>u can't compare to other faction mainline
>u can't compare to volks
well i guess i have to compare them to starcraft marines
the fan boys request really have become unreasonable, first they decide what u are allowed to compare or not, then they stop u form comparing all together immagine if people said u can't compare volks to rifle and had to compare them to obers
sorry if i was unclear, the over performing unit in the vague was volks, i thought i cleared that up in the follow up
you compare core units against core units and compare doctrinal units against what they are trying to replace
UNDER THE CONDITION THAT THE CORE UNITS ARE BALANCED when you look at a doctrinal unit trying to make it attractive you compare and contrast against the core unit.
you compare volks and rifles to make sure they are balanced, faction balance relies on this (or you will need to have an alternative route like the soviet that completely disregards the problem infantry all together)
you compare volks and fussies to see if fussies are woth replacing volks due to overlap in role. it doesnt matter how they stack up against rifles if they bring a lot to the table that volks cant. if volks lacked a snare and the ability to build sandbags fussies would have a role. you would also need volks of course, but how both those squads interact is what is important when looking at doctrinal units.
and to repeat, as long as volks are *ahem* so gosh darn independent the ONLY way for an "alternative mainline" to work is for them to be OP otherwise its simply not worth picking a commander for or building over volks. there needs to be something that volks dont have and unless you lower fussies to 250 to sort of pretend that MASSIVE 40mp over the course of match nerf that volks received i dont see them in their current design of competeing with volks as a viable design