Why would I use the Ostheer?

[WartyX]

has to be kept together with Duct Tape and the like.

I'm pretty sure we used almost exactly the same words when we were first internally discussing the art direction for the Ostheer

[comrade2012]

As long as the "outdated" equipment of the Ostheer is significantly less expensive than the Wehrmacht, I will be a happy camper.

I keep envisioning hordes of panzer II's and III's, and I cant wait.

[Saavedra]

I would have to agree, using old outdated stuff in war always seems to excite me, especially if that stuff has to be kept together with Duct Tape and the like. Its like the Rebals in Star Wars.

Outdated stuff? The Rebel Alliance?

Their fighters have SHIELDS AND HYPERDRIVES, TIE fighters and their variants don´t! How´s that outdated?

[Raider217]

I would have to agree, using old outdated stuff in war always seems to excite me, especially if that stuff has to be kept together with Duct Tape and the like. Its like the Rebals in Star Wars.

Outdated stuff? The Rebel Alliance?

Their fighters have SHIELDS AND HYPERDRIVES, TIE fighters and their variants don´t! How´s that outdated?

Compared to Imperial forces not todays armies

[Znieh]

Outdated stuff? The Rebel Alliance?

Their fighters have SHIELDS AND HYPERDRIVES, TIE fighters and their variants don´t! How´s that outdated?

Well the X-Wing was top of the line but it was originally meant to be an Imperial fighter but the Rebels stole the plans. Almost everything else, though, that the Rebels had was outdated, Y-Wing, DF.9 anti-infantry battery, and Corellian corvette just to name a few, they used whatever they could get there hands on. But what is more important than the old stuff is the fact that The Rebels had to keep there stuff working with whatever was available. Hence keeping things together using Duct Tape.

Going back to the OS, I think a repair ability called Gerry Rig for a unit would be really cool. It wouldn't really restore health, but instead fix any broken parts such as turrets, engines, and tracks immediately. 

[IJoe]

Going back to the OS, I think a repair ability called Gerry Rig for a unit would be really cool. It wouldn't really restore health, but instead fix any broken parts such as turrets, engines, and tracks immediately.

With a lot of relatively weak vehicles, that are rather easily disposed, it, probably, wouldn't be really that much of a help.
Maybe, some "health" upgrades, or "resistance to break-down", like those, suggested for tracks, or some armor-skirt upgrade, would do somewhat better, greatly improving viability of the machines, deployed on the field.

[Paciat]

Going back to the OS, I think a repair ability called Gerry Rig for a unit would be really cool. It wouldn't really restore health, but instead fix any broken parts such as turrets, engines, and tracks immediately.

The whole point of broken gun, tracks, engine is that you need to get engineers to the damaged tank instead of just pushing a botton and driving back to base.
Youre saing that it would be fun to make sticky bombs and mines useless (vs tanks).

[Znieh]

The whole point of broken gun, tracks, engine is that you need to get engineers to the damaged tank instead of just pushing a botton and driving back to base.
Youre saing that it would be fun to make sticky bombs and mines useless (vs tanks).

No what I meant was an engineer unit that had an ability to immediately fix a broken part on a vehicle. Of course I'm not saying this ability is a balanced idea, just an interesting idea loosely based on the concept of Gerry Rigging.

[GodlikeDennis]

Maybe Russian mechanics should get this ability to give them more use.

[rtil]

don't knock it until you try it

[Paciat]

No what I meant was an engineer unit that had an ability to immediately fix a broken part on a vehicle.

Then it should be called a "Magic touch" ability.