Comparing COH2 mirrors with hypothetical COH1 mirrors just makes no sense, as pointed out earlier in this thread.
If mirrors were a goal, of course some thought would be put into how to make different approaches possible.
Honestly, from playing the alpha, the more i played it the less awkward mirrors felt. In the end it felt just like playing any other matchup really. But then again, i am not a history nerd as some others.
as much as i hate to say when i played the beta i came to the same conclusion. ^
as much as no mirror matches appeal to me the more I played alpha the more mirror matches appeal to me. right now im about at 50-50 probably stay that way to.
definitely should at least try it out in the beta.