Nice Idea, will see if I get my Teammate to join me on the fight
Btw I dont think that prizes are necessary at all, I think everybody atm plays the game for fun...
I dont think resetting Guards to 2 cp will fix it. They will keep coming back being OP, because at the moment having a 2 man Sniper Squad is just a broken Mechanic since the German cant field anything to kill it. At least nothing that does so reliably.
Reducing Squad Size to one while setting MP cost to 280 would be a great thing imho. You would retain this kinda amass feeling of Soviets while also making them coutnerable (dead means dead, unlike now).
As many people said before, I think the main issue isnt Relic not realizing something is Overpowered (or even wanting to release it that way) but simply the pace in which things get handled lately.
To increase speed, and community engagement i'd think something like a Watchlist would be great. Just make some (maybe 3) Forum threads, call them after a Element thats being looked on for the next Balance Iteration (e.g. Watchlist: Tiger Ace). Then make this a contructive Thread for the Community to engage in and Relic to take Ideas from regarding the Elements Balance. Maybe even add a poll (to strong, to weak, ok).
I think this could benefit speed of Balance Iteration steps and Community satisfaction with the state of the Game.
As for the Content Problem, why is there no such Stream again as you guys at Relic did (was it last year?) with Noun moderating some questions to some Relic Dev's, why dont do this again?
I think the community will be really enthusiastic if things would like this stream or the watchlist would happen...
If Relic shows enthusiasm for the game, Im sure the community will follow.