I'd really like to know if this is stuff that's likely to see a significant change. The Relic devs have been giving some feedback but issues like these seem to be being avoided. If it's at least on the table for discussion, it would alleviate a lot of concerns.
One Relic dev has said that the resources need to be horizontal instead of vertical so that players can compare the costs of things to their res (because when you hover over a unit/building/etc. it pops up right over the resource display).
cr4wler pointed out that almost ever player memorizes what things cost after a little while of playing, so there's no reason to change to the new CoH 2 horizontal resources, which makes it super annoying to check your resources, which is something you do all the time, and the dev responded that you have to check the cost of things vs. your current resources all the time (which misses the point because most people just memorize the cost and thus only have to check their current resources).
So the answer to at least one thing is that Relic doesn't even understand the problem, let alone think it needs fixing. Which is worrying, because back when they made the original CoH they seemed to know what they were doing.
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