And as I've pointed out to you, this thread is about nerfing the Pak howy further beyond that change. Nobody has said the same for the Leig, so that's completely irrelevant to my point
What is the sole prupose of pak howie to you? USF has already T0 mortars to give "cheaper" (by your own words) and more versatile support to infantry.
Pak howie is an ez long range infantry killer. Nerfing it because its overperforming at killing is accurate. As long as you can hold the line with USF and a pak howie you can bleed enemies. It does not require fuel and comes way early when infantry fights are fundamental. The USF tech rework enabled USF to be versatile and deadly because of non conventional tools.
I wouldnt predict how much pak howie is going to be nerfed, i woulnt predict the game will get worse because of that. I want to see a great game with diverse units and difficulty.
To remove pak howie auto fire will consolidate it as a premium late indirect support weapon. Maybe adding another ability and reducing its smoke timing will help it to become a true support unit, as it should be.
Either that or removing T0 mortars for USF, making MortarHT stock and pak howie doctrinal.
The fact that usf "doesnt have rocket arty" argument is being abused to justify overperforming indirect fire units (scotts,pak howie) is worrying. USF tends to have a couple of support weapon options to choose to adapt offensively.
Dont believe me? suppression (.50 cal or aaht) medium tanks (sherman, 76, e8, m10), indirect fire (mortar, pak howie, scott, calliope) early lvs and tanks (stuart,greyhound), call in openings (on top of one of the best mainlines inf) (ass engies, pathfinders)
USF rooster is numerous for a reason and that reason is to adapt the offense, not to abuse the OP unit in each meta.
People comparing pak howie to pwerfer only confirms tha pak howies are op, because they come earlier, no fuel, no micro required. To compare pak howie to howitzers make it worse, since they do cost fuel too and are doctrinal.