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Could be that this accuracy changes is Relic's answer to Soviet weapon teams problem aka. Maxim spam?

By making them more durable?

triple nerf for sturmpios :

-decreased damage
-increased damage of allied core infanty
-increased durability of soviet weapon teams

And all that for 320 mp

With this nerf and many others that this patch broght to almost all OKW infantry, I realy wonder what this faction should rely on. Vehicles it's not the case (they can't build a decent number of them in a match), now main infantry became weaker (sturmpios, volks, hmgs). So what should they relay on? Kubelwagen?
I think these changes are wrong.

That's exactly my concern, seems now you are encouraged even more to float manpower till you can get out units that are more viable.
Dumbing down core infantry makes you more exposed you cheese tactics, early m3's became now stronger against okw, since your sturmpios inflict less damage to them.

Proper unit positioning and flanking is now less rewarded, maxims can escape easier because of this.
And the riflemen blob is still a ball of death rolling through your units.

The problem is not just the direct nerf on the Pios, with synergy to the buffs of allied core infantry you are double nerfed and this is what renders the uselessness of sturmpios. They are definitely more of a burden than a help with their 320 mp.

Rename them to Buildingjäger then.

Kammerjäger maybe

I guess Stormtroopers should feel like German soldiers that hide in the basements of stalingrad and thus pop out of buildings.
Fallschirmjäger infiltrate the enemy lines and appear out of their hiding spot when needed.

Thats my explanation.

After a few games I have to admit Stormpioneers feel underwhelming with the new patch.
Before the patch they were a glass cannon unit that could, if properly used for flanks inflict a lot of damage. More importantly your flanking opposed a serious threat to soviet snipers and they seemed a good unit to oppose maxim & sniper spam.

With the new patch, they feel rather weak now since their dps range got nerfed pretty badly:

Near range distance from 8 to 3
Mid range distance from 16 to 15
Far mid distance from 35 to 28

The decreased received accuracy modifier doesn't make up for that in my opinion.
Before the patch they were scaling bad into late game, after the patch, they scale even worse. I honestly don't see a reason for a double Stormpio build anymore, with the exception of certain maps like Stalingrad and Ettelbrück.



Update 10.09:

As Cruzz pointed out Soviet weapon teams are more durable now, due the removed Received Accuarcy modifer (25 %). Together with the Sturmpio damage nerf, this is a double Nerf.

Personal Note: I find it funny that Assault Engineers with M3 Grease Guns now outperform Sturmpios (elite troops lol) with their Stg 44.

Assault Engineer M3

Range distance near from 8 to 10
Range distance mid from 14 to 18

Maybe the Stg 44 'range distance near' nerf was a typo in Relic Quality Management Process? I mean 9 and 3 look alike. I know this game is not about realism, but grease guns better than STG 44? That breaks immersion since they have the same squad size.

Thanks to Ipkai for the image. Here you see the new dps profile



Comparison between Sturmpioneers and Assault Engineers (thanks to Milkacow,):



Here you have his opinion about the Stormpioneer issue.


Furthermore our beloved Senior-Strategist Milkacow made a very informative post about units and their effective ranges, clearyfing confusions Players like me might have.
Read here and here for more information.

TensaiOni made a tool that lets you compare the damage output of squads.
You can find it here.

When I'm back home (around Friday) I gonna upload some videos which standard combat situations between Sturmpios and allies core infantry.