He is not that entirely wrong about JLI, sorry to say.
....I played vs this particular doctrine I've always seen at least a pair of JLI pop in front of me and they always did their job well.
JLI veterancy was way to high.
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The exact same problem hit Falls and Mr.Smith had to redesign the doctrine to make it appealing again - but mind that Falls haven't been buffed, just the doctrine been redesigned.
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That i simply incorrect...
They received major buff including a big price reduction:
Fallschirmjäger
Fallschirmjager are being adjusted to have better stock performance with only minor changes to their veterancy.
Now paradrop into the field instead of infiltrating.
Cost from 440 to 380
Reinforce cost from 38 to 36
Population from 8 to 9
Received accuracy from 0.87 to 0.83
Faust range from 15 to 18
Camouflages in cover when stationary; requires no veterancy
Veterancy 5 range bonus removed
Veterancy 3 received accuracy bonus removed
Veterancy 4 accuracy bonus moved to veterancy 3
Veterancy 3 now provides a -20% weapon cooldown
Veterancy requirements from 760/1520/3040/3800/5054 to 600/1200/2400/3000/3900