thats exactly why i call CoH2 the CoD of RTS genre, can you ever make a CoD fan like a skilled shooting game? no ofcourse not, CoD is alot easier to learn it has no complicated stuff and same goes about CoH2 vs CoH1, i loved CoH1 because you needed SKILL+ prediction + reaction to win a game or atleast survive. but in CoH2 build and click to attack that's all. the problem is people who started CoH by CoH2 will not understand this. developers make the game more easy so more people can learn and more people will buy. these days games are not made for special fans they are being made for everyone, just look around you CoH 2 is not the only one, same goes about battlefield series. you can't compare Battlefield 2 to Battlefield 3 or 4 or the news ones becuase skill is GONE in new games.
I totally disagree with you here.
I am playing the CoH series since its release in 2006.
And when i think of Coh 1 following things come to my mind.
Sniper spam,
Airborne /inf spam ( Rangers, Grens (medic bunker))
annoying british blobs
Arty spam, calliopes + british arty
teriible maps like sheldt and hochwald gap, which where played 24/7 by the majority