Wrong. If you play Axis, your opponent can force that camping van upon you. Your enjoyable ride will be denied.
They are part of the game... but they are the shit part of the game. The same way as OKW resource penalties once were part of the game btw.
yeah and if you play allies you can be forced to face volks blobs....not a better experience for me than facing emplacements....
or if you play USF in 1´s, You could be forced to play angaints heavy snipers builds without a proper counter.....or in 3´s or 4´s, reach the late game with only jacksons as AT platform againts heavies....where is the enjoyable ride then???
and if you like 4´s you can be forced to play againts 4 OKW forward retreat points, fucking your experience...
My point is that they are part of the game, in your opinion they can be the shit part, but for others, shit part can be in other places.....
For me, different factions with different feelings are a good thing...I don´t like Age of Empire style games, but this is just my opinion, lot of people love that game...