Hotfix 8/26/2020

[OKW]
Flak Halftrack
- [Ability] Anti-aircraft mode
- Updated prestige veterancy experience requirements to match light vehicles instead of heavy vehicles



[USF]
Centuar SPAA
- Fixed bug where anti-aircraft mode would still allow the AI to target ground units with increased range

[OST/OKW]
Resource Transfer Orders
- Cost 20 Fu → 40 Fu
Manpower Order
- 4 Mp/min → 10 Mp/min
- Duration 10 minutes → 15 minutes
Munition Order
- 4 Mu/min → 10 Mu/min
- Duration 10 minutes → 15 minutes

Requisition Bonus
- Bonus chance increased per order from 10% → 30%
- Munition bonus 10 → 50
- Manpower bonus reinforcement veteran Grenadier

[OST]
[New Research] Establish Luftwaffe Liaison
195 Mp 10 Fu 60 seconds research time
- Unlocks Luftwaffe Ground Forces and Luftwaffe Combat Controllers

[New Unit]
Luftwaffe Ground Force
- 260MP - Requires construction of Luftwaffe Command Post
- 4 man squad equipped with Kar98k
- [New Upgrade] Luftwaffe Ground Force Feldwebel. Squad leader improves the survivability of the unit.

[New Unit]
Flakpanzer Emplacement
- 345MP 110FU - Built by Luftwaffe Ground Force
- Front armor 110 Health 900
- Improved hulled down Ostwind is able to be water-cooled and has increased additional stats
+25% weapon range
+25% weapon cooldown
+25% rate of fire
+10% Horizontal weapon traverse
- [New Ability]
Load APFSDS Rounds
- 100 Mu; lasts 20 seconds
- Flakpanzer Emplacement switches out anti-aircraft ammunition for newly designed sabot ammunition increasing armor penetration, damage, but losing area of effect damage and anti-infantry capability.
Damage 40 → 60
Penetration near 55 → 110 mid 40 → 80 far 35 → 60
Rate of fire +200%
Area of effect 2.0 → 0.01
Suppression 0%
- [Upgrade]
Garrison Squad
- Deploys a Garrison Grenadier squad which will defend the Flakpanzer Emplacement


Dev note: Having played several games against pure airborne USF commanders - there is a definite need for reliable anti-air on the Ostheer roster. In addition to the standard flak emplacement, the Luftwaffe Ground Force also has access to this heavier, non-doctrinal Flakpanzer Emplacement to help deal with air threats and have a sturdier defensive position.

[OST]
German Infantry Doctrine
- Receive 50% discount on Infantry Training I and II

[OST/OKW]
Trenches
- Requires Heavy Fortifications, Defensive Fortifications, Advanced Defensive Fortifications, or Infantry Defensive Foritications.
- COH1 model
- HP increase from 500 → 1000
- Armor increased to 40
- Build time 60 → 75
- Infantry inside recieved accuracy -25%

Dev note: The idea is trenches being the best infantry cover available and should be used if you have more time to build them over just sandbags.


Tiger I
cost 640 Manpower 230 Fuel
- Now available from the Heavy Panzer Korps and the Schwerer Panzer Headquarters
- All commanders that have the Tiger I unlock recieve a -100 Manpower -10 Fuel discount per Tiger

Tiger II
- Ostheer now require research to unlock - [Tiger Authorization] from the Schwerer Panzer Headquarters

Heavy Armor
Tiger, King Tiger, JagdTiger, SturmTiger, Elefant
- Max build limits removed

[OST]
[New Building] Forward Base
350mp 70fu - requires Battle Phase 1
- Built upon a tactical point
- Can be upgraded with a mortar
- Hold space for 4 infantry squads
- Build limit 1
Dev note: This is currently very barebones there are few upgrades at the moment. The Ostheer Forward Base will serve as a strong point and retreat point similar to the OKW Forward Operating Base, but only one can be built at a time. It's upgrades will be stronger on average than OKW FoB's and will have more options due to build limit.

Hauptmann
- New UI decorator with Hauptmann (Captain) rank
- Hauptmann will be promoted to Major at Veterancy 3 - includes New UI decorator with Major rank

[OKW]
Elite Armored Doctrine rework
- 221 production available from HQ requires sWs deployed
- Lose access to volksgrenadier
- Battlegroup Headquarters cost reduced from 200mp/25fu → 185mp/0fu (Doctrine only)
- PanzerGrenadier gain access to PanzerGrenadier Support Package
- SturmTiger cost 570mp → 490mp (Doctrine only)
- Leig18 replaced with Mortar HT

Dev note: Taking inspiration from the Panzer Elite faction in CoH1 the "Elite" Armored Doctrine always felt lacking as an Elite commander. Reworking them slightly to fit the theme, their Volksgrenadiers are removed making Elite Panzergrenadiers their mainline infantry. They are given the support package option to help with flexibility and support the Armor.

[New Upgrade] Sturmpioneer Feldwebel
60mp
- Sturmpioneer squad is bolstered by a veteran squad leader. Squad will retreat if the leader is killed.
-5% Received Damage
-5% Received Accuracy


[OST/OKW]
[New Upgrade] Strength Preservation
225mp 35fu
- Infantry will automatically retreat when the squad's health is <= 35%

[New Upgrade] Elite Cover bonus
385mp 75fu - Requires Advanced Cover Training Researched
- While in cover, infantry move -50% slower, but gain the following bonuses
+15 vision
-20% Received Damage
-20% Received Accuracy
-20% Reload
-20% Weapon cooldown



[New Upgrade]U-238 Rounds
185mp 220mu 45fu - requires 2 sWs trucks or Battle Phase 2
- Small arms that fire full sized rifle cartridges gain +5 range
weapons affected" Kar98, G43, MG34, MG42, FG42

[USF]
Centaur AA
- Now locked behind major

General AI
- Increased aggressiveness when attacking defensive structures

[OST/OKW]

[New Upgrade] Resource Transfer Order
- Allows for transfering fuel upfront for manpower and munition over 10 minutes. 20 fuel grants +4 manpower/munition per minute for 10 minutes.
- Ostheer can access this ability from the [Fuel Depot] building. OKW will access from the HQ

dev note: Some concern has been expressed that players are unable to control their economy in the late game as one resource or another builds up. Hopefully this ability will grant those with fuel resources the option to change them into Manpower or Munitions

[New Upgrade] Requisition Surplus
- Grants a 10% chance to gain a fresh Grenadier squad when sending manpower transfer orders or an immediate 10 munitions when sending a munitions transfer order

8/3/2020
[Ost]
[New building] Fuel Depot 225mp 95fu
- Increases fuel income by +5 and after 5 minutes increases player fuel income by an additional +20
- Requires 2 constructed fuel caches
- If at any time the player loses access to at least 2 fuel caches the Fuel Depot will stop producing bonus fuel

dev note: As part of the Ostheer forward base rework this will now be built in base to provide Ostheer with late game income. This income will only benefit the player that builds it. Strategic nodes still provide income to the whole team.

Building the depot inside of the resource node was a bit clunky and very easy to destroy so moving this into the command sector alleviates those problems. Because it is no longer as vulnerable restricting the build limit to one per player.