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Jump back to quoted post4 Jan 2020, 11:33 AMWiderstreit

For me the change seems like so many other semi changes of the last years, doesn't touching real broken mechanism.

Panzerwerfer arrives too late, its performance is incosistant in comparison to other units and only Artillerieoffizier makes it potential.

a. move it to T2, requirement of tech T4.
b. reduce the fire-rate (less clowny) but inprove the armor pen + add a low angle ability for better acc. but less range.
c. Arty-off. ability only uses standard shots, doesn't make Werfer op.

That e.g. allows to react on stupid 120mm spam or pack-howitzers.




Incendiary grenade or Brandflasche could be a ability for Osttruppen xD

Jump back to quoted post4 Jan 2020, 09:10 AMAerohank

Yes the mortar HT is very good against UKF. Just remember that the UKF might dive it early with a AEC armored car, so it is wise to invest in a teller mine and some other AT to protect the mortar HT. You don't want to be caught with your pants down and lose 40 fuel that early in the game.

Jump back to quoted post4 Jan 2020, 06:21 AMMazianni

3x BARS is a terrible investment considering Thompsons give more DPS most of the time at most the ranges you want to be trading at. I mean, triple bazookas alone is typically a risky move. We're talking about 180 munitions being dumped into a single squad here. And no, I don't think that'd make them better than LMG34 obers at range tbh, mostly because Ober kars are so good.

Anyway, Rangers are good, they have a nice starting RA and, while it will take forever to achieve at vet 3, it gets even better while being a 5-man squad. Most axis elite infantry they face will only have 4 men.

I do agree that Rangers have a frankly kind of strange lack of abilities or utility of any sort other than the cooked grenade (that paratroopers also get). They had sprint in AA, iirc, though I can see why it was removed for multiplayer and why it stays removed now that they get elite bazookas. Likewise I think giving everyone smoke grenades is a bit off. IMO Tactical advance should have been given to them and not Paras, but whatever.

Fact of the matter is theyre good, and yes, they're better than Paratroopers when both have no upgrades and when both have Thompsons, just by their RA advantage alone. I do think Rangers could do with some better veterancy though, instead of literally just copying and pasting Para veterancy (where the ability recharge vet is especially useless considering their only ability is the cooked frag at 35m.)

Jump back to quoted post4 Jan 2020, 05:23 AMCODGUY

Rangers aren't the worst infantry its just well they aren't really THAT good. They come at 3 cp, pretty late, can't paradrop or pop out of buildings and they have a rediculous 10 pop cost. They struggle quite a bit against Obers and Fallschrimjagers which come earlier. They are a good AT sqaud with 3 bazookas. I've never tried 3 BARs.

Jump back to quoted post4 Jan 2020, 02:56 AMCODGUY

Rangers kinda suck, at least compared to Paratroopers. Is there anything Rangers can do that Paratroopers can't do better? I don't see it. You can get 4 Thompsons and a BAR on a 5 man Ranger sqaud but BARs aren't that good and get dropped all the time on Rangers.

So why are Rangers 10 pop? Way, way too high, it should get lowered to 8.