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I'm not sure about the stat/cost changes, but I absolutely agree that no mainline should be able to build sandbags. Voted yes.

Not atm, we self are not sure. It all belongs to relic.

Only known fact is, there will be a hotfix coming again and some changes to brit again.

But don't ask me when^^.

That's understandable, and thanks for letting us know.

However, with updates/patches in the future (for example, a summer/fall patch?), knowing the 'scope' beforehand would really help ease communication between the general community, the balance team and Relic. Communication surrounding the last patch was, imo, not that great; and it seems to have caused a lot of frustration in the community (which I think everyone wants to avoid).

Even a relatively small announcement (before the patch started testing) similar to this would go a long way:

"We're working on a new patch, with the goal of addressing (Unit Types). We're not looking to redesign these units entirely, so we're limiting changes to moderate buffs and nerf. This patch also won't be addressing doctrines.

Some really good ideas here. I'd vote "yes to all" except for:

UKF
- land mattress reinforce cost from 45 to 22. (De-)Setup time buffed. These last 2 points are to address the brits' atrocious indirect fire situation in teamgames

The land-mattress reinforce cost is a trade-off for it not being destroyed as easily. All other mobile on-map arty (rocket/regular/etc.) is extremely fragile; and can be completely destroyed with most off-maps, direct hits with on-map, or a dive with a cheap unit. The land-mattress, while it can be easily decrewed, cannot be easily destroyed - thus, the resource investment is a lot more safe (you're paying for the weapon, not the crew). If the weapon's health itself was decreased to match a Stuka, for example, then this would be fine. Basically; yes, if a direct hit by on-map arty destroys the crew and weapon - no, otherwise.

UKF
- green flares added to the royal arty recon flares so the enemy can notice it more easily.

OKW
- spec ops recon flares now drop 3 green flares in the area so the enemy can notice it more easily.

It would be better to replace both with either a recon pass or recon loiter. Zero-counter recon just doesn't fit the game.

Pack howitzer is fine.

No, it's not. Its currently an inconsistent RNG wiping machine. Its both incredibly frustrating to use, and to play against.

It might blow your mind, but the game is not about 1 unit vs other in complete vacuum, where other units can enter the field only after the first one is dead.

In evaluating units, you take into account costs, timing and OTHER UNITS SUPPORTING IT AKA faction context.

Yes, exactly; and until people realize that OST's main problem is that other factions core design hard-counters them (and not small stat tweaks), OST as a whole is always going to toggle between OP and UP.

Let's just look at one core fact about OST's faction design: they rely heavily on static weapons:

• The entire faction is designed around support-weapon play; MGs covering grens, Mortars covering MGs, etc.
  
• The entire faction is designed around 4-man squads
  
• Grens moving accuracy is pretty bad, and their LMG can't fire on the move (and has awful setup/turn times).
  
• Their only non-doc 60+ range AT solution is the Pak40 (a support weapon)
  
• Their only non-doc CQC unit is the 4-man PGren squad, which is really a mid-range AI squad, and it also has to double as their only AT squad
  

We can argue about other stuff, like Panthers, Stugs, PWerfers and stuff all day - but the core of the faction can be summarized as "4 model units, remaining stationary in combat".

What do other factions have available to them in large quantities, regardless of doc choice? Powerful, auto-firing, Indirect fire, lots of smoke and units that can gap-close (firing on the move) and remain powerful at medium/close range.

How is OST supposed to play? The Pack-howitzer and Scott can force a squad to retreat in 2 shots each, so its not by being stationary. Their mainline infantry units can't fire on the move (and the LMG42 setups up slowly), so it's not by being mobile.

OST used to excel at moving "cover to cover", which was a pretty fun play style, but UKF simply does that better now (Cover 'Bonus', Moving Accuracy, Brens faster setup/aim time) while also having a larger squad size (bolster) and a cheaper reinforce cost per-model.

OST also used to excel in late-game; that was their gimmick - weak early game, but very power late game - but that's also been nerfed. Their late game is good, yes, but its no better than any other faction.

So, what is OSTs core play style? Note; 'core' - that means simply hard-locking the same commander very game isn't the answer. Docs are supposed to add flavor and provide specific tools - not make the faction playable.

Buffing Grens won't fix this.

Almost certainly a GPU issue of some sort; my guess would be VRAM related.

Things you could try:
Re-install GPU drivers (unlikely to fix it, but it's easy)
Adjust GPU's VRAM speed (small decrease)
Adjust GPU's voltages (tiny increase)

Either way, I'd almost certainly say the card is "going bad", and will need replacement at some point. The above steps just increase that window of time.