Profile of EtherealDragon

If I recall correctly Kyle said something to the effect of "The Land Mattress was shooting rockets everywhere" it made it sound as if it had pretty bad scatter (unless he was just being Kyle-like and firing it at max range when he was testing it lol). Makes me speculate that it's more of a "force you to move" type arty closer to 25 pounders than the death rain of P Werfers and CalliOP. That and the low CP suggests its more of a Pack Howie super barrage type deal.

Still, looks like a pretty well-rounded commander that if anything will be useful on urban maps. On the bright side OKW can always use For the Fatherland to counter the Tactical Cover Bonus

If you like playing USF there are a few things to consider -

Armor Company - Ass Engi demos, M10 Wolverine is a crush machine

Infantry Company - ToT Arty ahead of the blob (if he's telegraphing direction). Priest barrage is devastating if you can stall him with a .50 cal or on top of a point his blob is trying to cap.

Rifle Company - WP Smoke Barrage is an awesome ability to force mass retreat or wipe an entire blob if they get down to 1 HP in it.

Tactical Support - Ultimate anti-blob commander between Quad Mount Half Track and CalliOP

In general Mines (Armor, Infantry, Heavy Calv) and AoE from Pack Howie and Scott really punish blobs due to the splash damage. On more open maps the AA HT from Lt. tier is a godsend (practice microing with using Reverse hotkey to attack and NEVER click on squads to attack with it or it'll derp out since the vehicle AI sucks).

With USF you need to restrain yourself from trying to use brute force with tanks since its too easy to lose them to mass shrek volleys. (The worst aspect of blobs IMO).

Let me in you on a lil secret:
No one stalls for heavies, because it doesn't work with limit of 1, if you forego tech, you're weakening yourself on purpose. Only exception here is Ost mechanized assault, but you're still having mid game armored support you'd be dead without.

You're talking pre limitation meta, which is long dead. Jesulin stalling for call-ins in recent ESL have proven the death of that playstyle with his defeats.

If that's the case then what is the purpose of this thread? OP's main point as I read it is that stalling for a KT was viable and needed an additional counter. Though to clarify, I didn't mean "stalling" in the traditional "call-in meta" sense of it being your first tank but for example, Soviet T3 into IS 2. It's virtually the same situation as OKW saving up for a KT while being roughly the same cost or cheaper.

No matter how you slice it any Allied faction can get 2 TDs or 2-3 Tanks with some change leftover for the cost of a KT and have the benefit of having them on the field sooner. Unless there is an argument that KT is still coming too soon or that Allies don't have sufficient tools to counter it then I don't see how artificially increasing KT's cost by forcing OKW players to rebuild trucks is a good idea except out of some perceived notion of "fairness" or wanting to mirror the factions for symmetry sake.

Do you release how much resources and effort it takes to destroy a OKW HQ in 1vs1? a lot and a lot of time. Otherwise OKW faction wouldn't be viable. If you decide to play aggressively and be push back, why should you be given a 2nd try with a KT?

Depends on how they were placed and how well the game is going for the OKW player. A poorly placed truck is pretty easy to destroy (a lot of it depends on map and shot blockers). The more important question is why shouldn't they be given a second chance? Destroying a truck is a big blow and gives you an advantage in a game, why isn't that enough? What you are suggesting is "I want destroying forward HQs to be a game ender".

The OKW player has already invested significant MP/Fuel on all 4 SWS and buildings. That is a BIG investment. Resources are resources regardless of whether or not previous trucks were destroyed - if an OKW player can amass 600+ MP and 300+ Fuel while on the backfoot from previous HQ losses then why shouldn't they get something for those resources in the form of a KT? (Think of what that MP/Fuel buys for the Allies!) Just because an allied player can't capitalize on an early advantage doesn't mean OKW should get saddled with an additional handicap when they are already (presumably) losing.

I mean I get it... its frustrating to feel like you should have won only to have a KT turn the tide but its not like the current KT is the old one that can YOLO into a 4 AT gun wall. Its not gamebreakingly OP.

I think part of the problem is that its sometimes hard to make full use of Jackson's range due to general lack of spotters for USF - only Pathfinders and M20 - which are either doctrinal or Tech dependent (and M20 isn't exactly cheap to buy as a late game spotter).

It couldn't hurt if Jackson got a SU-85 style self-spotting ability. It would make them a better TD and be an indirect survivability buff seeing as how you can keep them farther back from the front line.