Profile of Vipper

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TL;DR
IMO USF has many options because its design is to have an ideal indirect fire for early/mid/late game
Doctrinal indirect fire tools add even more stages (MTHT, PRIEST)

USF used to have desing that was about having the best mainline infatry, good support weapons, good light vehicles, good tanks and hard hitting but fragile TD. One of their "weakness" was the limited access to those support weapons.

Most of the original design has gone out the window so if anyone actually knows what is the current design of the USF I would be more than happy to hear it.

Designing USF as having "ideal indirect support for all stages of the game" would mean that they would be able to beat Ostheer in a static play and that imo would cause a need to redesign Ostheer (or create other weakness in USF line up) so imo is not a suitable design for the USF faction.

If one looks at sheer number of USF weapon used in WC2019 (136 support weapons in 49 games 2.77 per game) compare to ostheer (105 support weapons in 40 games 2.63) one will start to understand the current nature of the problem.

In sort the gap in the superiority of Ostheer support over USF has become smaller and the creates problems for them. Grenadier can not match riflemen, Grenadier and support weapons can not match up riflemen and support weapons so people turned to alternative option like AsG and Ostruppen.

The problem is not that they have too many units, the problem is that those units are performing their job in a similar way.
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Yes overlap is an issue. And that is why I suggested that at least one of them becomes doctrinal.

It's an asymmetrical balance. If you want to have an identical unit, go play something else. Pak is US only medium range "arty". By your logics. Panzer IV should be identical to Sherman. Rifles to Grens. Echelons to Pioneers. MG42 to MG Squad. OST mortar to US mortar, etc.

Not really it is not asymmetrical balance.

You claimed that:
"(pak's howizter) manuverability and survavibility are offset by their damage"

Well the Leig has a similar "manuverability and survavibility" and far inferior barrage vet bonus on barrage.

You can compare them.

Well you can compare a mouse and Lion but as I said the results will be misleading as I have pointed out.

A mortar type weapon like the pak howitzer have very little to do with a rocket artillery like the weffer.

One comes eariler but is very vunerable and slow. Other comes late, can supress and move around quickly and doesn't bleed manpower. On the other hand, you can recrew it while the werfer is gone for good (unless it's also decrewed, rare).
Removing autofire on PAK and reducing barage ability would make it even stronger in team games (weaker in 1v1s but it's super difficult to maintain in that mode).

USF is strong early, that much is true, especially in 1v1. In team modes US is not as strong due to the OKW sturms and OST MG42s and dependent on combinations. However, with the exception of Jackson, USF doesn't really have anything to counter anything axis throws later on (non doctrinal). And even then, Jackson needs microing due to it's non existing armour (+ spotting to take advantage of range).

If you want to mirror every unit/faction... well, I'm just glad you don't get to make any decisions.

I do not want to mirror anything I simply point out that your argument does not hold water any water at all. Pak howizter is simply OP.

And for your information yes I do not make any decision about the game yet many of my suggestions have made it into the game.

...Their manuverability and survavibility are offset by their damage.

Great lets increase the power level of the Leig to the same level for the same reason.

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In contrast... the OST werfer is mobile but has no autofire....

Comparing a T2 unit with T4 unit that cost fuel is rather misleading.

If people spam Grenadiers and therefore dont need Pgrens anymore once they arrive, then one >might< assume that the problem is related to tier 1 and not Pgrens themselves. But why balance tier 1 in balance patches when you can just redesign a faction (once again)?

the problem had less do to do with Ostheer T1 units and more power level of allied units at the time Pg arrived.