Profile of rumartinez89

Agreed with this. Its not like Soviets where I can go Maxims, hit 2CP and then start pumping out Elite Infantry all day. The way USF is set up currently with its Tech Structure doesn't allow for Rangers or Airborne. If I already have Two-Three Rifleman Squads, a Rear Echelon, and an Officer I am pretty much good in the infantry department.

Rangers will bleed your MP dry, they were much more useful when they had 10% damage reduction as they didn't bleed as much. They are essentially more expensive Rifleman now with some gimmicks on them that aren't needed.

This is also one of the reasons why you see Pathfinder spam, even though they are worse than Rifleman, you could use them as a Rifle replacement. For Rangers to work they would have to be available at T0 and designed specifically around that like Panzerfusiliers. For example starting as a 4 man squad, Thompson upgrade would add 5th man to the squad or Unlocking Major would add 5th man to the Ranger Squad.

What about making the Ranger squad an upgrade to rifleman similar to the dozer for the sherman. It could unlock at CP2/3 and would be a straight improvement to the squad in rec acc and damage while maintaining 5man squad. It would probably be better to switch back to the Para Carbine profile so the upgrade causes the Ranger-Rifleman to play the same. Would be easier for user and enemy to understand how and where to engage.

Imo mixing ranges or even weapon types on a squad just leaves you with a squad that can't do anything properly

I have to hard disagree with that statement, PF and Paratroopers literally disprove your point.

The best close range units aren't great because all the weapons are CQC focused, they are great due to a good combination of smoke/cloak/durability/ability. For this argument lets stick to Allied units since this issue is seen more on the allied side. Shocks are great due to smoke and extreme durability(armor+6man), Airborne PPSH for cloak and smoke while also having ok durability due to 6 man. I think most would agree Assault Guards aren't as good since they only have durability and have no way to actually close in.

But looking at it from a DPS point of view they are every bit as strong if not stronger than the Airborne PPSH despite only having 3 Thompsons. IF we put them in their optimal DPS range (0-10) for both I am pretty sure Assaults Guards would win most of the time due to the weapon switching feature/bug. Since the DPS is concentrated in the 3 models, as the models drop their performance barely falls off until the 4th model drop whereas the Airborne PPSH would lose around 17% with each model.

This is similar to Paratroopers in that they don't lose much DPS until the 3rd model however Paras are still significantly better due to Tactical Assault allowing for instant wipes which reinforces the combination I was talking about earlier.

What I am proposing is literally a USF Fussi. Thompsons can't be dropped just like G43, both have flares, sprint, snare while the rifleman would also be able to build sandbags and throw down mines. Also the in game 2-thompson upgrade only takes 1 weapon slot so you can even put a BAR on them to make you happy. At that point they would be Fussi on steroids. That is why I was unsure of proposing a 3 Thompson upgrade for both slots which would still be mix and matching but would create the best mainline CQC in the game.

For those worrying about balance it would only be in one commander(Rifle Company) and fairly expensive muni wise. So upgrading all of them would be quite an investment and they would still have a weakness at long range. However at close-mid they would dominate and force enemy to try something different.

5 grease guns, upgrading 2 grease guns into 2 Thompsons. Very dangerous CQC squad. Also comes with an AT satchel for 'some reason'.





Rifle Company used to have vet I riflemen call-ins off the bat and rifle flamers. This was not missed by anyone except meta abusers. I think this has influenced Rifle Company ever since.

Yea, I would prefer regular Rifles with the 2 Thompsons and a snare since most engagments are med-long range. Might not get easy short range wipes but it would be easier to keep LV away. In rifle company, using sprint would allow for some close range shenanigans along with snare synergy like a few of those OST commanders.

Rifle commander used to be OP as hell, especially with my 3 Rifleman VET bulletins. Also wasn't the VET on the call in rifleman Random. I feel as though I remember getting Vet 2/3 Riflemans called in.

OKW has a t0 at gun to help. Still, they can get abused hard as fuck by clowncars until they can get fausts because building a rak that early is pretty dicey. Lone OKW squads with m3s around have a huge chance of getting run off the field.

Your right, OKW can get bullied pretty bad but it does allow an early 15 fuel unit to have some use. Against OST, clown car is mostly pointless despite recent nerfs making Faust a little redundant. Since clown car had its armor reduced a properly supported MG with focused fire can chase off a car if not outright destroy it. Same with UC.

Also not trying to pick a fight but you also said grens are locked behind 80mp building. Penals are locked behind 160mp building, start off reasonably stronger but cost 290mp and lose once vet and LMG are unlocked. So that reasoning doesn’t hold up to well. Pretty much that efficiency in a mainline unit can shut down 2 out of 3 units in a tech tier.

While I do think grens are to cheap for what they cost I think the real culprit is those goddamn conscripts. They got overbuffed and pretty much make even Soviet elite units kind of redundant.

The idea that USF need a long range infatry from start to beat Ostheer is flawed and it would creates more issues that it would solve.

Soviet do not have such an infatry and they do just fine.

Sorry on phone don’t mean to make 2 posts.

It is unfair to compare USF to Soviets. Soviets only do fine using conscripts in high end games. You will be on your way to your 4th conscript squad by the time you are building or finish making your 3rd rifleman. Using sheer numbers to overwhelm the MG along with the extremely cheap reinforce cost allows Soviet to do just fine. Making a 4th rifleman is suicide and due to tech timing it takes a bit of time for LT or CPT to hit the field allowing OST to get 4th Gren squad which gives them DPS superiority.