Profile of distrofio

What if OST T4 building provides vet1 to all squads. Like what wermacht had in CoH1 as vet techs.

Coupled with that, pio vet1 could be changed to +10% dmg reduction. Med kids are not worth it.

Two birds w/ one stone. A worthy T4 buff+Pio late game presence

Before anything. Isnt there like 3 types of guards in game? Para-guards Ass-Guards and normal Guards? I find it too much variation to keep all of them "balanced" but not being OP or powercreep and be viable in the meta game, given the fact that each of the 3 variations have a particularly different design from each other.

Maybe someone more experienced than me could help me filing the gaps between units designs.

Para guards: Good AI and insertion unit (IMHO they are a para clone with the strafe ability)
Ass guards: (Like cav riflemen but without snare nor good individual abilities)
Normal Guards: Strong at long range with defensive profile and early AT option.

Now, @OP
Ass guards should keep the M5+Unit bundle because that makes them a instant reaction unit. I agree that they are sort of worthless currently but i simply understand that after the initial rush the M5 is perfectly usable. It is without a doubt a stronger clown car tool. The problem is that it comes when snares are more than available and ATGs will instagib the M5 on a badly driven flank.

I would like to identify the real prupose of the bundle and discuss how impactful would be to buff/tweak it in order to success in the current game scenario. Since its a very outdated unit it is awkward or powercreepless.

It could be a strong tool to deal with elite infantry, specially long range ones like obers, AT-less pgrens, snipers (OFC), FSJ and even pios. It could also be a worthy tool against ATGs.

I would like to see a FU cost reduction, because that will allow some kamizake-sort assaults. Maybe add a special feature that ass guards dont lose models when the vehicle it is inside blows up.

Free healing OP. No pls

Next step bois.

@Everyone in the whole world:
In your opinion. What is the weirdest mechanic currently ingame that might not be part of the faction design? Maybe it wont/cant be fixed but still, post it here.

Ok i need a TL,DR verion of this two pages of walltext. I simply dont understand why so much noise for the weakest (after ostruppen, krappa) unit of OST. I mean it has utility and T0 stock damage i guess?

The lategame stage for pios is repairing tanks. They got a buff recently with the sweeper. IMO if durability is the issue give them the same Dmg resistance as grens when T4 is built. Or some sort of straight problem -> solution path