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Wow. That should have been part of the WFA release. Nope, not buying that.

You're right, a lot of different factors go into the back-and-forth aspect of the game. The varying strengths at different stages is just one of them.

But another important factor to consider is tension/fun. As US, you know the clock is ticking. As axis, you know you're going to have to fight back wave after wave of super infantry. Trying to overwhelm your opponent as allies, or holding out for your heavy armor as axis, is what makes those factions special.

Do the factions need to be balanced at all stages of the game for the game itself to be balanced? I would argue no. A more skilled player will beat me, no matter what factions are at play.

Do the factions need to be balanced at all stages of the game for it to be fun? Again I'd argue no, for the reasons stated above.

You have a valid point there. But it definately adds more tension to the game, but at what cost (sounds more dramatic than it should )? I would play Comp stomps with waves of Allied troops rushing to my few german lines for fun all day, but when I play automatch against good opponents I'd rather have my balanced game.

Hey guys,

I just wanted to talk about each Armie's performance in the diffrent stages of the game.

A lot of you may have experienced that issue yourself, but the best example in my opinion is the Wehrmacht vs USF matchup.

While Wehrmacht struggles TREMENDOUSLY in the early stages of the game they got an relatively easy late game (if the unit preservation was alright of course). USF on the other hand have a really easy time in the beginning. With superb Riflemen it's not uncommon to achieve early map control (~70%) especially on maps with a lot of buildings like Semoisky, La Gleize, Stalingrad (hint: veto the hell out of these maps with Axis). But in the end they have to deal with Tigers and Vet 3 Mg42 which is just insane. Not to mention the MP upkeep.

Soviets do relatively well in all stages of the game which is ok. OKW is in a even better spot than Wehrmacht in my opinion, cause their early game is pretty good since the last patch (m34 > mg42 imo) und Sturmpios and early AT options. Don't even have to talk about vet 5 squads in the end.

The reason I bring this up is I dont think this is well designed. I love the armies, but since the WFA release I kinda have the feeling that this is wrong. I dont want to be forced to win a game in the first 20-30 min with USF or survive till the 20 min mark with Wehrmacht. Even players that are obviously worse than you might have better chances winning games against good opponents that way.

I think a player's skill (unit preservation, flanking, unit awareness, ...) and knowledge of the game should decide a match, not the fact in which state of the game your are currently in.

That's just my opinion, I'm interested what you guys think about that topic.

Hey,

when the small arms lethalty patch was released a few months ago I had a -12 losing streak with Soviets.

Call ins tied to Wehrmacht Battle phases, Soviet Tier Buildings, USF Officiers and OKW Tier buildings would be great!