Profile of Katitof

High armor for allies is far more valuable as axis TDs have only 170 pen at long range while all allied TDs have 200+. In team games, axis armor values are worthless as the only armor that allies ever get are TDs which completely negate "supposedly superior" axis armor. Stuff like OKW p4 are only worth the fuel in 1v1 games. In team games, you'd rather have a cheap p4 (the ost p4.) Or just outspam the allied TDs with your own TDs. Allied player might get one medium tank and if they lose that, they'll simply spam TDs.

Regarding the nerfs to the croc being overnerfed for teamgames, allied players should realize that panther nerfs are overnerfed for 1v1, so there are problems on both sides. An ideal situation would be to do separate balance for 1v1 and team however, that will never happen.

I love the way you pretend panther, ele and JT do not exist.
Also, since you are a little on the slow side, axis armor is not supposed to be any more superior then allied early and mid game is.

Nope.

Thank you, but I'll stick to actual balance and in game application of units.

Not going to even try to contest rank 1 lexicon warrior.
You're naming stuff exclusively when and how it suits you, constantly making exceptions and your very own rules, just to shove your point of view down everyones throat.

You are now pretending that upgrades are not upgrades and tech unlocks are upgrades, just because it suits your argument - its completely irrelevant for you that its incorrect as long as you can use pretty words and apply definitions exclusively made up and used by you.

Now, go compare the costs of unlocking medium tank production for ALL factions as the teching is balanced to allow very similar timing of them if you go straight for one.
Then add side upgrades costs for applicable factions(all 3 allied factions+OKW).

Your pretty theory will collapse like a house of cards near a cat.

the soviet mortar's lower firing rate was balanced by the fact it had a six men crew like everything else.

I'll let you on a little secret:

Mortars are not exactly meant to be a damage sponges.
If offensive capabilities of indirect weapon fall short, then that indirect weapon is shit.
Perfect example ie MEME PACK howitzer. Only thing keeping sov mortar in game was precision strike, the moment it was removed, the weapon became utter shit. Only recently it begun to be decent-ish with flare, which indeed is a great ability.

the enlarged crew isn't as useful for the mortar as it is for the atg and maxim but it still come in handy (arty duel). Lastly, even with the lower firing rate the mortar was still okay enough.

Crew size is irrelevant when opposing ordnance fires 3 times faster.
Only way how sov mortar could win mortar duel was precision strike. Both of them firing at each other in similar conditions, sov mortar will lose ever single time, excluding lucky first shots. Again, flare balances that a tiny bit, but that's still a munition usage just to stand a chance.
If durability was an actual factor, dual ost mortar would not obliterate mortar pit and I'm talking about pre-nerfs pit.

vet0 flare is just providing too much synergy for the sov. It's just too simple for the Soviet to flare and barrage the axis into oblivion.

IR halftruck anyone? Exactly the same thing, but on a much wider scale and muni free.
Only difference is, no scatter penalty in flare case, but very low RoF balances it out perfectly.

The soviets are already the most artillery resistant faction in the game due to their squad size, and with the flare their artillery are also the most efficient.

You have never used dual ost mortar or pwerfer firing from half range or closer, have you?
Artillery is as potent as its rate of fire is. Volume of barrage is much more important then precision of it, now that we do not have precision strikes in game anymore and soviet artillery does not stand up to that, unless we talk about massed SU-76 barrages.

The Scatter bonus/penalty are there to reward faction who use frontline and support unit together.

Anything preventing axis factions to use that?

It forces the player to put their own unit at risk by limiting the effectiveness of blind artillery. The british have the best scouting of all five faction in the game and also subsequently the worst artillery aside from post-release dlc. 50-60 sight unit are also typically weak in combat in mid-late game. Snipers are expensive.

What scouting of brits you are talking about here?
Excluding axis lights, its the soviet mortar that provides best scouting in game.

Pls do not use the quote button if what you are going to write is totally irrelevant to what you are quoting.

The point remains BP 1 is require for access to bundle grenades.

BP1 is a way to set the timing of them, not an actual cost of getting them as that is not a separate upgrade, but a regular tech progression.

I feel the need to repeat it, because I do not have the feeling that you're capable of comprehending that after mentioning it only once.

You seem to be stuck in a misplaced conviction that ost tech is anymore expensive then other factions tech due to upgrades that are side upgrades for others being rolled into it - that is frankly, not true.