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Thread: G43 upgrade on grenadiers worth it at all?5 Dec 2017, 02:46 AM Actually conscripts, of all units, are probably the one situation where the LMG42 is most worthwhile. (Maybe not with, or after, DBP, mind you.) And I wouldn't necessarily suggest the G43s are the answer to MG spam, though, just to clarify since you said 'support weapons'. In: Ostheer Strategies
Thread: Volksgrenadiers [DBP] 5 Dec 2017, 02:42 AM Jump back to quoted post4 Dec 2017, 23:49 PMJae For Jett So that they can protect a low aoe isg? Or an mg34 that is still weaker than all other HMGs in the game? OKW support weapons did get buffed (quite substantially, really), but their support weapons are still weaker and perform worse in their intended roles than those of other factions. If you want some kind of interaction where volks protect team weapons, then those team weapons have to be worth protecting. So then, say, you buff okw support weapons. You now have a faction that has somewhat weak core infantry, with strong support weapons. That is what ostheer is already. I guess one could replace 'team weapon' with 'any defensive position', or a VP cap circle, for instance. Or an ostheer teammate. I'm not suggesting OKW's team weapons be buffed, but I do think OKW's team weapons are worth protecting, not to mention building in the first place. Jump back to quoted post4 Dec 2017, 22:18 PMjagd wölfe 1) flame grenade is needed as anti garrison 2) flame grenade is needed as anti garrison 3) flame grenade is needed as anti garrison .... .... .... 99999 99999 99999) flame grenade is needed as anti garrison A quadrillion reasons, all of them flame nades. That, right there, is the problem. It's too much of a crutch. So I agree though, something else has got to give. Which is also why I don't necessarily feel removing it or making it doctrinal is necessarily the best of the ideas I opined. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Volksgrenadiers [DBP] 4 Dec 2017, 21:15 PM Jump back to quoted post4 Dec 2017, 19:28 PMjagd wölfe Sure, but first and foremost okw needs a cheap recrewer, because kategame stums and obers needs nothing more to complement, and we aren't considering call in infantry. Well a proper change should consider the whole picture, callins included. And obers do actually require a bit of a compliment, much like sturms, in that they need acreening, cheaper units or they lose their cost effectiveness. But volks do fill the role of a cheap recrewer. The bolt action only version of live volks is a fix to all issues and is now possible with buffed mg34 and flak ht. This is more or less the crux of it. Volks, with only their bolt action rifles, fit the role they need to for the OKW faction. Their STG upgrade currently simply improves their all round effectiveness/mitigates their weaknesses. A full smg package would have situational utility, synergy with okw callins, and support the faction by filling a role that is actually largely unviable for okw. But more than anything, full smgs instead wuld mean OKW players would/could leave volks unupgraded, which is where they are actually a balanced unit for the faction. But like the above poster said, incendiary nades are a big factor. Normal nades for volks I think should be the case, with theincendiary being only doctrinal, or with the smg upgrade, or with vet. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: [DBP] Mechanized Doctrine feedback thread4 Dec 2017, 19:17 PM Jump back to quoted post4 Dec 2017, 18:33 PMMr.Smith It might also be that you are overestimating USF core-faction mobility post FRP-nerfs. FRPs for USF is major tier. Investing in an m3 for mobility, or solely for assault engineers is largely unaffected by FRP changes... In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Volksgrenadiers [DBP] 4 Dec 2017, 18:14 PM Agree with the schrecks part. The point is, for me, that Volks getting a full cqc upgrade instead isn't necessarily about their performance trying to outgun allied infantry squads. It is about giving OKW the potential for better unit synergy. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: G43 upgrade on grenadiers worth it at all?4 Dec 2017, 18:06 PM G43s have the best moving accuracy of, I believe, any other weapon in the game. This is very useful, especially if the allied player is going heavy on indirect fire or snipers. Since ostheers t0 has the hmg42, many allied players tend to build to counter those: usually with indirect and sometimes snipers. So, in many ways it is a very worthwhile upgrade. In: Ostheer Strategies
Thread: Volksgrenadiers [DBP] 4 Dec 2017, 17:52 PM Jump back to quoted post4 Dec 2017, 17:48 PMjagd wölfe And totally overlaps with sturmpios... With all the cost effective minelaying/sweeping/repairing/schrecking they do? Sturms, of all units, kind of need overlaps to be able to offload their many roles. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Volksgrenadiers [DBP] 4 Dec 2017, 17:47 PM The critical fallacy here is the assumption that infantry squads are only used to fight other infantry squads. Volks with a full smg package can be used to clear team weapons, most prominently atgs and mgs. It's a tactical use that isn't just slugging manpower at manpower. An smg squad also defends team weapons like isgs, raketens, and mgs from being overrun better than a rifled counterpart. Team weapon management and support is a huge part of volks, or at least IMO they should be. That kind of usage doesn't show up when calculating spreadsheets. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Volksgrenadiers [DBP] 4 Dec 2017, 15:24 PM I'm ambivalent about their cost and if or when they get passive healing. I think volks should get 2 stgs and 3 mp40s with their 60 muni upgrade. I think volks should have their original normal grenade. I think the upgraded volks should get incendiary nades. (Or smoke, and incendiary nades be a feuerstorm ability, considering the current proposed changes to that commander.) In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Remove USF Mortar and replace with RE Rifle Grenade3 Dec 2017, 18:01 PM I would much rather REs have a munitions based equivalent to Grenadier rifle nade than to have a passive slot item weapon launching grenades forever. Though in my opinion, I prefer REs in a standard engineer role: minelaying/sweeping/repairs (especially as the number of USF vehicles without crews grows). I feel as though Assault Engineers and Rifle Company's (now) RE flamethrowers needs sorting out in some fashion. If REs got a slot item rifle grenade and smoke, I'd almost rather see them traded for Assault engineers. In: COH2 Gameplay