Profile of JibberJabberJobber

Panther is 18 pop.
Command Panther is 19 pop.
Tiger is 21 pop.
Tiger ace is 26 pop.

The Tiger command tank pop would be between Tiger and Tiger Ace, considering the command Tiger wouldn't be the self-spotting, mega health, super speed, instareload beast that the Tiger Ace is.

Imo those lackluster commanders should be fixed with patches specifically designed to fix commanders (not necessarily revamps). At this point if one try to fix allot of different things one end up creating at least he same amount of problems one solves. (as clearly demonstrated by revamp patches)

That would be best of course, doubt it will happen tho.

Imo commanders should not offer benefits to the faction across a wide section that includes both vehicles and infatry unless those benefits are minor. Else the have a major impact in balance and can end up in snowball effects.

Superior infatry->faster armor->Superior armor, little counter.

There's wiggle room to balance it:

- Keep the early combat power of assault grenadiers the same, but tweak their veterancy in such a way that they aren't complete suicide to use in the mid/late game.
- Don't include the ability to upgrade pgrens.
- Keep pioneer upgrade fully focused on better repairs, faster vet and utility. Shared veterancy or reduced vet requirement would be best for this.

This way, 4 abilities would be focused around vehicles and only 1 on an early infantry squad, that's not necessarily superior.

Ostheer
My feedback concerning Smartie's commander:

Radio Intercept
IMO, this ability would be too strong for Ostheer:
1. Soviets have to make a trade-off between a commander with this ability or with elite infantry, while Ostheer has good infantry right off the bat.
2. Ostheer is the most reactive faction with the best counters. Radio intercept would be even stronger for them than for Soviets.

Suggestion: Replace with reworked assault grenadiers.

Extra training
I feel like the core issue with Ostheer non-flamer pios is how hard it is to vet them. Extra repair speed doesn't mean much if you can't reach the vet 2 repair bonus in the meantime.

Suggestion: Add a way for ugpraded pioneers to vet easier, while retaining the repair bonus and without increasing their combat capabilities. There are different ways to do this:

- Lower vet requirement of upgraded pioneers.
- Let upgraded pioneers gain shared veterancy from vehicles.

I also think a smoke grenade would give them better synergy with vehicles than a satchel.

Panzer 4 Ausf. J
I don't think it should have panzer tactician or emergency crew repairs, so I vote panzer commander or tank detection.

Combined Arms
Replace with Tungsten shells (OKW HEAT shells copy). Ostheer has unused voice lines for this ability.

Command Tiger
I'd like to see the Tiger Ace reworked, but including it in this commander together with assault grenadiers would just make it a better mechanized assault.

Suggestion: Add Smartie's Command Tiger suggestion to the new OKW commander. Replace with reworked hull down, which is currently unviable in most situations. Can't use tungsten rounds while hulled down.

End result
1. Reworked assault grenadiers
2. Extra training for pgrens and pios
3. Reworked hull down (or recon plane if people dislike hull down)
4. Tungsten rounds
5. Panzer 4 Ausf. J

This way, both assault grenadiers and hull down can be reworked, the theme remains fitting and the Tungsten voice lines could be used. The Tiger Ace can still be added and reworked in the OKW commander.

How about just removing the AT gun from the drop and changing the price to 360-380 mp? Right now it's Airborne 2.0 if you go lieutenant. It would also save the USF player a lot of muni so he can actually use IR arty and para upgrades.

If it makes the doctrine less interesting, maybe add an option for building paratroopers at a beacon/HQ for less.

Haven't seen many guides lately. I'd suggest watching streams, spectating top level games and looking for interesting casts to find good strategies.