Here's a first feedback, related to ERommel's.
I played two games with him on the map, well played it's too much to say, because we only played a few rounds in each. As Axis, he surrendered after a couple of turns, probably because he found the game to be unbalanced, as I later saw in the forum. But he did not quit the other one at the same time.
As I was making progress in the game playing as Germans, he then quit that game too. That somehow contradicts the balancing thing doesn't it? I mean if I was able to move up Axis troops despite whatever resistance it means it can be done, even if it's harder for the Germans.
Now I don't have that big of an issue with quitting games and whatever but if we're testing new maps, we should play them in full before submitting feedback and not quit at the beginning concluding it's not balanced enough to play it more. Who knows how things play out in a few turns.
That said, I had (so far) no problems either defending or pushing the attack. I even killed all the Tigers in a couple of games in V1, even though I thought it can't be done. And yes, it's quite a rush going against a group of Tigers.
Similarly, I pushed through the Allies lines with many Tigers alive - inevitably I lost some of them as well - so the game was winnable as both sides in V1, and I think it's the same in V3 as well. I don't think it needs more balancing. What I'd do is remove a Jeep from the Allies because with two of them I found that I can move too much stuff around, which plays a role in winning with Allies.
Yes, the Allies have it better, and yes the VG troops suck, but if you're patient and try to combine the forces available, you'll get through. And yes, in V3 you have the work cut out for yourself it playing Germans, but it can be won.
It's all about managing resources and logistics. I don't think that any MP game is completely 100% balanced. Each one has advantages and disadvantages for the side you pick, but I found that each MP map, either BA's or custom, can be won or lost, and no two games are the same - largely the reason why I've been playing the game for well over a year and only do MP.
Sorry about the delayed response on this, as I had most of this written down but was waiting to finish a couple of V3 games to see if anything changes. I think it's a very enjoyable map (even though the silence is crazy lol) , one of the best I played in a while because of all that armor action
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