Profile of Serrith

Snipers are potentially getting a bit of a shake up in the newest patch, particularly the soviet sniper and naturally there is heated discussion about it. One thing I read stuck out in my mind though, and that was this:

However the problem is existence of snipers in CoH all together.
I never understood why they went with super expensive very high risk and reward unit for early game instead of specialized squad or light vehicle.

PE ATHT anyone? Now THAT was a sniper done right, potent, very counterable, fun to play with and unique.

So I lay in bed wondering what could change the snipers role but still keep them useful, and came up with this.
I'll first lay out the changes, then explain my reasoning for them.


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All snipers now cause 4 seconds of suppression to the unit they fire upon
All snipers deal 20 damage per shot to infantry.
All snipers have a cost reduction to 240 MP.
All snipers receive a critical hit chance on targets below 75% hp.
All snipers have a 400% damage bonus to units in garrisons.
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Now let me explain.
The key revolves around the mechanic that keeps a suppressed unit suppressed as long as it is taking continuous fire. When the sniper fires upon a unit, it no longer acts as a primary damage dealer, instead, you must capitalize on the momentary suppression by moving up one of your mobile infantry squads to keep the enemy unit pinned down.

This is important especially for the wehr and soviets. For the wehr, it gives them a tool to be more aggressive on the offense, as now you can suppress a defending squad and move up with your infantry without having to wait for a mortar to get into place to lay smoke. For the soviets, it gives them an alternative on the defense to the maxim which is locked behind tier 2(and still sorta sucks).

Because the suppression lasts less time then the reload of the sniper, the sniper will be incapable of keeping an enemy squad suppressed indefinitely by itself.


Snipers will have the secondary role of clearing garrisons hence the 400% damage increase to garrisoned units.

Because their potency has been reduced, and because they now require combined arms to function, it is necessary to decrease their cost as well.




Overall these changes would reduce the costs of snipers making them easier to field, reduce their potency but give them abilities that work well with combined arms, and offer a potential alternative to existing units without invalidating usage.

Give it flares!





Kappa.

This guy....

Cause realism, it was decided that the game should simulate Russian tankers on vodka-hence the T-34-76 and IS-2 are horrifically inaccurate. I would be too if I was inhebriated.

i would disagree with you about the vet not helping with combat
all okw "combat" infantry get to heal out of combat, that means you can skirmish, take some hits (RNG allowing not drop a model) and only soft retreat and heal up, ready to jump on the next skirmish in the enemy territory- or at the VERY least, your units heal up while retreating letting you simply reinforce and move out, no need to wait until them medics fellate each and EVERY model (i feel this is why shrek blobs are allowed to be so potent, as down time is minimal)

ive also FREQUENTLY used sturms stun nade to secure wipes on retreating groups ( a well timed stun nade halts the retreat and requires another one to get to safety) and their medical supplies are miles ahead of first aid and let you keep up the pressure

at vet 3 the rakk gets guaranteed pen and bonus damage out of camo

flaktrak gets muni free smoke at vet 1

ober smoke is the bane of shock troops and rangers

HELL a couple vehicles can even disappear and run away!

okw have beyond powerful vet and greatly out match that of the ther factions with no drawbacks

AND

use salvage
seriously
EVERY wreck or weapon you dont want

its FREE fuel
meaning the okw economy isnt simply on par with everyone else's... its SUPERIOR

by the time my tiers are built sometimes ive salvaged nearly 50 fuel or more in some games ( effectively making that vet 4 luch that ran over a mine after 50 infantry kills cost 15 fuel), all at the low low cost of also getting 5 levels of vet and sexy bonuses when i tech up

Well I mean, I wouldn't say all okw cmbat infatry do. Even though sturms are a utility unit they still fill a combat niche. If counting doctrinal units, only the FSJ have auto heal on vet. JLI and panzerfusiliers don't. Which means okw is 3 for 3 in heals.

As for the salvage I agree it's very good, but 50 fuel at the end of a 30 minute game really isn't a big deal. And this somewhat compensates for okw being unable to build caches.