Profile of Mr.Flush

I do.

If you expect to work at max range firing into the for of war it will not, most other barrage (other than big caliber artillery) will not work either.

Then there is no reason not to get a sherman. Players do not get the scott for its barrage.
The barrage sukz azz.

The barrage is useless because it does not take out stationary targets like at guns or mgs. The enemy does not even need to move them to survive. The scott is too good vs advancing infantry but garbage at displacing defenses.

1. REs already have Tank Traps which provide green cover so I think the sandbags become kinda obsolete. A combat package upgrade that gives them a satchel sounds practical tho.

2. The Pathfinders already have uhm, "sniping" capabilities so to speak so I think a dedicated sniper squad armed with the M1C Garand sniper is also out of the question sadly and they won't add the Springfield Sniper from the first game.

3. The most they can do is tweak the E8s, again no new models, a lot of people wanted jumbos, including me, but they can only tweak the current Sherman models to the limits of the modding tools which are not much. For example I asked somebody if it's possible to put sandbags on the Sherman and as far as I remember they said that it's not doable.

4. Agreed, Priest really outshines the Calliope hands down. Together with the reason you pointed above with the mortar HT being a reliable anti-garrison unit is why Infantry Company is wayyy more picked rather than Tac Support but I believe they'll need to do a complete revamp in order to fix it while Rifle Company also I believe is due for a revamp as well since it too needs it.

Pathfinders only work in conjunction with arty to deal with mgs. It takes two unit to do the same job as a mortar ht. At that point you might as well go soviets or brits.

I also have issues with tank traps being useless vs suppression. That is why i keep asking for sandbags on rear echelon.

I think the new commanders should do two things: Give factions a way to deal with cheesey checkmate strategies or faction exploits and not completely replace other commanders. I think giving brits access to a mortar and okw access to handheld at are brilliant ideas, but i think usf has a lot of meaningless changes in comparison.

Alright, I think some things need to be changed to make the new usf commanders fresh and unique from other commanders in usf's arsenal. I'm not suggesting to totally scrap everything in the new commander picks, but I suggest to move abilities around to fit the faction in a logical manner.

Here is some input that would logically help usf out:
1. rear echelon package grants them satchels(similar to paratrooper charges) and sandbags.

2. Some type of early game anti-mg option (top priority). As long as there are narrow maps and multiple mgs being used, mortar ht becomes a must. I'm kinda tired of picking the same two commanders or having to play soviets just to deal with multiple mgs and mortars. A slow rof sniper would help a lot. Maybe with a quick aim speed like the ostheer sniper though.

3.Stronger medium tanks. Something like easy 8's with more pen.

4. late game indirect. Priest does well here, but the caliope is kinda meh.

It is going to get nerfed, that is all we need to know about it.