Profile of easierwithaturret

The stats on win rates suggest that Ostheer aren't underpowered (at least in high-skill matches) but I agree they aren't a very enjoyable faction to play. For me this is primarily due to unexciting doctrines as well as a defensive playstyle with unsatisfying micro requirements. It's not that they necessarily take more micro, just that manoeuvring rifle squads in flanking attacks or tearing around the battlefield with a t70 is more fun than making sure your PaK is facing the right way.

I agree that the light tank meta isn't that fun, especially the role of tellers. Too often games are decided by how long it takes for the allied tank to hit a teller. I get that there is an element of skill in placing the mine in an unexpected place or baiting the tank onto it, but it still feels too random to me. I think the Riegel is better implemented in that it still is a serious threat but doesn't instantly kill tanks.

The big sag in relative power for OH is in the late T2 stage when you start getting hit with indirect and light tanks, yet your first t3 vehicle seems impossibly far away. So I think the balance preview is doing a decent job by making t3&4 slightly cheaper. It would be nice if OH had more doctrinal options to assist in this vulnerable period at the expense of foregoing late-game callins, all they have is mobile defense which is why that doctrine is so meta right now.

its not just the penetration. its the rotation speed to when a panther trying to run around u u cant reverse turn it to defend urself no more. i remember this being nerfed waay back . now another one is to much.

Maybe I am misunderstanding the stats, but I thought the rotation rate has increased in the balance preview?

Anyway I like the changes. Before the SU85 heavily overlapped with other units such as the su76 or t34/85, now it has its own niche role. The real enemy of the SU85 is poor pathing and sluggish controls which make it a nightmare to control and very hard to finish retreating tanks, but this is at least a step in the right direction.

Riflemen definitely don't need Thompsons, they're already the best at CQC of all mainline infantry notwithstanding possible new volksgrenadiers. RE, vehicle crews and major are too fragile for CQC. Captain already has one and more would be an overbuff, maybe appropriate to get one or two more if the loss of free zooks bites hard. That only leaves the LT which could be a suitable candidate but the upgrade would need to be suitably expensive and delayed to prevent too much of a power spike when he comes onto the field.

Overall though interesting idea but really not necessary at this point.

If there's a way to win that works then people will take advantage of it. Yes it's unsatisfying to play against but abusing the guy using it won't achieve much. If anything the kind of player who uses emplacement cancer probably will probably just enjoy it even more.

What possible reason could they have not to fix the bug at the same time as making these adjustments.

As annoying as death loop is, it served as a (crappy) means to keep the maxim balanced. It stopped the maxim from being used too aggressively by punishing it hard if it got caught out of position. I imagine it's harder to fix the coding behind the death loop than just tweaking a few stats.

So yes the Maxim was overnerfed, but Maxim spam didn't come about because it's so fun to do, it developed as a response to the chronic lackluster performance of cons, penals and guards in the anti-infantry role. I think if the death loop was fixed, or failing that the cost/build time reduced, then that will be enough of a fix for now and we can see how things play out in the balance preview after that.