Profile of ThoseDeafMutes

I actually have seen a Priest + B4 combo in a 2v2 once! But it's definitely not a normal part of the Meta.

Make Jackson doctrinal and im fine. Imagine Pershing + Jackson behind = gg

SU85 + IS2 has been possible since vanilla COH2. Or the Panther+Tiger combo. Long range tank destroyer + strong heavy tank. It's only a balance issue if the Pershing is OP. If a pershing was 240-260 fuel it would be extremely expensive to field with a 125 fuel, very fragile TD. There's also the question of AI vs AT power, the Pershing could also be a primarily AT vehicle, meaning it ends up vulnerable to a Pak or infantry based AT strategy, which the Axis is uniquely suited to field given that they have the best infantry AT and the best AT gun (Wehr).

The Pershing doctrine would also possibly be weaker than others early on. No M1919s, no Airborne, no Assault Engineers, maybe a mediocre arty strike. People are saying a Pershing would wreck balance but it is entirely dependent on how it gets implemented. A balanced pershing is 10000% possible in 1v1 context.

In a 2v2 context, it's an even stupider complaint since IS2 + M36 is already in use. Double USF is pathetic in lategame though, and the Pershing would make it theoretically viable (assuming its a decent unit).

Or maybe trenches, being holes in the ground should just not die... capturable by anyone who can get to them, but they shouldn't die.

I think if we went for a more traditional WWI style trench though instead of this one with the tarp/blind over the top, it might make things more interesting.

Being able to capture them was good, the problem with trenches in CoH1 though was that flamers were the only way to reliably deal with them. You could literally stick a machinegun aiming down the trench lengthways with no obstacles between the bullets and the people sitting in the trench, and it would still count as "better than green cover" for the tommies inside.

Of course, if you make them flankable, which is more realistic, you have the problem of near uselessness because combat distances in the game are drastically short. It takes seconds to get from maximum rifle range to grenade lobbing range. It's gonna be silly and unrealistic no matter how you cut it to be honest.

Full pop-cap represents about company size, per the name of the game.

Unless you fill it up just with core infantry you're not going to get to ~80 men, which is where company formations start at the low end.

Of course it's possible. It's exceptionally unlikely, though. I've probably lost 5+ team games because either myself or my partner disconnected, and the grace period during which you can reconnect is nowhere near long enough for a modem to power cycle.