Profile of Smartie

Simpler solution being built from base HQ and not from T3 or T4.

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About Wehrmacht's Strategic Reserve commander:

Some general thoughts:
Sometimes no changes are the best changes - im happy that there are no drastic changes in the new mod version. Buffs to Assgrens are nice and the prize for TA is more reasonable after starting with vet1.

About the PZIV:
We talked about it already in the dedicated Wehrmacht feedback thread but i want to bring this issue to the official thread in hope of some response.
Right now the "OKW PZIV" can only be build in Support Armor Corps. I strongly believe the unit should also be available in the HEAVY PANZER CORPS.
WHY?
1. Giving the unit to T3 AND T4 give Wehrmacht players an interesting choice: DO you want an early P4 to gain initiative? T3 is your choice
Do you want a maximum of late game flexibility? Build T4
2. Rewarding teching is one of the few cases in which the community can agree on. Right now Wehr players dont get this reward (a better medium) if they tech to T4 which is necessary in team games.
3. Making the unit available in T3 AND T4 dont cause ANY balance issues, it fits to the theme of a strategic reserve and gives the unit some distinction.

Ass tommies deserve some attention; in the few games i played they seemed too strong. Besides that i really like the new UK commander.

Spajn and IncendiaryRounds gave good summaries of Wehrmacht's problems. You only need to look at Momo's California Classic to see the weakness of the faction atm. Its almost never picked in 1vs1 and you could also see this trend in KoH.

I can live with the early game problems of the faction as long as you can expect late game superiority but thats not the case anymore. In last years UTT tournament Stugs were build in a lot of games, now compare this to the 2vs2 anniversary tourney: You have to look very hard to find games in which the wehrmacht player used Stugs. I dont think that the unit was even build in the series of the 8 best teams.
Do you need to know more?

Conclusion:
I really think the mod team need to add some general balance changes to the new commander patch and finally make Support Armor Corps more attractive:
1. Reworke Ostwind
2. Stugs need to be brought back to the old power level but should be more expensive (100 fuel)
3.Ideally Pzgrens should get reworked too.

I know designing the new commanders need a ton of work but i really hope that the team find the time to do some general balance changes. (E8 included)

Im sorry but i just want to use different units without being forced into game losing doctrines. This new usf commander proposal is simply boring, if you cant see it i cant help you.

2 Things:
- Its still very early in the design process and further changes can easily be done by the mod team. Look back at the different versions of the revamp mods and you can see that. You are spending way too much energy on a 1.0 version, believe me. Just relax. Assgrens in "my" Wehrmacht commander suck too btw:=) Meaning: Calliope / Assgrens can be a good units at the end of the process.

- "Boring" verdict simply comes from a personal perspective,other players may feel different. And as i said before: Lets just wait for the next mod version, maybe we will have a more constructive discussion because we can talk about big changes.