Profile of ZombiFrancis

Every single game I've ever tried to use FHQ I've had OKW immediately do their super nuke thing, even at like 6 minutes, and level the building.

It happened enough times for me to feel silly wasting my commander choice on it.

If it's the basic soviet mortar, I'm pretty sure Ostheer's outranges it. But do you mean the doctrinal heavy mortars? I'm pretty sure nothing scarier than a t34/85 comes out of any doctrine with that. And nonetheless, you're then describing a situation that requires multiple players.

And so yeah, 2v1 is pretty hard to crack. Which is why you ostensibly have other teammates yourself.

Actually, the fact that CoH2 runs on the Essence Engine v3.0 is more than enough evidence of that.

Not to mention the entire DoW franchise. It's what Relic has been since vCoH's launch: the official mod team of the Essence Engine.

I don't think it was a secret for anyone to figure out.

Panzer Elite in vCoH had scout cars. They costed no fuel, although they came from the one tier building that didn't contribute to panther battlegroups.

These units did not suppress unless a 50 muni ability was purchased, and then the unit had to lockdown, becoming immobile, and only then would its gun potentially suppress. Locking down and going mobile took a few seconds, just like HMGs. But it also locked down the territory point, and could only deploy in friendly territory.

No one used it for this, because it sucked enormously in this capacity. It did, however, work against snipers a fair bit, but it was ultimately how the PE faction could OP territory. But mostly no one would go the auxiliary tier and spend munitions JUST to get the only non-doc unit that suppressed. (Until G43s finally caused true suppression.)

Now, for comparison, the kubel does not have to upgrade anything, doesn't have to become immobile, can suppress enemies without any setup or tear down, and can do so on the doorstep of enemy bases. Plus, I believe, it doesn't require any teching to field.

There's totally a happy medium here.

If the single player community is one that is completely absent from internet discussions or the multiplayer scene, then I don't see how more single player content is going to boost players in any meaningful way for those of us in multiplayer.

As much as I like the notion of Observer mode, the only time I've ever thought that it was necessary was back when things like SNF were still being run and tournaments being held. CoH2 is anathema to competitive tournament player, so I'm not sure how much of a place Obs mode is going to have once it's released a year and a half into this game's life.

Observer mode is pretty conducive to an e-sports following. However, a balanced game with little impact from bugs and glitches is also required.

Whichever first, so long as both get done.