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+1

then maybe fuse fire up and rifle flare together and add cavalry riflemen. Then the doc would be perfect imo


Replacing RE flamer with RE rifle grenades and rifle molotovs too OP then maybe?

I don't think it would be OP. The company would be focused around rifleman after all and commanders with lots of early abilities have a worse late game.

On sidenote. I think a ranger carbine upgrade could be good for the rifle doctrine.

Replaces 5 M1 Garands with 5 Ranger M1 Carbines for 60 muni. Locks out weapon rack upgrades.

This upgrade would give Rifleman a dps boost at all ranges while keeping the their inherent weaknesses. Its also different then even more commanders with 1919's.

I think it's good to think about this and most commanders people suggest do need makeovers.
What I think need to happen in addition to this is look at the usefulness and consistency at some abilities across the board. Such as abilities that go against the games design or abilities that have been changed in recent updates and that a just flat out better and more interesting then their original counterparts.
Ill try to list them here.

Il2 Sturmovik strafing attack on Advanced Warfare:

Its expensive and useless for what it does, it also seems to miss a lot of the time. I say replace this with either the normal Il2 Sturmovik loiter strafe or with the Il2 rocket attack for some more variety between commanders.

Rapid Conscription on Conscript Support and Soviet Reserve Army:

Goes against game design of keeping units alive and me and my friends rarely use it. I also never see it used in pro games. I think can be replaced with various abilities depending on the commander. For example: For Mother Russia, Weapon Crate Drop, Commissar squad or maybe a custom ability where you trade muni for Manpower. The possibilities are endless since at lot of different abilities could be argued to fit the commanders.

Various Tanktrap and Defensive Emplacement commanders on different commanders and factions:

I think more uniformity on these abilities within factions would be nice. The biggest offenders that come to mind quickly are the trench abilities of Osttruppen commanders but it is not only exclusive to them.

Tactical Movement on Blitzkrieg and Lightning War:

Ever since camo got a sprint ability integrated I feel like Tactical Movement is a waste of a ability slot. I say replace it with camo to bring it up to standard or give it something more appropriate for the respective commander. For example a halftrack for Blitzkrieg and a Artillery Field Officer for Lighting War. These are just ideas though.

Relief Infantry on Festung Support and Lightning War:

Same as Rapid Conscription. A ability that goes against game design of keeping units alive and I never see used. Can be replaced with a variety of abilities like Osttruppen Squad, Ostruppen Reserves, Assault Grenadiers or Veteran Squad Leaders.

Various 250 Halftracks on Whermacht:

I feel like all the Halftracks that come pre loaded with soldiers should be replaced with the normal empty one from the German Infantry Doctrine. This would give small halftracks some more use since the manpower investment wouldn't be so huge (490 on Mechanized panzer Grenadier!). People can always load them up with a diverse selection of infantry afterwards so I think that this change will make the game more diverse and interesting.

Fire Up! On Rifle doctrine:

I has a slowdown at the end that makes it annoying to use. I say replace it with the Cover to Cover ability from Urban Assault. That one is better in every single way.

Raid Tactics on Recon Support Company:

A ability of dubious value in a faction where every vehicle crew can capture points. Maybe replace this with Recon Run from Tactical Support?

On a quick side note id like to list some changes that would makes some more thematic sense in my mind that would just consist of swapping abilities around.

Ranger Company gets Mechanized Groups instead of Rifleman field defenses:

More interesting light vehicle play and fits the aggressive theme better then foxholes.

Urban Assault kits on Rifle Company and M2 flame thrower on Urban Assault Company:

I think that getting molotovs and rifle grenades for there respective units fits better on Rifle Company because the focus on rifle infantry And what better weapon to clear out building then a flame thrower.

Sturmtiger on Breakthrough Doctrine and Jagdtiger on Elite armor:

A heavy breakthrough tank fits better on a breakthrough commander and the biggest baddest TD of the war fits better on Elite armor. I think the Heat rounds wont be an issue on the JT since I have never seen it bounce and if it perceived as a really big problem HEAT round can just be removed on the JT alone.

I like the idea proposed by GI John but recently I read another proposal on this forum that I think deserves a second look.

1 man officer squads that can merge with other infantry squads. If I remember correctly they keep there individual abilities and Thompson and get a merger abities like conscript. This means the individual manpower requirements are lowered significantly but the fuel price stays the same. This also means there can be more varied build order openings cause you are not locked into 2 pseudo "rifle squad" and less popcap burden.

Here's a mod that gives the King Tiger to Ostheer in their Elite Troops doctrine: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1602620176&searchtext=King+Tiger

Recently the Tiger Ace was added to the new commander in order to tweak it but I still think that Ostheer deserve to just get the KT while retaining the Ace in Elite Troops since it sort of fits the name and theme of the commander.

Or another brand new commander perhaps next year can include it?

Just wanted to view some opinions, I wanted the TA replaced before but now it's become a nice all around self repair capable unit to spearhead assaults.

Cheers.

Some time ago we had a similar discussion and from that flowed the KT replacement mod. The general consensus from that tread was that the Tiger Ace was badly designed and ugly unit and it would be better if it was replaced with KT all together. I agree with this.

https://www.coh2.org/topic/84849/replace-tiger-ace-with-king-tiger-for-elite-troops

You don't need to show me the way, I have had the game uninstalled long before this last patch, and as expected, the game balance simply got worse...

Then why are you still here? shitting up a tread of a game you don't play or like and talking to a community that you obviously don't like and have no respect for.
Come up with constructive criticism next time.