Profile of MarcoRossolini

You don't want Maxims as OH, you'll rather pick it up as OKW since you might not choose a commander with MGs. At most is denial.

OH doesn't need a T34 > They have a P4. Why the hell would you want a T34 as OKW ? You need AI you get P2 or Flak, you want AT you get JPIV or P5.

The only thing every Axis player wants is the 120mm.

Showing my age here.

A few patches ago there were a whole bunch of threads where OH players talked about desperately wanting the Maxim and Soviets wanted the MG-42. My thoughts on the T-34 thing, which admittedly was a bit dumb, was that there's always a problem with OH of having to spend a pile to tech to tanks.
On the other hand, it would be an interesting faction that combined the combined infantry arms of the OH with the cheaper tanks of the USSR...

Never liked the way Axis AT and Tanks were superior to their allies counterparts. Whilst I generally support the OP's post, I think the Allies general advantages in AI capabilities would need to be rearranged, although not neccessarily toned down.

Personally though, I'd still fully support a complete game redesign... The new patch raises some hope (NDA, NDA, NDA)

War is, frankly, far too important an issue to be left to the military alone.

Fascinating discussion chaps.

This line is all the more true given the era of total war that began with World War I...


With regards to honouring the soldiers.
This is an awkward spot for me and I still don't have an adequate answer to the problems I have with this sentiment.
Often you'll find that when you criticise either the nature of the war or the soldiers themselves, be it for crimes or whatever, you'll run into this attitude that makes the soldiers inviolate. You cannot comment critically on the war without being labelled by your detractors as a person who disrespects the sacrifice of those soldiers. We have this problem in Australia, where this thing called the "Anzac spirit" is trumpetted about which effectively says "Australian soldiers are better than other people's soldiers for a these reasons". Anybody who questions how brave and how great mates these soldiers were immediately comes under fire for disrespecting them.
A similar problem, on a more international level, comes with the memory of Wehrmacht soldiers. On one level, they were simple guys who like everyone else had been conscripted/indoctrinated (remember the measures the Nazis took to get the people, in particular children, onto their side?) into the Wehrmacht and were told to fight and did.
On the other hand, they fought for the worst regime the world had known (sorry, but the communists only managed to get close, not surpass them), they made possible the bringing of that terrible regime to most of Europe and committed unspeakable acts themselves.
But... they're still conscripted, they're still caught up in this terrible war their leadership brought on them... and they've been indoctrinated by the Nazi Propaganda machine...
So what's the neat little middle ground in this? Because you can't just commemorate the soldiers and forget the unspeakable acts they fought to defend and yet if you don't commemorate them then you're disrespecting those men who fought and often didn't have much choice.

Just drawing your attention to this kickstarter that has surfaced (surprise, surprise) on kickstarter. Given the nature of this one, it's probably up several (including my own) people's alley.
Given my current CoH2 burnout, I think this one might be worth a look, particular given the large scale map and apparent emphasis on realism.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1645225223/panzer-grounds?ref=category_recommended

I'm not really a fan of increasing Volks MP either. They're pretty ho-hum to be honest all round until they get the shrek. Aggressive allied play can shut them down pretty well. It's the Kubelwagen and Sturmpios that really keep Allies completely under control.
If volks are going to be made to cost more, they need to be worth that price increase. The only way I can see that happening without them becoming mirrors of rifles is if they were to have a very cheap variety of upgrades.

I agree with the sentiments of others as well regarding the MP40. Whilst not the most stellar of SMGs, it still deserves to be actually half decent. It needs a buff and pioneers need to perhaps be nerfed in some other way to compensate...