Profile of blvckdream

Flak HQ
Yes pls.

Though this is how i would add changes upon it (May or not all changes be applied)

-Nerf range/performance of the main gun. Remove suppression.
-Remove/reduce vision.
-Now that it takes slightly more resources to deploy, the weapon is active on construction.
-Panzer authorization is a one time upgrade, irregardless if the Flak HQ is destroyed.

-Flak HQ now gains access to a 60 munition time based ability which gives its offensive performance back (range dmg suppression) and give the building a dmg modifier against incoming damage (not as strong as brace) for a short time. Vision is still dependent on other units.

SP
I don't like ANOTHER 2 PS squad.
Indifferent to medic upgrade. I see some positives and negatives.
BUT i feel like a big alarm rings by the huge overbuff in the nade cost. It goes from situational good to use in every engagement when possible.

I prefer Mirage's route overall. Cut down cost, 1 less pop and non mutually exclusive with sweeper.


Flak HT
Yes to pen buffs.
Fire on the move, even if offset slightly by increased cost, feels like an EXTREME OVERBUFF.

If we talk about experimental changes, i woudl reinforce the idea of the unit been good when setup and not just making it another aggressive LV.

As far as testing new things, i'll rather see the unit have increased cost and increase HP to 400 or just a +20HP with no change cost.

Stuka
Regardless of this suggestions i think the pen changes should go regardless on live as a bugfix.

I like the faster arriving flame barrage.

I THINK it would be more cancer to play against if AoE is tuned down + suppression + low cost. It would still destroy support weapons on direct hits and now it just pins down your army.

Regarding the Flak HT, being able to shoot on the move seems very strong indeed. But I don't think it would actually be that good because the Flak HT relies mostly on accuracy to kill stuff. I don't see it being very potent with 0.5 moving accuracy considering it has pretty bad scatter and AOE values The only scenario in which this would really help a lot is against diving vehicles like the AEC or the T70. Also as Sander said it wouldn't have any suppression on the move so it couldnt suppress squads trying to snare it. This is a change that has to be tested for a few games to know how it would actually translate into the game. If it is too OP the moving accuracy could bet set to a lower value like 0.25 so it would be useful against vehicles only.

I don't like your suggested T4 changes, they seem overly complicated and "fix" something that isn't broken in the first place.

The nade cost on Sturmpios should definitely be reduced as Sander suggested in the OP. Right now their stun grenade is ridiculously overpriced. Paying 30 munitions for a super short stun is just crazy. I mostly don't even bother dodging it and continue fighting because of how bad it is.

Shocks are IMO also a unit that is slightly too good as it is. I find playing against them very frustrating as OKW. It makes skipping LVs almost impossible because Volks are basically useless against them.

Also considering Jäger Armour was changed did you forget to remove the IL2 bombs from the ISU doctrines? Or is that intentional? I remember you wrote in another thread you would want to have them removed.

Some of them are good (CP4, okw BGHQ), but some are absolutely criminal (222 gets neutered, can’t protect from countersnipe anymore which tilts sniper wars vs ukf in their favour, ost recrewing with 2 models (?????), 3 G43 Grens is too good, OKW schwerer stays same but gets doctrinal Ostwind 30 fuel earlier so locking both cutoff and fuel is even safer, flak HT and command Panther overbuffed.)

Incredibly mind blowing Ost and OKW buffs. This needs to be scaled back a lot.

You don't even get the "cut-off protection" if you rush Ostwind or Flame Hetzer. In fact you delay it by a lot.

If you rush Ostwind or Flame Hetzer you won't have the gun activated and your T4 is super vulnerable to anything.

All units have some weakness, Raketen have only benefits.

- Less range than any other AT-gun
- no gun-shield
- worse ROF and penetration than Pak40 and 6 pounder,
- much worse ROF than USF M1 ATG and also less penetration than the HVAP rounds of the M1
- bad retreat animation that leads to wipes
- less chance of scatter hits because of low proximity to ground


So NO not only benefits.

DUDE STOP THIS STUPID STRAWMANING

Seriously it's so stupid that I have to explain the same thing 50 times because you can't read.


I SAID

There are certain maps such as crossroads winter that allow the placement of the Tier 4 OKW Schwerer structure near a base entrance while its main gun range can effectively cover and zone out both a cutoff and a fuel on that side. This allows an unfairly powerful strategy of safe Schwerer placement that gives you way too much of a benefit, allowing you to lock down that fuel point and then focus your entire army's attention to the other side, effectively denying your opponent any side switching while you're free to attack his side's fuel. You also don't allow him to switch sides if you take the side he's on, or harrass your fuel. This leads to very consistent fuel income that can be combined with a BGHQ tech path into a very fast P4 or doctrinal Ostwind. The counter strategy of building one or two AT guns to kill the Schwerer is too much of a requirement and risk (720mp spent on AT guns to kill it and you're losing infantry fights hard because of it) vs OKW having 0 risk in just placing it outside their base where they can reinforce and come out to fight it, not to mention how quickly Spios can repair it and allow the okw army to flank the AT guns and if they win the engagement it's gg because the infantry retreats but the AT guns can't. This strategy is too powerful for too litle a risk, therefore I proposed reducing the Schwerer's main gun range by 10m to limit how much area it can lock down.

I am waiting for your thread about how you were wrong about the OKW T4 in around 2 weeks.

It's obvious this is not a balance issue for COH2 but rather a map issue. From my perspective the OKW truck system is perfect as it is. It's risk vs reward for using the trucks out of base. It's neither useless/impossible to use them in their intended role (as support outside the base) nor is it OP.