Giving Ostwind similar ability to "20mm strafing run" is a potential disaster, considering its timing and shock potential. Also same ability is out of the question, since Ostwind has slow firing AA gun, not two fast firing 20mm cannons.
But people want the ostwind to have both a high anti-infantry DPS and have a strafe ability that insta kills infantry in it.
sniping models and squad health and penning the rear of the staple allied mediums is not enough, needs a buff
i think in my 1800 hours of COH2 i seen SMG penals 2 times.
i have utilized them before, they are alright because you get them earlier than any other smg squad, but the crate has been nerfed over and over, so they are a direct downgrade to other smg troops you can purchase
penal battalions should receive a separate PPSh upgrade that is unlocked at CP-1, 45 muni cost, identical to the pre-nerf upgrade
nobody really complained about them and nobody found them overpowered either, and all the crate nerfs have been almost exclusively for svt cons, but affected both, turning ppsh penals from rarely ever used and "meh" to outright useless and obsolete
Interestingly, the Vickers does MASSIVE damage at point blank,
Under extraordinary rare circumstances, if a squad happens to be right in front of a vickers, like point black, it will decimate the squad in question.
However, the MG-42 is essentially the same in this regard, anything it shoots at the same range will die VERY quickly.
ultimately the damage feels the exact same most of the time
y do u not care about the old clip? so 5 IS deathblobbing a mg42 is fine while my squads getting suppressed by a mg is l2p issue? this is just clear bias
Think they're PMD-6 mines or something. They're available on any commander with the bunkers I'm pretty sure..
EDIT: but yeah nobody uses them. I dont remember whether they're 5 muni or 15 but if they are 15 muni for one mine it's total ass compared to tripwire flares.
they are 7 muni for each mine
they are supposed to be s-minefields but with individual mines to be placed instead
Ostheer gets the shit end of the stick with mines, you going to bitch about a mine that has freaking signs telling you where they are?
Ostheer has small unit size and high reinforce cost, meaning a 30 muni mine is far more efficient against them than a 30 muni mine against Soviet units.