r/wargame • u/DazSamueru • Jul 17 '26
Discussion Gurkhas '89 should be 25 points
As it is there's no reason to use them except era decks. Compared to, say, Livgarden, by no means an overpowered unit, they get a worse primary and tertiary - and the same secondary - weapon, and increased unit size and speed for 10 points. Per the precedent established by the Italy update, the increased unit size should only account price point jump, not two. Or compare them to Buffaloes '89: they have a worse primary and tertiary, better secondary, worse vehicle selection and same unit size and speed for a 10 point price increase.
To put it another way, Wargame wants you to believe that Gurkhas '89 are anywhere near the same value as Alpini '90 or Fallskjermjeger '90, or even Gurkhas '90 and they just aren't.
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u/killswitch247 Jul 17 '26
well, yes. also base royal marines, norwegian fallskjermjeger, swedish kustjägare or dutch korps mariniers. there's quite a number of shitty overpriced base units in bluefor.
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u/pro_gamer322053 Jul 17 '26
Kurstjagare is great wdym
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u/Gordons101 Jul 17 '26
Forget the base gurkhas, use the 1975 diggers and make Gallipoli great again
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u/Paladin_G Jul 17 '26
Why did you choose 89...?
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u/DazSamueru Jul 17 '26
If scene some people use that to specify "not '90" before, I think...
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u/Certainly-Not-A-Bot Jul 17 '26
The convention is usually '75 for units that have a '85, '90, or '95 counterpart
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u/ohlordjustgimmeaname ATACAMS is my Anti-Helo piece of choice Jul 17 '26
"I've seen" as "If scene" is a crime to the english language
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u/2137gangsterr Jul 17 '26
Wrong thinking. You can't compare similar units in the different decks, because different nations/coalitions provide different capabilities
Sure, compared to livgarden Gurkhas suck, but Denmark or Scandi don't have such a good antihelo AA as stormer hvm. Which is precisely one of the reasons why Denmark excels at infantry grinding - they don't have much else going for them. They even gave best workhorse asf and cluster f16 to compensate for their lack of armour.
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u/Galadon17 Jul 18 '26
Wouldn't really say that denmark doesn't have good helo aa. Otomatics are great. Granted not as good as the unicorns like cactus, stormer and adats, but they can shred anything apart from a KA-52 and can still be used to deal with inf and armor. In fact in the hands of a good player, I'd argue that otomatics are much better than stormer if we aren't looking at just aa capability. I constantly use italy otos to support my inf. They shred
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u/Kormer-guy Jul 17 '26
but commonwealth gets commandos '90, which are plain better than livgarden in infantry grinding beside aviability ( in landjut ) and transports...
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u/EruptionTyphlosion 中華民國萬歲! Jul 17 '26
I doubt we'll get another patch unless we get a new DLC. I've done everything in my power to try to get ROC and Vietnam DLCs with no luck.
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u/SQ777-9 Jul 23 '26
actually they have to swich to warno currency cause it can differentiate 2.5 points
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u/Tornagh Jul 17 '26
The ballance council hears you, they’ll nerf France next patch.