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4v4 just feels more epic

Well Balance is a different thing from "Boring" and "Stale-Meta"

But you need to park it and set it up

Some things will be the same across 1v1 against 4v4

Others are not


For example 4v4 sees more map control, more caches and more stuff to be salvaged, as such late game where Axis do better comes sooner and represents a bigger part of the game - especially as games tend to be longer. It also allows OKW to off-set their resource penalty by having access to caches

It also can mean that more bases are covered through Commander Abilities and tech choices - so 2 Soviets can have all 4 tiers between them.

And "random v arranged team" is another matter entirely


None of that means that balance shouldn't start in 1v1 and if 1v1 gets resolved then many of the issues that affect 4v4 will also be resolved, but 4v4 will still have things unique to it.


All that said, looking at where we have been:

http://www.coh2.org/topic/27284/remember-when

The game was in a very good state prior to WFA coming out and considering how long that took relative to where we are now and considering that relic lost their lead balance and that doing 4 factions is more than twice as hard as doing 2 I am content with the situation right now


A lot of balance "discussion" is L2P and QQ anyway and I don't take it very seriously

Honestly it is hard but doable.
I wish more games were like this. It gives you much more pleasure once you've mastered the mission.

Exactly

It's not the hardest mission by far and if they get beaten on the first try people complain about lack of value.

If you think this is hard then you are not ready for Kharkov Pursuit and Bridge Defense