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What about if we make flametrower in rifle company not a upgrade but a rifleman call in that cost you 280 Mp 60 munny and give you riflemen with flamer , so you wont be albe to have all your rifles with flamers without kreeping your early game presence or in very late game.

Good idea, but someone suggested a dedicated 4 man Rifle squad as a call in which comes with a flamer (or as an upgrade). 4 M1s and a flamer is way too much damage. That would have more control over their balance.

I wish they would add increased pen at vet 3 or something.

Actually, that's something I want to see for all mediums, mostly T34/76.

I had the same problem with CoH2, and not with other games. Turned out my VGA was done after 3 years of honorable service. Interesting thing is, I was able to play other games for a couple of weeks before I changed it. Seems CoH2 is more resource heavy than we think. Much more.

As far as I know before Rifleman vet was buffed there was trend to use REs with equipment (BARs or LMGs). Now imagine RE flamer blob, which wouldn't be locked behind certain commander.
- Fragile? Yes, but after vet they get 5th man.
- Can't be spammed? Hell no. In fact players chose REs instead of Rifleman because of spammability (better map control) and cheap reinforcement.
- Not AT? Absence of snare - yes, but you can always throw in some zooks.

Don't you think that's the problem with REs in particular and not the general idea?

Great post. It's good to see fundamental arguments every now and then instead of BUFF DIS NERF DAT.

1. Flamers: I'm with Pigsoup on this one. Flamers should counter both cover and garrison, provided that they are only accessible on Engineer units (Fragile, can't be spammed, not AT etc). As for vehicles, I think a speed nerf and a range nerf would do the trick. Wasp should maintain its superior range because it's underwhelming, but other heavy and medium flamers should have their range cut by half.
Side Note: Remove Auto and manual "Nade from tank" (Talking to you Churchill)

2. I agree with you. I would like to see all indirect fire weapons act like "baby howitzers" and I've stated that before. A High-Explosive barrage of 4-5 rounds, with a very short cool-down just to force units out of garrison or cover (Which is also pretty realistic). Pack Howi/ISG can have their suppression on their barrage then since they are expensive.
Or we can have Infantry reactions back. They've removed it allegedly because Volk Blobs could cause "Chain Reaction" which was practically Suppression. All explosive and ballistic weapons should have their "Infantry Reaction" back.

3. Tactical decisions like this are good for a better experience. I agree that no brainers are kinda boring but your example of 4 LMG grens in a squad made me lol( ). They can reduce the damage of LMG and move it every model in the squad (DPS buff on Kars or Lee-Enfields etc.). This might actually reduce model sniping. I would also like to see a minimum range for LMGS, in which the model would not be able to shoot if the target is too close (something like 5-10 in game meters)

4. We need actual Skill Planes, with skill involved. Unless it's Recon. I know it won't be implemented, but they can add manual target selection for AoE Skill Planes. For example, you have a maximum of 5 Bursts (or passes or salvos, whatever) on your P47. You have to manually select targets inside the AoE, and the plane will target them with every pass. Both more tactical and balanced, great micro tax for great ability. We won't see that in game of course, just a thought.

5. These specials and crits should be restricted to custom games only, unless you have control over it which would create more problems.

Thanks for your great post.