Profile of thedarkarmadillo

I think the amount of shots too kill questions should be specified to penatrations. Part of the reason the 85 has more health is because it ISN'T going to bounce anything. The okw p4 costs nearly as much and as a result standard mediums and AT guns have a chance to deal no damage at range, hell a 76mm t34 has about a 50 chance of dealing damage to it... At point blank.... The 85 would need a big something to counterbalance losing the extra durability (and no, i don't consider the 10/5 armour over the 76 to be it)
compare the 85 to the established 76 performance and price, as it takes factional features and balance into consideration. You are not going to pay nearing 50% more fuel for just some extra pen.

Mark target I think should all be standardized to the USF one that cuts down on RNG by reducing armour and increasing target size instead of damage that simply makes the RNG rolls more meaningful.

what okw needs is some sembelance of a factional design idea/identity. they have been pulled apart and stictched together som many times that they have awkward strengths and weaknesses without any actiual flow.

volks were never supposed to be the riflemen of the faction, but they have been franken-fucked into their current state because "okw needs x so we have decided to put it on volks with no consideration whatsoever" this has resulted in volks being over costed late game and odd early game with their complete tool kit including a weapon upgrade but priced nearly the same as rifles and tommies who thrash the ever loving shit out of them.

okw units need a role and the faction needs an identity.
and just about everything needs a vet rework.
PERSONALLY id like to see okw vet standardized in bonuses to other factions and the extra 2 levels be filled in with abilities
this gives a chance to make okw unique. still emulate the idea of elite and resource starved (untis can do more things, but economy will suffer)
my suggested layout would be that okw units get full vet at the same established rate as other factions. meaning more or less, in the time it takes for OST to get their doctrinal up armoured p4 to full vet it will also take the okw P4.
the buffs would be comparable as well (not necessarily the same, but comparable)
vet 3 and 5 for okw would grant new abilities (because vets 2 and 4 would be the stat buffs other units gain at vets 2 and 3 with vet 1 USUALLY being an ability)

so statistically, both p4s would get fully vetted and perform the same (same unit) BUT the okw one would have additional abilities. perhaps a smoke dispenser? maybe a ROF buff ability? maybe hull down? who knows!
this would raise the value a player can get out of a unit without simply making the faction units "better" without anything but unit preservation. it would allow a player to take it to the next level themselves and add more spice to the faction.

some other examples of other units that are shared as an example of who the vet rework could work
pak43 currently at vet 4 it gets 10% more damage (which is odd... and stupid...) and vet 5 gives 6.25% more range, which is also stupid and pretty weak....
in my proposal it would look something like
vet 1 target weak point
vet 2 new ability (could even just be a timed stat buff like rotation buffs, although i admit this is a weak example)
vet 3 rotation and rof buffs
vet 4 HE shell?
vet 5 accuracy and rof buff

the full vet requirements would be the same across both factions

Well hes supposed to be a major investment since he also gives major benefits

Eyyyyyyyyyy

Valid points. Maybe I am underestimating it, might be. However even in retrospective I did not have the impression that my units are being tracked often or more so getting damage because of it.

i dont think anyone did. i know myself ive had it happen to me (in retrospect) and consciously disqualified it as outrageous scatter and not having moved far enough away because the idea of it tracking was inconceivable

I'm fine with the strafe being mediocre, it just surprises me that the strafe actually works sometimes. I've never used it nor seen it being used with success.

part of me feels like its been over nerfed, because of the speed it comes in now, but another part of me remembers when they gave close air support out for free and it was deleting tanks without so much as the smoke landing yet.... im sure theres a happy medium somewhere but its scary to think about missing the mark....