Profile of Alexzandvar

The only time OKW underwent an actual faction overhaul was during the WFA Alpha, after months of the community begging for it (rightly so) because their initial design was flat out stupid.

Everything you've mentioned and tried to claim as a "drastic faction change" or whatever your exact words have been simple balance adjustments and haven't even come close to changing the core design behind the faction.

Their tech tree is literally exactly the same as it was on release. Volks have schrecks, Kubel still suppresses, KT is still the strongest individual tank in the game. Obers are still the strongest individual infantry in the game. Pretty much all of their units still serve the exact same purpose as they always have. JLI are probably the most changed unit OKW has, but even then they serve the same role that they always did.

Not every faction needs access to everything, and not every faction needs to be strong at everything - if we want that, just design one perfect faction and play mirror matches all day everyday.

As much as I'm hesitant to agree with Katitof (because all you forum warriors are silly to me) he's definitely right in this case. You don't really have a leg to stand on aside from being stubborn and unwilling to admit that you're wrong.

Wanting factions to have inherent weakness's that you can't counter at all is one of the dumbest things you could ever want because it creates "Rock, Paper, Scissor" game play. Yes certain factions should have a more carved out roll that they are better at but a faction having a weakness you can do almost nothing about just makes thing aggravating.

I guess I should have used better phrasing; OKW meta has shifted a lot since their release due to units getting major changes. Imagine if Shocks got their PPsH gated behind an upgrade, I don't think anyone would disagree that would cause a meta shift.

or spending so much time on forums as opposed to playing the game. It's just my opinion though. If you guys have as much fun constantly posting stuff on the forums as I have playing the game - who am I to judge?

I don't only play one faction, but yes it's quite obvious that me and Katitof enjoy arguing.

I guess the reason I'm being so stubborn in this case is well; I guess I can't even talk about it!

Alex trying to one up Ciez made my day, with zero evidence or grounds to attempt to do so.

Man you guys really are fucking obsessed with me lol

didn't know you were working at relic when this unit was designed

It has to be because USF lacks any other viable AT.

Obviously Relic intends USF players to only use Zooks and 57mm for AT despite both being trash

as long as usf gets

pershing

hellcat

rangers

Sherman cali

since we are in the mood of asking for stuff

nobody disagrees, something has to go in the new commanders.

Way to many people think the inclusion of things would be OP when you could put the IS3 or Panther II in the game and balance it because the game doesn't have to actually reflect history or realism at all.

I tried to advise ciez to ignore Alex...

Okw has good enough blob counters, they shouldn't get arty. unless, a better reason besides blobbing is brought up.

Here's a few:

1. New OKW commanders would need something

2. Would allow OKW to counter enemy artillery, which they are really weak to

3. Enable OKW to deny territory

4. Help get rid of OKW MP float

5. Encourage more combined arms

OKW is good at countering blobs since the go to counter to blobbing is just blobbing harder, which OKW is really good at.

Please remind me when Relic hired you as one of their designers?

Who are you to think that you have any clue about the design intent behind any of the factions?

When was the last time you spoke with any Relic employee about anything CoH 2 related?

I'm interested as to the source of your knowledge about the design of OKW.

As for anti-blob OKW has: Flak HT, Luchs, MG34 (doctrinal and could use a buff), IG (pretty much sucks unfortunately, except for on a few maps it's okay), Stuka, Sturmtiger (actually one of the easiest units in the game to micro, you literally drive it straight up to your tiger, push 1 button and get a free squad wipe), and the KT. Not to mention mines, and potentially MG bunkers.

They're not as strong against blobs as Ost, but they can deal with them. It's not that complicated.

Btw - people don't get the Sturmtiger because a lot of the time you don't have the extra fuel, but it is a perfectly viable unit and plenty of top players have used it in high level 1v1s and 2v2s. Lemon and Vindicare come to mind in recently history as having used the unit effectively.

No clue why you think MG34s have anything at all to do with RNG? Suppression is one of the least RNG based mechanics in the game.

It's quite shocking that you'd have the gall to try and make such sweeping claims regarding a game that you so obviously lack knowledge about. If you spent 10% of the time playing as you spend posting ignorant comments on the forums, you might have more luck getting people to respect you.

Source: OKW has been fundamentally changed 5-6 times since their release. Relic has been trying to carve out what OKW is good at since they have been released into live for a long time now and it's kinda resulted in a faction of gimmicks.

Yes the overarching theme of OKW is breakthrough tactics since the Army is based on the Battle of the Bulge but it's units vary so much in role one to another it's hard to find a central theme.

They play much more defensively than a lot of the other factions due to poor early game and the very nature of how trucks work.

The Flak Track is a good blob counter but like the Kubel it's time on the field has a hard cap on it; when the first dedicated AT units like AT guns and Tanks hit the field it's time is long past and it's relegated to fulfilling better support roles like scouting in the Kubels case and AA in the Flak Tracks case.

The Luchs suffers from the same issue, only to a lesser degree. But is still excellent as it's job.

The MG34 is RNG based because of it's poor suppression combined with fragile crew means that on maps that have lots of cover (and the battlefield becomes coated in cover anyway due to craters) it struggles to deal with blobs, it's best used in mass with multiple ones covering each other. It's biggest saving grace is incendiary rounds.

The Stuka isn't a blob counter at all, it's a support weapon counter and buildings counter. If you get caught by it's extremely obvious barrage then you are either blind and deaf or AFK. You might get lucky with units caught in a corridor but other than that, not really.

I say Sturmtiger requires more micro because it has poor frontal armor and is slow as piss, meaning you need to be smart with it. And when playing against players with good micro it's hard to get in and 1 shot a squad. It's high fuel cost doesn't help. Still tho I love the tank and agree that it's an amazing blob counter.