What games are people playing??

[raz_atoth]

Westland,you are 100% right in what you state above.Indeed,with rarity on and with an open map the axis player and his Panther swarm will have the upper hand by a wide margin.

However,this is just a particular case. Turn rarity off and suddenly the allies will have the upper hand,simply because they will afford to have roughly two Fireflies for each Panther the axis player has. Keep the rarity on,but play on a heavy bocage map or a heavy forested one and watch how your expensive panthers are blown into oblivion by cheap bazookas.

On the other hand,you have the same issues in CMx1,too. Play as the axis in 1941 against a KV-only force and see how this goes. Spend all your points on Tigers in 1942 and your opponent won't stand a chance.

Obviously,the game params. can be tweaked to give a side the advantage before the battle begins in both CMx1 and CMx2. It's definitely not just a CMx2 issue.
That's why,i guess, it's critical to discuss the details of the game with your opponent,to avoid any behavior that might be considered gamey as a Panther-only taskforce.