Profile of rumartinez89

The thing that you are missing here is Target Size which is basically your base chance to dodge. The higher the targer size the easier it is for something to be hit.

Every Infantry Model in the game has 80 HP, what differentiates these units is target size. So Conscripts/Ostruppen for example tend to have a larger target size.

Team Weapons (MGs Mortars and such) have a target size of 1.25. This means that Infantry attacking them have a 25% increased chance of landing shots on them which is why a Mortar Squad or MG Squad getting flanked will die very fast vs a normal mainline infantry.

The game doesn't do a good job of relaying such information to the player.

I didn't miss that, that is the entire point of my conscript post. Conscript start off at a target size of 1.09, at Vet 3 after all the Rec Acc bonus the Target size drops to .71. That is amazing, my issue is along with Target size reduction, conscripts squads get a 7th man, decrease in reinforce to 18mp per model and increase in Vet gain. On top of that replacing, a Conscript squad late game is only 240mp which means losing one is not costly aside from having to vet again. Compared to Penal Squad, which starts with a Target size of 1 and ends up with a Target size of .85 at Vet3. The role of the Penal squad is to attack, by design it will lose models so why is the reinforce so high? The conscript is not supposed to force the other unit off but outlast. In the end, what I am saying/asking is why does the conscripts get so many bonus late game compared to the other mainline infantry?

Vipper for VG vs PF, VG kar does more damage 12vs10 and has better close delays as in cool down, ready aim time and fire aim. It has worse accuracey across the board and get a smaller bonus with Vet. So with vet the Kar shots will almost always hit against anything with a Target size of 1. That seems extremely strong when mixed in with the G43 upgrade

Wasn't sure if I should put this question in Balance or Gameplay. After playing both USF and Soviets and asking a few questions here I noticed that both Conscripts and PanzerFusilier have much bigger gains thru vet than other mainlines. For the more experienced/better players why were they given such large Vet bonuses?

To get it out the way I suck at using Conscripts as mainline units, so I usually go T1 Penal build since they push and play like stronger Rifleman. I have incorporated Conscripts as support squads for merge/capture which allows them to Vet up as back up units to the Penal squads while covering for my horrible micro. However, once late game Vet3 hits they are pretty much indestructible even without 7th man. So my question is why were they given such a large Rec Acc bonus at Vet 3 while also getting cheaper reinforcement? Isn't that double dipping?

For Fusi, I obviously noticed they would scale past my Penal squad even though my units are "semi" elite units. To deal with them I put my Penal/Conscripts in front and force retreats using MG however if a blob comes I better hope I get some suppression quickly. My question here is why does PF get 40% accuracy buff when most other mainlines get 30%? G43 is a no brainer upgrade which pretty much makes the unit better at what it already is built to be good at. In general looking at the Veterancy list for PF it get massive bonus for abilities and combat ability more like an elite unit then a mainline replacement that it is.

Given how incredibly important model drops are to the outcomes of infantry firefights, a paid snipe ability on any squad is a bad idea. It would allow them to win fights just with a small upfront munitions investment (from range, unlike grenades) by immediately sniping a model of an enemy squad. Which is exactly what happened with the snipe ability for scoped Enfield Section for UKF in vCoH and that was terribly unbalanced too.

I agree, while the ability sounds and probably would be great against certain Squad it would be opressive. Losing 1 model for PG, Sturm pioneers, Falls and a few others causes a massive drop in DPS which would immediately swings the favor of battle in favor of Pathfinders. Since they are a long range squad you would have to close to kill them and with BARS they would damage you on the trip and back.

I think a simply switching all the weapon profiles to long range with a call in at CP1 would be fair. Putting BARS on would no longer be an automatic upgrade.

Not sure why, but I cant seem to get good results with PPSH Conscripts, I find it a lot easier to use the PPSH penals and can rack up kills with them to get to VET3. Conscripts seem way to squishy until VET3 and are pretty much outclassed by other short range squads. Seem to be fairly decent against gren or volks spammers but nothing else.

Great game that went down to the wire. Shout out to Zedor, i was gonna surrender but decided to give one last push to see what happens