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Good idea, but is this possible?

I don't see why not. Old soviet self repair used to out a drain on munitions so the capacity is there for that at least

To be fair, I would expect this is at least communicated in-game, as the affected buildings will visibly not be in your territory.

depends. if the borders are close enough one might not notice.
the fact that this thread even exists makes it clear enough that the game DOESNT communicate it in game, or at least not well enough. if i own all the territory around the building im not going to stop and think "maybe the map maker doesnt like this ability that this commander that i purchased is built around and made it so it cant be used as described because of that"

i think beyond the obvious, inconsistency and lack of communication the thing that irks me is that mapmakers are not there to balance the game based on what they like or not, that is the job or the balance team and making it so entire commanders are neutered because they dont like it should disqualify those maps from being accepted into the official map pool.

maps designed specifically for certain abilities to not work have no place in rotation. personal balance belongs in mods, not in official maps.

if i decided to make a map and decided i didn't like heavy tanks and made the ingress for units too narrow for heavy tanks to be called in because i personally feel like they have no place in the game

or perhaps a map design that has streams through it that disallow mines or buildings (like emplacements) to be built because i dont like them would be equally unacceptable into the map pool

and especially if there is no information on this in game then that map has no place in rotation because no matter how I feel, they are part of the game and its not up to me as a map maker to decide which abilities are and are not allowed in the game. dissuading certain abilities is one thing, outlawing them entirely is another and sets an awful precedent

The issue is more that you

A: Don't always want Grens or Pgrens in certain builds, so even the initial HT could well give you an unit you simply do not need/want when all you are really desiring is the HT.

B: If you want to rebuild the HT for any reason you are /forced/ into having an extra infantry squad alongside.

All nondoc units come singly, not paired with some other unit, for precisely these reasons. The only nondoctrinal equivalent to this is the USF officers granted from tech, and the Balance team realised that this limits people, and so gave USF the Transfer Orders ability.

Honestly, another solution would be to just give /every/ faction the ability to force their own units to leave the field, then you could keep the bundles, but allow a player to tell the extra squad to fuck off. I'm not 100% on why this isnt already available to all factions.

I agree with you on all accounts, I'm just saying that if it IS to remain coupled, both should be grens not pgrens due to accessibility.
Grens are the only lads that can be skipped so there COULD be value found there in fast teching pgrens and using the HT with grens to afford you a snare a little later.
Its possible to not have access to grens (though it's not hard to get em ileven if you did skip T1) but it's impossible to not have access to pgrens is all I'm sayin.

CP4 and OST P4 AI capabilities are almost identical. What the CP4 does not have is AT, that's what is being used to "pay" for the aura.


Edit:
Overall, I don't think the CP4 is that bad of a unit at the moment. It is just sometimes very odd to use. If you have 50 POP invested into infantry (which is low-normal) and invest into a CP4, you have about 38 POP to play with (usually slightly less).
I can't really speak of 1v1, but in team games you need to subtract an additional Panzerwerfer which brings you down to 26 POP at most. So you can get either a Panther and more infantry, or 2 P4s. I personally am usually not sure if I really want this unit when the only benefit is that two other units on the field survive a little better. Because you pay with quite a bit of micro and lose a lot of punch compared to a normal P4. I usually tend to play the way I am most familiar with and get a normal P4 instead (or invest 2-6 POP more into a T4 unit).

That's why I suggest going all in and making its gun good at AI instead of average. Make it worthwhile and complement the other units in the roster instead of compete with them poorly.
Maybe give it munitions ability that is HEAT shells or something that gives it a wee bit more AT bite, at a cost if needed.

Pershing wasn't band aided to not have a crew, it wasnt released without that restriction and iirc it was the first unit to ha e that restriction. Some units can't be banced with certain traits. Unfortunately a faction that can self heal/ reduce pop cap can't be balanced with all units doing so.