I have tried a Beta game. I upgraded the Barracks, and decided Commando units to make a mountain defence. Soviet player tried a paratrooper on me, twice occurred and I destroyed them. The Commando unit is more worth it to use, having beggary of the time to the costly Airfield lvl. 3. I have smashed apart every paratrooper usage against me. Beware trying for a paratrooper based victory.
The paratrooper is a great idea, no doubt, i am very happy to see them implemented, but in this strategy gaming, the time it takes to get these going is just not worth it.....i have noticed that there are many words for this development, but in the end, as a COW gamer, i have to be a negativist to just how inaccurately they have been implemented....
More say... The Gran Sasso raid pulled off by Otto Skorzeny, former SS commander, CIA operative, considered the most dangerous man in Europe. He led a paratrooper op. to rescue Mussolini at the Apennine mountains. The troops used for this were specialized, yes indeed historically, but not that the game requires barracks lvl. 3 for this condition.
Paratroopers were usually the fitter troop standard, not always necessarily the most advanced. The battle of Crete saw some serious paratrooper role(s) take place between Britain and Germany, not all these troops were specialist, alot were just simply thrown from an aircraft, told to pull some string and get to work on ground asap. "get em out there"
The need for the upgrades is non historical and that here in COW the paratrooper unit is over rated. Again say, most of the US pilots and paratroopers were more or less harnessed by industrial superiority rather than specialist training.
Overall, paratroopers in COW are not worth it... I am disappointed with how the decision to introduce this new unit is implemented.
The paratrooper is a great idea, no doubt, i am very happy to see them implemented, but in this strategy gaming, the time it takes to get these going is just not worth it.....i have noticed that there are many words for this development, but in the end, as a COW gamer, i have to be a negativist to just how inaccurately they have been implemented....
More say... The Gran Sasso raid pulled off by Otto Skorzeny, former SS commander, CIA operative, considered the most dangerous man in Europe. He led a paratrooper op. to rescue Mussolini at the Apennine mountains. The troops used for this were specialized, yes indeed historically, but not that the game requires barracks lvl. 3 for this condition.
Paratroopers were usually the fitter troop standard, not always necessarily the most advanced. The battle of Crete saw some serious paratrooper role(s) take place between Britain and Germany, not all these troops were specialist, alot were just simply thrown from an aircraft, told to pull some string and get to work on ground asap. "get em out there"
The need for the upgrades is non historical and that here in COW the paratrooper unit is over rated. Again say, most of the US pilots and paratroopers were more or less harnessed by industrial superiority rather than specialist training.
Overall, paratroopers in COW are not worth it... I am disappointed with how the decision to introduce this new unit is implemented.
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