Profile of Nuclear Arbitor

Against snipers I currently feel very helpless to be honest.

not a whole lot you can do until you get light vehicles out. fortunately, volks are cheap and have 5 models so you can afford to push pretty aggressively with them as long as you're careful.

I have great troubles against clowncars in the early so I wanted to play it safe. The Sniper thing actually makes sense and I could have know that there isn't a car coming

I get that but a schreck will hard counter a car and you can afford to wait until the car is out to get a rak if you really feel the need for one. they're not going to do really well against them anyway because of their long aim time. another option is spios, which have enough dps for a pair of them to take a car down really fast. you have to watch for flamers though.

I think I did... but at the lategame. I should work on that

personally, i by sweepers as soon as i hit a mine, at a minimum. sometimes i'll preemptively buy them if i suspect i'll be facing a lot of them and, unlike all other builders, spios aren't hurt by getting them as long as you turn the sweeper off after they retreat.

I did once. I wanted to save the ammo for Schrecks

i get that. you have to make a choice early on. still, just placing a couple where the enemy will hit them can give you big pay offs and generally forces the enemy to be careful. if they hit them and aren't careful then you can really go to town with them.

I wanted that Panther badly to be prepared if any tank comes up. IIRC the KV-8 were rushing my base just as it arrived - so I feel it was a very good investment. Why do you think it wasn't? Can you clarify this point so I can avoid making that mistake again and know what to do better precisely?

they were. you still didn't end up using any raketens until much later though. the problem with the rak is that it's generally a very weak AT gun, particularly against things like the KV-8 that will kill it very fast. you would have been better served with more infantry to allow you to cap more and apply more pressure against the enemies setup teams. i'm not sure if you had the munitions for it but in general schrecks are going to be more effective against KV-8s (although still not a great idea) than raks. certainly once you had the V you didn't really need the raketens, and certainly not more than 1. they just don't contribute a whole lot. :\

Why's that? Aren't raks a good unit? I mean I know that they are bad compared to Pak40s but for OKW as AT Unit

again, they have a long aim time, reduced range, and a small squad size. their pen is fine but they have a hard time hitting fast targets and the projectile often runs into objects in the way. they're more of a last ditch unit at this point than anything else and while not using them they're taking pop and causing upkeep.

I wanted something AI against the shocks since Volks can't and Obers only with extreme caution and micro keep up with shocks

That's fine, but you already had a lusch, which is at least as good damage wise and much cheaper. you can fight obers with shocks but you need to be careful to keep the obers at range as much as possible, even if you have to throw the grenade on the ground in front of them to force the shocks back. dodging the return grenade is another important point. you're right about volks though, don't bother unless you're certain you can get the nade off or have to stall.

if you want anymore comments send me a PM, i don't generally check this section.

medium tanks are only threats to pumas when the get into firing range. you can prevent that by having supplementary defenses such as AT guns, infantry AT, and mines.

JPIVS and SU-85s are incredibly effective against mediums as long as they have said supplements. the JPIV is expensive but it's very powerful.

i strongly disagree with the V being "crap" but i agree with the rest. basically, the OKH player can float because he has team mates to cover for him; the more team mates, the less one player's contribution matters.

things that increase range when i have them.

it no longer gives a defensive bonus iirc