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Jump back to quoted post18 Feb 2014, 17:47 PMImagelessbean

I have to disagree that Ost commander is useful. I have listed the reasons below:

1) Icons are identical with icons already in game, although the abilities are not actually those abilities

2) Commander has two useful abilities and three that are bad
a) Recon fly by is fine for cost, but with lag input it is almost useless since arty abilities rarely trigger as it flies by
b) Fuel to munitions is good for Ost so this one is ok
c) One strafe pass is not very useful since it only pins one squad or two and yet comes out at 6 cp's, so you could have regular strafe at same time. Also soviets can just wait it out since it does not come back.
d) Stuka 37mm strafe is one of the worst abilities in game right now. It comes late, does not track, and does minimal damage unless it is right on top of a unit. It also flies in so its timing is uncertain. Combine this with the fact that in this commander it is a single pass and you get a 90 munitions burn for literally nothing.
e) Stuka dive bomb is good, same as original

3) Abilities have timers like original abilities but do not operate in same fashion, looks very amateur.

4) Forces Ost to rely on munitions heavy strats, within an extremely munitions limited faction


Soviet commander by contrast is quite good.

1) Arguably allows either T1 or T2 opening or simple conscript spam
2) Works synergistically with late game to give excellent medium tank and tank destroyer
3) Provides excellent balance of abilities to round out play style

TLDR: The Soviet commander is not OP, it is just a good commander. I foresee it replacing many other options. The Ost commander is not good and will be relegated to comp stomp games at best.

I am so tired of commanders at this point, I do not want to see one more commander added to this game.