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Negative.only 88mm AT and APCR-MOD 17 pound gun has the ability to avoid terrain

The Ostwind's main gun uses scatter and AOE to deal damage. Shells that roll a 'miss' and scatter will collide with any terrain and objects they encounter on their way to the target.

The Centaur's main gun uses accuracy and hits to deal damage. Shells that roll a 'hit' will not collide with terrain and objects.


So yes, the Ostwind's shells will collide with terrain and objects way more often than the Centaur's shells.

Why would I want Kar rifles on a unit when I can get stgs which are like rifles, but way better up close and on the move?

Not true. The Offizier scales way better than STG44 Volksgrenadiers, and it also gains veterancy much quicker (because of shared vet). Volks only gain a slight edge at vet 2, but the Offizier's DPS pulls ahead at vet 3 and at vet 5 it's nearly twice as high.

Remember, the Offizier's bodyguards have Obersoldaten Kar 98Ks which are really powerful rifles. They are basically as good as Volks STG 44s at short to mid range and twice as good at long range.



Volks with STG 44 at range 10 have:
- 24.174 DPS at vet 0;
- roughly 35 DPS at vet 2;
- roughly 35 DPS at vet 5.
(Combat bonuses: 1.3 accuracy, 0.8 cooldown)

Sturm Offizier at range 10 has:
- 21.269 DPS at vet 0;
- 27.592 DPS at vet 2;
- roughly 55-60 DPS at vet 5.
(Combat bonuses: 1.4 accuracy, 0.75 cooldown, +1 Obers Kar 98k, 1x PGren STG44)

Furthermore, because of the severe burst duration multiplier (0.375), the moving DPS for Volks STG 44 is not better (roughly 45% at range 10) at close and mid ranges than rifles (roughly 45% at range 10 for most rifles, 50% for Obers Kar 98Ks).


In conclusion, the Offizier is basically a cheap Obersoldaten squad that trades an LMG 34 for an STG 44 and powerful abilities. Besides these very useful abilities (smoke/forced retreat vs HMGs, forced retreat vs elite squads or focus fire to melt specific squads) the unit's DPS at vet 5 is high enough to quite easily win versus anything that isn't an elite squad (even vet 3 double BAR Rifles have only ~40 DPS at range 10).

but u can see that commissar has basically a cheaper version of them without any draw backs

The Sturm Offizier scales way better and at vet 5 (which is really easy to get with the shared vet) completely wipes the floor with a (vet 3) Commissar Squad. And most other squads for that matter.

low accuracy

It actually has slightly higher accuracy than standard medium tanks:
0.06/0.045/0.03 vs 0.05/0.0375/0.025.

I believe this actually makes it the most accurate tank in the game that isn't a tank destroyer or the Panther.

Was adding build timers ever an option or idea?

Personally I originally wanted 0CPs + build time in either T4 or HQ, and it was definitely discussed, but for now we eventually went with the hybrid system. Ideally this would've coincided with changing the cooldown to start upon the unit's destruction, but in the end we found that wasn't possible sadly.

So in the end the call-in production of the heavies was kept, I think for variety and readability's sake (some HQs like OKW's would get a lot of units, it would be odd to have a buildable unit that can be produced only once, heavy tanks are supposed to feel unique and powerful and a call-in does that more justice, etc.), so for now we'll stick with the hybrid system and possibly do some small adjustments (like costs or other characteristics) and let the entire heavies meta settle for now and see where it lands. Making them buildable is always an option for later, if needed.