Profile of August1996

I play USF a lot.

Kubel is Ok.

Not Ok that Sturm pio is start unit.

Lol. Kubel spam absolutely shreds USF in 1v1 without USF forced to go Mechanised. I would rather face double Sturm opening then 4 Kubel opening.

Look, I know that LGB has been discussed to death already, but Bundled nades also share some of the blame. So many times I had an MG inside a FULL HEALTH garrison and had Commandos come up and throw their cheese bombs or PzGrens under suppression but manage to sneak in a nade into the garrison. I decided to tank its damage thinking that a full health MG inside it would at least survive with a bit of health so it can suppress any other squads left, but the garrison instead collapses and bringing my MG with it. I'm like wtf so I decided to test them out, and I found out that they 100% COLLAPSE all wooden garrisons that are seen in 1v1/2v2 if the AOE covers the building and can knock stone buildings 30/40% of their health(or more depending on size). Like what the hell, garrisons should offer protection, not a death trap against these nukes. You pay like 45 muni for a garrison buster with less than half the fuse time of Penal satchels. In maps like Crossroads if you don't start evacuating your MGs when PzGrens, Commandos throw their bombs you might as well keep them inside and deny the MG instead.

Also the AOE profile of this thing is insane, like if the model is standing at the edge of the red circle they still take massive damage from it. So if you want to be completely clear of the grenade you have to start moving the moment the animation starts and if you're start dodging too late, you still lose a few models and if you're unlucky the entire squad.

I think Westwall is too open and big for a 1v1 map, hard to triple-cap and often ends in a capfest (to be clear about what I dislike most). I will provide you with more detailed feedback in the future though.

To add to this it could help that the junctions could be more widened and rounded instead of one sharp corner as tanks frequently go retard mode fumbling around the junctions; particularly near the VP's.

Bryansk is a CQC oriented map, honestly I have no problems with the map except with OST/UKF which their HMGs are too easily flanked, but I can look away it's problems as it's one of the few new maps that I liked.

Halbe is too MG oriented with glorious red cover will get infantry massacred as they try to cross thus extremely benefiting long range units. Snipers are damn near unkillable with normal infantry flanks and light vehicles are overall very decisive on this map due to roads and huge sight lines. Not all factions have easily built cover on their mainline infantry and I can't be arsed to send my pioneers on sandbag building duty on all points.

I have no problems with Caen, except that when OKW spawns North and places the Shwerer HQ near the mid VP, OKW can place it such that the gun can fire over the rubble and cover the mid VP, but AT guns cannot fire back as they will hit the rubble instead.

Langreskaya and Crossroads could use the VPs placed a lot closer to the frontlines as it currently is extremely hard to triple cap given an even match. Crossroads VP could be placed along the dividing road between North and South. Honestly I don't know how to fix Langres VP placement without making it awkward.

Road to Kharkov, very narrow map that is compounded in 2v2s and pose a problem in 1v1 as HMGs could easily lockdown a sector and promotes arty wars and stale gameplay, plus bad spawns can ruin players.

La Gleize, remove it from the game.

Minsk Pocket, remove from 1v1, keep it for 2v2s. North/South VP placement should be switched with their Muni Points instead. I think it's the largest 1v1 map currently and makes FRPs very good.

Semiosky Summer should be removed, too chokepointy and easy to be base locked without arty and smoke(hint: OKW doesn't them)

Kholodny Ferma could use a VP placement change to as East Side has trouble holding them. Also remove winter version from the game because it's the exact same map but with deep snow that slows units down unnecessarily.

Also if I'm not mistaken, adding more vetoes will, in the long-run cause more issues than it solves.

Every time you add a veto, you shrink the number of available players on automatch. Sure, a lot of players will choose to veto the same maps (because they're generally disliked), but if you don't choose the same maps, you limit your chances of matching and increase the wait time.

For a game in its twilight years, longer waiting times on Automatch queues are definitely not what we need!

I'm definitely open to the concept of "fixing" some maps, rather than removing them altogether. If this were possible!

Sure some maps can be fixed to allow better matches(VP placement primarily for Crossroads/Langres and Lost Glider could use a hefty HP garrison decrease) and absolutely agree since it's a good map otherwise but some maps are purely garbage just from a design standpoint(Semiosky and Road to Kharkov). If you guys are allowed to change maps I will provide lots of feedback no problem.

This just explains why CQC maps are unbalanced. Take Caen or Bryansk. Both relatively CQC maps containing all what you described giving the allies a formidable advantage. Smoke/mortars also a dream for OKW. ISGs are no where near their cost to their power due to low AoE, and against garrisons are subpar compared to a mortar and 9 pop cap. Symmetry is not required, but it makes design significantly easier and points out gapping holes in faction design. Crossroads is another semi symmetrical map and I'd argue it's one of the more balanced maps. It has it's flaws like any other, but i'd say less than La Gleize.

Caen & Bryansk are pretty good for OKW/USF/Sov and to an extent Brits while being slightly disadvantaged against OST because units can close the MG42 gap very easily. However, I found that OST can get by with G43 doctrines(Lightning War & Elite Troops) and transitioning to their CQC PzGrens later in the game. Halbe however is a death sentence to OKW/USF but OKW can get by with spamming Kubels(which is also a retarded cheese build).