Ostheer Update 6: Ostheer Army Troops

• Luftwaffe Recon Command - 2CP (Allows the player to call in the Sdkfz/263 Air Command vehicle; able to call in Recon Runs and Stuka strikes [requires Aces High!].)


• Brandenburger - 2CP (Airdrop two man squad of highly trained special forces infantry).


• Aces High! 3CP (Sdkfz/263 gains Ju 87 dive bombing ability.)

• Foreign Volunteers - 2CP (Call-in a single random Foreign squad)


• Fear factor - 2CP (Accuracy against Ostheer units decreased for limited time)


• Foreign Battlegroup - 3CP (Call-in two random Foreign squads (or 1 random squad plus a random crewed weapon) and 2 Foreign Tanks)

• Jaegers - 3CP (Call on a 3-man squad of highly trained sharpshooters)


• Panzerkrieg! - 2CP (Infantry fight better when near friendly tanks)


• Tiger Production - 3CP (Replace Panther with a buildable Tiger I)

• Infantry Recon - 1CP (Infantry sight range's increased)


• Ostkrieg! - 3CP (Infantry receive a range and damage bonus when fighting from cover and buildings)


• Elefant - 5CP (Call-in the feared Elefant Tank Destroyer)

• Improved Fortifications - 2CP (Pioneers can construct Panzernests and Tripwires)


• Improved Communications - 2CP (Field HQs can still operate when in isolated territory)


• Wespe - 3CP (Call-on the 105mm Wespe Self-propelled howitzer)

• Prioritised Support - 2CP (For a short period of time Ostheer produce more resources)


• Prioritised Weapons - 2CP (For a short period of time Ostheer produce units faster)


• Royal Tiger - 5CP (Call in a Tiger II Henschel)

Last edited April 15, 2011 at 3:31 AM by Dragon93

blackbishop wrote:
Foreign Battlegroup - 3CP (Call-in two random Foreign squads (or 1 random squad plus a random crewed weapon) and 2 Foreign Tanks

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Baker wrote:but this mod isn't trying to be strictly historical so I suppose it's okay.

Last edited April 14, 2011 at 6:40 PM by GSmirlis the Communist

Troynl wrote:
@GSmirlis the Communist.
Why do you need Romanian army?
first Ostheer can also fight against USA, and Romanian didn't fight against the USA.
Second: it doesn't add much, calling them Romanian support, if you realy want your Romanian army, just RP it or something.

Troynl wrote:
@Developer
Is Tiger Production useless to people who choose Panzer Support??? :o

Troynl wrote:
@Developer
Is Tiger Production useless to people who choose Panzer Support??? :o

Moonwalker wrote:

Troynl wrote:
@Developer
Is Tiger Production useless to people who choose Panzer Support??? :o

Well, actually... yes.

Last edited April 14, 2011 at 7:18 PM by Paciat

Cranialwizard wrote:
Very Nice! Good Work!

But, what do you mean by "Random" Foreign Troops, does this mean there will be more than one type of squad and it's randomly selected? Or is it just a group of foreign troops from different countries?

Moonwalker wrote:

blackbishop wrote:

Troynl wrote:
@Developer
Is Tiger Production useless to people who choose Panzer Support??? :o

Well, actually... yes.

But only one Tiger (on the field) is deployable right?

Paciat wrote:

Moonwalker wrote:

Troynl wrote:
@Developer
Is Tiger Production useless to people who choose Panzer Support??? :o

Well, actually... yes.

Why not make Tiger replace both Panther G and Brummbar then? Just like Brummbar a Tiger has large AoE.

Seeme wrote:
I think they will have a bunch of foreign troops, and a few will be selected.

delmar77 wrote:
Stukas with Jericho-Trompete*  ????  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ; Please!!!





*The aircraft was easily recognizable by its inverted gull wings, fixed spatted undercarriage and its infamous Jericho-Trompete ("Jericho Trumpet") wailing siren, becoming the propaganda symbol of German air power and the Blitzkrieg victories of 1939–1942.
by Wikipedia english

Nubrannosaurus wrote:
1.  Does the Luftwaffe Recon Command function differently from America's Recon Airborne ability?  If not, what reasons did you guys have for choosing this ability?

Nubrannosaurus wrote:
2.  In the Luftwaffe Recon Command is the "stuka support" the same as "Aces High!"?  If not, what exactly does "stuka support" do?

Nubrannosaurus wrote:
3.  What are panzernests and trip wires?  Are they equivalent to tank traps and barbed wire?

Nubrannosaurus wrote:
4.  There's only a single player active ability that does damage (Aces High!), what were your reasons for doing this?  Not criticizing your choices, simply curious why this was done.

Venoxxis wrote:
nice update!
i just hope we wont get ugly brown tigers, again  :-\

vadlama wrote:
If there will be more foregin troops, then there will be difference between the romanian or italian or hungarian or the others? I mean, like the wehrmacht, volks, grenadiers, knight cross? italians comes with smg, romanians with rifle, etc? or they will be the same, just other names and skins?

is the Sdkfz/263 have something weapon, so it can defend itself? or deployable like the PE scout car?

the "Panzerkrieg!" and the "Ostkrieg!" active or passive ability?

and as I see, there will be no off-map arty support, just the "Aces High!" (and I think it will be a little, fast bombdrop)

and the recon planes are like the british radio triangulation (a lot of red dot on the map) or like american recon run?

With respect!

Venoxxis wrote:
nice update!
i just hope we wont get ugly brown tigers, again  :-\

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imagine a boot stamping on a human face
— forever.

Last edited April 15, 2011 at 12:18 AM by IJoe

IJoe wrote:
I realize, that paratroopers for a german faction is a life-time dream of many axis players since the very first release of the vanilla, but that's just too much, guys.
Infiltration? Yes, but make it partisan-like. Germans para-dropping in SU? Well, there have been A COUPLE of such, but on that scale, you're proposing - that's pure bullshit, and that's OP.
And don't tell me, it's WIP,- it's paradrops, I know, what these are.

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To people, who are going to argue, that these could be some "western front" paratroopers mainly, I recall the dev. team (in part, at least) stating OH as the direct counter to SU, and no less than that. So, I suppose, it should reflect axis forces on the eastern front, not in Italy, etc.,- that's what other axis factions are there for, to begin with.

HyperSniper999 wrote:
The invasion began what, June 1941? So was that before or after Mercury? After Mercury major Fallschirmjager air drops became rare doue to the disaster Mercury was in the beginning.

If you want a picture of the future,
imagine a boot stamping on a human face
— forever.

IJoe wrote:

HyperSniper999 wrote:
The invasion began what, June 1941? So was that before or after Mercury? After Mercury major Fallschirmjager air drops became rare doue to the disaster Mercury was in the beginning.

Germans didn't really exercise a lot of paradropping during that war. So these guys, doctrinally dropping from above in copious numbers (everybody loves to spam call-in elite, +the "super reinforcement" thing), is like that ridiculous V-rocket firing at military targets.

blackbishop wrote:

IJoe wrote:

HyperSniper999 wrote:
The invasion began what, June 1941? So was that before or after Mercury? After Mercury major Fallschirmjager air drops became rare doue to the disaster Mercury was in the beginning.

Germans didn't really exercise a lot of paradropping during that war. So these guys, doctrinally dropping from above in copious numbers (everybody loves to spam call-in elite, +the "super reinforcement" thing), is like that ridiculous V-rocket firing at military targets.

I don't see a reason why this should be discarded. If can be balanced and it's not a crazy idea, i don't see a problem.

HyperSniper999 wrote:
Although then again, you have Penal Conscripts running around also...

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imagine a boot stamping on a human face
— forever.

IJoe wrote:
So, I suppose, it should reflect axis forces on the eastern front, not in Italy, etc.,- that's what other axis factions are there for, to begin with.

Cranialwizard wrote:

IJoe wrote:
So, I suppose, it should reflect axis forces on the eastern front, not in Italy, etc.,- that's what other axis factions are there for, to begin with.

Mussolini sent a large number of troops (relatively small compared to Germany as a whole, but enough to be significant) to fight on the eastern front, and there were Italian divisions in Stalingrad at the time of the siege. Of course, they were devastated due to the horrible morale, and the losses at Stalingrad really de-moralized Italians back home.

If you want a picture of the future,
imagine a boot stamping on a human face
— forever.

HyperSniper999 wrote:

blackbishop wrote:

IJoe wrote:

HyperSniper999 wrote:
The invasion began what, June 1941? So was that before or after Mercury? After Mercury major Fallschirmjager air drops became rare doue to the disaster Mercury was in the beginning.

Germans didn't really exercise a lot of paradropping during that war. So these guys, doctrinally dropping from above in copious numbers (everybody loves to spam call-in elite, +the "super reinforcement" thing), is like that ridiculous V-rocket firing at military targets.

I don't see a reason why this should be discarded. If can be balanced and it's not a crazy idea, i don't see a problem.

Still, wouldn't be accurate would it?
Although then again, you have Penal Conscripts running around also...

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Mattdamon07 wrote:
i like the it but what are the panzernests for? and what will tripwires do?
i like the skins but are those landser on the top pics?

IJoe wrote:

Cranialwizard wrote:

IJoe wrote:
So, I suppose, it should reflect axis forces on the eastern front, not in Italy, etc.,- that's what other axis factions are there for, to begin with.

Mussolini sent a large number of troops (relatively small compared to Germany as a whole, but enough to be significant) to fight on the eastern front, and there were Italian divisions in Stalingrad at the time of the siege. Of course, they were devastated due to the horrible morale, and the losses at Stalingrad really de-moralized Italians back home.

Man, RE-READ my message, you've quoted here, and get it: it's not about italian troops, it's about absurdness and OPness of axis elite paratroopers.

Last edited April 15, 2011 at 10:03 AM by TheReaper