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Here a vid from far 2015. I believe both tanks didn't changed much in AI department.

Comet got serious nerfs in the AI department since then. Gun range, gun scatter and, of course, crush.

Not sure where you're getting the reduced DPS from.

You can already tell that the raw DPS can't be less than it was at vet0 before at any range by seeing that the 12/16 damage reduction cancels out pretty much exactly with accuracy changes.

0.71828/0.541 ~ 1.32
0.65985/0.495 ~ 1.33
0.5565/0.334 ~ 1.66 --> dps increased past 25 by up to (12/16)*1.66 = 24.5%

And the near range change will increase dps between 1 and 24 slightly, 25 being exactly the same as before

I guess they're worse than they were before at vet3 at the max range due to reduced RA and the damage numbers no longer lining up nicely with unit health, but at the same time they were absolutely useless at that range even before so atleast the change gives them some range at which they can do something in the endgame.

Part of Vet3 received accuracy has been moved to Vet0 (0.92) and another part has been changed to an accuracy modifier at Vet3 (1.1).

So, veterancy-wise, Conscripts won't bleed all the way to the end-game (due to earlier RA), and they will hit harder and more-reliably in the late-game. Unless I've done something wrong with the numbers, the DPS increase at max range should carry directly to their long-range trading capability.

Worse RA will make closing-in costlier in the late-game. At the same time, molotov thrown speed should help compensate that. Molotovs are also meant to nudge the misaligned rifle-damage.

Originally, the new Vet3 accuracy bonus was meant to be higher, but we're going conservatively until we can see which units will enter scope due to commanders rework. For instance, if Guards/Shocks receive a buff, patch-version Conscripts will probably work just fine.

So far I've seen it with the following squads: Conscripts, Guards, Penals, Panzerfusiliers, and Volksgrenadiers. Will test with the other factions.

Does this occur only when there are flamers/explosives involved, or does this also occur when those aren't involved?

Could you list which squads have this issue? We could give those squads the original AI.

I've definitely seen this happen to Tommies. I don't remember if I've seen this happen to Pathfinders, and I've definitely never seen this happen to EFA infantry (yet).

https://www.coh2.org/replay/65019/dbp-1-1-elite-armor-vs-nkvd

The map is the updated version.

We didnt feel the cons changes, i felt that it was really easy to dominate cons early game

Conscript changes are primarily about their late-game scaling, and helping them get there more reliably, rather than relying on RNG hits to get veterancy. In the early game, Conscripts are meant to be at the same power level as before, or even slightly weaker.

The idea is that we want to force people to support Conscripts with something else, so that Conscripts can then support the rest of the faction later on. Whether you choose to build a sniper, or 1-2 penals or Maxims/mortars or elite infantry to support your conscripts, that is up to you.

The change, however, is to avoid introducing conscript spam into... conscript spam. However, when Conscripts do get to later vet levels they can stand their ground and are on par with upgraded grenadiers (or at least that's the intention).

Kubel seemed ok but i didnt try it vs other factions, gotta see vs usf and brits. I also noticed that the medics of the battlegroup hq seemed to go further, was the range modied like the fbp?

Yeah, it's on the changelog, under medic search radius or whatever.

Elite armor commnader seems perfect, except for that tank commander that seems kinda underpowered, could be changed or change it for other thing?

Unfortunately, in order for us to do any positive changes to any of the commanders, they have to be one of the 2-per chosen per faction.

Though, it's a pity because only tank commander and emergency repairs (will be useful post repair-speed nerfs) are dragging the commander down. Tank commander would also become more useful if P4 didn't cost so much fuel.

The repair speed didnt feel like a big change also but i had the mechanized engineers so maybe was because of that.

Mechanized engineers do act like a free sturmpioneer squad, which is fine since you have to retreat your stuff to base.

Ps: what are the posibilities on changing demos?

There exists some possibilty.

If you have the time and can grab somebody, we've very interested in the following matchups this week:
- OST vs Soviets (no Mother Russia, no PPSh)
- OST vs USF (try to see how hard you can abuse MGs vs USF with the smoke nade change, and try to see what the late-game looks like)

Also, let us know whether garrison changes will require grenades to deal less damage to buildings. I have a feeling that buildings that can blow up instantly will stop really being used past a couple of minutes into the game.