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It might the slight nerf that the Jackson could take without interfering with the rest of the balance.
Decent idea. 5-10 armor nerf might actually be enough so that a P4 would hit very reliably. The only thing to watch out for is indeed the Puma since it could be a very easy and sacrifice to get a Jackson that might have already been hit. Especially with the smoke it could really cheese a Jackson kill if it penetrates too reliably.

As the title says I just had a 'wild idea'. Note ahead: I assume this change is too far fetched to implement it, but I still would like to know what people think of it.

Make OST T3 and T4 mutually exclusive.
Then lower the tech cost of T4 by a bit of fuel. Maybe also T3.

These two buildings have a huge overlap and basically offer both an AI, an AT specialist and a wild card vehicle. But the faction would not lack too much apart from maybe some AA if it goes T4.

T3 will be the more aggressive playstyle trading a short midgame bonus for less power in the late game. t4 is basically the other way around. Delay your vehicle for a more powerful late game unit.

Can't talk too much about 1v1, but in team games I sometimes played T4 only. You don't necessarily need a medium tank, AA can be done by the classic 'lul I shoot doen planes 222' (although it's quite whacky) and getting a Panther or Brummbär ealier is quite an advantage.

I'm not saying that this change is better than a slight T4 tech buff, that I fully support it or whatever. I just want to throw it out there into a 'what if' scenario. What if Relic had designed OST in that way, would we maybe be better off.

Please take this to your PMs.

@Zero: Only mods can lock it...


... which is hereby done. Please open up a Brummbär thread if necessary but take care that it does not turn into the dumpster fire that the last one was after a handful of posts.

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Okay just a short answer as everything else does not belong to this thread.
I did not interfere in any of these discussions, so where is your problem? I am absolutely free to say that your "style" of discussion does not benefit the debate and that there are more effective ways to do so. I don't get why you apparently take that quite personal. Also maybe refrain from trying to support your argument by throwing in language concepts that actually have nothing to do with the subject.

If you have any further problems write me in PM so we can leave this thread (or what's left of it) for the debate.

To be honest I don't like their design very much. SOV already has so many infantry units and airborne guards at the moment just overlap a lot. Ppsh makes them a shock troop squad, the DPs make them a Guard squad without AT capability (neglecting some details obviously). Making them utility infiltration units runs into the role of Partisans.

However since Partisans are not used at the moment, infiltration is currently the best way to go. Maybe make them squishy, give demo charges, nade, tripwire flare, camo. Hell, maybe even normal sandbags to make them unique. Or some abilities like the officers, adding RA to enemy units, making them flee... The air strike is also not a bad idea actually, just should be reworked. My favourite idea would be to give them the mark target ability though to mark tanks for actual AT units without having AT capabilities themselves.
Not too sure about their weapon though. CQC weapons so far worked best on camo units.