Profile of Jaedrik

As always, I'd love for this to be updated in accord with the new meta and commanders, but I know there are complications, obscurities, and difficulties

I think hes being sarcastic jaedrik, if not then....

I know, I was using his post as a springboard to relate it back to the arguments Quinn made for dem plane crashes and tank crit survivals.

In fact, a lot of this can relate back to my first post on .org!

Ciez has added quite a few considerations to the pile of game design.
Though I admit they're a little closer to player expectations and good design than plane crashes and tank crits were. Cheese. Nothing beats them.

Tactical / strategic depth could be added for weapon upgrades to make them more sidegrade choices disregarding their munitions opportunity cost. I believe there's an effective way to intuitively convey this to people so they don't complain when that LMG42 doesn't do as much DPS.
Oh, speaking of which, making G43s compete with LMG42s for the upgrade slot would do this handsomely even in their current state! G43s can fire on the move, LMG42s can't, that's obvious to everyone, so the sidegrade would be effectively set, and munitions opportunity cost and flexibility considerations allowed for all! More stuff like this would be nice.

Some forms of qualitatively designed asymmetric faction imbalance (flame weapons and AA) can be frustrating in their current forms, especially with how flames deal with the expectations of players that cover / positioning = good and AT gun given proper positioning > tank.

Yeah, and pls remove suppression from ISGs. D: They're super units by design. As we know, such super units by design end up either being overpowered or worthless, and generally frustrating to deal with.

All of these designs seem superior.
Therefore, this post gets all of my yes!

For the record, I wouldn't be upset or sad to see it go.
I understand everyone's frustration, it's simply something I won't share in, nor relief if it leaves.
I'd feel like gameplay depth would be slightly impoverished for a more substantial gain in popular support.

I somehow doubt custom commanders would be ultra meta-centralizing.
For example, Fox is the best character in Melee. He has all the right tools for every situation, yet the other top few characters consistently place high / win big tourneys. Why?

Each ability has advantage and disadvantage. While SCAS would be nice, I imagine just as many doctrines would include Tigers or some other form of cheese. SCAS isn't applicable to all situations as much as another ability might be.

The mentality of "giving the players power results in boring play / meta" is dumb, and very restrictive on design. It also indicates lack of imagination, lack of enthusiasm, a harsh and unrealistic cynicism, and so on. That's a poor design philosophy.
Developers must have humility and realize they can't and shouldn't try to control things so thoroughly if they want good design.
What does it say when a developer doesn't trust their customers?

Rather, balance each ability according to the metas that would emerge. It's possible.
The only acceptable objection is the interim which might be bad balance would kill the game's playerbase. We might not make it to the final state, which is superior.