Profile of REforever

I'v never had my ISG's one shot a squad unless they had 1 or 2 models left, so either you're lying or the RNG gods hate me. The ISG for all intents and purposes is decent/good and performs moderately well given its price; I'v played plenty of games so far where an ISG or two really saved me from being overwhelmed, or dealing with MG spam. It's also capable of helping your Volksgrenadiers and Rakatenwerfer deal with early light vehicles, and it gets even better once it reaches level 1 veterency.

If anything, the price should be a bit lower but aside from that it's generally worth its metal(In 2v2's at least) but it rarely one shots squads as you claim.

Good changes all around I think. The US flak HT is better than the OKW flak HT in every possible way, so every nerf, despite how small is welcome. The Flak truck buff is also welcome since US riflemen can literally just walk past the thing without taking much damage; I'v had it happen to me countless times in ranked 2v2 where the US player just walked up to the Flak truck with bazookas and blew it to hell.

I'm also glad that they didn't nerf the Obersoldaten or Walking Stuka since those 2 units are essential to surviving Russian and US infantry spam/blobs; if Relic nerfed them then the OKW wouldn't have any hard counters to US and Russian infantry, and I would've most likely quit CoH2 but luckily that's not the case.

The history behind the design of OKW is bogus. The personnel quality of German formations in 44' were lower than those of 43', and those of 43' were lower than those of 42'. The Wehr peaked in 41' in this area.

The winter 1944 German elite divisions were generally a thin strip of veterans from earlier battles bolstered by the majority: green conscripts age 18-16 frequently. Generally 3 months of training or less prior to the Ardennes offensive. The damage caused by the offensive was mostly the result of strategic surprise and deception rather than formation quality.

Not necessarily. While the overall strength of the German Army wasn't as strong as it was from 39-41, it did have the benefit of having Panzer SS and Heer divisions that were extremely skilled, and had a considerable amount of experience in battle. When the Allies started their campaign in Western Europe, German high command transferred divisions/men who fought in nearly every major battle in WW2 to reinforce Western Europe's defences, so I definitely think the title of "elite divisions" is appropriate and why that persona fits the OKW perfectly. Another thing to take into consideration is that some divisions performed well above any Allied divisions, while others didn't enjoy that same success, so you're correct in stating that not every German division were elite formations.

There's countless battles in WW2(On the Western Front) where Panzer SS divisions faced off against Americans who had more men, resources, tanks, planes and etc and won, so we do have to give credit where credit is due; Relic sought to make the OKW a faction based on Panzer SS and Heer divisions during the Western Front and it reflects that I think. Germans on the Western Front from 41-45 didn't have the manpower, resources, tanks, artillery numbers that the Allies enjoyed, but they made up for that with extremely battle hardened troops, superior training, weapons and tanks.

To each their own. While people may not care about how a military uniform looks, I do and it's why I haven't joined the Canadian Army yet; i'm waiting for the Government to make combat uniforms that look good and command respect. Fashion has some relevance in war since there are people like me who won't fight unless our military has uniforms that look good/magnificent.

Wouldn't that go against the whole point of the Oberkommando West? The units that are available to the OKW are supposed to represent the German Army in the late 40's(Battle hardened and having the best equipment in the war) which is evident by the fact that every unit the OKW has is high cost, but very effective; having a cheap conscript/penal like unit in the unit roster doesn't make any sense, and it would also throw the balance off by quite a bit. I don't think i'm alone in saying that the current balance is pretty damned great at the moment.