1. Sure, since it is a big disgrace, which is a shame. Something to make it good in doing something...
2. If it turns out to not be OTT, then i guess it could make it a bit more popular.
3. DSHK once was OP on certain maps when it was 0 CP and much better, but now it is an overpriced HMG that does nothing better than cheaper HMG's, and its "AP rounds" are a JOKE.
4. I wouldnt know about camo or the ability to retreat (since it does provide cover for the crew, unlike the raketen... i think, as i have only seen it about a dozen times), but HE rounds would be great in making it useful beyond the time the first medium tank arrives.
5. Making it actually worth in a role would perhaps see it used. Just... something.
6. Making the Sturmtiger like that would make it an oversized Brummbar, which may be used more, but its vet abilities primarily revolve around its long reload... I wouldnt think Relic would throw away their reload animation, and it wouldnt feel like a Sturmtiger if its firepower was that much weaker... something else can be done to improve its abilities, but not remove its reload characteristic. Well, to start, MUCH less experience to vet would be nice.
7. The IR halftrack is the most subtle of all support units in its ability to aid in combat. The fuel cost is what makes the unit so undesirable, as all it does it sit around, which people would rather use fuel for something else. Remove that fuel cost, and it would be seen much more often...
8. Stuart needs 400 health. Its engine damaging ability needs to be removed, or only present on April Fool's day, and its stun shot needs to be a two click ability, in that you activate the ability and click on a target that it will shoot and only shoot, even on the move. That would make it much more worthy in use.
9. Panzerwerfer could be better, but T4 can be made viable in many other ways. Adjusting pacing for Allied units, callin or stock... Simply making T4 a lot cheaper makes me fear of T4 being so viable, that it would be possible to pull off ignoring T3 and being completely fine without it. Well, the last time that was possible, Panther costed 145 fuel and I believe Ost teching was a bit cheaper, but still - be wary.
10. Anything to make Stug G useful before blowing up as a waste of fuel.
11. Anything to make Partisans be viable, as i havent seen them or Irregulars for a long time... for good reason.
12. I dont think it would be too much to slightly reduce the mp penalty as all Soviet vehicles cost more in manpower than they did in the times of Soviet Windustry.
Lock veteran riflemen to cp 2-3, but make it consistently give vet 2 rifles. That way it can't be abused early game, and gives USF player easy to replace riflemen for late game. Nerf vet gain so it takes longer for them to get to vet 3 though than say a normal vet 2 riflemen. 20 more manpower for a squad that already has vet and is a call in is a steal.
^^^ Or something of the sort. It'll be better balanced for replacements later in the game than as an unfair advantage at the start of the game.
if a mp44 where that potent everybody would be spamming pio's guess what they are not.
Also the whole role thing is terrible. you have to over buff a specific infantry unit to make sure the okw doesn't get steamrolled by the allies. the only solution i see is either buff the obers back to their original self or buff volks. their is basically no other option because these 2 units are non doctrinal .
Also callin infantry doenst count. the okw are not the soviets that rely on callins.
Wait...
#1: Not everyone thinks like you and doesnt care about schrecks. Even with the puppchen buff, you cant expect the puppchen to be everywhere blowing up everything.
#2: You cannot "spam" 320 mp 40 mp reinforce four man squads, but you can certainly do it with 235 mp 23.5 mp reinforce five man squads. That has nothing to do with whether or not stg44's are great, which they are indeed. Sturmpio Stg is great in its optimal range, as well as the panzergrenadier's stg.
Volks are rather cheap, compared to many other things. If volk schreck blobs exist, then they can technically blob with anything else, as long as there is munitions available.
I am not saying no to a volks change, i was merely looking through and saw something that was statistically and realistically incorrect.