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FRP are really bad for the game because as has been pointed out, it promotes blobbing by preventing people from getting punished if they have to mass retreat. All 6 squads got suppressed by an MG? No problem, you'll be back on the field in 20 seconds.

Though, the Forward Assembly would need a buff of some kind without the retreat point. Maybe just a slight durability buff.

Steppes is a great 3v3 map though. It's nice and open but not too big.

As Jono said, this thread was an accidental double post as it was also posted in the proper Generals Gentlemen shoutcast thread, so this thread can be deleted.

Just for an explanation though, I schedule my videos to be posted at 2-3am my time in Aus, which means I am usually asleep at the time so I ask Jono (a European who would be awake) to post our videos to our Shoutcasting thread here and on Reddit otherwise I forget the next day.

Snipers are a problem across the board, but we saw the Wehr Sniper overperforming in the NA ESL as well, particularly against USF. The Wehrmacht snipers are practically unkillable until T4 when you can get lucky Tank shots. The best practical counter is counter snipes which is just a giant cheesefest, one which USF has no part in. Balance aside, Snipers are just bad for gameplay, it encourages blobbing whilst they ruin the flow of the game and slow everything down by preventing players from being aggressive and engaging to due all the manpower bleed. You either blob everything into it to try and force it off or don't engage at all, there's no room for individual squads against Snipers.

Snipers have been designed to be countered by light vehicles, but they're just not a viable counter, light vehicles are so risky and too all-in due to the abundance of Fausts, how quickly the 222 comes out and the prevalence of mines. There's so many ways the snipers could be changed, it's hard to think of the best one. I would perhaps suggest I increasing the aim fire delay, that would be a great change because it would means snipers can't 1v1 squads by kiting them. Snipers should be countered by charging a squad up to the sniper and forcing it off, but this doesn't work because a sniper can just keep running backwards and using it's cover and range to pick off models as it soft retreats. Increasing the aim fire delay would also prevent counter snipes which is a massive problem for Brits vs Wehr especially because it's just a monotonous and frustrating face off that prevents you from being active with the Snipers. Leaving a sniper cloaked for 5 minutes hoping the enemies sniper will reveal itself nearby is not fun gameplay.