Profile of ZombiFrancis

Unless you transfer the mortar pit to the USF faction, tommies won't cut it to attack enemy indirect fires.

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Hey people, how many times over the years does this need to be explained:

The rate at which a player acquires CP exp is different than the rate at which a player acquires resources.

Resources are acquired on the team level. As in, each player gets the resources from territory points the whole team controls.

CPs are acquired on the player level. As in, each player individually gets CPs from building and fighting.

This does not, and cannot, translate cleanly into team games.

When there are more than one players to a side, unless they are fighting in separate 1v1s, they are not necessarily acquiring CPs as quickly (or slowly) as their teammates.

This has had the ingame result of slower CP gain the more players there are in relation to tech. (You actually get more xp from a long drawn out and phyrric battle than a decisive and crushing victory or loss. Double teaming a player actually results in less CP gain.) Therefore the CP cost of a unit in relationship to tech costs/resources is not the same across game modes.

Ergo: it is impossible to actually balance commanders across the different game modes/sizes.

Solution: Distribute CP exp evenly across entire team.

The reason this works instead of splitting resources is that the manpower resource is not territory related, (unfortunately) as it is related to pop cap which players don't have any control over

I find it consistently amazing that preferred gameplay has tanks fighting atgs and unturreted tank destroyers from the front.

And that this is the basis of balance decisions.

Please, teach us. Grace us with your knowledge.

Some changes to worldbuilder would be very welcome and might make the 2v2 map contest much more fruitful.

Specific changes detailed in my signature. Wouldn't change anything existing ingame, live, custom, or modded, but would allow for much more flexible map design.

Most design and balance discussions are halted by the issue of available maps. Remedy that and design and balance issues might start being solved instead of moved around.

Just saying, maps are a major bottleneck to gameplay and balance issues. Please consider addressing this.

Close Air Support v Anything.