what about having a large scale "competitive RANKED" skirmish?
it would be the reason people buy COH2, the OFFICAL gamemode. think of it like dota's 5v5, or CSGO's 5v5.
historical western and eastern front maps, as well as WHAT IF scenarios including both the new factions together in
it would require balancing specifically for the game mode, and it would require a lot of teamwork to master. specific roles like offensive, defensive, support, logistics. it would be complicated and include stuff like supply lines.
set up defensive lines, and it would turn into a pushing/shoving phase, kinda like the laning phase in MOBAS. then as people get stronger they can help out team mate's lanes, and make breakthroughs. the objective would be to capture and hold a larger percentage of the map than the opponent, which would snowball you into better units, etc.
it would take multiple hours to finish a game
i have a lot of ideas about something like this floating around in my head, but sadly they'll never come true, and i'm not smart enough to be a modder or a programmer
haha i guess that's the case for everyone, though.