Profile of YeltsinDeathBrigades

But it is a question of balance. Internal balance.

It's the value of T2 vs the value of skipping it.

Formerly, that balance was way in favour of T2: skip T2 and you've got barely any AT.

But now you get decent AT anyway, is T2 worth 200 MP 20 FU now? If you're not building multiple T2 units, it's 400 MP 50 FU to get an LV out or 520 MP 20 FU for an AT gun.

Those just aren't good value compared to Panzergrenadiers.


I've got no problem with this new tech structure, but T2 should have a comparable cost to T1 in its current state, at least in manpower.

Ostheer is actually the only faction, which can tech skip. It is OK, it is like "faction design", because ostheer should have something for all this tech tree crap compared to other factions.
Just look: ostheer is the only faction which is researching and then building a structure on the base. Compared to UKF or USF, for example, which require nothing but brainless click when there is enough resources.
Opportunity to skip t2 or t3 ot even t1 is about in-game situation. You can skip it, if you are sure in your strength and map control or play safe. Your choice, just like your opponents. Everybody can force opponent into choice they like, or don't like. Just like with OKW, just like it should be, when things are balanced.

Your point here, I'm sorry, looks like "USF has an opportunity to skip M20 because Captains non-resercheable BAR which brings to a single squad enough firepower for killing sniper on retreat after flank". Yes, it is possible, but Ostheer can force USF into buying LVs and not just saving for Shermie and there is definitely no reason to do something in USF tech design just because of that argument.

Backteching T2 later is still a T2 skip.

Ostheer players opponent, not a balance team, should provocate him to not skip this tech, which still be relevant and important.

The problem is with that logic Soviets are not the only faction vs Ost to be balanced with

Actually if anything T2 skip mostly effects UKF because one Shrek squad can hardcounter WASP or AEC. Also with current meta of bolster and Tommy upgrades Ostwind has a field day munching British infantry before Cromwell arrives.

Ostwind needs a little nerf in the AT department as it's a bit too good vs Stuart or AEC. Puma hardcounters centaur in comparison due to extra range and self spotting with the less mobile cent

1) How AT squad is affecting bolster meta? Shrek-graded pgren squad have less chance to win against tommie squad in any realistic scenario.
2) AEC has excellent timing of arrival, literally near 222s, and completely annihilates it. Having shreks mean survival of 222 and glameHT but doesnt mean, that they can be used agressively, because UKF also has PIAT sappers, which can easily force back OST lights. If ostheer player skips t2, he hasn't got fielded lights. Why do you need AEC then, you can save for crom or cent. I can even say that AEC's building is a missplay in case of ostheers tech skipping.
3) Ostwind is a unit which has the same purpose that centaur, but it doesnt mean that they should be the same, it is against a game design itself. And, for G-d's sake, please, compare ostheer units to UKF, not OKW. Puma is OKW's tech tree unit, not ostheers. But, back to our belover AA-tanks:
As my personal game experience I see 2 types of counter against centaur or Ostwind: getting a medium/td to hunt it solo (more risky way, but if it succeeds, then I have total profit in resources) or getting a multiple AT without fuel investment (more like safeplay and blah blah blah, hope you understand what I mean). If you lose your cent or ostwind to a light, it is a big missplay of yours whatever faction you pick in this case, but both, AEC and puma, should have an opportunity to hunt this tank down, since their purpose is AT-duty. Su-76 loses 1v1 fight to PIV in a lots of scenarios (while it still have possibility to finish it down after eaten satchel or few ZIS-3 shots, for example), but it doesn't mean, that PIV requires nerf on it's AT effectivness. Same appeals to ostwind. There was a thread about Ostwind against allied mediums, and there is proved already, that ostwind is not usually winning 1v1 fights against those. Sry for this wall of text, that's all my bad english. Anyways, point is, that both stuart and AEC have a little window of opportunity against ostwind and they do not require more.

LUL;

i am sure that was LMCTX on diana smurf account.
https://www.twitch.tv/lmctx/clip/ImpartialBoredBadgerArsonNoSexy?filter=clips&range=7d&sort=time

Yeah, rly, this is him, nickname recognised.
One question left: why this dude cannot just go out from my head?

That's how you really spot a biased player: simply ask, is Ostwind OP.
If answer is positive, then there is some sort of allied fanboy. Have you guys even tried to play both sides?

Btw there is one thing about ostwind, of you check patchnotes:
Like 2 years ago or something like that relic tried to do something with ostwind, and they reduced it's price so we could get it earlier. It haven't really affect the units usage anywhere, but now old 100 fuel cost looks like fair thing as far as ostwind is performing well.