Profile of Protos Angelus

pretty much the same as ISU plus 10 range plus minus immobile during shoting. You can exploit the opponent for so long, until he catches you with your pants dawn during a panther dive. Imo too much drawbacks. I could see that work, if SOV had pak43 alternative (or theoretically a convenient UKF ally)

I'd say both IS2 and Kv2 has 2 good commanders, but the is2 has the "get the F of my lawn" loiter, radio intercept and t34-85 for the mid game, also IS2 is considerably more responsive. KV2 has the windustry lady for fast repairs, resource trucks, KV8 and pretty fat AOE on the heavy tank.

Maybe I'm sleeping on the ability, but it is extremely situational and requires too much setup to be executed. Not saying it is useless, but a strat for the KV2 long range setup has too many holes, like lacking mid game power (if you skip t34) and too much AT (I suppose you also skip KV8, since you personally don't like the tank). Perhaps it may work if you survive til lategame and manage to get your perfect "snowball" build, but I haven't seen those. And if the guy just backs off a little, you have to redeploy and pray that the Axis guy is not tryhard enough to pick a heavy TD commander.

ISU is much more convenient in this regard: "Mark target", guards and sneaky AT. AI strafe is also pretty decent.

Having a T34-85 is a big bonus though. It's probably the best doctrinal medium tank, given it's performance/price. Not only that, but it can be used in the same way the Panthers can, in teamgame lategame: Hail Mary push. You could do it with a Comet, but given it's price and AI power, you won't get far. Sure it will bounce a few more shots than the T34-85 but still...
That's one massive argument in favor of ISU if you ask me. Of course, your arguments concerning KV2 chunkiness and the fact that it comes with another AI heavy tank, the KV8, renders the commander generally unfavorable.

Meh game, nothing special. Another premade team that has the teamwork but lacks awareness. Port of Hamburgers, horrible map.

Many words, much text, wow.

That would have probably been the best course of action, the 1v1 balance mod.
Otherwise, yes, not a lot of new people and it's the same thing really. New players that want to play allies in teamgames come to a sudden realization of a great truth... that allies are harder to play in 3v3 and 4v4. You can often see comparisons of MG42 and Maxim. "Why do they cost the same when MG42 has such a wide arc and insta suppresses?" And that wide arc can be extremely troublesome and require low micro input in teamgame maps, hence you see the usual double pio double mg42 opening on most 3v3+ maps. Such an opening would spell death in 1v1s.

Truth be told, the balance team could have done a better job even with the one-patch-fits-all.
I won't comment on other factions, just the faction I play the most:

1) Pak howi right now won't bleed for s***, and actually loses to a single mortar/leig in teamgames
Instead of the large AOE nerf they could have nerfed the autofire and buff the barrage. Instead we get a howitzer that costs 340 MP that will damage infantry at most without killing models unless they are already low.
2) Rework scott into an autofire mobile arty. Right now it's a lessened pak howi on wheels, so the roles are overlapped.
3) E8 could have been a true teamgame brawler that costs a bit less than a comet (so 1v1 won't be rushed). Veterancy 1 is radionet. No gunnery BS. Rifle commander swaps the halftrack for the mortar halftrack and you have a good teamgame commander right there.
4)50 cal could have had a fast setup time but less suppression than the MG42 and a bit longer tracking (right now it's just a bit retarded mg42 with narrower arc). Fits around the "mobility" part of USF.
5)The greyhound could have been buffed in the AT department, nerfed in the main cannon AI department and reworked the AI ability. The recon commander is good in 1v1s, no doubt, but this rework could possibly allow it to go into teamgames as you wouldn't fear luchs/puma/flak as much and you would get a doctrinal "stuart" in some sense. Mechanized nerfs were too large. There was a better rework being discussed, but they decided to straight up nerf it across the board.

If there weren't so many good replies on these forums, good rework ideas, etc. then I'd understand, but why even ask the community if you just do your own thing.

Yes and everyone is allowed to have his own opinion, but many of your takes are either inaccurate or just false. Spending time on counter arguments feels like a wasted effort in this thread I'm sorry.

Your account being only 3 days old on top of your "just a joke" avatar & signature doesnt help here either. Then there is also stuff like this:



Source: Trust me bro

Source: Trust me bro
If you were a better player then you would have been #1 in all factions across all modes, so OBviously, you have no clue what you're talking about. Also don't disregard the fact that even though his acc is 3 days old, he's been playing it since it was materialized inside of the developers brains. Finally, why wouldn't you spend hours writing actual arguments to try to disprove some random person online. I mean, who wouldn't like to spend their days doing that.
In conclusion, you're false, trust me bro

Also, I'm top 10 in all modes with all factions with my alt accounts so unlike you, I know my stuff. Also been playing it since COH1 so I know my stuff, times two

and that too. You could have still dove it and steal the bastard, which was a risk for the OKW guy. Now you can start reloading after backing up 10 meter and not caring if you get hit or not.
I can't remember if ST was slower during reloading phase before the rework, but if it was, that was also a major contributing factor.

EDIT: BTW ST received several buffs prior due to it being unreliable. So when the rework was live, those buffs were not rolled back.

As far as I know, there is a small mobility nerf during reload, but not much, you can still drive it away. Both AVRE and ST are cancerous, with ST having a larger AOE but AVRE having a turret. Still, unlike AVRE, the ST is in a brilliant commander with the heat shells.
They really should reintroduce the "get out" mechanic if hit during reload.