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  [1v1] USF vs WM

  by: Antemurale map: Kholodny Ferma

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I a the USF player.

Would like another person's opinion on this game. I was completely out of my element playing against this strategy, struggled to stay afloat throughout the game, then I lost.

Confessions:
- poor early engagements against Assault Grens
- got both of my mortars wiped for no reason
- didn't bring up enough AT
- poor engagements against Panzergrenadiers
- no idea which doctrine to pick

Any suggestions or advice would be great!

1. Riflemen Smoke
2. Withdraw and Refit
3. 3-man Infiltration Commandos
4. M4A3 Sherman Bulldozer
5. KV-8 built from T4

The KV-1 is not exciting to use, but it fills a good role in the SU tank lineup, a sort of "pocket heavy tank". I would pick the KV-1 over the T-34/76 in almost every situation unless I was up against an Elefant or Jagdtiger.

The KV-1 has the same gun as the T-34, but it shoots faster. Also, due to having 960HP and 270 frontal armor, it can bounce the odd Pak 40/Raketenwerfer 43 shot, tank damage, and reliably shrug off Panzer IV shots.

I do not see the need to make it a Churchill clone. A tiny cost decrease would be nice, though probably unnecessary.

Luftwaffe Ground Forces report card:

I cannot find a reason why I would pick this commander over another. Special Operations gives you recon. Scavenge, Feuresturm contain better off-map strikes. If you need elite infantry, Obersoldaten, Panzerfusiliers, and Jager Light Infantry seem more cost-effective. If you want to be defensive, Fortifications does the job much better.

Smoke Bombing Run
Feels like a self-spotting version of the WM smoke bombing run. Gives this ability more utility.

Heavy Fortifications
- Tank Traps are useful when Sturmpioneers cap (build green cover).
- Trenches are extremely situational; I would build them on garrison-lacking maps such as Langreskaya to house my MG34s, but otherwise I wouldn't spend the time to build them.
- Flak Emplacement is much stronger, I would actually build them to protect a flank or to prevent enemy harassment. However, their health is very misleading; the crew HP shows up on the unit icon while the gun/emplacement HP is hidden. Makes it harder to gauge the health of the unit.

Fallschirmjagers
The original buffs and infiltration adjustments in previous iterations of DBP were great for this unit. I do not agree with the 3-man infiltration spawn, however. I disagree that they should be on-par with other infiltration squads; they cost significantly more than WM Stormtroopers and especially SU Partisans. Therefore, I would say that their high cost justifies their combat strength. If you mess up (e.g. your opponent places explosive doormats, you exit the building into a blob) then you lose an even greater amount of MP. All infiltration units, even 3-man Falls/Commandos, are still capable of wiping low health retreating squads.

Two suggestions: if you would like to keep all infiltration units at roughly the same initial combat strength, then reduce Fallschirmjager infilitration cost. Otherwise, revert this change, allowing them to come onto the field as a 4-man squad (also the Brit Infiltration commandos).

Valiant Assault
The munitions cost decrease makes it much more viable. Still less effective than For the Motherland, but I would say that it is in a good spot.

Airborne Assault
The first few MG strafing runs only work if infantry are extremely close to the center point of the strafe (approximately 10m). The AT loiter works decently.

Is it possible to 1) increase the radius of this ability and allow the MG Stukas to gain targeting capability (gives this ability more combat power), or 2) give this ability a minimap UI that shows you exactly where the ability affects (to allow us to learn to use)?