Profile of Aerohank

Ah I see. So you think it's fair that a player facing grens is required to micro hi infantry from cover to cover or be suppressed, when OKW and OKH don't have to do so?

I'm pretty sure Relic said they were looking at evening out the micro requirements for allies, rather than increasing them...

It's the same reason why some people think the new HMG42 suppression is fine but the maxims suppression (or lack thereof) should not receive the same buff because flanking is apparently only something allies should have to do and mindless infantry spam is something that isn't a problem when axis do it.

I have an idea that I have not tested yet. Get 2 RE troops, 3 or 4 riflebros and grenades. Lead the attack with RE troops so you know where to pop smoke grenades. Maybe create a sort of smoke-leapfrog. This way, your rifles won't get suppressed before popping the smoke, which would give the MG42 plenty of time to re-position.

So that means you don't mind if Relic will add more options for Wermacht? You think that they don't need it anyway, so nothing would be changed for you.

The options are already there for the Wehrmacht and they function just fine. Wehrmacht does not need more options for smoke. The _only_ reason why you don't see a lot of wehrmacht smoke (outside of panzer tactician) is because there are barely any allied units worth smoking, and those that are are just as easily dealt with by charging from the front with vet2 grenadiers with rifle grenades.

Just adding in more smoke option for Ostheer won't make the game better; it will achieve absolutely nothing while only consuming relics resources to create more options that are not going to be used because the rifle grenade exists and allied support weapons are not up to par.

I would much rather see some other fixes into the game that would actually make smoke more valuable for Ostheer, like swapping the rifle grenade for a regular grenade and not making the maxim such a piece of trash. At the same time OKW can receive smoke options to make the whole game more tactical, where each side has to think about how to attack and where each side has to use smoke and flank, instead of just the allies.

I've seen it happen in 2v2s. Keeping a KT alive is easy so it is only a matter of time before you can call in the Jagd.

Ostheer actually has more smoke options than the Soviets.

Ostheer:
- Mortar smoke
- Mortar halftrack smoke
- Stuka smoke drop
- Arty officer smoke drop
- Panzer tactitian

Soviets
- mortar smoke
- heavy mortar smoke
- shock trooper grenade