guille1434 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 12:27 pm
Airborne troops: I don't like very much to be limited (as a German player) to just two airborne/paratroop type units: one Fallschirmjager and one (understrength) Brandenburgers. On the other hand, it is not also a good or fair thing that the player can exploit the game rules by using unlimited parachute units positioned deep behind the front lines by means of the unlimited flight range of the aircrat transports. So, why not include in the map a special hex where the player can "convert" a limited number of infantry units (may be just one or two) in the same way as McGuba included the possibility to convert some bomber units into fighters in a specific location (I don't remember well now, but I thing this can be only made in an airfield located near Wien, and only to a limited number of units).
I agree with your preference for more airborne options than in BE 2.3 itself.
At the moment players have 3 available airborne units in the addon:
Fallschirmjäger: Can be bought like other units, share the "Jäger" upgrade group with Gebirgsjäger and Skijäger, but they are rather expensive for an infantry unit.
Brandenburger: Bonus unit that is not replaced when lost (but now has an upgrade option in late 43), they are full strength in the addon (so that they are less squishy), but with rate of fire stat reduced to 8 (to keep their offensive value in check), generally they are much stronger than in BE 2.3, but they are also the most expensive infantry unit for reinforcements
10.5 cm LG 40: Recoilless artillery/antitank with paratrooper trait. One of the most versatile units in the game, probably still overpowered, but poor defense stats, needs some house rules at the moment and balancing feedback in the future.
For the time being, I use house rules to avoid exploits (like not shooting at London with railway artillery from the continent).
Maybe when I find the time and motivation in the future I'll implement some crude workaround, which allows for the purchase of transport capability. Which would allow for a tighter initial limitation of air and naval transports.
That reminds me, I wanted to introduce the 7.5 cm LG 40 in the Med scenario, will have to work on that. Could then start with such a unit in Barbarossa.
There will also be some light infantry rebalancing in the next version (so specifically affecting Jäger units), though probably not to the extent I originally intended.
guille1434 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 12:27 pm
Maritime patrol bomber units: Don't you think it would be a nice idea to include the upgrade possibility of Fw-200 units into Ju-290 (maybe also at a specific air base)? Of course. I have a Ju-290 unit icon in my "to do"list...
I would love to have some more maritime warfare options for the axis! Perhaps not as an in-group upgrade from the FW-200 (I prefer "chassis" based upgrade groups for the addon), but as a new expensive unit. So that players face the dilemma of "new heavy tanks for the Eastern Front" vs "great maritime bombers against the Western Allies", depending on their situation and goals.
guille1434 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 12:27 pm
Another one: having seen your post in the "Locarnus Add-on" thread, I can tell that the vanilla style icon for the KIng Tiger also needs a revision (I always thought that its turret looked like "unfinished"), so maybe you can use a new icon for it.
About Sturmtiger icon: Of course I would be more than happy to ba able to help you. I will start working on the "Sturmmorser Tiger" project ASAP. I already started the background research and found some interesting images to work with.
I looked again at that heavy tank comparison picture. It seems that the original Panzer Corps icons for the german heavies are all a bit "perspective tilted" between hull and superstructure. In fact, the Jagdtiger was perhaps the reason for that angle on the 2013 Sturmmörser Tiger icons. It has pretty similar angle differences between hull and superstructure. Perhaps it is just less noticeable due to the fewer straight lines on the engine cover of the Jagdtiger.
Now I can't unsee that angle difference in the original Panzer Corps Maus icon
, though the camo in the picture helps a bit. Good thing that the Maus comes too late for any real use in Battlefield Europe.
About the King Tiger: Yep, the current one is not great. I'm just so swamped with stuff still to do for the coming update. A new King Tiger would possibly also require mask changes for camo application with DwightsCamoSprayshop. I'm not even sure that I have that third row camo pattern for the sprayshop. All in all, I'll try to finish this update first and try to get the succession game started, before thinking about potential priorities for further updates.
Thank you so much for the work on a new Sturmtiger, imho such an upgrade option for the chassis could convince more people to buy another early (understrength) Tiger. Perhaps leading to more historical force compositions in 1943 (and I just like seeing the occasional Tiger on the battlefield
).
