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Offline Magyar

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Fallschirmjäger Reward Unit
« on: May 20, 2014, 06:28:49 PM »
One thing that has always bothered me about Fallschirmjäger, a unit that has the word parachute in very name, doesn't actually parachute into the battlefield. It's an aesthetic touch that may seem superfluous but in all seriousness I recommend the creation of a PE reward unit that would be essentially identical to the Fallschirmjäger, except that its call in would allow it to be parachuted anywhere on the map.

Reasoning: being able to paradrop Fallschirmjäger would be beneficial for the player since it would allow the player to call in the unit anywhere on the map, without the need of surrounding structures. Their purpose is to be able to infiltrate behind enemy lines- they should not be dependent on the existence of nearby structures for this end. Furthermore, by using parachutes Fallschirmjäger could reinforce on the field just as American and Soviet airborne infantry do, further extending their utility as an elite combat unit meant to fight behind enemy lines or at least far from reinforcement points.

Is this overpowered? Not necessarily. Regular Fallschirmjäger have a better element of surprise due to being called in quietly from neutral structures, whereas paradropped Fallschirmjäger would not have the same element of surprise due to being brought in by relatively noisy aircraft. Therefore even regular Fallschirmjäger would reserve their purpose and would continue to exist, thus not harming the base game itself.

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Re: Fallschirmjäger Reward Unit
« Reply #1 on: May 20, 2014, 06:37:12 PM »
Keep in mind that the historical background of PE is the german army in the Netherlands in september 1944 ;)
During the retreat in the west the german Fallschirmjäger were used as elite combat infantry and not as an airborne landing troop. So the term is correct and their ingame function is correct too. You took the name "literally" and that was the problem here  ;)
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Re: Fallschirmjäger Reward Unit
« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2014, 03:39:35 PM »
Ah, I see. After quickly reading up on it I see that you're right about that. Nonetheless, I still wish such a reward unit would be available if solely for the purpose of variety. After all, EF adds reward units for other vanilla units. But I imagine that the EF response is that it isn't part of the 1944 timeline. :(
« Last Edit: May 21, 2014, 05:05:21 PM by Magyar »