Profile of Morderian

yeah but all grenades like to squadwipe which is mostly thanks to the squads bunching up, of course the RGs range is here a factor but considering the disadvantages (like no melee nading) its pretty equal actually compared to other nades i find the RG a bit of a lacking as other nades are good in preventing melee attacks or disabling stuff the RG isnt, the RG is more for clearing HMG teams then killing squads but that maybe is more a personal flavor when it comes to nades

sierra where in that match up is the support for the Volks, all thigs you listed should not be able to be defeated in 1vs1 by a volk squad easily, because they cost a lot more, that would be the same if someone says, conscripts should win vs lmg grens or obersoldaten without support they are not going to win against them in most cases (not counting cover etc.)

sry if this ends in a double post but the forum ssems to not accept the reply button

well for me its Ostheer and sowjets i will list my issues with both below, a small note i will ignore any of the dlc commanders thes dont count for meas part of the basic gameplay

Ostheer: in my opinion Ostheer is quite handicapped in comparsion to the new armys, it has basically no diversity, and certain maps are either instant defeat or more stress then it is worth it especially thanks to the now fixed starting postions,

main reason behind it is that ostheers basic army (no commanders) are too campy and too vulnerable to attacks from multiple directions while they themself have nothing with that they can go into an offensiv against the enemy because it most times will force them into a close quarter enviroment were they wil lose most times easiest solution here is more non doc infantry or weapon upgrades to (like mp40 of the vcoh Volks on some maps in coh 2 i would kill for the good old volks)

next is light vehicles, they come either too late cause when they come there counters are on the field or they dont do their job for their price (flame ht vs maxim spam 3 maxim are enough to kill the ht before it even roasts one squad), osthher light vehicles need mostly a rework i thing

last is commanders most of the Ostheer commanders are not viable for a simple reason in 1vs1, they dont have a Tiger Tank, reson behind it is quite simple Ostheer has nothing that is effective enough to break an enemy defenses on certain maps (best example road to kharkov north) even Tanks which should exel at stuff like killing infantry in lategame dont do their job and are merely a schock weapon then defense breakers so if it ends in a verdun and if ostheer ist the one on the attacking side without a tiger it will most times end in a lose, the Tiger gives Ostheer the firepower and the meatshield to overcome a camping enemy on such maps

i think making the Tiger non doc in t4 should fix that so Ostheer commanders are more about added bonuses (like ambush camo, g43, command tanks, Stormtroopers etc.)

The Red Army: well the red army has similar Problems as Ostheer their core inf is anything but good for that they get lots of cheese

Infantry: well sowjets also need more non doc inf i think like non doc shocks and guards that siply dont have the guns of their doctrinal counterparts like schocks that only have mosin rifles and no smoke etc. or gaurds that can only get a DP or the at rifles so they smooth the lack of sowjet Core infantry and support more the combination of infatry then spaming stuff

Teching: i think sowjet teching should be reworked to be similar to the teching of the panzerelite from vcoh so they have more options and combinations and get less predictable

commanders:well its similar to the Ostheer commanders its most about the call in Units especially the Tanks i think here also should be more units made non doc and locked behind the tiers and upgrades so more commanders get viable (like an IS2 or t34/85 non doc but to get it you need 2 or 3 of the buildings or certain buildings upgraded) again with the effect of making commanders more about bonuses then must have


OKW and USF
well i dont own wfa so i cant only say about both from the postion of the enemy

both need smaller reworks, a nerf for the Kubel and less cost on Bars and bazookas like 40 mun for bars and 50 or so for zookas

and for the kubel is to give it a bigger size so its easier hit by enemy fire and especially at weapons

last is the mortarhowitzer well both of them a unreliable and unpredictable as ostheer i sometimes see an USF one doing both either beign the ender of worlds and killing always 3 of 4 squadmemebers and havin incredible accuracy or in another case the americans seem to have found the whiskey in the guns of the Sherman tanks and now they dont hit anything i think thex dont should be both they should be as reliable as ostheer and sowjet mortar while not being too drunk to hit or killing everything

Because the Mg42 is not as good as a maxim when it you want to use it to attack your enemy reason is simply that the maxim is more mobile,

thanks to its setup times, it can also be used in buildings and support an attack while the mg42 is a pure thing for defence it needs to be set up or it will be overrun in most cases and it always needs support and spoters,

the maxim does not it can counter flanking decently while an mg42 in most cases can only run and the 42 cant use buildings (wont get out there alive against things like satchels or take too much damage in the process of leaving which will kill it outside)

well if the mg42 would be as mobile as the maxim or even the m2 (which is actually even better then the maxim exept for its crew size)
we would also see it spamed more because you could use it for more then just defend a point (were the Mg42 in my opinion is not that good if your enemy knows what he has to do against it)

yes he is a strange guy well back to topic:

here my thoughts about the changes for 1vs1

i think the lmg changes are fine, lets be honest all lmg overperformed no mattter which, how they now perform we will see with time

but the core Infanty changes are bad:

1: Sturmpios
well when playing russsians i never had problems with them you had afterall enough things to stop them like maxim, sniper, scoutcar or flamethrowers, if the enemy spammed them better for you he now drains himself a lot mp only annoying in city maps but hey then you can get schocks and support them with At guns and flamers so i think the changes here are extremely unnecesary

2: Conscripts
dmg buff is okay but the received acc is a bit unnecesary i think in relics case i woul have left it out and see how the new dmg gets the job done and rebalance if needed, but i think the acc modifier is there for the gren changes

3: Grenadiers
well overlooking the notes it seems like "hey we nerfed your damage for that you now get less damage", in my opinion useless for the grens afterall they are a long range unit so their job is to kill enough enemys on longrange to then fight the charging enemy off in close range more "health" wont help them doing that afterall for that you place them in cover and that health wont help them when of 6 enemys now 5 reach CQC when before it were 3-4 when the grens could win the fight most times and now they wont

4: Volks
more damage when staying but less when moving seems okay


5: Riflemen

performing on all ranges better then grens, really relic as far as i know that was the biggest problem Ost had beside from the need for an pak as fast as possible (aa HT), i mean before wfa as ost you could play diffrent tactics now you face mostly US and only can do one thing build a maginot line (quite ironic as a german especially without sandbags) at your fuel and pray you survive till you get a Tiger or P4 out and make your comeback nearly no diffrence in tactic allowed and you also have to cut short on a lot of units becasue you are forced to an extremely early pak while the US can decide the gameplay until said tanks and then its a matter of his creativity how to deal with them if he is not creative you win easily if he is, well prepare for verdun or in short not really fun to play (thats what i liked in vcoh all factions had diffrent tactics to use)

Vehicle changes are ok, lets see how they perform now over time, only the T-34 the M20 worrys me here but lets see how it works ingame for the m20 and the T-34 changes no, just no not necessary