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I don't see how the g43 being close to mid range is relevant here. The mainline g43 (Grens and Fussies) have been more aggressive, mobile, mid range upgrades for a very long time.

Which is fine I guess. Like for grens if the g43 was shit at close range what would be the point of the upgrade? It wouldn't ever out dps the mg42 at long range so it would just make the g43s completely useless. There is also the sniper variant of g43s found on some elite squads, however that weapon profile is likely even less historically accurate since it has a inverse dps curve.

I like EFA ideal of trading innate combat ability for utility in infantry.IE Cons have more utility but less combat power than Penals (In theory) and Grens have high utility but need good support weapon management to truly shine in combat. Problem with WFA and UKF is that I feel like those factions are make or break on their mainlines which fill both roles as a strong base combatant while also providing utility.

As for the bolster question I would totally be interested in seeing bolster take up a weapon slot. However I have a feeling that trying to balance 4ish different states of IS (base 4 man, base 5 man, double bren 4 man, single bren 5 man) might be a nightmare.

Solid replies from you guys, thanks for the info. I also want to know what's the difference between partisans and conscripts? In my games I have found conscripts to be much more rewarding to use but what situation should I use partisans?

Since their nerf a while back Partisans are almost never worth it. Yes the inital shock value of partisans coming out of a building behind support weapons can be helpful but after that 30 second period Partisans become pretty useless and are incredibly weak straight up combat units. They also required a doctrine in a faction that notoriously relies on its doctrines much harder than other factions.

Cons are basic mainline infantry that scale decent with the 7 man upgrade while partisans are cheap cqb infantry that won't hold up well in a straight up fight but are pretty good at flanking support weapons with infiltration.

If you really want to go Partisans then only pick them on a map where their infiltration it useful and its a cqbish map. Don't get too many Partisans though because it'll fill your popcap up with really poor scaling squads that will cause mp bleed.

Never said they have any similarity as a unit or per dps, but they overlap as supporting unit with different sets recon abilities and midlong range intended engagement distance

They have their differences like camo and strike bonus but Panzerfusilier is no mainline infantry unit.

Ah okay my bad then.

I feel like their supposed role was always to be a ML replacer for volks. However they just suck so bad early that using them early exclusively is a death sentence.

However I wouldn't really say they are a supporting unit. They still replace a volks if you do go Pfussies IE 2 volks 2 Fussies or 3 volks 1 fussie, unlike JLI which supplement your mainlines (4 volks + 1 JLI).

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g43 and stg I'd say are about equal in different dmg profiles.

For g43 you have the mainline and "special" g43s. As you said you have two completely different damage profiles based on squad, and the game doesnt tell you that.

For STG44 you have close range STGs (Strums), Mid-close range (Pgrens), Mid-Long Range (Obers) and a dmg steroid at all ranges (Volks). Atleast the Obers one is slightly different than the others.

The only other weapon I can think on the allied side that can be confusing is the m1a1 (elite vs RE) for USF or the special Commando Bren for UKF. But I'd argue that one is nowhere even close to as confusing as the Axis ones.

I mean plenty of people on this site have gotten it confused by this (including me) and I'd say the players on the site generally know damage profiles and statistics better than the average player. An average casual player has no chance of knowing that a strum stg is different from a volk stg or a Gren g43 and a JLI g43. Which would explain why a lot of players will always try to get up to point blank with volks/obers when they have stgs. Even if they would be much better of sitting in cover and making the opponent close on them.