(April Fools) Ostheer Update 5.5: Changes

[Troynl]

i didn't believe it after i saw that Army Group Center could build a mouse tank 

[Dzierzan]

Nice joke , when i was reading this i knew that it is not true, to many work and that would be crash balance.

[HyperSniper999]

So that means no Finns and Brandenburgers and the Black Sea Marines?

By the way, technically I was one of the first. Rizz showed me it last night. Was caught by the Rhinos and Mice.

[Venoxxis]

oh will i guess there is something ture about this news 

[sudifo]

those are good idea's  but its too bad they are jokes

[Killar]

If wouldn´t have put in mice and sturer emil it would be much harder to realise

[Desert_Fox]

LoL...nice April fool! 

[tpcoughlin]

Interesting concept. I hope it works out well. Pre-empted my Notion for a Rewards Axis Minor Powers Faction.

"With the co-operation of are brave Allies the Third Reich will last for a 1000 Years" ... Ernie Schiklgruber

Comments:
1. How is it activated? HAH HAH HAH!!! Good Joke I wondered about the 5.5 You mashugga's are gonna get a potato masher in your Christmas Stockings. BTW thanks you have given me a way to figure out this fucking posting toolbar works without getting any shit from the moderators or snipes from the hecklers
2. I see only one drawback to the concept: It will detract from the Doctrine Duel in pvp.
3. I do not like the PanzerThurm build Ability! 
4. Sov MG Finally filled the role Maybe,please please, can we get a skin with the wheeled carriage, gunmantlet optional as they were removed in the field to reduce weight.
5. Sov AC Finally filled the role,  one tiny issue It looks like a BA 64 to me not a BA 10. 


Some ideas for the Dev Teams consideration:

AGN
Finnish Ski troops>Gebirgs
1.Finnish Soumi(?)  AT squads expert at ambushes during the Winter War Used in groups of two.
2.
AGC
3. Disaffected Soviet ethnic-minority Partizans

AGS
4 Italian Bergsalieri=>Gebirgs
5. Italian Paratroops < Fallschrimjaegers but Air Drop Deployment  is an asset that every commander would drool over.   (not historical on the eastern front though).
6."Sicilian Fire brigade" : The Italians fielded a truck mounted AA gun that performed excellently in the ATG role.+-=PAK 40. with suppression ability it could quickly respond to deep Soviet penetrations and rear area partisan control. Enigma tells me it should have LR but limited sighting distance (rational:partisan hunting  requires more than one Squad to be effective. It would make the "Mark Target" ability useful. Saw action during :Operation Husky"
7.PvP Play/AI Play Concept Non player influenced Seasonal weather changes cycling through the Game. AI game setup menu could/should have a toggle on/off.


Enigma
Winter War historical relevance

[Cranialwizard]

I'm an Italian and I think even 2 units of Italians is over doing it.

Many countries participated on the axis side, not just Finns and Italians, even if they were the primaries. If you're going to include one or two foreign units, you're stuck providing a foreign unit corresponding to nearly everyone's wants due to patriotism.

[HomerSimpson]

First Thought: Great
Second Thought: Bt won't that get too complicated?
Third Thought: Mouse?! OMG! they ruinnend the balance for all times...

Fourth Thought. WAIT! What date is it?!

Fifth Thought: LOOOOOOOOL     Nice one!

[Red_Stinger]

I'm an Italian and I think even 2 units of Italians is over doing it.

Many countries participated on the axis side, not just Finns and Italians, even if they were the primaries. If you're going to include one or two foreign units, you're stuck providing a foreign unit corresponding to nearly everyone's wants due to patriotism.

Well, I just dont want a french volunteer unit in the Ostheer, by as you said, patriotism... Dont want to see french traitors and murderers in the Ostheer.

At first, I though it was a real news. But I also realized 10 seconds later that it was the 1st april...   

[TheReaper]

Last year's joke was funnier. 

[HyperSniper999]

Well they could do a Foreign Uint as something generic. If they're going by the Army Groups as doctrines, they could have skins for the foreign unit depending on the group you picked. For example, Finnish uniforms in the Northern Army Group, Italian skins for Southern Army Group, but the unit would continue to speak German with no stat differences.

[IJoe]

^^ What's the point?
If you're so inclined, get yourself one of gazillion various skins to replace any one, that will be in the game, or make one, if you can/have a lot of spare time.

Besides that, I don't think, that doctrines, based on the army groups' names, are that much of a good idea,- after all an army group is supposed to be (and was in fact) somewhat universal.
It's not like all that some particular AG did was tank operations/airstrike/artillery. Not even roughly that, unless you plan to go down to stereotypes.

[HyperSniper999]

^^ What's the point?
If you're so inclined, get yourself one of gazillion various skins to replace any one, that will be in the game, or make one, if you can/have a lot of spare time.

Besides that, I don't think, that doctrines, based on the army groups' names, are that much of a good idea,- after all an army group is supposed to be (and was in fact) somewhat universal.
It's not like all that some particular AG did was tank operations/airstrike/artillery. Not even roughly that, unless you plan to go down to stereotypes.

It wouldn't be five million skins. It'd be only three, maybe four (for those weird people with no doctrine)
The foreigners would be just simple cannon fodder infantry. The skins would be to give the unit different character accurate to their group.

ALothough maybe the army group idea is stupid, and only really lasted till 1943. Wasn't the war afterwards just a jumbled mess for the Germans?