T4 is delayed because you have to buy the trucks and build the Puma, Luchs and somethimes the fapTrack. If you lose the first puma you have to build another one as a JP or PIV is far off. Hope that clears up and explain the new meta for you.
Anyways, great patch. I totally disagree with every single point the OP has made. USF T3 hard counters OKW early mid game. OKW T4 is delayed now, it takes longer to tech than it used to.
SU can lockdown OKW from the get go. Brits might be a tad fucked though.
Tried the new patch in multiple 1v1 matches. Volks seem to be in an acceptable spot now, don't understand the reasoning for being more expensive than grens and Cons though. Obers however are not needed, as they are locked behind an expensive tier. Furthermore T4 is delayed even more due to the temptation of 2xPuma + Luchs.
The playerbase is used to OKW being trash and unable to build any vehicles or use their expensive abilities. Now that it is finally playaable you guys are just shocked.
So I am seeing multiple biased players and fanboys having a strong feeling of jealousy toawrds OKW, asking questions such as:
1. Why do thaey hazh 5 levels of wet but we don't? How is it justified? 2. Why do they have equal resources now? 3. Why is it going to be slighly harder to overrun them and end the game in the first 3 minutes? 4. Why is light vehicle play as OKW becoming viable?
I am going to show some decency and answer their jealous questions:
1. Because their stock units are garbage and beaten by their much cheaper counterparts, the vet5 is a reward for tolerating this BS and microing your units. For example non-vet obers are getting beaten by much cheaper units unless it is vet 3. Also 5 levels of Vet is one of the major attraction features of OKW and it won't go anywhere. You might get rid of your bias and play as the faction, enjoy life it is too short to limit yourself. 2. They didn't have enough to utilize their abilities and units. The resource handicap was there because their units were supposed to beat and rekt most of their counterparts, which is clearly not the case. 3. That was not fun anyway, even for you biased player. Appreciate and welcome some challenge and use your brain cells. 4. Awesome, finally you can build a luchs and don't worry about that cromwell which arrived much earlier. Though T70/Stuart are going to give it a pretty hard time.