Panzerwerfers that came from T3 and could fire a salvo every 47 sec at VET 3 (with 12 rockets)
COH 2 Beta flamers that had no cooldown and fired full auto, making combat engineers beat Panzergrenadiers in a 1vs1 (Basically flames killed all infantry, but Relic quickly nerfed them)
When Panther outclassed the Tiger and there was no reason to build it, same thing with IS-2 costing 300 fuel and losing to a stug in a 1vs1, resulting everyone going with Conscripts and SU-85´s
Original IL-2 Strafe that only attacked the targeted spot that you called it in, basically making it only good vs buildings or immobile enemies... (all hell broke lose when Relic made it target enemies on its own, like the Stuka Strafing run, that was META back then)
OLD HUD and Inspire ability on Soviet infantry VET 1 that made them fight harder with fewer men (considered OP back then, and removed for a reason)
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Victory points that ticked down rapidly, ending the game in 10 minutes (thank god that Relic slowed the VP tick time down)
Original "Blitzkrieg" & the "Overdrive" ability of Soviet scoutcars/halftracks that gave them super sonic speed
When COH 2 had lovely Blizzards
When Units had low Pop cap and you could have huge armies, and spam as many tanks as you want
When T34/76 did 80dmg per hit and was only useful for ramming (Original counter for Tiger ACE)
When HelpingHans got VonIvan banned by Relic
(Caused a real shitstorm in the community, and the downfall of COH EXPERTS)
The Original automatch window, only the radar has stayed the same all these years
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When we got Ladders and we could see our stats!
Original observer replay system made by Janne252, so live games could be watched
When Rapid conscription gave you Penal Battalions and original Ostruppen were too good (Back then you could only get Ostruppen from Relief infantry ability)