I think you missed the whole point, read the first paragraph again. I am talking about how the infantry freewill behavior and the incredibly clunky Assault Guns detract from your ability to micro better than your opponent and drastically slows the pace of the game. This is not an issue of glitches or shoddy pathing that is being ironed out, its a deliberate design element.
Units deciding to do what they think is best to preserve their own meaningless virtual lives instead of what I commanded them to do has nothing to do with balance. Painfully slow paced tank destroyer gameplay also has nothing to do with balance. I don't see how any of that situational stuff you described has any correlation with the points I made. If the balance/bugs bothered me that much I would just stop playing until the game was patched a few more times, but this a design issue and needs to be discussed.
What is wrong with constructive criticism from time to time? I want the game to improve, so that is why I took the time to elaborate what I think the problems are. If I thought the game was garbage I would have made a "fuck COH2, uninstalling" thread. That said, when I see room for improvement I'm not going to be shy about it because I want the game 6 months down the road to be the best it possibly can.
Okay yes, stug assualt guns suck. But, Relic is balancing from the early game to the late game. I think the stug turns too slowly myself, much slower than the su-85, not a problem with making a point on that. Doesn't reduce the competitiveness of the game.
Like I said, responsiveness is an issue. I do agree reactionary movements by infantry to "avoid" ptrs shots, grenades, and flamethrowers are cheesing and cause problems with cover and DPS, are totally lame, and need adressing...doesn't mean it cannot be addressed. Do avoiding actions need to be caused every time? No. Give it time and like you said criticism, and hopefully a creative solution will be implemented.
Lastly, how can you have bad without the good...Nobody is going to complain about something they don't want. Nothing is wrong with constructive criticism. But, in my opinion, this is the #1 fan site for Coh2. Every other post is about something that sucks. How are we going to increase the player base like that. Just making my point.