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Jump back to quoted post3 May 2017, 14:22 PMLoxley

This is so with the most changes "suggested" here. They talk about more diversity with commanders, but in reality, they make much commanders useless and no one will play them anymore.
Crappy Sturmtiger that can not be combined with KT, no one will play it,
Pak43 for so much fuel and it still gets destroyed in seconds, no one will play it anymore,
Elefant that needs only 1-2 shots less than a panther to kill something, but can not escape and has to be secured be many units, no one will play it.
Same can happen with soviet FHQ commander.

Jump back to quoted post2 May 2017, 20:24 PMdrChengele

This thread is Christmas come early for me as I play mostly 4v4s with friends. Admittedly I play allies more, so will refrain from balance comments except to say I believe that nerfing Stuka will probably have more effect on the allied/axis winrate than all the other changes combined.

The thing with the Elefant and Jagdtiger is that they come in doctrines which make them seem more OP than they are: both Elefant doctrines come with the Stuka Dive Bomb (and one with scopes), and the vetted Fusiliers' LOS synergizes great with the Jagd.

I would personally disable fire on the move from both the Jagd and the Elefant (and ISU). Require a second of being stationary before they can fire. I believe this would greatly facilitate flanking.

If oneshotting howies gets fixed, I propose making indirect fire a soft counter for heavies: howitzers should get a damage bonus versus them (KT, Pershing, IS2 and up) and/or get arty-cover-style gunner criticals.

Imagine having to deal with MG42s with infantry only, if you had no indirect fire and no smoke. This is what allied play vs Elefant/Jagdtiger looks like at the moment. This is why mortars exist, so you can deal with the slow but powerful machine guns indirectly. In this analogy, howitzers are to heavies what mortars are to MGs - artillery should absolutely MURDER stationary superheavies or force a reposition so that tanks can roll in, just like it is a good idea to follow up a mortar barrage with an infantry attack. Except artillery is a minor inconvenience to heavies at best (that can be one-click deleted off the map to boot).

Also, shared income from caches needs to go. (I realize this will never happen and is outside of the authority that was given to the community balance team.) This would not impact the precious 1v1s and would do wonders for larger team modes. If a team of 4 puts up 3 fuel caches relatively early on, this injects a total of ~1300 fuel into the economy of a 4 person team over the course of a normal 4v4 game, which is completely insane.

Jump back to quoted post1 May 2017, 22:15 PMAugust1996

I'm sorry but I have to stop you right there and then. I could write a long essay on why balance must be 1v1 oriented and not team games, but I leave you to look at Starcraft(the most successful RTS of all time)