Profile of StephennJF

StephennJF (Shock Frontline Rifle Tactics) vs Draupner (Fortified Armour)

Good game on Semoisky with many big engagements, creative tactics, veterancy galore and arty. Combined arms used all round for both sides and shining hero units!

gg Draupner wp

Ahh yeh it is even like that in CoH1 actually and something I've never actually taken note of. Not a bad suggestion I think.

T1 is the only consistant viable option on North Langres for Soviets. 3 conscripts, M3/flamer then get guard/sniper or sniper/guard is the only thing that works regulary.

With some clever wire you can actually get 3 conscripts, T2 maxim, mortar, guards to work. However it is not something you can always fall back upon.

You are correct though, dont commit to much to the east side in the early game as your cut off is completely exposed. I typically focus on locking down the west side as Russia whilst keeping pressure on the east ammo/fuel purely through the houses.

I struggle with this map aswell. It is balanced from the South for Soviets in my opinion but from North it is a joke that only one strat seems viable unless you have a really succesful early game. Once flanking is buffed you will notice a difference, but at the moment the game is a joke for me. On Langre the lack of shot block allow the MG42 simply to reign, compound that with the snow and you can really only win if you have +1 squad in a flanking engagement. Hard to do that though when your opponent is dedicated to that cut off of yours and commits everything

Nice work Inverse. I used to use that program in vCoH aswell. Thanks for working to get it back up and running!

Yeah but the thing is the early game RNG engagements seem much more impacting in comparison to CoH1 early game.

CoH1 = Faster engagements, more engagements, slower teching.
CoH2 = Slow engagements, fewer engagements, faster teching.

These RNG impacts in the early game can be sometimes be quite pivotal in conjunction with the teching speed of CoH2.