Profile of Finndeed

From the couple of games i have played so far with the patch (both have been uploaded in the replays section) i think conscripts may well be a bit too powerful for their cost (including a lack of tech).

It seems to me that cons trade very well vs Grens, and grens need an upgrade of an mg42 or g43 to outfight cons. However, even after that upgrade the cons can continue to trade very well, especially once they get to vet 3.

As a soviet player can get 3 or 4 cons out very quickly and take map very effectively, a rush to a t-70 will return as a very powerful strat against OST and OKW.

I need to play more games before i make my mind up, but i fear they have been overbuffed.

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Start seems fine, but can be a good idea to focus on getting control of buildings in strategic locations as fast as possible. In this game your opponent didnt focus on getting control of those buildings meaning you could have punished him for it.

Also when taking fights it can be a good idea to pull away from a fight before the enemy units have gotten up close to yours; drag out the fight rather than try and do as much damage before retreating. That way you dont lose as much map and can counter attack when the balance of power is in your favour.

If fact i notice you taking a lot of fights you are unlikely to win, inflicting as much damage to the other guy as possible and then retreating with just enough squad health for the squad to survive. That can be a smart play sometimes, like when you have a lot of manpower and they have little. However, as a rule its better to take fights you can win in one go. That way you gain map control and time from winning that fight, and presumably inflict more manpower damage on your opponent. In this situation because you are fighting penal's you will generally come out worse from those 'who has more DPS fights'.

I feel you picked the doctrine too early, and for little reason other than that you like it. Using which ever doctrine you feel comfortable with again isn't a bad thing but if you want to advance your game play you will have to learn to pick the doctrine that is best for the situation. This time that doctrine gave you practically nothing to use at the moment you picked it.

Five Volks is excessive, particularly when you have/are going for an MG and already have a luchs on the field. Given the number of buildings, somewhat static fight in the middle and your opponents choice of Dhsk MG's, an ISG would have made more sense. You have also kinda locked yourself of getting Obers (doctrinal advantage in picking them) simply though having to push so much of your available manpower into reinforcing all those volks.

Hmmm i didnt realise but you actually totally neglected building the Med HQ. Instead going to the Flak HQ. Now the doctrine you have chosen is powerful but not terribly well designed. The Command panther allows you to skip the Flak HQ and still get a powerful tank. However the STG on the obers can only be gotten with the Flak HQ. In Short if you go this doctrine you can afford to wait to get the Flak HQ up because you can rely on the Command panther, get healing up after the Luchs is out.

You need to make sure you arent just throwing your units at the same hard point again and again when there are flanking options available.

Also make sure to target infantry with your Stuka, it wont do much to tanks, and they can be repaired for free.

The KT is the most powerful unit in the game, if you used most of your forces for a large push in the centre with the KT you would have killed all this SU-76's and probably have won the game. At that point you have the advantage by a long way.

On the whole i dont think you didnt too badly, a little too focused on the centre of the map and a little too wayward with the units you build at times, but i think mostly what you need is more practice and to relax a little, let yourself think objectively about the situation and then react accordingly.

You are well on your way, good luck and happy hunting!

Happy to take this one on.

I feel like I always have problems with fuel as OKW, so I always send my sturmpios to the fuel first and get the points in between with my volks. This way, I can get my first truck for battlegroup HQ right after my third volks and then I will have fuel for tanks later.

What do you mean by that? Like, capping points that are on the other side of the map?

Since I am a new player, I am trying to use the same build order as much as possible to get better at the basics, and also because I don't know enough how to be flexible. I use this build in 90% of my games:

volks x 3
battlegroup HQ
ISG
MG
healing upgrade on battlegroup
second ISG
raketen
flak HQ covering fuel or VP
panther

The more I play, though, the more comfortable I get with changing little things in this build order. For example, I have come to realise how right you are: panthers are not good against infantry. So these days, depending on the situation, I may get a Pz4.

Thank you very much, I really appreciate the feedback! I hope that we can play some games sometime!

Is king tiger common in 1v1? I feel like the only time I can ever afford one is when I am in a dominant position and don't need one. Otherwise, it is too expensive, and if I am struggling, I can never afford one because I have to keep reinforcing my squads.

I am trying to be more flexible with my build order but I have never had much success going for the mech HQ instead of battlegroup as my first truck. Maybe because I don't know how to micro the Pz2? It does a lot of damage to infantry but I always get engine damage and then it dies. I think it's because I still don't know all the units that can do engine damage....

Thank you for the feedback!!

I would say if you are going to stick to that build order then make the MG first. Also you could stick to that build but just change the order in which you get each unit to fit the situation.

I know the KT seems like such a difficult unit to get but you got 2 panthers in that game, KT is only 80 fuel more. You can be less aggressive when you need to save manpower for the tank.

I can tell you now you were not fuel starved at all that game.

remember that normal point's also give you fuel income, that is more than enough for you to get your med truck out.

Start with small changes to your build order, and work from there. No need to completely change your style/build.

One more thing; play all the factions in the game, that way you can learn all the different strengths and weaknesses of the other factions. Its also a lot more rewarding that playing just the one.