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All they probably need to do is categorize certain abilities. For example: ISU = heavy, IS2 = heavy, Tiger = heavy.

Then, cap 1 category per commander. So you can have something like: 1 offmap ability, 1 infantry call-in, 1 heavy etc etc.

This is a simply a rough draft idea, but to be fair the current commanders are already just mix and match similar abilities so this is actually giving some people more choices. Maybe I don't like shocks and I like guards, so I get guards, and as long as they let you see what your opponent can field before a battle you can have an idea of what to expect.

I think it could be cool and would definitely bring some really interesting variation.

They don't have much to lose. The last time I played coh2 (maybe 6-7 months ago) the game balance was not really "on" since you had to use a few distinct commanders to compete. What's the worst that can happen?

That being said... I welcome the change if it's implemented in an intelligent way.

Since coh2 doesn't have anything it does better than coh1 (my opinion... RELAX) it would give me a reason (as a fan of the franchise) to switch between the two games. I primarily still play the first game and have no reason to play the second. The commander customization would make the game stand out and offer a feature that doesn't exist in COH1 and would likely lure me into coming back for some casual coh2 gaming.

Yea, I said it, this game is not going to be competitive, or so it seems, but it could still be fun which is totally possible with the way they are panning out their decisions. It's not this nightmare scenario this community makes it out to be.

Whenever there are big changes there's always someone freaking out. Just let them do what they want and lets see how it goes. At the end of the day you have no control regardless and I guarantee relic gets tired of these hyper negative remarks about everything they do. Let the game developers develop a game, chill out, and try to have some fun... that is in essence what gaming is about.

You want to compare CoH2 to vCoH and you're saying I'm the one that needs to think outside the box? Bringing vCoH into a CoH2 argument is about as in-the-box as you can be. Charging in blindly isn't how you should play, and if it's working, something is wrong between either Volksgrenadiers or Riflemen.

Burts sums it up quite well. Some people kept saying PG's should never get buffed because they're not supposed to charge in guns blazing. Now some of those same people are saying it's perfectly okay for Riflemen to charge in because they're more expensive than Volks, even though the cost and tech disparity of Conscripts vs Panzergrenadiers is much larger than Riflemen vs Volks. Speaking of, you completely dodged the question.

Here since your eyes glazed over I reposted the second half of my post which was the point I "didn't address"

2. I don't leave my volks unsupported and expect to beat a more powerful and expensive core infantry unit; that's a tad more brainless don't you think? This situation is incredible unique to the moment, were your volks completely stationary behind the best cover? Were they left unsupported? Did the rifles have upgrades? Were you charging at rifles and tried to close a distance on a more effective close range unit? Etc etc. They're not SUPPOSED to beat rifles, but with proper positioning and the right situation, they can. That's the whole point of them, cheap meat shield infantry until you tech to get something with some punch. US has a good early game.

Also, if anything is ACTUALLY broken or imbalanced vs the match-up, it's probably volley fire.

+1 million sir! all these god damn morons spouting garbage "rifles are not OP" LOLZ living in dreamland! Relic have to nerf em or game will be dead within weeks, totally broken atm, FACT!

Actually this was a common vcoh mechanic. Also, that game had a steady popular playerbase until the steam merge so if people learned to deal with it there they can learn the meta and learn to deal with it in the second installment of basically the same game.

I love volks, they scale well, and are generally best used as distractions for your hard hitting weaker units to get in close (or take less damage). Also the fact that they get shreks later on makes them great for infantry centric armies as long as you can keep them alive.

Also.... volks cost 240 and rifles 280 which has been mentioned multiple times.