Opel Maultier image - Company of Heroes: Eastern Front Mod for Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts

Lieben , Dr. wir lieben !

You sure he meant lieben?

Maybe he tried to pull of the same trick like Opel does in it's commercials.

Stimmt , netter werbegag.

@ubermensche
It would be easy to set the Opel Maultier as reward unit of the Opel Blitz or vice versa, it can be set up as an upgrade, but I'm not sure if that would be something that benefit the player so it should be invested.

I mean, the upgrade would give it only a better traverse speed due to the tracks but everything else would be the same.

Maybe allow the Opel Maultier be upgraded to a supply version. Cannot carry ANY troops, but can spawn some weapons (at a balanced cost).

Eg.
Mkb42 - 25 munitions
MG34 (light) - 75 munitions
etc.

Have the cost and production time similar to what it'd cost for an infantry squad to upgrade to it anyway, but it'd allow players to give these weapons to squads that don't normally have them.

Naa that reminds me of some other mod I once played, was it Back to Basics, or NHC, I don't recall exactly, but I've seen that.

Plus the Opel Blitz in the Ostheer is a sector lockdown unit if memory serves, thus the Maultier would, if anything would be a Modernization upgrade to make it more mobile and give it more capabilities. As such I would love to see it as a Modernization bonus, acquired when you get any one of the available modernization in any of the Ostheer's tiers (or perhaps to the Tier II or III Mod. for balance)

True, but in those mods you could buy Panzerschreks, and/or heavy weapons like HMGs and mortars, and usually either cheaper or quicker than what it would cost to buy otherwise. I was thinking more of lighter stuff, and with cost and time the same as what it'd cost as upgrades.

Or simply make available weapons that aren't available as individual upgrades. It'd be cool to be able to buy a single MP40, Mkb42(h)[as the sniper carries the Mkb42(w)?], or StG44, which you could use to equip infanrty squads with to slightly improve their firepower.

It could be balanced by having them use 1 pickup slot each in the squad (if the heavier stuff like the MG34 and RPzB43 use 2 slots each), that way, your squad could carry 2 automatics purchased from the Maultier, or a heavier weapon you'd upgrade them with.

If the Maultier requires "Phase 2" (well, Ostheer equivilent) to upgrade to produce said MP40, MkB42, and StG44, those guns could then be a bit better than the previous, and also go up in 5 munition prices and require successive research phases also.

ie.
MP40 - 15mu each, requires Phase II. Moderate accuracy, low damage, and low RoF.
MkB42 - 25mu each, requires Phase III. Moderate accuracy, good damage, and moderate RoF.
StG44 - 30mu each, requires Phase IV. Moderate accuracy, good damage, moderate RoF, longer bursts.

Or, that's an idea anyway, and the "phases" would naturally be the Ostheer equivilents.

Better perhaps update. Cool you come up with renewal of Flak, I liked.

Better perhaps update. Cool you come up with renewal of Flak, I liked.

Unlikely.

Why not? They were widely used wherent they?

Doesnt matter if they were used that much. If its needed, it will be added. Just like the Kugelblitz, which was not so widely used :P
cheers

Just curious, is this the replacement of Sd.kfz251 halftrack (Ostheer not wehr) or Opel Blitz? Beside, is there any plan to give Soviets "Vanilla" ZIA-5 in your future campaigns? (in missions like protect the convoy to the Leningrad)

Because the Essence Engine doesn't support grey alpha maps. Only full black = hidden or white = shown.

It's CoH! Realism please step aside!

Soviet first favorite and very common weapon is the Molotov Cocktail from your humble conscripts, but wait, their second favorite is the Zis-2 57mm gun. I hate those two weapon, way too lethal!