Profile of Kozokus

I would say that if MechAssault is "popular" is because of several things :
- There is a trend effect, MA alter your gameplay quite noticeably (like ostruppen) and some top players use it with great effect
- This is after all a good commander, everything is useful and usable in the majority of games and this is a respectable T0 pick which remove the effort you have to do to read the ennemy gameplan and pick a commander reactively. You are the agressor here.
- This commander allow you to skip T1 entirely as it gives you a nice lineman infantery to replace the normal grenadier. Of course you can miss your nice panzerfaust shots but you have other alternatives. Skiping T1 will cut you snipers and mortars that can be of debatable use depending on your overall strategy. This economy either makes you build more AssGren/MG42 or hasten your path to T2 as you plan to make an early vehicle and put even more pressure on the opponent.

OP : the normal rooster of the OST is of a very good quality and extremly versatile compared to OKW where most of theyr units tends to be chirurgical tools defined to fulfill a precise role.
Your normal lineman, the grenadier, has a solid answer to any threat, are good at any range (depending on the target) and have a nice upgrade that carry them into the lategame.
Your other lineman the PG, is a very nice close/middle combat unit that can become a tankhunter.
Your tanks may have a specialisation, they are far from useless when facing another threat that the one they are suppose to kill (Ostwind is a reasonable threat to many tanks)

30 munitions versus 15.


T2 versus global upgrade.



Your testing methodology is also shit.

+1
Not even counting the OKW munition income penalty (is that 80% or 66%? i cant remember) and the hard choice you have to make between throwing a grenade, planting a mine and buying a panzerschreck.
In comparaison, the molotov can be distributed like candys with no punishment for beeing generous.

The only example i can think of is the bunker of SC2.
For thoses who dont know or remember this, the bunker is the equivalent of the OST bunker (with no upgrade aviable), it cost 2 combat units to build and can accept 4 shooter inside. there was the option to get 100% refund. It was nerfed because there was no downside to turtle, build 1-3 bunkers, stop any attack, gather ressources, then refund everything, build more soldiers and then proceed to attack with your superior economy. The thing was nerfed later to 75% refund to give it a true cost, a nerf saluted by the community.
As i said this is only a bunker, an empty box. I cant think of a world where you can build a composition, destroy the composition of your ennemy and build a new one from the ashes to kill your ennemy again with your superior economy.
Even a simple "suicide" button makes me unconfortable (fluff wise too ^^) as when you build a unit, there is only one way for her to get out of the battlefield - by giving your opponent XP. Remember that kubelwagen that survived into the lategame? yes, it is gonna die the second it come back to the battlefield. If you withdraw it you deny the xp of such an earlygame unit
Having this option mean two things : you can make more room to other units and increase your income. Then it completly negate any bad anticipation you are making, such as building a ZIS as your opponent is just massing ostruppen.

-build a sigle t70
-harvest

Well i know i dont add anything that havent been said before but i couldnt resist.

Kozo

The biggest problem for me isn't the absurd power of the tank. (it is quite beatable) It is you dont see it coming. There is no clear indictaion on what is coming as the OST player may perfectly skip using any other ability of the commander. If there was a sigh of the opponent picking the acetiger commander, you could say : "uh oh, there will be a time around the 14 commander point tick where i should seriously invest into heavy AT stuff, so when i ll see the famous time where things seems easier, i'll know he is gathering thoses 800MP and shit is coming".
Tracking ennemy ressources is particulary difficult :/
Maybe add a warning? example : you callin the tiger and a 'Commander! An Ace Tiger is on the way here" is played for every player, you wait 20 secondes (ok guys lets gather) and the beast makes his entrance.
But still, nothing prevent you from picking the commander at the last moment.
The unit in itself is "fair", big shock unit, huge price, ressources cut. The drawbacks are so heavy it justify its power. But not its impact.
"Well it escalated quickly!"