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I want to use them as main infantry to replace conscripts in between early and mid game.
I know this is wrong, but any other use seems so bad compared with other tools soviet have.

I understand it's no use to spawn more than one guard.

This is completely the wrong way to use these units. Use them to back up conscripts and merge to keep them on the field longer.

You have identified the problem yourself, you need to change how they are used not ask the unit to change.

2 Guards can be very useful in cases, but I would never go more than 2. Their AT potential with two squads is actually respectable (40x4=160 damage on first volley).

Guards are some of my favorite faction infantry. They function decently in many roles (almost impossible to not find a use for them during any engagement), they also benefit from faction specific abilities (merge), and have a nice large squad size making wipes rare.


On the drop rate, that was standardized with other units. They drop items more rarely because they carry more. Stop getting them down to single men when you retreat and you will find they do not have butter fingers.

All should work.

The base should not be a safe haven.

This should not be the case as some factions have access to LoS generators more frequently than others. On top of that the Stuka dive bomb (biggest offender here) cannot be stopped and cannot be known before it has a chance to tick off some of its time before impact. Besides as others have pointed out, some of the arty is balanced around the assumption that it cannot be used on base sectors. Base sectors offer a sanctuary, that's the point.

As OP said, all should be turned off in base sectors for fairness and consistency.

You can still drop them at the edge of the base sector if you want.

imo some of these changes are kinda questionable, but what worries me the most is the suppression buff, combined with an mg thats 210 mp, has had its far range dps doubled, and is now stock. from a 2v2 perspective its gonna be really easy to lock down entire areas of the map WHILE still being able to play aggressive thanks to the medic truck in the early stages of the game.

ostheer has a powerful suppression platform but because they dont have a forward reinforce until later stages of the game it kinda balances itself out. they perform well defensively, but when pushed off they have a hard time coming back. with the new mg34, not only is it extremely hard to push them off because you cant nade them, they literally just have to fall back to forward medic hq and then retaking the ground they lost to displacing the MG is pretty trivial

edit: another one that im confused about is the cheaper t4. panzerwerfers will come out faster, and theyre already a very strong late game unit.

Is it time to remove the forward retreat point from OKW? I would like to see that.

Someone else also mentioned, a vet 5 MG42, which is easily attainable after vet 1, is going to be ferocious. This will also have knock on effects because a Wehr player who loses an MG team and gives the gun to an OKW player will in fact get an upgraded MG42 supporting his men.



Also, the alien-cloak bug on JPIV needs to be addressed like 10 patches ago.

While I like the suggestions by Brad, I agree that a number of things were completely left out which would leave a final stale meta. A number of commander abilities still need to be addressed (e.g., vehicle detection, covering arty).

The lmg change to me seems to strongly favor the Axis team. They are already basically limited to one lmg so no changes will be seen there, but Allied teams need to add more punch to help push off Axis infantry so that their lighter tanks have a chance to surround Axis tanks. I could be wrong, but I would be willing to try it. This might also cause frequent weapon drops which of course would be completely unintentional. It is also highly inconsistent with other weapons currently in the game.

Changes to arty would be very interesting. Should get the protections AT guns currently have (never gun death before crew) to help make them front-line units.

Scripts still need something to help them make it into the late game with a purpose and to open up commander meta.

OKW schwer does not receive a cost? Or did I miss it? How can a tech structure which builds itself anywhere on the map be allowed to give a free suppression and light AT gun, with anti-air capabilities?

OKW still getting free AA from base defenses is unfair.

As others have pointed out there are a number of call-in units in the trash bin which need help.

Making mines do 79 (or something close to it) damage to infantry would be interesting because models would survive if they were full health, but nearly die forcing an instant retreat. Partially healed squads would of course die instantly. Adding suppression would give the player that hit the mine and the defender a chance to respond.