Profile of Cannonade

and switching the battlephase and building cost

What do you mean exactly?
Not sure I understand.

Some valid points, but overshadowed by factually wrong ones and the OPs clear antagonistic attitude.

This thread cannot succeed.

Move along. This is not the thread you are looking for.

Trip wire is good but its sad every nonsupport squad gets it. Guards and shocks could use some more fancy stuff

I definately agree that V1 abilities should be diverse and specific to the unit.
It such a lacking element for flavor and meta, when V2-3 give "ok" stat bonuses.

Are you nullist????

I am NOT Nullist! Though I do know who he was and read his posts, like probably everyone else here

However I'd say Ostheer is the strongest faction, at least in 1v1.

Funny, that is the exact opposite of what the latest opinion poll showed.

Only 6% agree with you that Ost is strongest in 1v1.

And if ypu understand statistical analysis, you will recognise that the two separate questions of "strongest", and "weakest", form a control question situation, which increases statistical validity of the sum total of both questions (which are edsentially the same wuestion, just rephrased as a control). That places, again, Ost as the overall worst faction in 1v1, as a net aggregate of both questions.

So yeah, you might want to rethink your position, or atleast recognise it is infact the complete opposite of what the overwhelming majority of constituency of the poll thought.

http://www.coh2.org/topic/20222/faction-strength

170+ voters, so its a pretty considerable representation of a community as small as this.
Considering an active competitive player base in multiplayer of only some few thousands, it comes remarkably close to fulfilling the general minimum of a 10% sample. And for it being a simple unadvertised forum poll, its really quite impressive how many players (and hence representation for validity), have their opinion presented in it. It carries a remarkable degree of validity (especially as it has the control question format, whether deliberately by the poll maker, or not).

Maybe you are losing touch with the common man, eh?
With this enormous degree of difference to such a significant majority, it sort of scientifically indicates a rather strong element of personal bias on your part, though you are of course, free to have whatever opinion you see fit. Basically, in a larger and more controlled sample, your position would be considered statistically so offbase as to be eliminated from, or given less value, in the overall results.

As relating to OP, the poll, as a result of the control nature of the questions, but without omitting possible "beligerent/troll" (assuming those to be equal, and not deducting their validity as a deviation from norms) votes, shows overall the opinion of 170+ voters to place 1v1 faction performance at:

US>Sov>OKW>Ost.

Its a good poll. It has a control question element, and the turnout of voters is large enough for it to be considered statistically representative. It is a very good portrayal of player opinion and most likely the best one we are likely to get for this period of post launch opinion (pending balance changes and getting "used" to new factions and meta, ofc). But there has been no significant patching of balance since the poll. Its very good, and we are lucky to have it (again, thanks to CoH2.org community).

As to the degree of difference in that lineup, Ost and OKW are very close. So close infact, that it might be possible that OKW actually rates lower than Ost, depending on how you value the figures. Statistically, and with the means at hand, it is fair to say that Ost amd OKW tie for last spot. Could really swing wither way, or equal, its that close. Sov is however significantly ahead of either of these, and US, even further ahead of Sov, than Sov is to Ost/OKW.

As I said, they actually do "scale" thanks to be being 6man.

They soak and survive better than 4man units in mid-late game.