Company of Heroes: Eastern Front

Eastern Front Mod (Read-Only) => Suggestions => Ostheer Suggestions => Topic started by: Rokossovski on January 26, 2010, 03:51:39 PM

Title: Defensiv or Offensiv
Post by: Rokossovski on January 26, 2010, 03:51:39 PM
Vigilant is very defensive.
Title: Re: Defensiv or Offensiv
Post by: Arethin on January 26, 2010, 04:30:41 PM
Defensive.
Title: Re: Defensiv or Offensiv
Post by: Voop_Bakon on January 26, 2010, 06:56:44 PM
Aggressive, would be awesome to have a German faction with some nice early game
Title: Re: Defensiv or Offensiv
Post by: Saavedra on January 26, 2010, 07:57:16 PM
The same way the Russian doctrines allow you to play different times and situations (Urban Combat= urban combat, Propaganda= early Soviets, Armored Breakthrough= late Soviets), I think the Ostheer should reflect different times and situations for the Wehrmacht in the Eastern Front.

Basically, you could make a skeleton of the faction based on a mixture of Wehrmacht and Panzer Elite, and add units and abilities to really drive the point in.



For example:

Early war Germans could have access to huge artillery support and sneaky troops, while suffering from a lack of AT capabilities (they would use PIV ISTs instead of Panzer IVs). They would have a harder time reaching heavy tanks like the Panther.

Middle war, they could have access to the regular PIV, as well as normalized costs for heavy tanks. They lose artillery support and sneaky troops, but they also gain access to specialized assault troops, something like the Soviet Ingenery with upgrade (satchels and flamethrowers). To make them different, you could remove the armor but add fire-up or greater suppression resistance. Except for the one flamethrower, you could have MP40s.

Late war, they lose a lot of offensive capabilities and still have no strong arty, but they get ambush defenses instead. Ambushing Marders, ambushing Volks, cheaper mines and trenches. The ambush for different units could cost command points and work in progression (2CP= Infantry ambush, 4CP= Light Vehicle ambush, like Marders and Armored Cars, and 6CP= Ambushed tanks, like PIVs and Panthers). In this case, the Soviet player has a lot of good reasons to send waves of infantry in first, just like in the late war. Also, you get a lot of infantry with cheaper faust uses.
Title: Re: Defensiv or Offensiv
Post by: userstupidname on January 26, 2010, 09:56:52 PM
vigilant i want 1944 ostheer with a lot of counterattack abilities
Title: Re: Defensiv or Offensiv
Post by: Rokossovski on January 27, 2010, 03:26:28 PM
@ Savavedra you could just say allrounder.   
Title: Re: Defensiv or Offensiv
Post by: Freakstar5 on January 27, 2010, 08:27:05 PM
the Germans were during the war against Russia rather an offensive

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