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How's this seem t be working out for the folks that are going this BO

Shocks come out so early now you can really put a lot of pressure on the ost. I usually go 3 conscripts > shocks > t2 for atg > t4 for su-85 and katusha. Works out to a flexible army. I like the Shocks-kv8-is2 doctrine, and the shocks-conscript repair-isu152 the best for this strat.

Thanks for the info Doth Life, I just played against someone using Partisans on moscow outskirts winter. They basically spammed partisans out of the corner every time i contested the west fuel to either deny or keep it safe. I don't think the MP drain was worth it for him, but it did deny me a fuel point for a while.

There weren't any new commanders this patch, and overall the balance team has done a great job getting the new commanders in line in a reasonable amount of time.

Also, this video does a nice job of summing up the most recent patch:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUaTcW7rpvU#t=261

This patch looks great, and I can confirm that the unit responsiveness is much, much improved with these changes. Thanks!

I'm not a pro, but here is my input. Much of this has already been reiterated many times over.

vCoh had so much longevity because it was polished, well balanced (save for more than a few hiccups after ToV came out) and you never felt cheated after a loss. The game stayed fresh for so many years because there was always something I could point to that I could have done better in order to win. The meta game was simple, yet extremely deep. There were only 3 doctrines, and yet the game never got stale. CoH isn't the franchise to try and turn into a C&C spamfest(*COUGH*Soviet Industry). If I lost, it was because I made mistakes that I could learn from. The gameplay felt snappy, the micro was intense, and the early game infantry tactical play was extremely rewarding.

With this most recent patch, CoH2 has crossed a threshold it cannot return from. It will never be the polished, strategically exquisite game that its predecessor was. Its practically arcade mode now, it feels like a mod. It would be one thing if CoH2 was released with all of the current content made available for everyone. However, this current system SCREAMS money grab. During the beta, relic promised they wouldn't release game changing commanders for money, and that everyone would play under the same fundamental structure. How can they claim to live up to that statement when they have released Soviet Industry, and Elite Troops? Both of which fundamentally change the way the game is played, and you have to pay for it. But wait, there's more to come!

That doesn't even touch on the now impossible job of balance. It took years to iron out all of the kinks in vcoh, and they weren't releasing new units and abilities once every 2 months. At this rate, the meta will never have time to settle, and we will never get the wonderful opportunity to fully learn how to counter the new units and commanders. By the time the meta has settled, everyone will be on to the new FOM units. People are going to turn away from the game(if this keeps up I know I am) when they feel cheated by being handed a loss before the game has even started. Your turning the game into an arms race of commander choices. A match shouldn't hinge on commander choice, especially when purchased commanders change the game so fundamentally.