Osttruppen Reserves - what's the point?
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Maybe some of you can explain it to me?
A normal Osttruppen squad is 200 Manpower and for Osttruppen Reserves (2 Osttruppen squads) you pay 500 Manpower and then there's a chance of some veterancy. A) 200 Manpower for one Osttruppen squad and that's quite steep, B) so we pay 50 Manpower for veterancy on a very weak unit which we C) MAY get, and D) we have to pay for pairs of squads.
Isn't this by far the most inefficient ability/unit cost-wise?
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I would love it if they added in more random weapons to these units, like a chance to get a panzerschrek or a pair of G43s or some MP44s.
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Try it when you need to take points under fire from a ISU152. They can be lost and save you more expensive infantry as you hold the line.
Still very situational, I would rate it as a mediocre ability. Not great, but not terrible.
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Waste of MP. Safer to just spend it on two grens and pay 60 muni for an LMG if you need inf and some AI.
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It is expensive but there's the time factor. You get two squads instantly and you don't have to wait to BUILD two of them. If you have a decrewed Pak, mortar, etc. you can get people on them instantly without retreating a regular 4-man squad.
Yeah 2 squads instantly at the right moment can be a game saver, I find this ability pretty good but im not a huge fan of the lottery part of it. I love the idea behind it though!
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Yeah 2 squads instantly at the right moment can be a game saver, I find this ability pretty good but im not a huge fan of the lottery part of it. I love the idea behind it though!
I like it, as I use it to quickly re-man my support weapons, add reserves behind them, or cap. The fact that they are big squads also helps a lot.
There is a 100 MP max price premium but this is more than offset by its timely benefits IME.
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Ostruppen are actually pretty tanky in Green cover, they're good at holding territory so long as you don't use them to attack positions directly.
+1. This is why they are only good with long range weapons. Maybe they could get away with G43, but then they don't drop so u have no chance of moving the weapon to a gren, like with an LMG.
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