Profile of Angrade (Ægion)

Why remove Tommy Guns from Paras and Rangers?
That's the one change I don't like, Rangers with elite 1919s, which are better than the regular ones, might be hilarious broken, everything else is good but I would change the "Scott" Combat Group just to a Combat Group like the one in CoH1 Infantry doctrine, just you pay fuel to turn into Manpower. That would be situationally powerful.

I my mod, I replaced the M1919 Rack with a Thompson rack and made the Bar rack doctrinal while the Thompson are unlocked through normal means. This was in part of to reduce long range damage of all standard infantry. I removed the Thompson upgrade so they can be picked up from the rack up to three times for Paras and Rangers.

For the 1919 upgrade, I am trying to make it into an unique weapon for elites so they can seem and sound different than regular infantry. The 1919s are still the para variant which for them never seemed overpowered too me, so this is more or less a test for the Rangers so this could be subject to change or have stats ajusted.

For the Scott, The Scott in the live game seems like it comes out too late to be any real impact. I moved the Scott to a doctrine where it could come out earlier and replace the slot in the major building with a Sherman (105) that could be upgraded to a bulldozer for more health, armor, and for its "terraforming" abilities. A fuel to manpower ability to me screams "lets blob and attack." With the extra manpower, that would be the common way to help remove HMGs and other support weapons, while the earlier Scott with the help of the Greyhound to spot could strategically displace weapon teams.

Currently on the mod I am working on, there are some doctrines that are obsolete and some that have only one or two good abilities are either worth it. I would like to talk about how to improved doctrines whether about being in my mod or in live in general. I am able to alter the doctrines in my mod if you all would like a preview. Note, I would like to doctrines separated as much as possible so try keep at most TWO like abilities with other doctrines. On the other end I would like to see at least 3 doctrines with a doctrinal unit so a bulletin can affect all three doctrines. Down below is just some topic not all.

Mod:
https://www.coh2.org/topic/64205/%C3%86gion-s-experimental-balance-changes-mkiii




Soviets

1. Shock Army
This doctrine has too many over lapping abilities
-Conscript PPSHs and Shock Troops
-120mm Mortar and Ml-20 Howitzer

This Doctrine could be completely redesigned and how would you do it?

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2. NKVD Rifle Disruption Tactics
To many munition sinks
This Doctrine could be completely redesigned and how would you do it?

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3. KV-1
This tank could be non doctrinal T4 since it does not overlap with the T34/76 and SU 85.

4. Armored Vehicle Detection
How effective is this ability, and who on earth has actually used this ability?

5. Community Defensive Tactics Tank Traps
I would like to make this non doctrinal, but what should I replaced it with? The Forward HQ is not an option because I replaced the Booby Trap with PMD 6 mines and with M42s already the doctrine and I do not want 3 of the same abilities. I am thinking of two options, an MG bunker or PMD 6c (Light AT mines).

6. M42 Light AT gun
While effective for its cost it does not scale well with anything heavier than a Ostheer P4


7. Hit the Dirt
This seems like it would be effective but perhaps let it extend to combat engies, guards, and penals?


Abilities that would be nice to have a 3 doctrines
1. Partisans
2. Isu 152
3. Is 2


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Ostheer
I have adjusted a lot of these doctrines in my mod but here some other things I have not changed.

1. Jaeger Infantry Doctrine
Too many munition sinks in faction who craves for munition
Ideally either light arty barrage or Stuka close air since they are both targeted abilities while the rest are upgrades.

Edit: There are audio for a Jaeger Light Infantry dispatch so why not a Jaeger Light Infantry dispatch like the OKW but with only 3 stars of veterancy?

2. Storm Doctrine
sounds like it could be good doctrine for stormtroopers to make a third doctrine with them.


3. Regal AT mines
This seems like it would an overpowered ability, so why do we not too offen. Is it because Ostheers munitions are too valuable in this time of the game?

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USF
I have adjusted a lot of USF doctrines as well, but if you have any comments let me know.

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OKW
I have adjusted a lot of these doctrines in my mod but here some other things I have not changed.

1. Strum Officer

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UKF

1. Commando Regiment
This Doctrine has 4 Munition based abilities, a bit too much.

2. Tactical Support
People originally only used this doctrine for the OP Arty Cover, but with proper nerfs to arty cover this doctrine has really fallen out of usage.
-in my mod I have adjusted the Recovery Operations to make it more affordable and reasonable.
-The biggest dead ability is the forward observation post. 300 manpower 60 fuel for a garrison to gain abilities which all are expensive. And at 10 Cps, the opponent(s) probability have access to items to quickly destroy these HQs, (if there were any left to use for this ability or in good locations).

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If you all have any opinions on how these doctrines or any doctrine could be improved lets talk about it. I am not part of any balance team or have any special channel to talk with Relic but this could draw awareness for the next patch (if one happens) that could fix these. Fixing doctrines would help make the game more enjoyable and less stale with more and different strategies.

is it possible to create victory strike of kamikaze planes ?

Something like this?

You could try adjusting the fire wind up times or by the aim times of the second weapon.

Wait, how in god's name did you make the USF fighting position be able to take in mortars?

I tried adding mortar teams to it's "inside" option or whatever and it didn't work, or did you find a work-around?

Rather than have mortars garrison inside of the position, this is my replacement mortar position for the Mortar Emplacement. Instead of big and power emplacements, I am going for smaller, weaker, and cheaper emplacments so they have less impact but more expendable. This is how I made the Mortar Position

1. Clone the USF fighting position.

2. Add the Mortar Emplacement's crew, and cut out loader/gunner 2

3. Go ahead and add the weapons and abilities to the mortar position and delete the weapon (not the hardpoint) all of mortar 2

4. Change the construction_ext on construction squad to your desired squad

5. Go to and extract the USF Fighting position .ABP file

6. On the .ABP file I added this:
"..\\..\\..\\common\\vehicles\\syncpoint\\syncpoint",
"..\\..\\..\\british\\weapons\\3in_mortar\\3in_mortar",

I think is what I only did, other than editing the weapons. I can not really remember for its been a bit since I made that part for my mod. For Garrisoning the position you may need to add the weapons to the .abp file?

Destroy cover is actually essential since it clears areas for emplacement positioning. The ability is truly OP but unless one find another way of emplacement building not being blocked by word objects it is necessary.

It could require sweepers or have some cost or longer CD but imo it needed or one could make wire immune to the damage.

With the mortar position smaller and the fact that bofors and 17 pounders are out in the open anyways, I figured, I could move the ability doctrinal to the Demolition Engineers.