Infantry Support Guns, Radio Squad Special Building

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I have long suggested Infantry Support Guns being added to the game. They are a designated HE lobber as opposed to the trusty AT gun we’ve used since the very beginning. I’ve had various ideas of how they could be implemented

  • just add it to Engineers
  • replace Engineer AT gun (only AT can build AT gun)

But I have been thinking. The Engineer is supposed to be the general purpose support class. They’re not experts, they do a little bit of everything. That’s why each squad type has a unique Engineer building that gives them a tool that fulfils their role.

The reason I thought ISG could replace the basic Engineer AT gun is because I felt that since we have an AT squad their unique building should be the AT gun, but I believe it is possible that they may receive heavy flak cannons; thus the standard AT guns would be fine for the general purpose Engineer.

ISG have the potential to be the unique building for a different squad. I think they could be the unique building of the Radio squad. The Radio squad truly is the infantry support squad with all their various call-ins to help the team. Radio squads represent artillery units with their artillery call-ins. Giving ISG to Radio squads would also give them a tool to support the team while they wait for their cooldown. They would have an artillery piece that directly supports the team on the battlefield

US: 75mm Pack Howitzer M1

Soviet Union: 76mm Regimental Gun M1927

Germany: 7.5cm leichtes Infanteriegeschutz 18

Japan: Type 92 Battalion Gun

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I’ve said in the past it should be the Rifleman Squad to build small howitzers. Just to give it that little extra flavor

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It does sound a little fitting. Riflemen are infantry, this is an Infantry Support Gun. But at the same time I feel the Riflemen squad’s purpose is its body count, great for attacking or defending the objective. I feel they don’t have an excuse to not be on top of the objective. MGs, Mortars, Snipers, etc are support classes so it makes sense for them to be behind the frontline complimented with a unique building to help the team

I figured if ISG are a special building it would either be Riflemen or Radio

Another thing to consider is that since the Riflemen are the infantry who need to be supported, it makes sense for another class to be the one supporting them with the ISG

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I had this hopeful dream in which the mortar class could have a unique building which could be a light howitzer.

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:smirk:, jokes aside it’s really fun to swarm a point with 9 men.

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The Mortar’s unique building HAS TO BE Heavy Mortars. It would be a crime not to

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Welcome to my life circa early last year, please upvote these proposals:

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Nah, heavier mortar

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