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Relic should do that intel and after few months 2 or 3 maps that are the lowest should be removed and replaced in a map pool

In fairness, the December patch did just that, removing Rzehv, Gelsenkirchen and Düsseldorf.

Have a contest and they will come...

on another note, does SiphonX have stats on how much the new 2v2 maps are being played?

I thought I make a new post here rather than posting in the 4v4 thread

Here are the number of 2v2 automatch games per map that I found with my extraction script between 11th of April and the 7th of April (note, I did exclude the time up to the 11th of April because I found that after release new maps do get a somewhat of a bonus, which seemed to wear off over time; so the numbers below are reasonably stable).

Total number of games: 130364



...and then there was one game on "The Don"

Edit: In case you are wondering how I get those, check out this article.

The whole discussion about patches got me thinking a little bit about why one would patch units of a game at all.

The most discussed element is "BALANCE". Fair enough, but I'm wondering if there is an equally important element, that barely gets discussed: There are occasional complaints that the "meta is stale". While this is often attributed to poor balance, but wouldn't a perfectly balanced game lead to "stale meta" to some extent?

So, isn't the point of a "balance" patch also to shake up the existing meta (to some extend independent of balance)?

Would it be conceivable to have a mechanic where units are tweaked slightly on a regular basis. Say, "Your soldiers are tired; all infantry units deal 10% less damage" this month and "All vehicles cost 10% more fuel" the next?

I guess this would require some thought to keep it balanced, but apart from that, could that be an interesting feature?

You are wrong, just look at reason why katysha get nerf, coz players can react.
Now go in cheat mode and test, what arty shoot faster from all this kinds.
Katysha are not most lethai arty from all 3 units taht are in tiers. Coz after first salvey you can retreut if you dont hear it. Now image when you dont hear PW or stuka barrage sound, you just must pray that you squads dont get wipe.

Huh? I never said that Kat is more lethal, I'm just suggesting that they seem to be designed to do different things (also, not saying that that is good or bad).

Stuka and PW clearly have a better alpha strike that is certainly more lethal to single team weapons; however, IF you survived that alpha strike (and yes, that happens), there is no reason to move your shit anymore (or any adjacent units), because that was the end of the barrage.

Seems like PW's and Stuka's intended role is to kill stuff more or less surgically and reliably. They have to have a serious alpha strike, because, well, there isn't a "beta strike". All allied rocket artillery seems to be more for area denial: As opponent, you have a good chance to survive the first rockets, but you really should move all your stuff in the vicinity away to increase chances of it not dying. And according to the notes they feel that Katy - despite probably being intended mostly for area denial - is too good in the role of the PW/Stuka.

Again, I'm not saying that Katy is too good now or too bad, or that the intended role is useful or not or that the whole concept has merits or not. Only pointing out that the argument "but PW and Stuka have a huge alpha strike" falls short.

Now, feel free to discuss if the Katy's alpha strike is indeed too strong or not, or if PW/Stuka barrages should work more like Katy/LM/Calli or vice versa, or whatever...

I agree with Katitof, though, in that it would be helpful to get like "Designer's notes" on what roles the units are supposed to fill, because at that point one can discuss to what extend the units actually fulfill the intended role and if that role is useful in the first place.

Just an understanding question.

Where is the difference between the last two survey options?

Yeah, probably not too clear, but what I mean is:

Option 3: "I would prefer to keep the 2 man team because diversity, but I don't think it will be possible to balance that properly, so unfortunately it needs to go..."
Option 4: "I wouldn't like to see a 2 man team, even if perfectly balanced! Snipers need to be lone wolves, not this communist sniper/spotter team thingy. I mean, even in 'Enemy at the gates' the soviet sniper was alone! I mean, come on..."