This isn't necessarily a rant about the commanders abilities itself but the future commander variation.
Like you, playing the Soviets I have encountered the dreaded tiger ace commander multiple times now and my frustration only grows, more so with the buy vet system which imo breaks a core concept of the game.
My concern is that when the Soviet counterpart is released in the near future that the majority of players will adopt it to counter the tiger ace and thus even a smaller amount of commander variations will be seen in game.
Am I wrong? What are your concerns?
