Profile of Tobis

exactly

Exactly what?

still a pain in the ass to do especially if the maps are really big you wouldn't be saying that

I would be saying that still. I don't ask for auto facing AT-guns even though it is tedious because not everything needs to be done for you. I'm sure you can take the time out of your busy schedule to run back to base to upgrade your troops once in a match like Ostheer and Soviets do hundreds of times.

I want more asymmetrical balance, the factions are too similar. Look at CoH1, each faction had a unique veterancy system that completely changed strategies. Here we just got OKW with the vet 5 that still functions in the exact same way as the other factions.

At a core level all the factions are very similar, the main difference is that okw can build outside their base and USF and UKF don't need to build their buildings with engineers, or the order of buildings used to unlock the highest tier. Look at Brits, the are so incredibly similar to Ostheer in faction design. They get base artillery and some nice emplacements, but all the teching and most of their units are so similar. The only things in this game that relic is trying to make asymmetrical balance work with is by adding in changes for the sake of changes to units. Many of the current balance problems being dealt with were from poorly implemented changes added to try and make unique units in the expansions: kubel, isg/packhowie, huge health brit tanks, emplacements. If Relic had instead focused on trying to create unique factions instead of unique units, the game would be much more interesting.

I would also like to point out that Relic completely fucked up OKW on a massive scale in the original faction design. When you scrap core faction ideas less than a week before release there will be big problems. They just need to put in more effort into implementing these broad ideas.

Not too strong but way too cheap and arrives too early.

Love the penal changes. I like all the changes, but the penals are an essential unit to making the commanders without call-in infantry useful.