Variability of "people"
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 1:16 pm
It is nice to have different "people" behind units, but it is sad, that there is no more gameplay use of them and their historical accuracy is also problematic.
My suggestions and issues:
1) Germans should have their own "Wehrmacht Elite" type of People (and different than SS - more about them below). First 5 panzer divisions, Lehr and Grossdeutschlad should be "Wehrmacht Elite" - they were real cream of GE army in 1939-40, not SS.
2) Fallschirmjagers should have separate "people" type (not luftwaffe) with attack only bonus (15% combat bonus in attacks, not in defense). Rational: their tactical doctrine (hand-to-hand combat, ambushes) and equipment (more SMGs, lot more pistols) was "assault". And it would be definitely nice to make FJs better than WH Luftlande division.
3) Waffen-SS were far from elite in 1939 and 1940. Felix Stainer and Paul Hausser invented very innovative infantry training and w-ss introduced fresh and new tactical doctrines, which were somehow better than rigid WH ones, but in 1939 and 1940, they had many flaws and they led to higher causalities (especially in NCOs and junior officers) of waffen-ss troops. Waffen-SS was given worse and obsolete equipment in early war years. W-SS were not trusted among WH generals as they were "political" army.
All these changed during war and in late 1942, core waffen-ss divisions were true elite, but definitely not in 1940 (or sooner).
My suggestion is to give only 10% combat bonus to SS "people" AND 10% malus to their defense (so, while still better in combat, they will suffer more causalities - as it was in 1939 and 1940).
4) All nation reservists - why are they same as "regular" army? They should be worse somehow (portraying their worse training and equipment). 10% combat malus would be nice. Or, 15% combat malus in attacks (if you do not want to cripple them much, make them defensive force).
My suggestions and issues:
1) Germans should have their own "Wehrmacht Elite" type of People (and different than SS - more about them below). First 5 panzer divisions, Lehr and Grossdeutschlad should be "Wehrmacht Elite" - they were real cream of GE army in 1939-40, not SS.
2) Fallschirmjagers should have separate "people" type (not luftwaffe) with attack only bonus (15% combat bonus in attacks, not in defense). Rational: their tactical doctrine (hand-to-hand combat, ambushes) and equipment (more SMGs, lot more pistols) was "assault". And it would be definitely nice to make FJs better than WH Luftlande division.
3) Waffen-SS were far from elite in 1939 and 1940. Felix Stainer and Paul Hausser invented very innovative infantry training and w-ss introduced fresh and new tactical doctrines, which were somehow better than rigid WH ones, but in 1939 and 1940, they had many flaws and they led to higher causalities (especially in NCOs and junior officers) of waffen-ss troops. Waffen-SS was given worse and obsolete equipment in early war years. W-SS were not trusted among WH generals as they were "political" army.
All these changed during war and in late 1942, core waffen-ss divisions were true elite, but definitely not in 1940 (or sooner).
My suggestion is to give only 10% combat bonus to SS "people" AND 10% malus to their defense (so, while still better in combat, they will suffer more causalities - as it was in 1939 and 1940).
4) All nation reservists - why are they same as "regular" army? They should be worse somehow (portraying their worse training and equipment). 10% combat malus would be nice. Or, 15% combat malus in attacks (if you do not want to cripple them much, make them defensive force).