Profile of Tiger Baron

Here's my idea from the other topic:

Base howitzers become upgrades for their buildings, when a building is built the 25 pounder is decrewed, requiring you to "unlock" it in order for the crew to pop up and start crewing it. Then the structure gets a "Barrage" ability for that 25 pounder. Each gun can fire individually.

That or the HQ gets another upgrade which unlocks both of the howitzers and there is a single commander ability to make both of them fire a barrage similar at the moment to the Pyro IS's flare ability combined with the King Tiger's call in ability. You will basically have access to it when you choose a commander.

The Pyrotechnics upgrade is then removed from the IS and instead replaced with a Recon section upgrade. Gives the IS a Scoped Lee-Enfield and a snipe ability, like in the original CoH. Cheap ammo based alternative to the British .55 boys AT Rifle Sniper that costs 360 mp.

I don't think OKW will receive any major reworks. Small changes that fix some problems are viable. T4 being split up for earlier Obers with an upgrade for the Flak, tanks and Ober LMG is an easy change that gives OKW a better mid game that doesn't solely rely on light vehicles.

I don't think OKW really needs any other drastic changes, except for Rakettens having their projectile collision fixed so they can actually hit vehicles rather than the ground or any object in between.

I don't think they can as easily fix the raketen rocket's collision, if so don't you think they would have done so by now, it's been reported for years now and nothing has been done for it. I mean yeah you could give the Sturmtiger as an example of something that's been there for years and hasn't been fixed but still, it's a doctrinal unit, the raketen is the OKW's primary AT.

And the reason for it is because it's not a ballistic weapon, like a rifle for example, but an explosive such. At least that's what I think, but I could be wrong, I haven't opened the mod tools in a very long time now.

(yes that was my point, thanks pointing out I edited original post)

What I am pointing out is that every faction redesign affects the rest of the factions and half balance work goes down the drain. That is simply no productive. If USF get a tech rework it would be far better if all faction get a tech rework. (They should also get rid of the "free" officer system).

Agreed but like I said again I don't believe they'll make yet another rework of the OKW, altho the UKF is in need of one as well because just the snare in the commander revamp is not enough in my opinion.

But I think it's also better to have all of these reworks in one single mod/patch so we can be done with it as you said.

IS are 4 men are the beginning and require an upgrade to 5 men, plus their Brens are not as effective as the 60 ammo BARs.

The Machine Gun I would say is really helpful and I prefer it over the USF's Mortar however it itself is very counterable with the Ost's Mortars and Snipers.

And yes the cover argument, you're forgetting however that the British infantry apart from the commandos are predominantly defensive such and get a debuff when out of cover, the USF doesn't suffer from that.

The only things that the OKW is lacking right now is reliable AT, the raketen is bugged, the Sturms are burdened with like around 5 things to do and the JP comes in late.

While the Obers are in a shitty spot and I almost never really see them being used.

What I suggest is putting them in the Med HQ and giving them a double Panzershreck package, that way you're giving them a role and more use.

What I imagine them like is basically like the Panzergrenadiers for Ost but having an AI option with the Panzer HQ, until then they can act as a supplement to Volks and Sturms with their rifles so it's not just 1 Sturm and 4 Volks roaming around the map and they will provide an intermediate AT option.

The only problems I see is balancing them and how to fit them in the Med HQ but I won't comment on that as I don't think balance is my thing.

What I would suggest however is them being made 360 manpower, like the PGs, and given a 3rd upgrade with G43s unlocked with the Mech truck for example.

You could then remove the MG34 or give to the Volks or something, many people said that the STGs on them are too powerful anyhow, and they won't be able to fire on the move with the LMG.

Just throwing some ideas out there.