Profile of Death's Head

Reminds me of Total War with spread formation, I like this idea.

Exactly, you got it.

It wouldn't totally negate artillery of course but it would mitigate the common squad wipes due to RNG by giving some control to the player. Besides, they wouldn't get in spread automatically so it would require some skill to maintain your infantry for a few moments longer.

I think a really cool and underused implement has been ToV's reward units. Each of the four factions received 2 extra vehicles that could get swapped into the load-out by removing another. It allowed you to augment and tailor your non-doctrinal force to better suit your personal strategy and play style.

Now some would say that since we have commander load-outs in CoH2 we can already customize our force pretty well going into a game but...let's face it, commanders rule this game, partly because the tiers are just not attractive/rewarding in their current state and partly because they offer the only way of surprising your opponent.

Balance patches are fine when and if(!) they come along but they are not going to comprehensively change the tier buildings into something very different from what they are now so...maybe if for instance the Ost Panzer IV could be replaced with a Hetzer (think something between the M10 and the JP4 in armour/health) it could make Ost T3 very effective with Ostwinds tackling infantry while protected with light/medium TDs, but they would lose out on the all-around medium tank.

How about replacing the SU-85 with a KV-85? It would be far more expensive, have the armour of a KV-1 with the output of a T-34/85, and could be a non-doc heavy that would balance out Soviet call-in reliance. The Soviets sacrifice their go-to TD in return.

These are just some ideas but you get the picture. You have to lose something to gain something else and this in combination with your commander can offer more synergy and exciting new strategies.

Based on a real quote, kind of familiar to us CoH players isn't it?

So OKW is the only faction I have yet to play 1v1 with. I have maintain positive records with the other three factions but somehow OKW terrifies me as I know how aggressive you need be with capping in 1v1s...and it just feels like while i'm buying a retreat point my opponent has an extra Con or Rifle squad to breath down my neck. OKW in team games is a joke/blast but I seriously think if I go in with a 3v3/4v4 OKW mindset i'll get blown sky high.

So...what are the dos and don'ts?

And what is the safe/current meta? From what I know, Luft and Fortifications are THE meta for the MG34s and the PaK 43/Falls respectively...What's a good 3rd commander for rounding off? Was thinking Scavenge for Ostwind/Jaegers? Which maps to veto?

Just want a briefing on OKW before I go and lose 3 or 4 in a row.

I mean of course 4v4 is just for laughs but it's a bit too easy to waste 30+ minutes of someone's day but ordering attack ground because you have no life and need to get pleasure this way.