Profile of ZombiFrancis

I approve of the Ostheer P4 and Panther performing on the level that the OKW P4 and Panther does. But at the same time, the vet and costs may not translate so cleanly.

As far as side skirts, I'd kind of prefer they be a munitions upgrade rather than a vet bonus. For either faction.

But you never use this ability...

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I don't like to call playercard on people's opinions, but that's just straight-up lying.

Maybe so, but remember that custom matches are not included in player cards and arranged teams fall off and disappear.

Those of us who don't spent our time I automatch don't always have the player cards that ladder players want stroked.

I don't think I've played a single 1v1 automatch with brits but I've played plenty in custom matches with and against friends. Never would know that from my playercard.

you spitballer you Kappa although the idea is decent. I don't see why they can't just do that with penals.

The differences between Guards and Penals are now that one has grenades and DP-28s and the other has AT Satchels. Whatever the unit is, these upgrades and abilities have to be juggled around.

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Personally, these days I want Soviets to have a T1 infantry unit using:

Guards Mosin Nagants, or something roughly equivalent.
Have the Guards grenade, unlocked from a grenade package upgrade. Either from a unique upgrade, from a merged molotov/AT nade upgrade, or just unlocked when both molotovs and AT nades are upgraded.
Access to AT Satchels, perhaps unlocked through an upgrade that also unlocks Demo charges.
Can be upgraded with DP-28s. Could possibly be a global fuel based upgrade mimicking vCoH BARs.

I'd like to see a doctrinal unit:
Armed with SVTs.
Can get PTRS.
Gets molotovs and AT nades as conscripts do.
0-2 CPs, depending on if PTRS arrive with squad.

Conscripts need stock PPsH upgrade no matter what the case.

ST44 in a way cost fuel since the require a truck to be set up so that is not the real issue.
Imo some of the issues with them are:

I think it is apart of it. It's not a side tech but a part of teching. Unlike weapon racks or grenades that are separate research upgrades, access to StGs is incidental.

Problem:
The do not follow the weapon profile of assault rifles and have completely different curve from SP ST44 or PG ST44 that confuses players on what to expect from ST44 as weapon.
Solution:
Replace them with single shot ST44 that are a bit worse long range than K98(35-25) better at mid and close (20-10)

Agreed. I dislike the special versions of the same weapons as well. It's acceptable for the various Kar98ks and Mosin-Nagants for example, but not so much for upgrades. So many different StGs.

Problem:
The DPS curve of squad become different with every model that dies, again confusing players If a riflemen squad fighting a VG start losing entity at the same rate will be surprised to see enemy does better as the fight goes on since the VG squad loses less DPS with every model that drops.
Solution:
Make the upgrade give 5 ST44 so that squad behave consistently

Five StGs might prove to be too much, but there is another SMG that the axis has that might suffice...

Problem:
St44 can not be dropped and change the relative positioning of infantry fight vs other infantry.
Solution give ST44 VG a timed ability that cost MU that allow them to fire full auto. That would create more interesting game play making the weapon powerful only a limited time.

Something like Rear Echelon's volley fire? When a squad has something other than RE carbines, it actually causes suppression. (In an old mod I gave it to Penal Battalions when I exchanged flamethrowers for DP-28s. It worked kinda like PE g43 suppression.)

ST44 is a bad design and most issue derive from that. On the other hand VG is the only think that hold OKW in the game and the offender on the other side of the fence are equal if not even worse.

StG was just a replacedment for Panzerschrecks. As such, they are timed for when Volks needed a form of AT to handle light vehicles. The implications of the StG timing was never really considered. (As the goal of the time was to break volks schreck blobs, not redesign OKW or fix their matchup against Soviets.)

There are number of change that should be implemented like:

1)Remove sandbags and trenches from all mainline infantry. Using heavy cover should be the exception not the rule in infantry fights and allowing some mainline infantry to have the heavy cover bonuses when and where they want should not be allowed.

I don't have too much of a problem with sandbags themselves. What I do find a bit suspect is the ability for sandbags to be built up against things like VPs. (Although for that IMO VPs should always be rotated 45 degrees so that that their corners are facing the lane/HQs.) The 'free wire' in the cap circle does give a pretty strong advantage to volks and cons. But that's another issue entirely I'd say. Pios building sandbags is just fine I think.

2) Weapons upgrades that improve that do not use weapon's profiles DPS curves or that remove the weakness in range from squad should not be allow especially to mainline infantry.

They should cost fuel. It worked well for vCoH with BARs, (and sorta with panzerschrecks with PE). I think the weapon racks are kind of a nod to this notion. Munitions upgrades should constitute a more role change: AI to AT, rifles into SMGs, getting LMGs (mobile to stationary), etc.

VG are meant to be weak mid to close especially vs Riflemen/Conscript the St44 cover that weakness on the other hand the Riflemen should be weak long range so the LMG should not be available to them either or Penal should not have that much DPS far.

I think riflemen LMG is less of a problem if Volks are getting access to something that gives them a mid-close range edge.

Penals SVTs are broken in that they don't have an aim time multiplier for range, so they rapid fire just as much at range as they do at close range. They are also the only infantry that gets a cooldown buff when moving. (Multiplier of 0.5 instead of >1.)

Imo small arm fires for mainline infantry should be redesigned keep in mind the principals of weapon profiles and relative positioning.

IMO, pre-patch Guards were the most balanced allied infantry. Without PTRS or DP-28s they performed closely to how I'd want a squad of infantry to perform against both axis factions. With PTRS they tended to out-muscle Axis attempts to rush a counter.

Volk with MP40 if want close range combat

Yup. Would've worked out well for the faction. That would also allow for Obers to actually take over a role from volks and give OKW a unit that can flank and try to clear team weapons.