Profile of Imagelessbean

So the one reason to even make penals, they removed it.....

Unless you need to take out a lot of bunkers before the 8 minute mark and you don't want to use a Zis, yes, there is no reason to make penals.

I think the lesson here is don't use Penals...ever.

Absolutely no change in range. Currently it has 45 range, with 5 more range it will be able to serious threaten all dedicated AT units. This is especially problematic for USF which rely on Jacksons (or Wolverines) to attack the KT by kiting it. One wrong pathing issue, which it will definitely have, and the USF TD will be dead.

The tank is not a tank, it is a turret on wheels. Use it as such and you will find it quite amazing. It is able to sit on a point and just snipe units that try to move forward.

In smaller games this tank is less useful because of the huge fuel investment. In larger team games this unit is still performing very well. As a player who played through the large game Axis rofl stomp period of 2014 I really hesitate to give any buffs to this unit, which can already be built with a command panther, or a JT in those formats, and frequently works with those units in those game modes.

Wow lots of chicken littles in this thread. I still find Axis a broader threat in larger team games, because they have access to everything the Allies do and then some.

Here are my recommendations when playing Wehr:

MG, Gren, Mortar or Gren, Gren, MG if heavy inf play, T2, AC or HT, Pak, decide from here. If against Brits T3 is very attractive for Stugs. If playing a more static game consider pushing on to T4 and getting Werfers.

As Wehr your goal is to set up a nice forward line and then creep forward with MG support until you reach the Brit lines. At this point dig in and continue to bleed them with mortars while getting armor. If you reach the very late game get an Elephant or use air support to bleed away vet squads/tanks, and keep the VP's in contention. Once the opposing player is well bled you can make a concerted push. USF is still weaker as the game drags on, and Soviet players have limited access to good on map arty right now.

Commanders: Anything with MTHT, consider commanders with LeFHs. Always bring Jaeger armor, CAS is a nice one to have, Ostruppen can be effective, Assualt Gren is also nice on some maps.

My recommendations for OKW:

Kubel or Volks, Volks, Med (or Mech if you have a real strat laid out), ISG if med, Puma if Mech. From here the options really start to open up since you will have many opportunities. If winning get the Schwer quickly and cement the win. If losing continue to get Volks to limit MP bleed and provide some AT base.

Use of the still broken JPIV is always nice. Luchs are very hard to get your monies worth. Panther is ok, PIV is flat out nasty if you can keep it alive. Obers are ok, but you must micro them. Falls are still not worth it, Jaegers or ok, Fusiliers are amazing.

Be careful about using the expensive Volks grenade. Use it only when you can kill models.

KT's are powerful but you will want to build them only if you can support them. They now have longer range than other stock tanks.

I find the OKW particularly dependent on JT in the late game, or possibly a vet Command Panther. The JT will help hold a VP freeing up at least one other player to push on another VP. This will turn the game into a 2v1 somewhere in your favor. There off maps are still underwhelming, but you should be able to convert large amounts of fuel in the late game to munitions.

Make sure you keep your HQ's a little spread out, and be careful with your vet units, they are critical to your late game.

Commanders: JT and CmdPanther, Defensive commander is also good, ST is possible, Salvage commander not usually but maybe.

Yes, but I think balancing 1s/2s helps to balance 3s/4s, to a degree. Essentially, especially on maps like city 17, the game is basically broken down to a 2v2 on each respective side, at least the first 20 minutes. Its much easier to balance a 1v1 game than a 4v4 game due to the sheer number of factors.

Sometimes it does, and sometimes it doesn't.

The difference between larger and smaller game modes is more than the number of players the engage in combat. For instance, in larger games, like City 17, although it can become two 2v2 games, the way in which the resource points are in contention and the number of OP points a player can benefit from are wildly different from any 2v2 game.

@Jadame! when you are done beating up helpless straw men, the conversation continues below. Relic is trying to balance game modes so that all types of games are fun, hence why Brits were almost exclusively a team faction at release.