Profile of ferwiner

It is kind of a "feature". There are two major styles of team weapons in game. The teleporting ones - like most mortars and mgs and the non-teleporting ones like maxim, 120mm mortar, .50 cal and all AT guns. Apart from that, most AT guns don't have the retreat button. Obviously only the non-teleporting ones feature death-loop but as half of the weapons in game fail to teleport, it is not really that much of a problem, or a bug.

How is okw and ostheer beeing similar an argument to make them even more similar? Similar factions is a bad thing! Why have 2 axis factions if they are going to be the same?

The difference is that with penal you get either AT granade or AI dps. With cons you get both at the same time, yet both less potent. You also get merge that is a useful ability. And you are not forced to build T1, you can just rock cons right from the get go or go for mgs.

I forgot which 2v2 game but I remember watching someone call in a JT on Crossing. They surrendered about 30 seconds after it was called in due to it being circle strafed by mediums immediately.

It is similar to KT. You can use it if you need firepower. But it won't win a game by itself. These are solid units, but not "I win" buttons. In the example of JT, you can't really circle strafe it to death if there are paks or raketens set up behind it.

Of course, in case of 1v1 there is never enough armour on the opposing side for JT to work.

I thought the problem was you couldn't cap with anything other than something with minesweepers or else you risked losing the squad. Which is a pretty awful problem.

This is a huge oversimplification of the matter. First of all, capturing points with a lonely squad always means that you risk it, apart from early game where there are no demos either. You might get flanked by infantry blob or AI tank. You might get gunned down or granaded by an infiltration squad such as commandos or german stormtroops. You might even stand upon a goliath or booby trap. So no, old demo is not an outlier here. It actually blends in perfectly.

Another thing is that it is not exactly true that to avoid being demoed you need to always take a sweeper squad with you. Many players used to estimate the position of enemy combat engineer squad and send sweepers only to the points where they used to be. It is a very effective way of narrowing down the places where demo can possibly be. Players also used to play mind games similar to the one caused by mines - guessing which spots are popular for demos and trying to move your capturing squad into a position where a demo is very unlikely, also choosing accordingly safe path by for example jumping a fence.

If demos were only possible to set up on building and cover, it would be much easier than that to avoid. All you would have to do is send your capturing squad in the open ground and you would be pretty much safe.