Profile of general_gawain

Stuka don't bust emplacements, all you need to do is brace.

Howitzer fires non stop.

Stuka is made for killing, garrisons, team weapons and blobs, it is not a counter to anything. Even a not braced emplacement won't die to a single stuka salvo and would be repaired before the stuka barrage is charged again. LeiG is the best emplacement counter available to axis factions already. Its non-doctrinal, affordable in manpower cost, costs no fuel other than most emplacements and is buildable early on. The only thing thats wrong about this line up is the british commander with counter artillery fire in the smaller game modes like 1vs1 ans 2vs2. But they already searching for a solution as you can read in the current balance preview mod notes. So OKW doesn't need Hummel to counter emplacement.

Adding unit doesn't mean that everyone will use it and it will make faction OP. Look at Calliope, look at Pershing, at Mattress... USF from very start wasn't suppoused to have heavy tank - but they got, as option for you in doctrine. Same goes for rocket platforms for UK and USF. An options.

Hummel should be just like that Pershing - an option of OKW player. Feuersturm/Overwatch doctrines doesn't give you too much, way less, than all others. One of them defenitely deserves to be reinforced with Howtizer power.

I actually would add it in Feuersturm, re-name it to "Scorched Earth doctrine" and let it be.

Remember - there is nothing more effective against such hatred blobs, like HOWIITZEEER!

I personally think the game is about making difficult choices. You are right USF had no rocket artillery or heavy tank, Priest was doctrinal from the start. But although Pershing and Calliope was added you can't have all at once. If you go for Pershing you have to quit Priest and Calliope and so on. Same for brits if you go land matress you quit artillery (Sexton), the good heavy tanks (Avre or Crocodile) and elite infantry (Commandos). Either way you will miss something what you may need later on. Your decisions will turn out good or bad, but it is important that you have to decide at all.

If Okw will get its MG34 for supression non-doctrinal there is one of their last unit/mechanic gaps filled. The biggest missing link would be a big (moveable) artillery piece most likely. Since anything else they really need is non-doctrinal there is no real drawback in taking the commander with Hummel, because you would have all unit types available by choosing it. This would be totally different of course if all OKW elite infantry or the KT would be doctrinal for example, but they aren't.

Furthermore its part of the fun in teamgames to complement the unit composition of your mates and to adapt to their strategy. It would be boring if everybody could field any type of unit on his own. So if an axis faction should get the Hummel it definitely should be Ostheer and not OKW. There you would have to quit elite infantry and heavy tanks (Tiger or Elefant) for example for taking Hummel. Thats a choice that I appreciate.

It's not the only bug tho. The OKW MG42 seems to have a narrower arc than the OST version.

I would happily take this disadvantage if they leave it at 4 population ;-)

Actually soviets never really needed penals. People were always crying about it, but honestly when you have guards, shocks and conscripts with optional ppsh, no matter where you put penals, they will be either OP or never seen in any meta.

Don't think so. A capable non-doctrinal infantry unit with a weapon upgrade for soviets will actually make all commanders without infantry call-in or ppsh upgrade much more interesting. This could change the soviet commander meta quite a bit and pave the way for new tactics.

Shocks without flamer and satel charge but with smoke grenade, strong close up grenade and armor 2 are still a whole different approach, I wouldn't say they are too similar, but made for a different playing style.

Sexton still sucks hard!

You are right. That is pretty obvious if you read the patch notes alone. It still way weaker as Priest because the Priest has a much higher AOE and they not even raised the AOE of Sexton by a single inch. The size of AOE is very important if you take into account how inaccurate those shells are.

In addition they don't adressed the Valentine which sucks too as the second core element of this doctrine next to the sexton.

I wish the sexton would offer something else than beeing a way weaker version of priest without disembarkable crew. It shouldn't mirror Priest of course so it should just be different because of some interesting special abilities. Atm it is still way more interesting to get a land matress out at 8CP than a Sexton for similar CP.