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mortars > tanks, seems legit

It happens on other maps aswell when you face the combination of a wall and some trees/bushes right behind it.

Aww, how about some cold kreme for ur buttmad? Stay frosty, padawan.

Anyhoo, I welcome my next set of commanders, and any other DLC they've got lined up for 2014 for that matter. I admit when I first started playing the beta and then learned of the DLC commanders coming I was like "why" but once the game came out and I started getting into the nuances of the individual commanders more, no they're not P2W like the "all DLC is a scam and should be included in the base game forever" whiners insist, they're simply a different way of playing the game, they're fun little diversions, and admittedly I now own most of them, along with all the ToW DLC's, and have not regretted these purchases because I've gotten my money's worth so far. Once new COH2 DLC's stop delivering and stop giving me my money's worth I'll stop buying.

ANd remember kids, optional content is optional.

First of all it isn't optional since you have no influence on wether or not your opponent bought commanders. Selling co-op and single player dlcs is no problem at all. Selling stuff that gives players an advantage in a 1v1 is wrong. The entire design of a game revolving around a dlc system is not good for gameplay and balance at all.

By stating that you "got your money's worth" you pretty much admitt to buying an advantage. Commanders were and still are unbalanced, they just get pumped out to milk the customers without game balance in mind. A month or so later they get adjusted/overruled by even stroner ones.

Just to be clear: I have 0 problems with skins and co, but as soon as dlc content can only be earned by paying with real money things become p2w all too easy. If you manage to just give people "different" things, np but honestly pushing shit such as windustry, comeback ace, and all the other initially op commanders out there aggrevates me.

A lot of games have shown that fewer but better designed and balanced units make for a better game with a lot more longevity. The commander overlap just adds to the already existing clutter. The prime example for doing it right is Corld in Conflict imo.

I really hope that changes will be made to the commander system but considering that relic can't make 3.99 every other month off of it i highly doubt it's going to happen.

Guards are 1 cp, so there is no tech required to get them. They are light at, and therefore suppossed to deal with light vehicles. Against t3+ they are just a softcounter and need to hit the rear armor. They do not cost ANY munitions, but are still able to support heavier at units via the button ability. The Guards grenade is actually quite good.

In conclusion: You have no idea what you are talking about, wanting cheap guards to stand up to the most highly armored late game units.

Very informative OP, quite an indepth explanation, great reasoning. MVGame