Profile of Vipper

The problem with Allied TDs is not their max range but their performance at max range.

The can have little reason to close to any target since they can snipe them from max range and damage them (hit and penetrate) with very high probability.

The combination of high base stat and high vet bonuses is simply too much.

The guns of this unis could easily get a different profile lowering things like ROF, accuracy, Penetration at max range so that they become less effective at those ranges.

Recently there has been allot of debate about the state of UKF.

Imo one of the main problem with the faction has not been mentioned.

The faction is "defensively" orientated yet it suffer from being attacked by indirect fire weapons.

Imo a solution to this issues could be achieved by redesigning the mortar pit instead to of being an offensive tool to bleed the enemy as defensive tool to prevent being bled by the enemies indirect fire weapons.

In order to achieved this the Pit need access to an ability similar to Ostheer vet 1 ability counter fire.

One could even make the doctrinal ability counter fire stock to help UKF return fire (maybe tone it down a bit and make it cheaper).

Another issue with the Pit is that although most mortar have been toned down to avoid 1 shooting model the Pit fire 2 shot simultaneous and can still wipe model with a "double" shot.

A solution to this issue would be for the 2 mortar to use the 2 different types of munition (as they where available in preview), one could use number of stat different to ensure that the 2 shell would land at different times like, different preparation times, different flight times, different ranges.

Alternatively why could combine the solution to the 2 issues having 1 mortar auto-fire while the other counter fire.

It some how neglect fact that WP grenade block sight as smoke? ...

It has been argued that Soviet are in disadvantage because the smoke grenade and HE of AB.G and Shock Troops share CD. I have simply pointed that this applies to most units.

WP greandes and HE should also share CD imo but currently they do not for most units.

Infiltration unit without stealth...cool. ST and Inf.C have stealth and also could be spawn from any ambient building. I don't ask about 6 man 2 LMG with stealth, i ask about normal designed unit. You can compare them with USF paras and you will see, that USF have better design that this...infiltration unit. I prefer paradrop in any point of map, like falls or USF paras, for soviet paras neither current.

ST/Inf.C spawn handicapped, ST with K98 and Inf.C with 3 member AB.G is a unit that spawns with highest DPS.

Paras are not an infiltration unit and neither is Fall, they are airdropped units and they are vulnerable during the drop.

Are the AB.G badly designed? Yes they are but not for the reason you mention and they can hold their own just fine.

Shared CD is not a handicap of the Soviets, actually most units that have access to smoke grenade and and HE have them on shared cool down.

Unit like: Commandos, MP-40 VGs, Breakthrough PG all have their smoke grenades on Shared cool-down.

WP grenades that do damage are not shared CD and that goes for Assault IS also.

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Here is what I am now thinking: the 120 flat damage per rocket was changed to 65 damage plus 40 on penetration if the target meets unit type requirements...

That does not seem to be the case, I tested in cheat mode and it seemed that rocket did more the 65 damage in more than one occasion. They seemed to do even more than 130 that would be the max if the unit was double hit. Think max damage I saw was close to 200.