Profile of LemonJuice

i like this kind of stuff more than the usual balance thread.

i thought we wanted to get rid of abandon.

http://www.coh2.org/topic/31676/tightrope-shoutcasts/post/472827

I cast this match. Artillery cover ftw

thanks tightrope. couple things you mightve missed: the first schwerer died to the concentrated arty during our first push. recon plane gives me sight and i dropped it as soon as the assault began. a schwerer will die 99% of the time if you drop it right on top of it with no additional help, so it actually doesnt matter where the okw player puts it (other than in his base sector of course). i also killed the medic truck during that push with my piats towards the end.

also i think that to be successful as brits right now you need to basically just turtle for the first few minutes until you can build a mortar pit. note that i dont even try to retake the bottom VP after the axis sieze it, since i know im gonna take model losses in the attempt vs the volks in green cover. i just sit around my resources and my trench. once the mortar pit goes up its on the axis to make a play and try to kill it, as seen by the volks trying to flame nade it. this creates openings for you as a player to exploit. the mortar pit is only supposed to hold you together until your cromwells come out, and after that its fairly smooth sailing as long as you get sweepers and save enough muni for arty cover.

lets take this to an extreme (for the sake of a bad example) and have a faction that can't fight but also can't be targeted. they would be super asymmetric but not in a good way. it's the same thing with HMG/mortar/AT guns; they're such a core concept that not having (or having shitty versions) is a massive disadvantage as well a limit on play styles.

every faction has serviceable HMGs and AT guns (dont say the 50cal is shit, its not. dont say the USF at gun is shit, its cheaper than a pak and also has great veterancy). you can argue that the leig/pack howitzer are different than mortars, but theyre still most definitely indirect fire. the brits definitely get the short end of the stick with the mortar pit, but its still 2 mortars no matter how you look at it.

the only thing that some factions DONT have are snipers (even then there are pseudo snipers like pathfinders anad JLI) and UKF dont have rocket artillery or flamers.

Pro's of UKF?

http://www.coh2.org/replay/47691/ukf-on-life-support

spammable mediums, strongest offmaps.

brits are probably the hardest faction to play in the early game, much like ostheer losing one model is a huge setback. but if you can manage your sections well, dont get caught out in the open, theyre pretty strong.