Get artillery when the situation ask for it, it's as simple as that. There is a large amount of players who enjoy the 4v4 sitter summer map and play for and hour doing nothing but artillary. That's not how the game is supposed to be played. It's a situational unit.
Anything happening in 4v4 and their maps is a guide to "how the game is not supposed to be played".
Way too many players, not enough resource points, huge fuel and muni inflation, spam, spam, spam.
Thats why no one ever talks about balance and 4v4 in the same post, or at least no one sane should.
CAS 2 "skill clicks" are bullshit, same for ele doctrine and I believe that single ISU doctrine.
I don't mind off maps killing arty, but offmaps capable to do so should NOT under any circumstance be paired with recon planes.