That's all fine and good, Bloodnock. If you choose to play an almost 8 year old game because you like it more than the sequel, that's fine.
But if that's the case, don't come into balance discussions for the sequel and then comparing it to the original like it's a point of holy balance which all must take the form of or be inferior.
My 2 cents
Honestly, Sneaky, did he really say that? I repeat: von Mecha played all 3 iterations, and I find it
hard impossible to interpret your criticism, based on this quotation
Im not trying to bash coh2 really but the doc system is bleh and the only doc people are really finding useful is mech assault. This doctrine is basically a coh1 storm doctrine light and hence why it is the most popular.
If you take Aerohank as another example, he complains about the fact that 9 times out of ten, in 1v1, as an Allied Commdr, you will face Mechanised Assault (assuming opposing players are wanting to win, and not experiment).