Sums it up perfectly.
I've not been on any negative side about Relic news before, but this is just goddamn ridiculous. No observer when you had a game 3-4 years ago that had a observer mode? It's neccessary for e-sports and even training. Usually in Dawn of War 2 we got together 6-8 guys and got into a 1v1 king of the hill. 2 plays the other six gets to spectate and chat about the game and bullshit amongst each other. Every now and then there was one or two new players and they got some good instructions while hanging out watching the game. It is very community building and helpful in creating a strong community feeling.
^this
Seems like the developers copy pasted CoH1 and added just graphical features and new models. To be honest I feel like CoH2 is a mod of CoH1 like EF.
I guess no money was spent on improving the network code or adding simple features like game pausing in multiplayer, observer mode for tournaments or a simple reconnect option in case you crash. What will happen if in a big tournament your internet dies or your OS freezes and you need to restart.
This is indeed unacceptable.