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Thank you kamk for the comprehensive review, which I’ll use a primer for my own. kamk, does a good job discussing the minutia of the game, but I’m going to make a more holistic and strategical analysis.

“I feel like we were being punished for being too aggressive early on,”

On the contrary, I thought you guys were rather passive. Even out of context, an aggressive allied team should generally hold about 2/3rds of the map. Perhaps it was more of an issue of where you were being aggressive. Traditionally 1v1 on Eindhoven requires splitting the map east to west, but here, make sure to take a few seconds to consider just how your opponents are playing. With 3 MG’s in the center houses opposite, they were about as mobile as a tree. With your own hold on the center, it would have been easy to keep a small garrison on your right flank, and swamp the rest of your forces on their fuel and overrun them, holding both fuels and instead just contesting the eastern most VP. This not only puts a lot more pressure on your opponents, but would have forced them to choose where to fight, or to split up, which is the real goal of aggressive play, dictating the pace and nature of the fight.

This I think highlights a more systemic problem in that you guys were far too predictable. kamk touches a little on this regarding early commander choice, but it shows throughout the game. You guys were absolutely married to a preconceived notion of victory and it let you down. I’m going to focus on your decisions here. Again, I suggest really taking a step back and critically examining how your opponents were playing. With absolutely 0 tier 1 (the MG hard point excluded) and assault grenadiers, an M15 maybe even a Stuart, or something as simple as grenades could have won you the game outright. Ask yourself how an M20 in that situation really helps you against your opponent’s entrenchment in the center. It did not provide really any equity at all in the game. The strategic discussion has evolved to a point where you simply can’t go M20 to fast Sherman and win, so be sure to ask yourself what the best strategy is, and then just execute it tactically. Fundamentally, you guys certainly executed well and with a confidence that allows you to be more fluid and adaptable in your play. That is a strength and edge, don't be afraid to use it.

Sadly, we lost due to VP's and my teammate for some reason stopped playing aggressive once we finally gained the upper hand.

I would be more conscious of mid game exhaustion setting in, especially on the right hand flank, with the way you guys were blobbing, just by nature of getting tired, you were slower to react to situations and on a few occasions forced some realllly poor engagements, 2 rifles against an entire army for instance. By deciding to tangle in these situations you bleed MP and lose any edge you gain in the earlier stages of the game, and this is the beginnings of the slippery slope to defeat once you lost a few rifle squads. It’s very very verrrryyy important to replace these, either with AB as you attempted or with standard infantrymen, being aware of your MP float and perhaps delaying that second M36 or replacing a Sherman with a rifle squad can be soo soooo beneficial in the later stages of the game when points are running down, just by having proper map presence, but they also need to be utilized properly, (see above on blobbing) if anything especially in the later game as more powerful units with the potential to wipe hit the field. If you need to don't be worried about taking a step back a deep breath and regaining your focus, a few seconds of VP bleed before things get out of hand can let you regain your focus and kick their teeth in when it counts.

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I will gladly have a look at this and hopefully have a review posted by the morning.

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Volksgrenadier =/= Vokssturm* (see below)
Vet 5 was nerfed a while ago.
Lack of choice regarding munitions is an issue not a strength.
OKW have a machine gun, the kubelwagen is early game area denial/pio synergy... tool, not a blob counter, and something that is countered by strafing...
KT is a good blueprint for teching.
The only issue with the battlegrouppe, and mechreg for that matter is the headquarters working out of connection to hq.
uhu is way too damned expensive.
JPiV, is godly, but can be awkward to fit into builds, especially if you want to play around with diversity.
oh come on the AAHT as well?? the soft counter is literally more of the units it's supposed to hard counter.
the puma was a tank hunter, with a 5 cm KwK 39 that was more effective than you think.
*** regardless, historical designation shouldn't be factored into game balance. free smoke should certainly be a vet ability. as well, the puma certainly should be assiting destroying ISU's as a flanking force.
stuka is debatable... it gives a lot of control but a lot of soft counter equity... if that's a thing... also, a little like the JPiV, it's place in army composition precludes it from ever being an issue except in team games.
problem with panthers? try atg's or jacksons, or both.

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