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Noun, how about a tournament that was themed?

For example a tournie where players can only use infantry-heavy commanders, or there are only urban maps (a 'Spirit of Stalingrad' tournament) for example? Show off features of the game that people seldom see, or strategies / synergies that are underused.

Some new maps released for the tournies, specifically designed for fairer play, would also raise interest (so you feature two free 2 v 2 maps when the tournie is released).

My idea -

* A 'themed' tournament for specific ability groups with new maps as an added draw / dimension.

* 'Spirit of Stalingrad' which is infantry / urban combat madness with players limited to perhaps vanilla / community commanders (give away a commander to all participants seems a no-brainer)

* Release a new skin for the tournament. These skins become a kind of badge of honour, like you only earn them for playing in the tourney but get to keep them forever. I like the idea of two years from now fighting in my 'Veteran's 2014 Urban Tourney' camo.

* 'Spirit of Kursk' (or 'spirit of Citadel' of you want to be a pedant) tournie to tie-in with DLC release with prizes where it's tank madness and the opposite of the other tournie theme.

I hope you get my drift.

Edit: when I talk about 'fairer play' with the maps, I mean bespoke tournie maps like Langreskya or Semois, classics designed to stand the test of time. Get the community to design them with a big prize.

* shrugs *

I bought the DCE to support relic and was screwed-over.

Sorry, that's how I felt and still feel about it.

As for the rest of the game... I think Relic can do it. They need to tweak the early game to allow a mid-game to develop and it's achievable.

Right now I'm able to play a less tank-heavy game in a way I wasn't able to upon release. It's still heavy armour reliant in the end but will be interesting to see if that diminishes.

The fact that non-heavy armour call-in DLC commanders ever get used should tell Relic something.

I've gotta be honest, why is it that we (the community aka playing customers) see where the DLC model could go (cosmetic a la TW: Empires etc) but Relic doesn't?

I say this with respect, I'm sure they know what they are doing but still...

Can I just say that although I'd be unlikely to play in a 2 v 2 tourney (for some reason I've always found 2 v 2 the most difficult mode to master in either CoH game), I'd watch a tournie with much enthusiasm.

2 v 2s are for me the most fun games to watch, I love them especially with good players who use imaginative synergies. As others have said, it's like watching a whole new game.

Can I just say Imageless Bean is absolutely correct. As a player who has played and enjoyed virtually every permutation of CoH over the years, from 1 v 1 auto to 4 v 4 stomps he's hit the nail on the head about how a lot of casual gamers feel.