The second element we would like to talk about is suppression. Generally speaking, the suppression mechanic should work very similar to how it did in Company of Heroes - to inexpensively neutralize infantry forces – however, directly porting over this system has proven insufficient. Here are some problems that have appeared in the Beta and the solutions we are implementing in the patch.

- Suppression is too easily neutralized by melee based opponents because once a suppression unit is attacked in melee, that unit is rendered completely ineffective. To play an effective role on the DOWII battlefield, suppression is now more effective against melee units at short ranges.
- Suppression units are quickly overwhelmed by groups of standard ranged units. To prevent this, suppression has been made more effective against ranged units who choose to enter their firing range.
- Units in cover are too vulnerable to suppression. As a result, cover has been made more effective at dissipating suppression.

Together, these changes should dramatically increase player’s tactical options for using and countering suppression. Moving forward, we will continue to explain some of the changes we’re making to the game to a greater extent because we know many of you are very interested in how we arrived at the decisions we’ve made. Sometimes we just make mistakes, we’re only human after all, but other times there are very good and well thought out reasons behind the changes