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has less range than Katjuscha ( even vet 5 Stuka has less range than Vet 3 Katjuscha ) and about the same range as Werfer ( Vet 5 Stuka and Vet 3 Werfer appear to have almost if not the same range )

That is a rather pointless comparison, as the Panzerwerfer and Katyusha are very ineffective at max range because their scatter increases with range, while the Stuka's scatter is unaffected by range. I.e. the Stuka is the only one that can actually make use of the max range, while the Katy and the PW have to be used from as close as possible.

On the point of making a complete and fair comparison, the things it does better than other rocket artillery are: not limited by long range scatter (can always be used from the relative safety of max range); can deal up to 200 damage per rocket to vehicles because of very high AOE penetration (albeit a bug/oversight); comes much earlier than other rocket artillery; very high AOE damage/range means instant wipes can happen quite often. Other things it does worse are garrison and emplacement damage.


I'm not saying I disagree that the Stuka shouldn't get any changes. I've proposed an overhaul myself in my personal balance changes. But at least make the comparison even for the sake of the argument.

The medic upgrade could be switched with a reinforcement upgrade, but imo the tech split (moving the vehicles and FRP into a secondary tech) is still needed to make backteching more affordable to make the faction's tech less rigid. I'm sure the average player could handle an extra button just like USF's tech upgrades.

Comparison of suggest Shrecks

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That would make piats/bazookas allot more efficient by comparison while the accuracy "advantage" can be less important due to collision hits.

You've left out penetration in your comparison, which is decisively in favour of the Panzerschreck at 160 vs 110 at max range for Bazookas and PIATs. Guaranteed penetration against any Allied medium vs a 61-47% chance to pen a Panzer IV.

Scatter/collision hits are almost non existent on handheld AT with the huge scatter values on Bazookas and Schrecks (16/18 scatter angle and 15/14 distance max) while PIATs have very slow projectiles (when they don't track on a hit-roll they will likely miss if the vehicle is moving).

In terms of cost efficiency, Panzergrenadiers and Panzerfusiliers also have better veterancy bonuses with +40% accuracy compared to +20% for RET, +25% for Rangers/Paras and +0% for REs. The latter do get -50% reload in cover but that's not of too much use when chasing tanks.

So still with these changes I would not consider Panzerschrecks to become any less cost efficient than they currently are.

the G43 changes on grenadier squads, it's a straight nerf. A squad with two models left would perform worse. Why is it necessary?

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UKF

• Lend Lease M5 halftrack can also drop a single med crate for 15 muni.
  
• Resupply halftrack's vickers lmg drop no longer requires weapon rack unlock (similar to USF M1919).
  

A slight decrease to moving DPS of two surviving squad members would be a small sacrifice to receive a third G43 which would increase the firepower of a full and 3/4 model squad quite significantly. 3 Gren G43s (and one Kar 98K) would put their total DPS more in line with other semi-upgraded mainline infantry. IIRC it would give them DPS somewhere around a non upgraded to 1 BAR upgraded Riflemen squad.

Good call on the Lend Lease M5, I will add that. I'm not sure about allowing the Special Weapons halftrack to drop weapons without weapon racks tech; I thought that was a specific nerf to the unit some time ago and I assume it was for a good reason. I must admit I'm not very familiar with this unit/commander so I'm not sure what the gameplay implications of such a change would be.

V2

I've finally had the time to make some adjustments based on the feedback here. I've tried to incorporate most of it though I might've missed some things. I've incorporated some additional changes from Miragefla's mod and some of the QoL improvement ideas from Bao's mod, and scrapped some of the more experimental ideas.


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In my view of how a future CoH3 would look like, i would just take the current system and expand it to be more complex, while retaining the same logics we have now

I think snares (or rather the concept of snares) have been a good addition to the game compared to vCoH because it adds an additional layer of strategy and tactics to the game (keeping your vehicles protected by snare infantry, adding strategic choices between line infantry with snares or specialist assault infantry, etc), but the way they work in CoH2 with always dealing engine damage below the threshold makes them too punishing.

I think ideally mines should deal engine damage as they do now, but snares should only deal a temporary stun critical that makes the tank slow down (on top of their damage). Like the Rear Echelon mines. That way infantry can still use their snares as a deterrent (protecting friendly tanks and support weapons, stopping assaults, stopping pushing, etc.) but it would make snares a lot less punishing because the snared/stunned vehicle would be able to escape (or continue) more easily once it wears off.