Ostheer Update 7: Modernisation

[Raider217]

are there any plans to grant a special call in or abillity when you research all 3 upgrades? like it is at the panzer elite with the two panthers?

At this point no. Ostheer currently has a lot of stuff, more than other factions.

Now that you mention it, I remember a lot of whining about soviets having "way too many units and building options". As I see from the 1.4. changelog this "call of the community" was heard. Ironic, isn't it, that the ostheer already has more units and building options than soviets ever did?

Their units aren't redundant, like the penal troops. You may get some units depending of your path teching.

Now i think, you are whining a lot because of that. So, because we removed penal troops but we introduced Naval Infantry, and everything else remain there soviets have less units. Math doesn't lie, soviets had X units, removed one and added one, so we get X again. I don't see a minor number of units.

Cant forget ZIS-3 

[IJoe]

ZiS3 is an emplacement.

I'm not whining.
Pools are switchable. Penals/conscripts were not.
NI is doctrinal, and I see no connection tying it to any REGULAR infantry at all.
You also removed call-in option of T-34/76 after the upgrade, for reason yet unknown to me (I loved it!)

[Blackbishop]

ZiS3 is an emplacement.

I'm not whining.
Pools are switchable. Penals/conscripts were not.
You also removed call-in option of T-34/76 after the upgrade, for reason yet unknown to me (I loved it!)

Switching between pools cost you time and resources, giving advantage to your opponent. With Soviets Support Barracks you get Tank Hunters and Mortars from one upgrade, Sniper Team and ZiS from another and you can have both at the same time. You can't do this with Ostheer. If you switch pools you will recruit different units(excluding the neutral units).

At first i thought both T-34s would be a good idea, but Breakthrough had a lot of call-ins. Also, is cooler in this way. Let's not go further OT here. You are already discussing this in other place.

[delmar77]

my 2.602 is done! not topic but i very happy!

[Seeme]

Hurray

delmar77 2.602 is done! Yay! Hurray!

[HerrVoss]

Back on topic people. Modernization should be your discussion.

A squad with all STG44s would be very capable in combat and will give me a motivation to modernize. On maps with big bases, build two of every building!

[Alexander 'ApeMen' J.]

i think the devs will have a global switch for the buildings so if you have 2x t2 you still can build one kind of units not both

[Rikard Blixt]

Pools are global switch.

[Alexander 'ApeMen' J.]

thats realy good to know^^

[HerrVoss]

Glad to see that so much is done. Since you have released the rather large rise of the aces patch, I assume that all your focus will be on the Ostheer. My only question at point is whether you will make new base buildings or reskin old ones. Please respond because I have been curious about this for quit some time.

Thanks for the hard work!

[Max 'DonXavi' von B.]

Ostheer base buildings have, AFAIK, not that high priority. It will use, just like the Red Army, reskinned buldings at first.

[HerrVoss]

Thank you, I understand. It will be interesting to see what you come up with.

[Max 'DonXavi' von B.]

Personally, I'd like to see the Wehrmachts Kampfkraft Center as the building from where Ostheers heavy vehicles are called onto the battlefield.

[Gerrit 'Lord Rommel' G.]

Thank you, I understand. It will be interesting to see what you come up with.

Like with all the other stuff: problem is the animation stuff. Ostheer had a lot of new vehicles and weapons that need animations.
Animations arent easy at all but buildings are bit more complicated because of different models for destruction and building.
So we would be happy to add new buildings but there is so much other stuff to do that we can confirm or suspend new buildings
Think u have to wait till Ostheer is ready.

[Jakeman]

Can you tell us what the Ostheer heavy tank is or is it a secret?