Profile of Lago

No, I'm fairly sure people playing strategy games to a competitive level choose factions based on whether or not they're good at winning the game.

COH 2's a strategy game. You pick the faction to fit the strategy.

British emplacements stopped being invincible in DBP. The only way to restore them to their ghastly original Sim City state is to take Advanced Emplacement Regiment. And if they do that, take Fortifications, drop Zeroing Artillery on them and delete their entire 'army' with one ability.

That is incorrect. SU-85, FF, M36, JP 4 and Su-76 all have a range of 60.

So it is. I apologise.

It's simple, just divide the competitive scene's balance from that of the casual and bigger team games balance.

That way shit that's fine in 1v1s won't be OP or UP in team games for example.

That's hardly simple to implement. It might even be impossible with the tools we have.

The fuel cost of the Schwerer HQ is OKW's teching cost. Reducing its cost would accelerate medium armor.

The current cost of using the Schwerer's flak gun in a direct fire role (rather than as an anti-skillplane gun) is the risk of losing it. The more aggressively you place it the more damage it deals but the greater the risk of losing the thing.

I understand the argument that it's too punishing to lose, however. A dead Schwerer almost always results in a Command Panther or KT, which suggests rebuilding it isn't considered a viable option.

We're very unlikely to see any major overhauls at this point so the easiest solution is to move a chunk of the cost of the Schwerer HQ to an unlock tech. Think Battle Phases or the AEC/Bofors/Hammer/Anvil unlocks.

Say, 50MP 70FU to unlock the Schwerer HQ, 150MP 50FU to build it.

It still costs the same to build your first but if you have to build a second you're set back a bit rather than completely hamstrung. The sweet spot for the Schwerer's price is where losing it is painful enough to deter using it like a Bofors but not so crippling that you're forced into call-ins.