Honestly, giving away Maxims seems like a proper powerplay. At least there's a chance they'll use them instead of MG42/34s
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Maybe, but I don't think I'll try it again. |
Yeah, look on the positive side! Your opponent is wasting their MP on crewing two maxims!
Had a good game last night. It was a 2v2 long arty fest, to be sure. I would like to take this moment to remember the time an OKW push was met with two calliopes, a sexton, the british base howitzers and a major artillery strike.
Good times. Kudos to them for co-ordinated fire.
Late game with lots of yellow cover they don't seem to matter much. I once had an opponent tell his MG42 to set up on the opposite side of a sandbag from my Maxim. The MG42 traversed the entire field of fire, set up, and killed 2 models of my Maxim before he noticed that his MG was being shot up. He still managed to retreat it and the whole encounter probably didn't cost him any more manpower than it cost me.
I just finished a 2v2 where my teammate decided I was terrible, and kept typing shit in team chat. He even said he was going to leave after YOLO'ing his Cromwell and Firefly into a Stugs, JP4, Panther, PAK40, and Raketen. Somehow, it was my fault he didn't win that engagement AND I'm a retard. He didn't leave and we won, but it was still annoying as shit. I wish replays kept all of the chat until you leave. The end was pretty funny. My illustrious teammate typed in chat how he hates having to carry someone. One of my opponents said "Don't worry, you didn't". |
not bad, in that case i honestly expected a silent rage quit. Did you win?
Yes, but it was a 40+ minute slog after that.
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Not a fan of the penetration nerf since when a Panther appears the su76 becomes redundant. A vet 3 penetration buff would be welcome.
Before the penetration nerf, it was common to see a horde of them. It was kind of comical, especially when they barraged. They were way too cost efficient. |
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Non-doc Easy 8 for USF, buildable after entire tree is unlocked
Ersatz Gruppe commander for OST with Panzerfusiliers, JP4, Railway, Stuka Smoke, and either the pioneer equivalent of Heavy Fortifications or Hull Down.
Some fix for the early game matchup between OKW and USF, without upsetting the other matchups
Possibly a change to Hull Down to make it somewhat similar to what it actually was - meaning the range should stay the same but the target size should go down. It would also be restricted to tanks. |
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Yesterday I was someone's Random Teammate story on a 2v2. I should've noticed that my teammate was winning his side on Camping in the Woods a little too easily. I didn't notice the flank until it was way too late and gave the other team two Maxims at about the 4 minute mark. Surprisingly, my teammate didn't say anything and we both kept playing. |
But there is one small detail. Ferdinds were destroted not because they din't have MG. But because some "alternative blessed" german officer wanted to use them as assault guns to break soviet trenches with digged infantry and masked ATG positions. For same reason many SU-76 were lost, when commanders tried used them as tool for defense breakthrough (because they looks like tanks for them and as you is tank, you must break this german defense! I don't know nothing about you low armor and lack of turret!). As you can understand, any turettless TD very bad tool for this task. SU-76 is tool for light arty support for infantry. Ferdinand is clear tank killer. It's not su-122 or sherman with 105 howitzer.
About superior german engeenering...just ask yourself on which tanks germans captured all Europe and could went to Moscow outskirts? The most coolest were p4 with short barrel. And if soviets tried to stop them with early kv's and t-34's (that breaks early, than could see germans tanks), then german in end of war tried to do the same with KT,JT and all other heavy broken stuff.
Most of the early war "German" tanks were Czech designed and built. As for the Ferdinands, the Germans themselves recognized that no MG was a weakness and retrofitted them with MG's. |
Sorry what? All sorts of weapons from the war are being used, even many German such like the MP40 and MG42, and no self-respecting "first world country" would allow itself to arm unreliable Soviet piece of shites in weird calibers, even if they made millions of them.
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Huh? The reason the whole third world is awash in AK-47's is because they are the most reliable pieces of shit.
I started watching documentaries on tanks on Netflix and Amazon prime. There are numerous ones on the main battle tanks. I'm not so sure I buy into the idea of "superior German engineering." They somehow missed the point that the idea is to win, not just look good on paper or coming off the assembly lines. For example, around half of "dreaded" Ferdinands broke down on their way to Kursk. Some of the ones that got there were turned into bonfires by Russians because some geniuses forgot to include machine guns for protection from infantry.
In comparison to the cool-looking German vehicles, the T34's were butt ugly. However, as an engineer I understand them better. The main gun breaches were made of something like 8 pieces, instead of the 60+ in a German tank. The workers didn't bother grinding down welds or anything that wasn't purely functional. It was like the made the calculation that this tank is nothing more than a tool, with a life expectancy of 3 months and its life goal is to destroy 0.8 German armored fighting vehicles. |
Focus sight reduced speed, severely reduces sight to the firing cone.
And the ablity has a cooldown.
As said it has enough meaningfull drawbacks to keep balanced.
Having other units spot for it is still generaly better.
As for target weakpoint. I rarely see it used anymore since it doesnt stun lock anymore ( wich is bs that it could before ) maybe i am missing it but it seems it a undesiarable ability now that its no longer so strong/op.
Doesn't it still stun when used by the PAK40? |
Nonsense..just excuses..giving an ability that can use all game long is not justified by rushing blitz which happens occasionally. You are supposed to scout with your mortar, it already had free vision or t70 or 7 men conscripts or invincible scout troops.
then give the SU85 stealth ability and a bonus when firing from stealth.... |
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