Profile of thedarkarmadillo

i think IS are a hard duck BCAUSE of racks and bolster, not the cover mechanic. when you make it work for a 4 man squad, suddenly making that squad 25% better outright and then applying the buff tips them over the egde, tone it down becuase of 5 men and now its not great for 4 men. the bolster was...and awful idea from a balance stand point. the racks COULD work i suppose but they too complicate things.

my suggestion would be:
make bolster an upgrade path like flares and med kit
any upgrade takes 1 weapon slot and removes the cover mechanic

then you can have 4 man squads that are monsters, but fairly static and squishy
you can have 5 man tommies who are more mobile and tanky but less concentrated fire capable
you have medics (for whom the damn aoe should be looked at... it justifies blobbing imo, maybe a quick targeted heal? passive for the squad?)
and flares who can thunder down the base howis and scout. maybe look at giving them a light gammon or maybe the old commando smoke as well to make them more support?
then you also have doctrinal thompsons who bring their own thing to the table

edit: ass tommies should probably turn into proper call in infantry with their own tailored vet instead of being an upgrade path

alos desnt the mp40 package add an RA buff and smoke grenades?

USF singular infantry choice LMAO

Rifles or rifles with flair (officers)

Ost has grens and pgrens
OKW has sturms volks and obers
Soviet has cons and penals.

Assymetric balance = best support weapons+ best infantry + best TD + free officer units... I get it.

Singular infantry choice, no sniper, double tech for at and mg. No high durability armour, no rocket arty... Don't look at it in a vacuum

I reckon con molotov throw time should be somewhat decreased, not as fast as a volks flame nade but a bit faster would be great

Why not as fast? It's got an 80mo exclusive unlock and a much shorter range. At any rate 25% slower would be acceptable I suppose