Profile of Cabreza

Thanks for the maps Relic! Not sure about Nerfing the KT while leaving the IS2 untouched.
Now we have to wait for cruzzi!

Considering the large number of bounces the IS2 currently produces, and the fact that it is being shot by Tanks and AT guns with superior penetration, I suspect the KT will still manage fine unless the Jackson turns out to be OP.

In this case I'm inclined to agree that the B4 has far too dramatic of an affect on match outcome to the extent that it is a binary decision. Can the opposing team counter the B4 with a stuka dive bomb? If they can then choose a different commander and play normally. If they can't choose counterattack tactics for an almost guaranteed win.

Right now with the prevalence of CAS the B4 is a poor choice most games as there will typically be a counter on the field. That said, it is still terrible for balance that a handful of wher commanders can counter all on-field arty and that one soviet commander can completely take over a game if not countered.

The best fix to the issue would be to simply remove precision strike from the B4. Precision strike is what makes the B4 go from scary arty to completely game changing arty. With precision strike B4 can snipe tanks, buildings, and stationary infantry blobs halfway across the map with ease. Without precision strike the B4 would be subject to more randomness and less consistently destroy units with every shot.

Of course fixing the B4 is only half the issue. Stuka dive bomb also needs to be changed so that it doesn't erase static arty. If the stuka was changed so that it only decrewed static arty instead of erasing the gun from the field a lot more soviet commanders would be (somewhat) viable.

If these two changes were made then whermacht wouldn't be pigeonholed into always keeping CAS (or Luftwaffe supply/the elephant commander) on their bar from fear of the B4 and building static arty as a soviet player would be viable even if CAS was present.

It would be cool if they just added more units to OKW/Ostheers line up instead of adding a new Axis faction.

And I mean stock unit's.

It might be interesting if Relic allowed the Axis factions to substitute units for alternates via a system similar to ToV in vCoH. Just increasing the pool of units the those factions could produce without substituting out other units is a recipe for imbalance.

Not a terrible idea but the soviets would be left out as the only faction without forward retreat. Forward retreat should really be something all factions or no faction can do as it has a dramatic effect on the outcome of a game on larger maps.

Also, as Nuke said, the upgrade would have to be a lot more expensive for the bunker to provide a forward retreat point. If I recall properly the OKW truck requires 250 MP to upgrade to a forward retreat point. That is the equivalent of 125 muni. Add in the 60 muni upgrade to reinforce at the bunker and you're looking at paying 185 muni to upgrade the command bunker to a forward retreat point. Even diffusing that difference between MP and muni it is going to be one enormously expensive upgrade.