Not but they have fausts, flares and nades along with additional man and G43's for... No additional cost but muni, they dont pay fuel or man power, just muni. It's not really sensible to argue about them being doctrinal to OKW when they are in the most used commander and at this point are pretty stock from the games I play.
5 men sappers still get ruined by everything as they are far too squishy without anvil and thats another upgrade but locks out the comet which is superior to the churchill this patch.
Why do people give excuses about things being doctrinal and therfore are allowed a pass when saying that one thing is OP because and the other thing isnt because? This, isn't fine *ahem*:
But this is?:
Whoda though that a muni upgrade that grants 25%more dps, health and targets as well as slows dps fall off ontop of also being able to unlock fausts without tech, flares, nades and weapon upgrades om em would been so problematic to fond the right balance? Nobody. Literally NOBODY it seems....
You either think adding an additional man in broken or dont, pick one.
I'm on mobile so you'll have to forgive the formatting, but the long and short is you are wrong.
Fussies extra man is a trade off upgrade. It's extra man and more dps is at the cost of other options (as is selecting the unit in the first place) the fact that their commander is over performing and thus a heavy pick already is irrelevant.
5man sappers are still 210mp for a 5 man squad with a 0.9 target size that can use weapon racks, have a snare, repair 25% faster after upgrade and also get cheaper to reinforce with vet. They are not great combat troops but you will be hard pressed to find a 210mo squad that is...and even then they can have 2 (or 3if you go anvil) mgs or 2 piats AND have a snare... Exceptional value for 10mp more than pioneers.
Doctrinal means choice. Doctrinal is in part offset by being restricted.
If you had 2 identical okw factions only 1 had the KT stock as it is now and the other had it taking up a slot in a commander like other hea y tanks, but no other changes, which okw would be people pick do you think? The one where they will ALWAYS have the option and effectively 6 commander slots, or the one with less shit?
Anyways you are not actually reading WHY I say the brit 5th man is a problem and just focusing mindlessly on "b-b-b-but other guys can do it too!"
As I said in my original, either Tommies suck ass like they do now so they are not op with 5 man or they work as 4 men and become broken with the upgrade.
Secondly, there is no reason not to get the upgrade as soon as you can reasonably afford it since ALL of your stock infantry will then be 25% better
Thirdly, there is no drawback so the only balancing factors are timing and cost which is very rigid and CLEARLY hit or miss.
Fourthly, other factors are not taken into account, like weapon racks, or scavenged weapons, which when combined with Tommies already decent durability makes for a very powerful squad as lmgs centralize dps. Centralized dps is used to offset squishy squads. Once the squad stops being squishy this centralized dps becomes problematic (this is why other squads who can bolster lose or have restricted access to that ability. The result of THAT is that brens have been gutted so they are only viable as a pair.
An ability can be broken because of the many many other factors that it effects. Blitz as well as the armour bonuses Ost gets used to be the same on the panther and the p4. Just because it was fine on one doesn't mean it was fine on the other. Spotting scopes are less effective on the 222. If it's fine on everything else why isn't it fine on the 222? Ostroppen use a weaker lmg42 than grens, why is the dps fine on one squad ond not on an entirely different one?
Well it's because there are multiple factors in play....