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Exactly.

Unless the map is 100% symetrical, you can't expect a "perfect" balanced map. Taking as example Kharkov, that's a map on which one side has an easier cutoff vs a bit closer to the vp aproach.

I don't see the problem with this?

You can have symetrical maps that are different to the eye (talking about models used for obstacles/cover/houses etc), so you don't just build half of map and mirror the other half.

+1 to Ciez, if you wanted to talk about an unfair MU like ost vs usf you should have talked about OKW vs USF, now that's more or less unwinnable unless RNG heavily favors the USF player once the panthers start rolling out.

On the other hand, the only wrong things about the Soviet vs OKW MU are timing that heavily favor one faction or the other in specific moments, as it was pointed out before the M3 completely dominates the early game with no counterplay avaible, then it's the turn of the okw, then it quickly swings back to the soviet if they went 34/85s or evens out between panthers and ISU/IS-2 call ins.

Edit: about the guards, they are indeed "bad" right now, but they have the potential to become broken, what I would suggest about them is to separate PTRS and LMG upgrades, buffing both to useful levels but mutually exclusive.

PTRS upgrade would grant 1 or 2 PTRS with a way higher dps than now and the button ability, basically they cover a semi-decent AT role by themselves even against medium tanks.

The LMG upgrade would again give them 1 LMG with appropriate damage for the anti infantry role, and some other utility against infantry, no button.

we shipped two projects which meant the team was in a near-permanent state of shipping and launching

No relic, you shipped a single product split in two.

Beside, I can only be disgusted by the way they have been handling everything, from bug fixes to patches of even old games that if left alone, would be in a better state right now, to their Q&As, I mean seriously? yesterday they ignored everysingle questions that wasn't something generic or asnwered with "we'll move this to team X", "Bring it on the forums","Be more specific", the last one, was the answer when someone asked, what do you think of the MU between USF and OST?

Well I mean, that question isn't generic at all if you ask it to someone that has a clue of what they are doing, something relic obviously don't.

OKW is the best faction right now, but people are over exaggerating, the volks and obers are the core units of this faction, and that's the reason why they are spammed, the other is because they are overperforming abit, yes it's just abit contrary to what many want to think, volks AI isn't great but they make up for that by providing a rather hard to kill unit with AV strong enough to counter medium tanks and damage heavy tanks, obers are simply doing too much damage and can fire their lmg on the move, fixed these 3 things I don't think they will be OP anymore, the panther is fine and needed as it is, perhaps only it's speed needs to be toned down to the ost levels, with the changes above the early and mid game will be much weaker, meaning less map control, less resources overall and more bleed from your own infantry, meaning that the KT will be delayed way more than it is now and it's costs will be more than justified.

The tiger is pretty trash in team games where you need to go on the offensive, the speed, AT damage and range of the panthers makes it way better at dealing with tanks and heavy tanks, while you can use your vetted infantry and long range nades to deal with their inf/support weapons, all coupled with a sniper makes the panther >>>> tiger in any late situation for 2s,3s,4s with the exeption of a map like semosky and a few others.