Eastern Front News #26.11.2010

[TheReaper]

Yaaay! So there is no limits for the Ostheer. Best news ever!

[Desert_Fox]

Why? Soviets are already powerful in Late Game, they don't need MG42 or PaK38 to beat Axis forces.

Because, in my opinion, it looks really stupid, and right now there is no valid excuse for it any more.

P.S.: Please, guys, don't start flaming. I just don't want to see a bunch of "stupid commies" who don't know how to use hmg. Well, that's me, sorry if I hurt your feelings.

I don't wanna start any flaming..I express my opinion and it's only because I don't want a unbalanced game...that's all!

Peace & Love 

[SublimeSnugz]

wait with the suggestions and complains until release eh ? im sure the dev's have enough experiance and competent ppl to help them with avoiding releasing something awefull balanced. Please take your time with the 1.30 and play test it to the max before release.

[SavageWorld]

This is awesome!!!
To all who worries about if Russia will become too strong, we can always find other ways to nerf them.
This has been a top priority since the release date and call for celebration and happiness. Good job.

[BrotherPetro]

How will the veterancy work?
Will only upgraded conscripts and strelky etc. be able to gain veterancy whilst using a HMG? or base level infantry aswell?

[Ghost]

one way of balancing the recrewing would be not to allow conscripts to recrew weapons (if that is possible) so red army has to use more expensive units for recrewing.

[IJoe]

one way of balancing the recrewing would be not to allow conscripts to recrew weapons (if that is possible) so red army has to use more expensive units for recrewing.

Maybe a weapon capture could be somehow wired up to the mancount of the squad, which, in case of conscripts, is equal to 1 (so the icon says anyway). then the whole unit of conscripts will be able to capture no more than 1 weapon. Though I'm not sure if it's technically possible.

[revoluzer]

If conscripts will use a teamweapon, their health is still really low, so they would die quickly...

[Blackbishop]

I think it could be a good way to get rid of those unarmed conscripts . I'm eager to see how this will end.

[Seeme]

All I got to say is EF will be waaaaay different now.

You should call the patch: 2.00

[Zuzundra]

Good work devs!

p/s on the video (in last minutes) the soviet group is attacking Nazi with MG42, but when they captured their machine gun, they became a group with mortar...will u fix it in patch? =)))

[Ghost]

[...]p/s on the video (in last minutes) the soviet group is attacking Nazi with MG42, but when they captured their machine gun, they became a group with mortar...will u fix it in patch? =)))

it's mentioned in the vid: it's just an icon bug that will be fixed.

[...]You should call the patch: 2.00

as far as i remember "version 2.0" is reserved for the ostheer (a dev mentioned that long time ago). and the upcoming patch was just renamed to 1.30 because of the big changes.

[Paciat]

Great.
We all play EF to play Soviets but usually a 2v2 had 1 US or UK player. Now theres no reason that someone needs to play standard fractions. Comet, 105 Sherman and Jumbo are a fun add but thats all.

[Zuzundra]

except icon, there is wrong voice of group =) there are speaking about mortar =))))))))

[Werwolf]

Ach! Now we're going to see more conscript blobs Zerg-rushing to capture re-crewable weapons... as if they weren't cheap and expendable enough to begin with 

How about putting in severe penalties (accuracy? damage?) for Sovs who re-crew/capture axis weapons? It'll deter a lot of people from spamming a horde armed with mostly StG44s, HMG42s/LMG42s and ninja PaKs which would irrevocably ruin the balance.

Since conscripts and such generally weren't trained to handle said weapons, it would make a lot of sense if they wouldn't be able to wield them as effectively as their original owners might have (Soviet weapons inspectors who inspected captured MG42s and labeled them as 'mechanically unreliable' and 'prone to breakage and jamming' actually forgot to factor in the general lack of experience/training, the negligent maintenance of the equipment and the abuse/misuse of such by the new users).

All things said, this is a very welcome change indeed... finally we can petition for towed infantry guns, towed Maxim HMGs and HMG34s