Profile of RMMLz

No. I would not call it in even if it gives me fuel for calling it! I mean, the role of this unit is not clear. Is it AT, well at mark 15 minutes it can't even penetrate a PzIV. Is it AI, why not katyusha?

Bottom line, even if you reduce the fuel price by half, it's still useless. Need a total rework.

Where'd you find it for $15? I want to buy AA too.

Where do you expect? Steam. Duuuh.

So yeah rimmlz. I probably have more invested in this internally than i should. But you're post script man. jeez. You have something factual you want to share with the class? Or are you just IMOing us. The rest of comment seems like is grounded in sound logic. But this hole thread is IMO.

You're right, and that's because with each passing day, I become lazier and lazier. I've stated my opinion here and there (not that my opinion is something superior to yours of course) and since relic is taking their time, I just state "IMO" to save my time. But you're right, I have to be more clear.

First of all, I try to suggest things that I thing relic will at least consider. Let's be realistic, they are not gonna Redo a faction (very very unlikely, don't you think?). But we all know that the current state of balance is not only because of some OP/UP units, but because of broken game mechanics and game meta. So What do I -as an average player- think?

- Tweak suppression mechanics This will help USF to effectively punish OKW/Ostheer blobbers with M2HB
- Fix USF's Popcap issue. Right now, two Jacksons have more popcap than a panther, but are required to counter a panther most of the time. Officers are also obligatory popcap users. If you decide to bring both Lt and CPT in, you are gonna have problems later in the game.
- Increase USF's AT power against super heavies. Tweak jacksons in particular (Increase acceleration, increase Penetration and reduce damage)

By fixing the blob problem, particularly OKW's blobfest, thing are gonna change in a good way. As I said, USF has a lot of good potential and interesting units, but right now OKW players stall the game and go for super heavies. If you bring in AI units, you are gonna waste resource and popcan on them and will lose to Panthers/KT/JT. If you spam Jacksons, 5-6 Volks will kill them all with their first rocket volley and a lone Obersoldaten squad will frontally engage and kill your M2HB.

The thing is, there are a LOT of feasible suggestions for balance on this forum, and we try to suggest the simplest ways so Relic would at least consider them. Take a look at CoH2 Issue Tracker, there are a lot of good suggestions which are easily tweaked/implemented. Is Relic willing to consider them? Let's hope so.

Seriously there are like zero constructive posts in here and not a single person seems to be trying to contribute to an idea that would work beyond an "up" or "down" nerf/buff scale!

If you want a discussion, fine.

What you suggest doesn't make any sense. Why? because first of all, USF, Soviets and OKW players are potentially blobbers. Soviet and USF can outnumber you early/mid game. But thanks to the 5 vet system, later in the game Volksblobs are unbeatable because of :1) Their laser guided javelin missile and 2) they become ninjas and refuse to die. Obers are very powerful even at vet0

But your mistake is that you think people blob because they want to use munition. They do because it's easier to micro (if you consider "point and licking" play style as micromanagement) and that they "float MP, not muni". I myself float a lot more muni when I play Soviets (I build demos and mines, but I still find myself with 200 extra ammo), do I blob with Soviets? no.

The problem with blobs has already been discussed in a lot of threads, and there are many good suggestions which are not simple "NURF DAT BUFF DAT" statements. The major problem with blobs is ineffective Crowd Control mechanics (most notably MGs). This is true for all 4 factions, and if you ask me Ostheer suffers much more.

Again, buffing Stuka doesn't make ANY SENSE. The game in general needs better Crowd Control. With better crowd control and a couple of nerfs and tweaks for Obers, things will get a lot better.

I feel I should mention that naming them 'clans' in CoH2 sounds really stupid to me. I'd prefer to see names like squad, platoon, battalion, panzergruppen (too tired can't think of better ones) based on their group size. The if a group is large enough give them an option to select an assigned number.

For examples you could have, the RNG 1st Battalion (Big Red One) or the TAB 101st Battalion.

I think it would be a nice bit of polish to see games containing members of 'clans' from separate squads, groups, battalions.

That's actually a neat idea!. The only thing I'm concerned about is that I don't wanna see unrelated clan (whatever you name it) decal in game, like Napalm's avatar as a decal
IMO there can be custom made decals, as long as the creator designs a decal with WWII in mind. I don't want it to be 100% historical, it would be cool to see clan decals which are modified version of real life divisions.