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I'm not sure what question you are asking Sluzbenik.

The new OKW and US forces commanders; commanders like Rifle Company, Mechanized Company, Fortification Doctrine, Scavenge Doctrine, etc. are not for sale currently.

Will the commanders who are on rotation go on sale? Each rotation? I have no idea. We'll have to see.

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It's interesting to me that they say that the "Free Commander Rotation" is temporary. Are they referring to the current rotation? Are they referring to the entire system? Will they rotate commanders for a few months and then shut the entire thing down? I must admit I am a little confused about this new feature.

Again, how is it free stuff if i already have them (if i payed or not is not the point, it is not about the money)?
War spoils and commander rotation gives you (like you say) free stuff. I (and others) already have that, how is this free?
If i did buy the game yesterday, then it would be free stuff but i preordered the game so...
I have over 800 H on this game because i love it and i like the new aproach but it is a little disrespectfull to the players who are in this since the beginning, thats all.

Have you played enough to get the Premimum US and OKW commanders?

Those will be available in the rotation inevitably as well. This particular rotation will mean nothing for you but future ones could. When new content and commanders come out like the Soviet Tank Hunter doctrine you may get access to that Commander for free when it goes on rotation or if you get lucky through War Spoils.

If you look into the future this will benefit you as well.

If you bought that content then it will be accessible to you no matter what or when. If you play this game very often (sounds like you do) then you will get your moneys worth if you haven't already.

It's honestly shocking to me to see how much backlash this is getting. Will this be the end of "reforms" to the War Spoils system? Who can say? I don't think so. We may see things like improved drop rates. We may see a trading system. We may see a crafting system. We may see a trade-in system for duplicates. I think any of these could prove valuable.

I see this as a tangental improvement that is pretty cool. It's fine to say "War Spoils should be better" but objectively I believe the Commander Rotation is an improvement.

I think it will be very interesting when new commanders that no one has access to will go on that rotation. A meta-game will evolve around the new content sponateously. If ever US player had access to the Mechanized Company tomorrow that would shake things up signficantly. That potential sounds pretty interesting to me!

Once I saw Penals, I expected a clown car and went Mechanized for a Puma, but the clown car never came. Hindsight being 20/20...I would have gone medic truck first. So my Puma was pretty much useless, but at least my kubel was still able to do some work.

Puma is quite good against infantry that can't fight back such as Penal squads.

The key is to ram them with the vehicle and stay at point-blank range. The Puma's turret mounted machine gun is actually quite deadly at close range. Stay at that range and you can force enemies back. Chase them at extremely close range and you can kill them off.

Just be careful of being too aggressive with your Puma against Soviets. Few conscripts means few AT grenades but chasing the enemy into Soviet territory can spell disaster. Guards and Mines are still an ever present threat.

I will mirror what other people have said. The key to beating this sort of strategy is concentrated long range firepower. Obersoldaten with fodder to protect them will do well. Panzerfusiliers will do well. The Panzer II 'Luchs' will do well if you get it early and depending on the enemy's tactics. If he saves up for T-34/85 spam then you'll have time to get value out of the Luchs and you can cloak it when the enemy tanks arrive If he just goes plain Tier 3 then you probably won't get enough out of a Panzer II before a T-34 arrives. Guards are a danger to the Panzer II but it is fast and tough enough to avoid them. Weigh your options carefully.

Ho-hah. It says it right there at the top that the changes are linked to price changes.

To give people a vague idea:
Panzerfusiliers were cheap fodder units but got more expensive and powerful. Their experience pools are likely too shallow and they level up too fast.

Paratroopers were more expensive but got cheaper. They're more ambigious though. Part of their cost is the "drop in" cost. The actual unit costs 336 manpower (they cost 28 to reinforce and have six members). Was the price change linked to their ability to drop in anywhere or did it have an effect on the unit's cost? Does the unit's reinforcement cost have a connection to their experience levels? Who can say. They might level up faster as their cost went down.

Volks will likely feel very similiar to how they were before. They used to cost 230 but now cost 240.

There's no certainity of any of this though. Perhaps one of these units was updated when their costs changed but updated incorrectly and now they're changing them again. Time will tell.

I've long been a proponent of fast Captain play. This looks solid. Your build seems more appropriate build for the current meta.

Do you ever mix the Stuart into your build?

Captain first builds can do quite well against the campy sides (Ostheer/OKW-Medical-Truck) too if you manage to pick up a Pack Howitzer but I will admit in 1v1s it's real dicey. Probably best to accelerate to M8A1s which are far more useful.