Profile of Aerohank

If you wan to blob without being punished - go to Starcraft.

*Cringe*

I agree with Milka. The adjustments don't make sense. OKW is designed to be resource starved and have abilities to trade resources and salvage to compensate. Furthermore their tech structure is very cheap to compensate.

For instance:
- No extra cost for medics
- No extra costs for unlocking unit upgrades
- AT from the get-go, no fuel investment required
- SU-85 Jagdpanzer IV available from cheap T1(is it called 1 with OKW?) building.

Just take a look at the total fuel cost to unlock the entire OKW tech tree:
- 40 fuel x 2 for the first 2 trucks, 80 for the last truck. Bam, 160 fuel for the entire tech tree. Starting with 40 fuel this means you unlock your entire tech tree with all upgrades, including medics and repair station for 120 fuel. Or 180 fuel adjusted.

Now compare that to the other factions:
Ostheer: Starts with 20 fuel, total cost to unlock all tech: 240 (220 after starting fuel reduction. Does not include medics or repair station.
USA: Starts with 15 fuel, total cost to unlock all tech: 275 (260 after starting fuel reduction). Also does not include medics which also cost fuel.
Soviets: Start with 50 fuel. Total cost to unlock all tech: 310 (260 after starting fuel reduction). Also no medics nor fancy repair station.

OKW units perform according to their cost, not their 'adjusted cost'. If OKW units got cheaper compared to the other factions, the whole army would need a re-design to remove their other bonuses.

The fastest way to vet volks is hitting vehicles with panzerschreks. Other than that they are a bit underwhelming. Especially so vs US riflemen.

Charging in with volks to throw a nade is also risky, as the lose to riflemen/volks in close range. Ideally you will want to let them come to you, and then nade them once they get close.

And unless Im wrong, its still important to remember that the MG42 crew has Conscript level armor, though their cost is still scaled to Grens. Ost pays more per model for reinforcel, on a unit that is smaller to begin with, even though the stats are no better than a Maxim crews.

All Ostheer infantry has the same armor: 1. German infantry armor has been removed in the march deployment patch in favor of more DPS per model. Making 4 vs 6 men squads balanced through DPS per model rather than DPS per model and armor. The MG42 crew dies more or less at the same speed as maxims crews as a result. Both also have a 25% reinforcement discount compared to the main infantry (cons and grens).

*I think* that the intention of volley fire was for it to be used in conjunction with other troops shielding your RET. I think that is why they added the damage received modifier, so you can't just use it in a 1 unit vs 1 unit fight and auto win. The suppression is quite low now though.