Profile of EtherealDragon

Allied players can suck it. They forgot that the Brum was triple nerfed to the ground in the hotfix and they still can't stop crying about JLI. I don't even play OKW so u can't say that I care. I'm just happy these allied crybabies are getting a taste of their own medicine.

I always enjoy how you call everybody crybabies despite the fact that you can't seem to get over the Brumbar nerf from over 2 months ago. But yes, I agree 100% with you that the Brumbar should totally have more armor than a Tiger at Vet 2 and really needed that extra 5 range to regularly 2 shot any infantry squad/ AT Gun. (Which it still does BTW).

Noticed this today - Stormtroopers have hotkey overlap for Flame Nade and Tactical Advance (Both F).

Pretty much 100% agreed.

Could I add that raid is a dumb ability and should IMO be replaced with like... literally anything else that usf commander abilities have to offer?

It wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't in one of the most munition's heavy commanders in the game. I've toyed with the idea of using it with M20 early for cutoff harassment but generally speaking with M20 you'll want the armored skirts and just like that there goes all your early game Munis. :/ I suppose it could be reworked as a passive where all vehicles have a Soviet-like T70 recon/capture mode?

Only semi-related - but after the Tactical Support and Recon Company changes I feel like the Ostruppen Supply drop could maybe get a similar treatment.

Wow. A logical thread that isn't just raging about a balance change, what a pleasant surprise lol. I think your suggestions are reasonable. I do agree that I&R are probably undercosted a bit for how much utility they offer while still being fairly effective combat units. I think 270 is a fair amount given their (presumably) worse combat performance vs. Airborne Pathfinders. People already try to spam Airborne Pathfinders - reducing their cost would be madness.

The Combat Group is a tricky question - comparing it to Airborne is hard because Airborne gives you the flexibility to call in separate units which has it's perks. In general I think shifting the Group's cost towards MP is a good idea - Recon is VERY munitions hungry where upgrading Paratroopers, affording Greyhound pintle, and other munitions uses etc. is hard and adjusting the cost would help that along with better reflecting the MP cost of the reason why people usually get the Combat group at first (the paratroopers). I would be wary of making the MP cost too high or else it'll be too hard to find into your build order again like the old version.

I don't think that necessarily means your need to change Airborne's Paratrooper cost - it just means that Recon's are slightly discounted in MP due to the inflexibility of the AT Gun bundle. I would also consider the fact that you have to spend MP to recrew the AT Gun- so there is some hidden cost there.

I'm also fine with Greyhound cost given it's limited window of dominance and highly specialized AI role.