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If USF tech changes goes ahead I would rather see also a UKF changes and OKW. Lets be done with this so we can start focusing on thing that plagueing the game for year.

Every time a faction is redesign half the balance work being done goes down the drain anyway.

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Each faction used to be balanced like that.
It was unbalanced, because it can't be balanced when different factions have different strengths at different game stages and these "unique strengths" are impossible to be made all game lasting (how is USF strong early infantry presence going to transfer into late game? Why should Ost have armor advantage, letting them close the game against USF just by outlasting them? etc.)

If redesign is needed to keep the game AND ALL the factions relevant, then so be it.

The redesigns happen, because what we had previously DID NOT WORKED.
I'd rather have redesigned and balanced game, then do your beloved "stick to old, irrelevant, proven in action not working design".

Stop clinging to old, obviously broken and not working solutions.

I for one welcome very much this new USF half tier structure, it worked perfectly well for PE in CoH1, it allowed for varied build orders and its flexible enough to adjust unit timings or combinations easily and most importantly, its unique in CoH2 as closest to that tech is what UKF has and UKF still is unique enough with powerful but exclusive options.

Dear Katitof PLS stop doing the personal insult thing or fixating on what I do or do not, I am not the topic of this thread.
Also PLS try to take the time to read and understand what other write before starting to type.

I clearly said either keep faction unique and try to balance or change ALL faction at the same time to be similar including UKF and OKW and start balancing. Having a faction redesigned every six months is simply counter productive.

You claim that unique factions can no be balanced is simply wrong, prime examples include vanilla COH1, vanilla COH2 and starcraft.

The trend to redesign faction every now and then has left long lasting issues untended for much too long. Issues that could actually greatly improve balance like:

1) XP values
2) Veterancy Bonuses
3) Vet abilities
4) Pop
5) Reinforcement cost
6) Reinforcement time
7) Armor values
8) Doctrinal abilities
9) Commander designs (op combinations)

If this USF faction redesign go head all this very important aspect of the game will remain in the same state they have been for the last 5 year. Actually in worst state since many on these units have changed roles.

No it wasn't. I think we will have to agree to disagree here.
I think there's a bit of semantics problems here. Riflemen were designed to stomp grenadiers (changelog), this doesn't mean the infantry fights were "balanced" at all.

You keep bringing changelog, i'm giving you examples INGAME of that time.

I could also bring you this example of how intention =/= execution.
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In game examples simply murk the scenery.

Of course their is difference between intent but when we are talking about guidelines we are talking about a way to make intent into execution. If this where executed right there would be little need for further balance patches.

1-Weapon categories is just a context from where you can start to work through. Going outside of it is just a matter of whether you can improve the current situation or not at the moment with the tools you have at your disposal.

It is actually a "guideline" that make the game allot more player friendly, greatly reducing the information one has to memorize. Imo many patch have gone outside this "context" without really trying to stay within the boundaries. Seemingly following a logic that faction A has something good lets clone it and give it to faction B, without using a single faction a benchmark with witch thing should be compared.

2-Not sure why you ask me these. Cover/distance matter as long as the lethality is at the right spot. I've said in the past that WFA had upped the lethality too much, specially on LMG department. Bar/1919 had been nerfed but apart from that you can't really adjust too much more without adjusting all weapons in the game.
Low lethality means much more input, less reliance on cover.
High lethality means less input, more more reliance on cover.

"The distribution of damage is no longer blended between ranges; this combined with the increased weapon lethality should reduce the tendency to rush infantry at one another
Small arm lethality: Reinforce the value of cover and unit positioning"

Maybe it is time to adjust all. According to WFA armies had upped lethality too much but what we see now is that more units use WFA as the benchmark instead of Ostheer (while NOT taking into account the faction designing specifics) and have their lethality increased.
Penal used riflemen as a benchmark, Guard Obers, Storm-troppers Commandos, Shock troops Thompson,...or even reversed USF mortar the Ostheer mortar that was design to be OP by faction design.

To make things worse the buff units receive focus more on increasing their DPS compared to baselines infantry to make them more attractive while those base infantry already have higher DPS, instead of focusing on utility.

Riflemen where on the upper end lethality because of faction design->Penals where modeled after Riflemen->Guards had to buff to become attractive->Shock have to be buffed to be more attractive.

End result power level of infantry increased for no real good reason.

IMO this isn't the teching fault but rather that the Scott (especially 2 of them) with vet becomes pretty much as OP as the Brummbär. At least in team games. With their range and smoke they become nearly impossible to deal with (except for Raketten cheese or a tank dive) while being very wipey.

Other than that I think this tech is pretty good, it gives the daredevils all the tools they need to stall for fast Major/tanks and it gives people reasonable access to whatever they like to play with without locking themselves out of core units.

If it is not the Scott it will be Dozer, the easy8 they M10 or something else. There is little reason to invest in anything if you have heal, ATG, mortar HMG and 1 squad with BAR and 1 squad with bazooka you have very little reason to delay your armor and another squad with cheap Off maps.

Oh yeah let's compare a 20 year old game design expert team to a game full of RNG and many unknowns as well as a team of community modders, brilliant.

Age of Empires's factions are literal copies of each other and still each play very differently, if you don't believe me then do some research or ask AoE pros and they'll tell you.

The same could be done in CoH, all Armies could be given the same basic tools and then branched out from there with different abilities, structures, units, stats and so forth, hell I have even suggested many such ideas before that incorporate all basic tools needed for a practical design yet being very different to another Army.

My point is simple:
Either full implement similar faction now and start re-balancing.
or
Balance each faction according to individual strengths and weakness.

But PLS stop redesign the game every 6 months.