way too UP

Ambient Buildings
Our goal is to improve the gameplay value of buildings and reduce the potential frustrations associated with their use. The first step towards achieving this goal is to increase the transparency of a building’s structural integrity. By doing so, players are better equipped to analyze the battle field and its potential assets. Future improvements will focus on gameplay and interaction. This might include improving the functionality of a weapon team within a garrison or providing the player with a better means of identifying each structure type.


Hints about fixes to MGs in buildings, etc, etc

This might or might not have any effect on the Stuka zu Fuss one shotting buildings; if it does will be an indirect OKW nerf

Weapon Tracking

Good

Entity Combat behaviour

Good

Team Weapons

Fixed the retreat bug, MGs pointing the wrong way etc

Significant changes that people were asking for

Cover

Will have to see how this works in game

Input Delay

Good

Infantry Reactions

Now only affects stationary squads, this is good


•Number of optimizations and bug fixes were made to improve the performance and functionality of the AI

Excellent news

Next to no one here will care about this of course, but it will matter to a lot of players

Map Optimizations

Interesting

Wonder if this means City17 Winter is back in Automatch?

•Strafing runs will no longer suppress or pin a squad while retreating

Because that wasn't annoying at all

Soviet AT Guns•Removed the +25% received accuracy modifier which was mistakenly applied to these units.


Excellent

Combat Engineers

Love to know how this weapon is unique

Pioneer MP40

Less accurate on the move

Units Forgetting Orders•Resolved a number of instances which caused units to not executed given orders.


Again, much requested bug fix

USF Major ‘Establish Retreat Point’•Major can now retreat to HQ while forward retreat is active
•Deactivating forward retreat will cause retreating squads to retreat to the HQ now instead of the old forward retreat point


Minor but nice tweak

I am so happy

How can a weapon developed in the late 1800's/early 1900's be more powerful than the pinnacle of Machine guns from the ww2 era?

No one has ever beaten the Maxim and the Vickers for sustained, reliable firepower.

Given ammo, water (Snow, Urine, etc) and spare barrels and they will fire more or less for ever.


Subsequent improvement to MGs has been to make them lighter, more portable and boost cyclic rate; but if anything they are less powerful


If you want me to hold a fortified position, I will take a Maxim or a Vickers

If I have to carry the damn thing around, then it's an MG 42

It was not too hot before, as it basically had no AI and it was very hard to get offensive with T4.


Now there is the Jackson, which makes it look even worse