Profile of Capacity_gear

I don't know why everyone seems to think Rifle Grenade is some sort of mini-nuke, it's got the lowest AoE of all normal grenades. Except the Volksgrenadier Grenade, which is identical.

I think people are not frustrated by the statistics of the grens rifle nade, like you say nothing above and beyond that which is available to any other faction.

I believe its more to do with how it is delivered within the game mechanics. Its damage and AOE are what kill units by definition, but the cause of losses to a rifle nade are more abstract than simple statistical value of the nade.

Its one of the more subtle animations too look out for, added with the range and speed of the nade, makes them very hard to avoid just one, and impossible to avoid multiple.

With other factions you get a more obvious animation, but also a detonation timer which near triples the time given to react and move compared to the rifle nade

Some of my fav's

We dive at dawn: (British sub "sea tiger" sinking the "brandenburg")
Above us the waves: (sinking of the "tirpitz" using midget subs "chariots")
In which we serve: (1942 British propaganda revolving around the crew of the "Torrin" destroyer)
Went the day well: (haunted by 1 scene involving a lady and a grenade, always remember that)
Ice cold in alex: (why women shouldn't be on the front line, why did she let go of the crank handle!)
The longest day: (3 hours of greatness, saving private ryan seems to have been a re imagining of this, except for the ryan bit)
Reach for the sky (story of Douglas Bader, a fighter pilot who lost his legs in crash and carried on flying, great story)
Cross of Iron (great film)
The one that got away (story about Franz von Werra the only german prisoner who escaped the British isles)
633 squadron (Iconic theme music, story about an operation involving an RAF mosquito squadron)
The dam busters: (you've probably already seen it, got to love the name of the black Labrador)
I was monty's double: (John mills, nuff said)
The Heroes of Telemark: (story about the Norwegian resistance trying to stop a german facility that is producing heavy water)
Tora Tora Tora: (attack attack attack, the attacks on pearl harbor)
eye of the needle: (Donald Sutherland as a german spy on the Isle of Mull trying to escape with intel on the D day landings)
Overlord: (film about the training of 1 soldier for the operation of the same name, D-day landings)
Max manus, Man of war: (relatively modern film about an Norwegian resistance hero)
Colditz: (not to be confused with "the colditz story", this 2 season series is fantastic, a must watch for all)


To be honest there is still too many to list

another idea i would like to pitch in is making the MU cost for the smoke grenade ability for the riflemen free because since axis can now pump out MGs a lot faster. concealment is absolutely paramount when facing against that kind of firepower but it is useless within the first 5 minutes of the game because you can't afford it. keep the cool down as it is of course but just make the specific ability free. in matches against human opponents i've seen axis players bring in 2 MGs(uberwagons included) making an easy shutdown for USF since they lack MGs of their own early game

The op was asking what you thought of his idea, not for you to re-post yours in yet another thread

I can never take the term "Arse" seriously. Is that like the British way of saying "Ass" or is it like one of those words kids say as an alternative to cursing? I'm being dead serious. I've wondered this like my whole life lol.

.......... wow.... just wow...

It is my understanding that in many instances the balance team isn't allowed to touch commanders until after they've been released.

I really really hope that isn't true, what a truly terrible way to make a strategy game.