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I think this is in reference to the number of competitive 1v1 maps currently in the works - there are a lot, and many of them are shaping up very well. Just go to Whiteflash's CoH2 worldbuilder Discord

https://discord.gg/7GtFMP

They are always looking for testers of all skill to help with playtesting and balancing the maps!

"Doctrinal units shouldn't counter doctrinal units"
I wholeheartedly agree with this, because if doctrinal units counter doctrinal units it then becomes an rng fest whether or not you have the correct counter in your roster.

And, I think THC knew this.
If we look at the game during beta, we can see an interesting trend in each side's doctrines.

Soviet doctrines had much more impactful unit choices in them compared to ostheer. Do you choose a doctrine with T34/85s, or KV1s, or an ISU 152 or the IS2? do you want one with shocks, or guards, or conscript ppsh41s?

Meanwhile, Ostheer's doctrines mostly provided small benefits. Smoke dischargers, camouflage, stun nades, spotting scopes. Elephant was in Ost's tech tree.

This meant no matter which doctrine was picked by the Soviet player, Ostheer could have a unit out to counter it, thereby preventing the "do I have the doctrine in my roster to counter his doctrine" rng.

I am not denying that balance was a mess at the game's inception, but I do believe that THC's underlying game design choices made sense, and these underlying mechanics seem to have been lost on Lelic and the studios that made the Western forces factions.

If you believe that my dissertation is false, please let me know! If you also think this was the intention behind doctrines, let me know as well.

StuG E cries in a corner

Scott is so much better

I would venture that the solution to team games is more options for mapmakers and forward retreat points for all factions, not separate builds for each mode.

This is because the main problems I see in team games are resource inflation, crowding and lack of flanking opportunities.
Forward retreat points for all factions would allow mapmakers to make larger maps, which would allow for more flanking opportunities, and adding in more capture points with lower resource incomes would allow mappers to create more conflict points without increasing total income, which would reduce crowding and allow for lowering resource income in larger modes.

As far as I can tell, that hatch does not open.

Too bad.

Thanks for checking it out though