The New Rules (and why I'm not a Fan)

[ChamomileMF]

Vuvu, although I agree with your sentiment, your soldier scenario is somewhat flawed.
You said that p1 with 2 soldiers attacks and kills 1 of 2 p2 soldiers. P2 then has 8 wits and spawns a sniper and kills one of p1's soldiers.

In no map can p1 actually move across and attack/kill anything on the first turn. I'm fairly certain OML made certain of this. You can move ahead and spawn reinforcements, but not attack anything. P2 can then respond by either shoring up defenses or counter attack with starting units.

Last notes: before the update I could tell the beginning players when they spawned a heavy. With the update, tactics will change and I suspect we will see a lot more heavies in use due to their durability.
As for runners, we used to stick them in front of soldiers to waste opponents wits. They no longer can fill that roll but instead must be in the back of the advancing wall