Profile of Protos Angelus

There is a big difference between a prototype on a piece of paper and an actually built and tested tank, ready to be shipped. Black prince was built, there are actual photos of the tank. 1000 Ratte didn't go beyond the prototype design on a piece of paper, if even that, whereas the BPrince was built in 1945 and tested but the Firefly and the Comet proved more than enough so they were not further built.
So much Karen over-exaggeration for a PhD holder. Tsk tsk tsk

Pretty much. Any brit player building a mortar pit or a bofors on any 3v3+ map against any opponent, it's pretty much GG. Justifies the good old formula "Multiply brit rank by 10 to get actual rank"

That clearly shows why we see a lot of OKW in 1v1 tourney!!! Or... is it?

OKW must choose between heal vs LV (luchs & puma) rush. I'm not saying luchs and puma are bad. Puma once was the strongest LV in the game (before they nerfed sight. Which was necessary nerf. - please also do to the WM Puma - ), but to choose that LV, OKW must sacrifice the ability to heal for a while. (It only has two choices - 45 muni for 3 chances of healing or go for the commander with heal truck).

So in most cases, we only have AAHT in our hands. Let's face the fact. It is very deadly to the inf., but it does not have any AT power. It's very debatable which one is better against USF AAHT & OKW AAHT, they do have pros and cons. But in terms of AI, I do favor USF one since it can suppress inf. while in move. (But lacks a lot in survivability thanks to lack of smoke & nature of reverse driving).

Yes UKF AEC sucks in AI, but it does have very good AT power next to Puma. And thanks to the fact that OKW no longer goes for 2nd tier occasionally, it does what it has to do once purchased. (I still don't like the AEC itself, but sometimes the unit is necessary).

In overall, OKW doesn't have the flexibility of WM. The faction must let the opponent rule the battlefield for a while and it is very critical especially if opponents are good(lvl. 18+) because OKW is very vulnerable in LV timing. Either it is T-70 or stuart + m20 or even m8.

Please don't get me wrong. I was Allies fan-boy in my heart for most of my CoH life (including CoHO & CoH1), and I still consider myself as one. I just trying to be fair in terms of balance as always.

OKW not being seen in 1v1 is due to the fact that people don't want to risk anything. Hence OST is picked the most. People don't want compromises, they don't want to have to choose. When you have a choice. Lieu or Cap || Mech or BTG || T1 or T2 sov.... people don't want that. In the case of Soviets, it's easy. You can go penals against OKW but extremely unadvised against OST. In case of USF, for 1v1 at least, it's also easy. You NEED the 50 cal early. In case of OKW, it's not as clear cut. Hence the most difficult decision. In 2v2+ it's not a hard choice, but in 1v1, it definitely is. Both have their merits, but people prefer the free heals over the luchs/puma/stuka. Every time I see a puma on the field, on an open map, it almost always reaches vet5 through the course of the game. Extremely hard to kill if it's used properly. Low target size, speedy boi, smoke, great range.... best AT LV in the game, by far.

While I do agree that it is silly to test sand bags for late game, all testing is done under ideal situations that are not 100% replicable in game. Fire fights are started at the same time for both squads which hardly ever happens, one unit usually needs to get in position before it starts firing so that one will most likely lose if units are fairly evenly matched. Using only light cover will most likely just show Obers dominating all the LR squads as the other units have worse EHP compared to guards. I will not pretend to understand the RNG system but I would assume using green cover allows the fight to take longer so that RNG can smooth out compared to testing several light cover battles were a lot of the fight depends on if Guards get favorable RNG with PTRS.

But it's not. Not really.
Green cover adds DMG reduction and RA reduction, while yellow only RA reduction.
People generally use cons sandbags as they are large enough to fit all unit sizes (4-7). That in itself is silly as only cons can build them. Generally you should use the sandbags that are available to you:

USF: 2x tank traps. One vertical, one horizontal. Or one commander sandbag.
OKW: Sandbags
.... etc.

The only real reason people use the cons sandbags is because it's the least RNG-y. All models are behind cover, equally. As opposed to craters where one unit can be outside of the crater. Of course, you can always add more craters.

That's the only way people should test late game units. Sc*ew sandbags. Nobody fights sandbag to sandbag at vet2+ ober timing. Nobody. You can maybe get away with some tank trap placement on the edge of the map, covering a far VP point.

Spawn 10 calliopes (create best craters from my exp). Instant cooldown and barrage each about 2-3 times in a large area. Send vet3+ units and let them duke it out there. Most realistic scenario, but the hardest one to pull off as it takes some time and you can't just create 20 sandbags around the test map and drag units behind and call it a day. Of course, you will see something people don't want to see, and that's what you have written.
Obers dominating everything. There is a reason why, when you see 3x ober blobs you call in rocket arty and not 4 guards or 4 paras or 4+ whatever. Nothing can or will survive obers in realistic scenarios. And that way you can also test assault squads. On large crater filled areas.

Spawn shock troops. Put obers in yellow cover. Rush obers point blank and see who wins. Not some silly sandbag to sandbag at 10 range shootout .....as I've seen some tests. Obers and falls against rangers and shock troops on test range map, range 5 and 10. Sandbags in front of each, down the line and seeing the results. I mean, that has got to be the worst case of primacy of intelligence I've seen.

You can easily start firefights at the same time from a crater filled map. It just takes more time to set it up.
And using green cover does not smooth out the RNG. Well, it shouldn't at least. Smoothing out the RNG seems like a weird thing. How do you smooth out something quantized? (eg. each shot is one quanta that will either hit or miss depending on different parameters). You can smooth out something continuous. Heck mathematicians je*k off to smooth functions.
Smoothing out is usually done through enlarging the number of test cases. Larger population, a nicer distribution (Gaussian in this case)

It should have a cost scaling. Everything should have a cost scaling. It's not like cost scaling equates to a more difficult or harder to compare gameplay. Echelon mines cost 10 munis if I remember correctly. Why? Because they are dogs*it. Lost count of the amount of times that the mega vape saved a poorly planned and executed tank dive. Despite the ground targets which I always perform. Heck, on heavy tanks I only use ground target. You make it more expensive and that's that. New players will see that it's more expensive. Nothing to it. Generally OST and OKW have lower munitions costs. You get the 60 muni upgrades on your mainlines and that's it. Drop rate is only at death, so you're not really investing again....

Never understood why the mega vape costs the same on the 222 and the Tiger. On light vehicles it should be 30 munis. On mediums 50. And on heavies, 65 munis.
If you are good enough, you can vape with the LV and save munis (but that's mostly a top 100 rank play).