Profile of Kurobane

The Commander itself doesn't hold up. The whole point of the commander is the Easy 8 and it is Ok at best (still sucks) if the rest of the commander was better then it would be fine in the current state that its in. However since most of the commander sucks and offers nothing that USF needs then (why would USF need a shitty Jackson?) there is no point in picking the commander.

Also there are too many Doctrinal Sherman Variants that provide nothing to USF some of them should be made non-doctrinal. They should remake the Easy 8 into a Command Tank for the USF that offers something unique for USF.

axis isn't just easier to play as to understand how to play. Their tools just plain work. There is an effective tool for every situation. With allies, you have a lot more failures, especially with penetration in AT battles.

This is true especially when comparing things like the MG-42 and Vickers. They also have complete armies which allow greater freedom in commander choice while USF is almost mandatory to pick Calliope/Priest because they don't have good ways of dealing with support weapon spam such as Non Doc Brumbar, Non Doc artillery pieces or snipers.

would it be so bad to turn the B4 into a pak43 clone with a vet1 single shot barrage ability that does 640 damage???
You know just food for thought.

Would make sense but balance team lacks logic and foresight and does these wild ass changes every patch that make no sense. The game has become more imbalanced since they started and they should be renamed the Imbalance Team.

Soviets already have the ML-20 they did not need another competing artillery piece. Granted I am sure we could all agree that the previous B4 needed buffs but rather than a straight up power buff it could have been given a utility buff by turning into a Pak 43 clone. The previous B4 vet ability gave it the ability to be a Pak 43 for like 2 seconds so it was trash and hurt the unit overall as the only real use it had was the RNG Meme gun.

By Fixing that it would have still been a buff without the never ending barrage of nuclear strikes.

Can someone genuinely explain to me why Ostruppen were buffed in this patch? This seems like a completely clueless buff at least from a 1v1/2v2 perspective.

Its more like a semi buff. They lost early game performance for better late game performance with the MG-42.

You don't really seem to understand chain of command very well. Yes, you are superior to the comissar and the troops, but the troops report to the commissar. The soldiers do not answer directly to you, that is a construct of the video game. In real life, orders are disseminated from the top of the rank structure down to the bottom. The commanding general of an army is not going to tell a squad of infantrymen to retreat, that's the job of their squad leader.

You, as the commander, are effectively issuing an order to the commissar that he is not to allow a retreat past his position. Where he stands is the line drawn in the sand. It is his responsibility to make sure that his troops do not retreat past his position.

And yes, it is completely fine to give a commissar a forward retreat point with the idea that it is to represent order 227, because faction flavor has always been a thing.

Why do soviets have 6-7 man squads while OST has 4-5? Why do the americans use a literal ambulance to apparate soldiers out of thin air? Why do the British engineers build bofors with nothing but the rucks on their backs?

These things are gamey and not meant to be taken so seriously.

So to recap, orders are disseminated down from higher ranking officers to the lower, the commanding general does not give orders to soldiers, this is a construct of a video game. A forward retreat point for the comissar being explained as relating to Order 227 is fine because faction flavor has always been a thing. And I am hungry and I'm going to eat breakfast now. Good day.

Agreed 100%. COH 2 is a video game which is loosely based on World War 2. The Commissar having FRP based on Order 227 would fit the theme of the unit very well even if it may or may not be 100% accurate as COH 2 is not a WW 2 simulator. If it was Whermacht would be making 1 Panther to take on 500 Shermans/T-34s and it wouldn't be a fun experience nor balanced.

Also The commissar held military rank equaling the unit commander to whom he was attached; moreover, the commissar also had the military authority to countermand the unit commander’s orders at any time. It fits the unit fine. Kasarov is basically a Karen that needs a safe space because he is obviously triggered over a video game which is not even close to being historically accurate. German Units do not wear Swastikas on any of the uniforms (replaced with Iron Cross and also most of the Uniforms in game are slightly inaccurate - Also needing to meet market regulations to have the game be sold) yet you do not see anyone having a melt down over it like Kasarov is with "Not One Step Back".

Regardless of how brave Soviet troops were, Stalin did demonstrated how little he cared for other peoples lives in many occasion.

"Negative" stereotype should be aiming at Stalin and not the troops.

Agree with you here Vipper. Especially since Stalin was well known for committing crimes (purges) against his own people that make the Holocaust look meager (all crimes against humanity are terrible regardless of scale) in comparison. Anyway apologies for going a bit off topic there.

The Point is Soviets should have more access to FRPs and the Commissar would be a good candidate for that. Whermacht could also use some FRP love as well wether it be through an officer or retreat bunker it doesn't matter what flavor is chosen as long as it fits thematically with said theme/commander/faction.

It would be nice also if OKW could make additional Battlegroup Headquarters considering British with extra manpower can build numerous across the map.