Profile of maahowl

Disclamer: I'm a pretty mediocre player, so take my opinions with a grain of salt.

40mm Bofors Emplacement
After removing this from the Platoon Command Post, allowing it to unlock alongside the 17-prd seems reasonable. Also giving both survivability buffs to make them slightly more usable because emplacement counters are so powerful.

• Unlocks upon completing Company Command Post tech
  
• HP of both Bofors and 17-prd increased to 1200 (from 1000/900)
  

I'd rather not move bofors up to T3 though, I feel like it removes the selection of a defensive/offensive playstyle that's simular to hammer/anvil tactics. Also, when bofors is T2, it can be useful before lategame, when the opponent doesn't have a lot of counters to it, and lategame tanks and artillery can deal with it easily, making it a bit of a waste of money later on unless you protect it and repair it constantly + you still unlock the mortar pit at T2 so you can't protect it with a bofors now until T3 rolls out.
Basically, it won't be very useful at T3, but there might be a viable use for emplacements that I didn't discover that isn't slapping all 3 kinds of them next to each other.

Bolster Section
Bolster makes British infantry extremely cost-effective, even against upgraded Axis infantry. By delaying this upgrade until the late game, the British player will have to invest in munitions-based weapon upgrades to remain competitive against upgraded Axis infantry in the mid game. This also reinforces the British theme of having a powerful late-game arsenal.

• Now requires Company Command Post
  

I saw a suggestion once that i personally prefer: make bolster an upgrade that can be bought for individual squads, and cannot be bought along with pyro/medic upgrade. Does not lock out any weapon upgrades, so you can choose raw performance with bolster or utility with pyro/medic. When it comes to sappers they can be 5 man squads without upgrading, it shouldn't affect balance too much.

1) As long as you have the upgrade, the repair speed bonus will apply.
2) Kubels are generally useful for early-game capping, its role doesn't really overlap with the IR Halftrack.

What game mode are you playing? The uses for QKW tech vary greatly depending on game mode.

I predominantly play 1v1s, and I use it when I go Scavenge doctrine. The JLI can provide a meaningful mid-game anti-infantry power (what the Luchs provides), then I get two Raketenwerfers for anti-tank (what the Puma provides). If the opponent is going heavy with team weapons, I would get a single leIG.

With infantry and support weapons, you cannot play as aggressively as with light vehicles, but by skipping a light vehicle, you can get the Ostwind not too long after your opponent fields a light vehicle. The Ostwind decimates infantry and can bully almost any allied light vehicle.

In team games (2v2+), the window of effectiveness that light vehicles have is grows smaller the larger the team game. Battlegroup HQ is the usual tech, as you can get a Panzer IV out rather quickly. The only time you would get Mechanized HQ is if you are the one responsible for indirect fire (Walking Stukas) on your team.

Thanks for your response, I play random 2v2 at rank ~1000 (slightly higher) and I only have the basic 4 doctrines for OKW.

EDIT: I actually have a 5th doctrine, it's the one with the sturmtiger, idk how it's called in english though, armour support I think?

I don't really want to go for kubel if I go for the battlegroup HQ since kubel later on is mostly used for scouting with its vet 1 maphack, and I consider the IR halftrack to just be superior for spotting than a kubel, even after the nerf it can spot an entire army safely and you don't even need to bring up the tactical map to see what units are there.

Consider using the Flak HT as an extremely effective suppression/model sniping platform that can vaporise MGs and shreds squads at vet II+, but is easily killed by AT guns. It's vastly better than the MG34, if not 2 of them even, and can drive away from arty strikes, coming with an inbuilt smoke. Even if they have AT guns and PTRS squads, you can still use it to protect your 'LelIGs', in the back, from vengeful flankers.

Thanks for your input as well, I was already using the flak HT to some effectivness but I usually prefer the IR halftrack + leig since it gives you a ton of vision, so you can hit / smoke the most important target and assault. Will keep your tips in mind though.

Also, if I go mechanized first, should I purchase the battlegroup HQ after a panzer II for healing, or should I just keep getting sturmpio medkits until later on?

Any tips on how to use it properly and with which doctrines? Mechanized seems to usually be better because of luchs/puma, but also I like to have a leig and not constantly pay munitions for healing. Thoughts?

Also unrelated, but if you equip sturmpioneers with a minesweeper, does it have to be equipped in order to gain the repair speed boost or is it permanent, regardless if it's equipped?

Also also sohuld I even build a kubel when I can opt for the infrared halftrack with battlegroup HQ?

UI bug that happens rarely on some maps. Click on another squad then click back to it. It's not just riflemen.

Had that happen to me a few times, I thought this bug can be fixed by clicking on an environment building though

Oh yeah, also the 17 pounder emplacement says the churchill crocodile death quote when it's destroyed for whatever reason