Profile of EtherealDragon

I have to say that I'm a big fan of the OKW changes in 1.3 of the DBP - I think overall the balance team did a good job of nerfing the more cancerous aspects of OKW while buffing the things that needed buffed especially SturmPios, Raketen, Falls, and Obers.

PS. I'm so sad that Airborne didn't make the cut for the Commander Revamp - Recon and Mech were no-brainers but a buff to Pathfinders and P-47 would have been a huge boon to that commander (and buffed Jackson means you can get by with stock armor A LOT easier).

Recon

- Give Riflemen Flares in addition to Forward Observers "Recon "Kit"
- Give I&R Pathfinders additional utility beyond Artillery Call-in
- OKW Officer-esqe "Target Them" munition ability vs. infantry
- Mark Vehicle-lite against vehicles
- Infantry awareness like 222 ability
- Buff greyhound damage so it can actually threaten 222/Luches + fix Canister Shot or replace
- Spotting scopes for tanks or a munition ability to temporarily increase vehicle sight
- Obviously fix the Combat Group somehow
- Allow Paratrooper manned Support Weapons to reinforce at beacons?
- Eliminate Random Equipment aspect and standardize or allow upgrades
Mechanized

- Obviously Fix Dodge Truck and Halftrack Assault Group
- Change to M5-ish levels of health
- Halftrack has Combined Arms-esqe ability that boosts infantry when nearby
- Command Sherman - Some kind of aura- tank in the vein of OST and Brit versions.

Royal Engineer

Sapper Utility Kits - Sappers get (or can upgrade) to improved kits to get access to a Tellers Mine Clone, Heavy Barbed Wire, Salvage Kits etc (you get the idea)

Heavy Engineer Combat Group - Call-in Of 1 or 2 Heavy Engineer(s) (Anvil Version) maybe give them ability to booby trap garrisons/points and/or ability to upgrade to Vickers or PIATs?

Replace Flame-Building Off-Map with Incendiary Barrage or ANY off-map that's worth a damn.

Commando

Hard to say - it's mostly a good commander but overshadowed - I agree Mortar Cover is very underrated (I've always thought the whole no-vision aspect was OP AF but ya know...)

Raid- Change the smoke, I find it obscures my vision just as much and makes life difficult. Targeted smoke barrage on front-line strategic points like OKW Assault Arty?

Commando- Either make it a cheaper one-time call-in or make Commandos buildable for 350 if you land it defensively. For the love of God give commandos real smoke grenades at Vet 1. OR give them Vet/an Ability to quickly decap or cap points.

The idea of a glider-tank like Valentine would be cool too in lieu of Bombing run (if it gives you an excuse to buff Valentine lolol)

Wait wait wait... the best way to counter rocket artillery is with other rocket artillery? Wow, I've been doing it wrong all this time...

OKW doesnt need stronger HMG, its best supression platform in the game (after OST hmg). And once you suppress infantry all you need to do is close in with volks or throw asscheap 15 munny nades. Will work just fine.

Tell me why OKW deserves better HMG when this is already the best HMG they can think off

And yet there is a 100+ post thread trying to prove otherwise because MG34 crews aren't as good in the December patch. Go figure right? It just tickles me when you see the list of great things OKW has and then people gripe about OKW's support weapons like it's really holding the faction back.

Cuz Vipper said so?

OK lets fix all HMG like DSHK and cut their DPS to half.
Or in the end of they if in your opinion the DPS for HMG does not matter why are making a fuss about it?

IDK, maybe because it's a different faction and different HMG with a different role to play within that faction? Or because those nerfs would directly affect those factions negatively and balance overall whereas MG34 crew DPS never played a major role for OKW at all? Or the fact that the DPS of the MG34 itself is untouched but you're obsessing over 3 Crew models taking pot-shots at suppressed models at far range and think that miscellaneous DPS somehow matters enough to be funneled into MG34 itself, whichs affects more then the crew members themselves?

DPS matters but not crew member DPS when it comes to the MG34 doing its job. You can't argue that Crew members getting their DPS cut by 30% (or whatever) should equate to the MG34 getting a 30% DPS buff because it's apples and oranges.