So this has been bothering me for quite a while. I do know the rather shitty state of USF vs Ostheer at the moment, but that's another story of its own.
What i want to say, is that this commander is too good. Mainly two things. The anti tank strafe and the fuel transfer.
Now first lets talk about the anti tank strafe. It comes at a cost of 200, cheaper than the p-47. Yet it is much stronger than it. Infact it can almost oneshot every single USF vehicle.
Not to mention that while incredibly effective againts tanks, it's also much more effective againts againts infantry than the IL-2 sturmovik run.
In my opinion it needs to not target infantry, like the p-47, and the cost needs to be upped to 240 munitions, at the minimum, right now it's just ridiciluos.
The one time strafe of CAS needs to have it's damage reduced or something... Or cost needs to be upped.
Jesus, even stug E into tigers is not as strong as this...
The second thing is the fuel transfer. 50 fuel for 150 is really good. It is incredibly effective in 1v1s since even if you lose alot of map control, you can still get loads of LMG grens and mines down. Coupled with the strenght of PaKs, this makes this commander too strong in my opinion. However, while it is very strong in 1v1, it is downright gamebreaking in 2v2+. It completely shuts down any kind of allied artillery like B4 and ML-20, the constant spam of skill planes makes the map completely unplayable.
This needs a nerf.
I use CAS a lot so let me break it down:
CAS is primarily used for (at least in my case) to counter Artillery happy allied players.
The JU-87 and its 37mm AT strafe is one pass and a skillshot and has a very long cooldown
(I believe its 80s)
This being the case unless your tank is right on the edge of the map you normally wont have trouble dodging it if your micro is at least decent.
In team setups however, It is essential to have to prevent B-4 spamming cheese.
The AI strafe is IMO the strongest part of the doctrine as it lets you spam LMG's and win every engagement vs US rifle spam. While this is a cheesy solution It is currently one of the only effective ones as boxes are now not worth the doctrine choice if you discount the OKW fuel boosting.
(Also a cheese strat)
This is the only Wehrmacht doctrine that gets a AI strafe other than Assault support and that is also now a joke due to the nerfs to the Opal truck and tiger just not being the tank it used to be.
Fuel to muni transfer is the same as its always been, You are cutting tanks on a faction with already high fuel costs.
And finally the effective stuka dive bomb.
At the end of the day When playing on a team you must have it equipped for B4's or Arty spam.
Shock rifle frontline counters this very well, As well as good kat truck play.
ISU-152 if cared for properly will absolutely shit on this as he wont have many tanks if any.
If you must infantry blob vs this, the AI strafe can be dodged so its not a auto win 1 click like the
Opal one is.
For USF Scotts work great, As well as bulldozer Shermans. HE Shermans can work too.
And demo's are generally very effective vs this type of play.
So gimmicky and unfun to play against.
FHQ and B-4 in team games are very unfun to play against as well when you don't have proper counters at your disposal. Especially against a coordinated team. The fact that B-4 Has the potential to 1 shot a JT,KT,TA is broken since it has precision strike and is smokeless.
Wish LeFH was even close to being as good since it costs the same its kinda a joke.
CAS AT strafe will destroy any arty effortlessly
This is also correct the 110 MU 37mm strafe will 1 shot Fixed guns 95% of the time (It can fail due to it being on a weird hill incline or behind trees or a building)