Profile of KiwiBirb

Based on the curren feedback, getting rid of the tac map removal part of radio silence seems to be the best choice.
My rationale:
Lower skill players like me never use it for the tac map effect, so it wont effect us.
Higher skill players think it is op and want it removed.

This is the first time I've seen over 3 "pro" players post in a single tread, and they all agree that the tac map removal part of radio silence is OP.

Since one bracket of players want something nerfed because its op, and there are no negative effects on the rest of the playerbase, I'd say that removing the tack map removal part of radio silence is a really good change.

If the balance team wants to be conservative, it could be replaced with Tactical movement from Ost's blitzkrieg doctrine. Or, if they want to be spicy, maybe a completely new ability. I think giving the doctrine a new unit, like the Flame hetzer, could be really interesting as well, as most of the commander is just "extra" stuff, and not something that you can base your playstyle around.

These auras look nice on paper, but usually lead to blobs of doom (that's why the Sturmoffizier was reworked as well). Hard to tell how ot would be for Osttruppen though since they work very very bad as moving blobs.

I feel as though forcing Osttruppen to be close to other infantry to be able to fight correctly is a bit of a poor idea.

Yeah I think you are right, unfortunately. I was hoing it would encourage using grenadier - osttruppen pairs, but it would most likely just end up encoyraging blobs of osttruppen around 1 grenadier or panzergrenadier, as you said.

so in the end, not a good idea

On medics the pop cost of 3 should be shifted to the squad and the models themselves should cost 0 pop, so that the tactic Vipper mentioned where you get two of the models killed to cheat the pop cost isn't possible.

I think this would be in the same vein as the USF changes to penalize going over your pop cap.

I'm happy that you put in the effort and instead of just posting a faction rework idea you made it into a mod. Good job!

However, I have to ask - what's the idea behind requiring both Soviet T1 and T2 to build T3? It's kind of funny how Soviet changes fit in just 3 lines, while other factions require several.

These changes are designed to give all factions access to AT guns, MGs and mortars, no matter which tech path they take, as long with a few balance changes.


The sov changes are so short because all I wanted to do was allow T1 to still have Mgs and AT guns .
I did this by reducing the cost of T3 but requiring both T1 and T2 to be purchased to construct T3 which essentially makes it "free" but mandatory to back tech, which was simple to do.
Balance changes:
I also think sov is struggling right now, but mainly against osttruppen builds, so I nerfed osttruppen (wich I've now realized I forgot to mention)


For OKW, I wanted them to get Indirect fire faster, So I reduced the cost of Battlegroup. I also always wanted them to have medics, so I made their tech linear (so they always have battlegroup), and reduced the cost of each building slightly so the overall tech cost was the same as before.
I also wanted to preserve the choice between Luchs and Flak HT, so I added side techs like AEC/Bofors for each.
Balance changes:
The first truck arriving sooner meant that Stg 44s came too early, so I changed their tech requirements.
Finally, OKW infantry currently struggles late game, so I made obers come a bit sooner.


For USF, I wanted to do the same as I did with Sov, making back teching for team weapons mandatory but decreasing the cost of T3 to compensate.
However, the fact that you need to get an officer to unlock your team weapons meant that the player might end up with too much infantry if they were forced to back tech before getting major, so I split the officer from the team weapon unlock.
Balance changes:
I also added my Pack howitzer and M8 scott rework ideas, as they are both considered problem units.

Ostheer
Balance changes:
I think grenadiers are not suited to their role of defending the Mg42, so I gave them stun grenades so they could stun enemy squads and give their mg a bit more time to reposition
Panzergrenadiers were moved to the T1 (Infantry company) to reduce the power of the osttruppen T1 skip build by requiring them to invest more mp and fuel to get panzergrenadiers
StuGs were changed to make them better vs high HP targets because ostheer currently lacks a tank with good dps

Also notice no Brit or Ost tech changes because they already get access to MGs and AT guns

So, o nswer your question, Sov changes are short because their balance problems mostly originate in a different faction having an OP strat, and the changes needed to always give them team weapons without changing their overall tech cost was very simple

Could cover generation be removed from the SU 76 (just like the UC) so you can’t find it by seeing the green cover positions it generates