Profile of Aerohank

I'm sad to see that this thread is not getting much attention. These are all great suggestions. Especially the call-ins requiring tech (for all factions of course). I do feel that StugEs (and Pumas) need to be linked to at least BP2. StugEs are super powerful and are hard to counter with the USF because of the low performance of Bazookas and high teching cost of the captain.

The flame halftrack upgrade is tricky, it used to arrive very early and all you would see is flame HT every game. However, it's never seen anymore after the nerf. My suggestion would be to remove the BP2 requirement, but remove the ability to reinforce once upgraded (same for Soviet HT). This would still make the FHT a nasty vehicle to deal with, but not a unit that has to be focused down ASAP or else you will lose the game.

It would be nice if the 222 didn't explode in 1 hit to 30 munition mines too. It just needs a 10-20 health boost for that, since a lot of light vehicles now (post-WFA) seem to have high health.

Mine vs vehicle balance is fine I feel. Other scout cars have the same health as the 222. The Kubelwagen, M3, 222 and american scout car (forgot the name) all die to one 30 ammo mine, be it a soviet or OKW mine. Other, non-arty light vehicles all have enough HP to survive a 30 ammo mine, but get insta killed by 60 ammo teller or the american 60 ammo mine. These mines however can also 1-shot much more expensive units like the T70, SU76, M8 etc.

but I dont think Luftwaffe supply won the match.

We know, that is why it's specifically mentioned in the Ban Luftwaffe thread that it's not because of this game.

Hank, were you sleeping when A SINGLE P4 was circling your ISU? -____-

No I was busy trying to button + bomb the second King Tiger. By the time I looked back it was too late to stop it. Also all my infantry died in those few seconds which kinda sucked.

In hindsight my teammate should not have build that second howitzer after the first one was destroyed. If the MP was pent on 2 extra AT guns to cover my ISU that P4 assault would probably have resulted in nothing.

GG WP
in my opnion luftwaffe is balanced, couse last time i was playing with use ISU i heard that it's OP, now we beated ISU and luftwaffe is OP, what's next? Osttrupen OP?

If the map is good for it, you can get a KT out in ~15-16 minutes in a 2v2. On maps like Semois or ettelbruck trainstation (or whatever it is called), you can easily lock down the fuel next to your base with your flaktruck, and spam away the fuel drops for a super early KT. It's kinda ridiculous to have to deal with a KT that early because you can't kill it. You might damage it a little but there is no way you can have the forces to take it out.

Ok. Thanks. Since its so crap in ypur opinion, there is not point in swapping it with T70.
Or, maybe reveal your true motive for wanting it moved, and what true use you actually see in it, despite the above.

My motive is this:

I play a lot of soviet and I'm fairly good with them (currently rank 15th). I'm not a huge fan of cheesy no-tech call-in tanks and I try to often use sub-optimal commanders to make the game more interesting.

I also try to do the same with the units I use. However when it comes to tanks there is a problem. Namely that you can only do 1 thing: Spam T34/76s. With Soviets you need tanks to deal with enemy infantry, this is a given. Lategame German infantry is superior to soviet infantry due to better scaling. There are only a few doctrines with shock troopers which kinda lend themselves to the use of other tanks, but those are few in number and play in mostly the same ways.

Now, there are 5 other tanks in the Soviet arsenal that are hardly used ever. This I feel is not because these units suck for their cost, but simply because either A) It locks you into a bad tier or B) There is another unit in the same tier that does everything better. T4 is useless in 1v1 because it does not deal with infantry. T3 does deal with infantry, but only one of the units can also harm tanks, this is why everyone who bothers to build tech goes for T3 -> T34/76, with maybe an M5 mixed in first if they can spare 120 ammo.

Edit: I do not want this change to make soviets more powerful. In fact I believe it won't even be a problem for balance. The SU76+T34/76 can already be achieved in the form of either SU76+T34/85 (if you have advanced warfare) or SU76+KV-1; if . SU85 + T-70 is also not a problem, the T70 is extremely nimble easily countered by both infantry based AT and tanks. But even though the T70 is not that impressive, it does have that one crucial thing that T4 lacks with makes it unviable in 1v1; the power to kill infantry.

I want this change to have a more divers Soviet metagame. It's boring to play with or against the same stuff every single game.