Profile of miragefla

I might of broke the replay recently doing some bug fixes. I've got to stop rapidly updating when I need to fix stuff

>USA now gets starting Mortar...

If this makes it to main game, I think I'll be done with CoH2 for good...

The main counter for Ost/OKW was MG/Mortar against the hordes of Riflemen rushing to the shingle.
With that gone, it's RIP Axis

And where is your MP going? If the USF is getting a mortar, they're hurting how many other squads and units they'll have on the field in exchange for indirect-fire.

If it's early game, you could probably push the USF off the field if the mortar arrives before the officer as they are down a rifle squad.

If we're talking mid-late game, reposition or counter-barrage. I don't think pack howitzers being on the field is death for Ostheer or OKW and that hits a lot harder. It'd probably be easier to make more rifles and spam smoke than to wait for mortar smoke and be down a rifle squad.

Also remember, all of this is a Preview nothing is set in stone. For all we know, they scrap the changes and Sturmtiger rockets could be fired from the Kubel.

OKW is dumbest faction ever created with shitest design and any changes won't fix them unless completly remade. You removed pazerschreks from volks and give them stg's instead? Fine. Be prepared for 6 volks strat with double/triple pupchen support + Puma/Luchs. What's the point getting additional sturmpio or elite infantry like expensive Obers or Falls if you have cheap, basic infantry with powerful AI upgrade? They could receive somehow buffed MP40's but not StG's. Anyway, RiP Heal building. LeIG isn't real reason to go for it. HT is dead if you have doctrinal MG-42 and nondoctrinal MG-34. And I would like to ask you Miragefla, why you decided to put MG-42 instead? Imo Kubelwagen would be much better instead. And I could point out it more but I don't see the reason for it. To sum up, OKW need rework, not only changing units stats. I would like to see if they back to his old resource system but it's not balance sugestion but my personal wish.
Regards

If you played the mod you would know, but I'll explain somethings if you haven't:

1. Volks are good early to mid game, particularly with the StG 44 timing, but they taper off greatly mid-late game due to their generally lower durability and even with veterancy their firepower isn't amazing compared to vet 2 LMG Obers or vetted Sturms at close-range. Every game I played, they generally needed to be supplemented by support weapons or elite infantry where they are relegated to defense/screening versus vetted Allied infantry and incoming armour.

I had a game versus Tightrope awhile back where the Volks just simply did not cut it versus USF as they would lose in msot engagements unless it was Rifles coming around a corner versus a still squad. Obers on the other hand, once vetted could care less about their terminator veterancy bonuses if a squad decided to peak out of cover and were much better at wiping units. They probably also bled me less as they could trade effectively unlike Volks in the late-game.

*Weapon also do not mean the stats are the same as others of its kind. PG and Sturm StGs are drastically different as are Guard and Conscript Mosins as are Volk and Ober Kar98Ks. The Volk StG is good at mid and retains the Volks DPS at long, but it is worse than an AG MP40 at short.

2.MG-42 was the simplest. I didn't want to remove the Kubel as that takes away an OKW opening which is unique in that it trades scaling for scouting and early map control. It can be changed if needed. Though Kubel should stay non-doc imho and be an interesting point-harrasment/scout unit with some AI power.

3. The current patch changes don't take note of the changes to OKW Battleroup HQ that I did which were a buffed ISG with smoke included to allow for assaults into support weapon heavy areas and improved flak HT while remaining the cheapest of the trucks.

how do you feel about this becoming more and more like vCoH?

If the mines could be easily coded where they would always, only take out 50-60% of the squad's total health with 1-2 model losses every time, sure, but nothing in the Attribute Editor makes it that easy. It would need to be new code.

They'll never be good as Panzergrenadier because they have completely different roles.

Guards are a defensive infantry unit that should be used in conjunction with other units where they provide valuable firesupport while also having grenades for the times you need it. They won't kill armour, but they can deter the lighter vehicles, especially when using conscript sandbags. Button you probably don't want to be using at max range anyways, unless you really need to, but it still cripple's the vehicle combat effectiveness.

They are a jack-of-all-trades unit.