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Can´t really comment on the Panzerwerfer itself since I find myself hardly ever building Ostheer T4.

However we should see how it works out now that T4 is cheaper and the Brummbär might make going T4 attractive. Haven´t played much of the preview mod yet to see whether it might be more attractive now.

Don´t forget to mention that OKW can´t build caches which is not compensated for by the salvage ability. Not even with the thorough salvage ability does that bring as much income as a cache would throughout a game.

Also their vehicles are more expensive than the Ostheer counterpart: Panzer IV: 125 vs 150 fuel, Panther: 175 vs 200 fuel. The vehicles are of course not identical and the difference is there to compensate a bit for the flexibility in the OKW teching but nonetheless the tanks are harder to obtain.

Ostheer went downhill since the Brits arrived.

No other faction gets punished as severely as Ostheer for making a mistake due to the four men squads. The fragility of Ostheer early game is intended. Or to be more specific: It used to be intended. Ostheer could compensate with its lategame advantage for the lack of good early game. Brits destroyed this concept of lategame advantage, the additional tier that was until then exclusive to Ostheer. And even USF and Soviets were buffed in their lategame performance.

Nowadays Ostheer struggles through the early game and tries to perform against overwhelming odds only to find itself in a mediocre lategame. There is no light at the end of the tunnel so to say. No compensation for your fragile units, no reward for staying ingame. Sure, there were some buffs to Ostheer early game but none compensated the four men squads and punishment for even the slightest mistakes.

But a good German lategame is seen as blasphemy by many and thus we are here now wondering why Ostheer is neutered. The least that could be done would be a 5man upgrade like the Brits have since mirroring the factions seems to be a thing now.

I can´t believe people are still defending brace. SolidSteel was on point. It is a get out of jail free card. No skill involved. Invincibility when you got caught with your pants down.

I wrote that some months before. I think the ISU-152 was notorious for using its HE shells versus vehicles. Believe it or not: The AP shells could bounce off, the HE shells would however devastate the target. Give it an increased reload time but let it fire its HE shells effectively against vehicles and infantry alike. Maybe an "AVRE/ Sturmtiger light" approach would fit the vehicle, where you fire a devastating shell every 20 seconds.