Profile of Morderian

hmm here i must say it really depends on the faction, playing germans i must say that an weapons upgrade is more effective then a riflegrenade for grens, RG are not bad to damage units that are immobile but they are worthless in fights against mobile infantry, a consript squad will most likely evade any riflegrenade and the bundlenade of the pgrens is well not worth its cost

here the weapon upgrade are safer to use and against some russian units they are a must (like con spam or schocks you dont want to meet them without an lmg)

on the other hand if i play russians i rarely get an upgrade maybe a flamer for penals or DP28s for guards but that depends on map and what the enemy uses and which units i call in but most times grenades and molotovs are more effective

a good thrown grenade can kill 2-3 man of a gren squad and the enemy has a hard time evading it in close quarter combat

and a molotov well it does not kill a good as a nade but for that it mostly rosts 1 gren and denies cover and buildings which lets your consripts easily get the upper hand in combat

and the penal satchel well if you have someone that blobs his inf and you use it in close range it can kill a lot of enemys, it also erases any MG 42 in a building safely and it also can heavily damage any kind of tank if you get it to stop
so i must say that the ability on the russian side are mostly more rewarding then weapon upgrades

well after playing a few matches i feel that relic overdid it with a few thing but patch is mostly really good:

Pgrens: well they are now a bit too vulnerable for their price in an engagement against cons they get quite some damage in CC and schocks eat them alive so they can mainly only work as an blocking squad to keep enemys out of melee but are not good for offensive work like before, there g43 grens seem to have the better cost/use factor now

T-34: well they again oneshot pak guns, should not happen in my opinion cause it makes the paks unreliable if the T-34s just has to shoot it when fausted, the rest is good makes the T-34 a really reliable unit especially when flanking enemy tanks

IS2 and ISU:

both keeped there Anti infatry damage makes them a bit too strong in my opinion, IS2 is now good against tanks and infantry still gets riped to shreds by single shots and the IS2 got a higher RoF now makes it even better then before at that (loved to see my IS2 defending an VP alone against 4 Lmg grens and a Panther even if the later one nearly killed it but hey it still forced him to retreat after losing his grens in a few seconds)

and the ISU became an area denial weapon place it and watch infantry and tanks die if they enter the arc, just watch that it is not alone in the case of a flanking p4 or panther

i dont know what i have to think about the changes some seem good others i dont really understand

Infantry:

pgren changes: well now the became as easy to kill as grens, dont know if they now can still fight ppsh troops and properly assault enemys or evolved if they into a "i can only defend grens from melee attacks unit" will be intresting to see

Conscripts: seem ok and were also needed before cons were mostly cannon fooder

Pioneers: well would have liked an cost increase more but we have to see how this works out hope they now cant be charged by enemy units again cause i really liked how they killed charging scripts feelt realistic (you dont charge an squad with Smgs) other then the BB guns from before were they loosed to nearly every unit on the field in close range

Grens and Guards: changes seem ok but have to see how the lmg changes work out

At-guns: very good changes makes them more effective

HMGs: hmm dont know why they increased firepower against light vehicles well now i have more reasons to steal maxims from russian players XD (honestly i love their mobility)

Tanks:

Stug changes: I dont like them, the Stug was one of the most effective tank killers in WW2 and now they make an AI Tank out of it which most likely wont be able to kill an T-34, honestly if i want AI i can get an Flackpanzer in my opinion the Stug should be able to fight a Su85 if you have 2 of them

ISU 152: Changes seem ok but would be intresting to now if it can still oneshot german squads if yes well then that is a bit too much in my opinion and maybe the HP buff is also a bit too much with the increased armor but lets wait and see actually one of the changes that confuses me the most (not that it was not necessary but i dont know if they did write all changes in numbers in the log)

IS2 Changes: well seems to be intrestiing changes but the low damage high rof dont fit an IS2 in my opinion and second question is does it keep its AOE or did we get old AI values with higher RoF

T-34: Ram changes are good (even if such stuff not really happend in WW2) and the buffs will also give the T-34 a better role in combat

well i like the new free doc but sadly i dont find use for it in 1vs1 cause you can get it only after going t2, you need something to defend yourself against the 5 mins t70 and it sadly doesnt have pgrens in it so the fuel cost is delaying your AT too much.

but normally its an really nice ability and grens with LMG in it are very strong, you can also use flamers or other weapons out of it so its very dangerous as long there are no tanks on the field and even then you can try to hunt tanks with a schreck car like in vcoh you only need to be very carefull when cons are near

well i am not a good player but i think the issues for the Ostheer is for me are following, so if i am wrong in one of my points please correct me and maybe give me some advice :

1: Infantry Combat

Grenadiers: for me it seems that grens without the LMG upgrade dont have a chance against conscripts in close quarter, i know they are actually not meant for cqc but you have no option to keep cons away from your grens because they can simply charge them and have the molotov to take away your cover on their aproach what you dont have as a german, then the Riflenade is also not an option because of the minrange and the long cast and fly time every half decent russian player will evade them

solution: make them t2 give them more nades (at nade, phosphor nades etc., maybe giving them diffrent upgrades for them) and give us back the Volks with their SMG upgrade and exchange riflenade for an standard nade so you can do something against cons that rush you with oorah (or atleast have something to throw back at them)

HMG42: well the MG42 was an feared MG it fired 1500 rounds/min and nobody want to cross its arc, in Coh 2 its useless it does not suppress until the cons are in range for a molo especially with their orah, neither does it kill in a short period of time, actually i think the russian WW1 Mg is better cause it does suppress faster its more mobile and does more damge (and the DSCHK is even stronger), in Coh1 you needed to flank an HMG of any side here you just run through it (also those had the same setup time)

solution: give it back the suppression it had, some might cry op op op but hey you shopuld not be able to run through it, it is meant to be flanked and that is easy with cons


AT gun: actually an very good at option it suffers just from one thing the huge AI capabilitys of the russian tanks sometimes t-34 just twoshot it

Pioneers: well a four man squad with MP40s that gets shot to pieces in close quarter combat by the enemy Pios with their bolt action rifles, sry but that is rubbish they only can build, even the flamer is nearly useless cause they cant even take a shot or two.

Solution: more armor, more Damage and make them more expensive (40 more manpower)

2: Light Vehicles

HT: nice support car, but the flamer upgrade is not worth it way too expensive and too easily countered,

Solution: making the flamer cheaper would be okay, also maybe give the HT an AT gun upgrade so you have an mobile at what can counter an t70 but does get killed by real tanks really fast


3: Tanks

Stug well the Stug is rarely worth it i mostly use it when i feel that there is an T70 rush comming but mostly i think an p4 is the better option.

Solution: giving it the bombard ability of the Su76 would be a nice thing to buff it and make it maybe more usable


Mines and other ammo using stuff:

the Ostheer needs lost of ammo to keep many thing equal to the russian equipment, especially mines they are mostly too expensive to use in 1vs1 cause you need the ammo elsewhere, i mostly see russian in lategame spamming all kinds of ammo based abilitys while as a german you couldnt bunker 500 ammo in early, sometimes i cant even fight back cause everytime i want to approach with inf there is jsut another fire arty incoming and you have to fall back or it will instantly roast your troops

Solution: make some of the german Ammo expenses cheaper, especially mines (or give them cheaper mines)