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Mechanized Assault and Assault Support.

Ah yes I mixed them up. But the OP was referring to Assault Support.

I have a friend on my friends list that is in alpha and has only 200Hrs played. So this guy that has 200 hours played is going to contribute a lot to the alpha community I'm sure. More so than a player that has played the game for 3 years, knows the ins and outs of the games. Sure makes a lot of sense there. thanks -

So you/ your friend said.

The NDA isn't so much the problem but how they do their product development. NDA to prevent the wrong kind of hype is good, but NDA and not even bothering to do things like keep the alpha forums secure is like saying your home is safe because you have a lock on your open door.

Really it is not so much NDA but the fact that the alpha seemed so small. How long is it going to be? When do they plan to announce and have an open beta, if they plan to? Note that Ardennes Assault virtually got no marketing outside of the immediate community, and I don't recall WFA being any different either.

It's Relic's general handling of their programs that is the problem, it is a fundamental root issue, one that is deeper than alpha or NDA or Cynthia's jazz hands.

This. I mean, comon, why you need hide NEW STUFF from your fans? To lose them in even great numbers?

This is the reason: if they make it in alpha and the participants try it out, but it ends up not being released for whatever reason, then the hype and marketing is considered false if Relic just lets people talk about it. Of course you can say "Well Relic can just pull it and make a note of it in marketing blogs and such" and I agree..but they don't do that. Again not so much NDA blows but general dumbassitude.

IMO they should just do open beta like how the vanilla COH2 was done- get into it, if you like it, you keep your war spoils and such; don't like it, you don't get any new stuff when its released. The loadout could be basic; players would be much more willing to drop cash if they've since made good progress on War Spoil drops.
Of course if your War Spoils drops are such shit during that time...

Also my guess is the alpha is meant to prepare the new faction, not so much balance things out. So come release time it's WFA all over again..

You should consider posting a replay and specifying which units in question produced this result. It certainly sounds like a bug.

Mortar Carriage, lol. That's like saying Relic needs to fix their Panzerpioniers.

Considering the OP's descriptions, sounds like he and his teammate got outplayed, and that opponents used both Jacksons and M8 HMC and used both of them well.

As for the M8, accuracy and squad wipe could be nerfed, but deploying prior to use is more or less the thinking of nerdrage.

Worth the munitions cost. Good, but not great. Just keep that in mind when yo use them in fights. Just don't upgrade it for Button, you're better off just sacrificing a conscript squad to perform the same job for better results.