You mean the days of complaining about Support Spam? The reason the PAK got nerfed? I seem to recall tons of whining from then, just not about offmaps. Let me see if I can recall it....
OMG support spam!
OMG Tank Spam!
OMG Elite Infantry SPAM!!!
WAAAAAGHH!!!!
That should sum up the months prior to offmaps.
That sums up the continuing history of EiR more like. Remember last month's bren carrier spam? AT rifle spam? AB spam? Assault Gren Spam? Let's not be retarded here and assume that passive buffs will RUIN AMERICA.
my point is simple, if you destroy the offmaps completely to a useless amount people will simply swap into the passives.
that is all I was saying.
Uh...reduce passive bonuses as well then? Increase the damage of offmaps but drastically reduce the uses so you actually have to think when to use them? Make two different doctrine sections one for buffs and one for special abilities so you can have a reasonable ammount of both buffs and special abilities? Realize that even buffed units can be stopped, unlike rains falling from the sky and so your argument is exaggerated?