An OKW Officer Speaks Out

(October 31st - Oberkommando die Luftwaffe)
(OKL) Keld4r, Kommandeur 1. Gruppe, 2. Jagdgeschwader: " S! Soldaten. Let me be the first to apologize to you for the tumultous events that transpired and ultimately lead to our demise. i KNOW my apology isnt worth 2 cents to you, but you deserve it nonetheless. I was online when the allied breakout occured, and i held my tongue. not to prove a point or any crap like that but out of negligence. I failed you, the axis playerbase by not speaking up and taking control of the situation. You see me sig, yes i am a luft officer. I am however an ex cinc and was the most experienced officer online when things went south, so ultimately the excuse that im luft holds no bearing, i failed in my duties as a senior player and officer within the okw to try and turn things around. I see a lot of my fellow axis players on here speaking out about equipment imbalance. Gentlemen, i was cinc at a time when i had to do rdp, crs didnt do it for us. therefore i speak with facts, not inuendo, nor rumor. yes, the allied armor is superior to ours. however..... and this is an important caveat here.... we have the capability to offset that created imbalance with our own kit in the form of the 88 and the stuka. It just takes a willingness to do so on our parts, and that is our, as a whole sides, failing. that "imbalance" is not a design flaw, it is there for purpose because that is how it was at the start. gentlemen, victory is up to us. if we want it we have to go get it. asking crs for a knee jerk reaction equipment wise isnt going to get us anywhere, that is basically asking for a crutch, and that crutch would taint any and all future accomplishments. tier 0/1 are our hardest tiers, without doubt. however it is because we as a side have given up trying to overcome a percieved allied advantage that we fail, not because of the equipment. quite simply put, tanks cant cap a town. i well realise our leaders of past are gone, plastic, dutchmon, schilling, zz etc. trust me, i was here, i learned under their tutelage, and i well recognise i will never be the leader they were to you. that does not mean however that we do not have leaders of equal capability within our ranks today. we just have to get those leaders to step up and lead, whether hc or not. my only goal since i have joined the hc is to increase hc/squad relations, to put the onus back on the squads to get the jobs done, and to basically, for lack of a better term, cater to our squads. Why do you ask? because it is not opinion but proven fact that the squads make or break the game. as an hc officer my job is to assist them and let them do their thing with as little interference as possible.

In closing: i, as an hc officer apologise for failing you. it will not happen again. i am prepared to stay up the hours required to offset our skilled foe in the wee hours if it is needed. i am willing to take every bit of knowledge i have gained, as a cinc, as an axis player of 7 years to any and all junior officer or senior officer willing to listen and learn. i am willing to try my utmost to instill the respect of squads and the ideaology of servitude to our playerbase within those i can. make no mistakes axis players. it was not some marvel new strategy of the allies that cost us this map. it was the mistake of your hc, and we have addressed it internally. i can not speak for everyone, but as the most experienced officer online during the break out it is my responsibility to respond to you and be held accountable to you. i will try my utmost to restore your faith in your high command. if you need anything while online, if you have suggestions while online, or think you see an opening or potential whlie online please feel free to pm me so it can be addressed. all i ask, even though to be honest i have no right to ask anything of you, is that you do not unsub, nor give up on us. we need you to log in. we need you to help shape the future of the axis side. we may be the "high command" but in truth we are nothing without you. the axis squads, the axis playerbase. the true strength of the axis side, always have been, always will be. S!"

Read the thread over at The Barracks.