Profile of August1996

MadNoors
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  El Polvorilla

  August1996

  What went wrong?

  by: August1996 map: Unknown

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I play as the USF. I went to the early game going for the cutoff. Then mid game where I secured a lot of wipes on his units and weapon teams alike(I even built a Pack Howie because I don't know what to do with that much manpower). Though the Stuart could use a little more finesse I think. Then the late game is when I started faltering. Obers at vet 3+ are batshit OP with insta suppress on the move which I was caught by surprise(never saw Obers past vet 1 honestly). Not to mention the Command Panther which were causing problems with Pershing. I can't get a Jackson due to the CQC nature of the map. His Shwerer perfectly covers the mid VP behind a shotblocker(I know that the AT gun will hit the building in front of it instead. So in the lategame I lost my pershing and Sherman due to combined assault of the OKW with his Obers suppressing everyone they see and Mark Target on my Pershing.

TL;DR = What could I do to become better? What mistakes did I made?

I really dont want this dark age of dual USF AA HT coming again ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmCKe4zJYiQ

He made a serious mistake going Shrecks vs a unit that can suppress, plus muni conversion hurts his ability to get Puma, hell even a Luchs is enough to scare the HT away.

So, I main USF and played around with WBP 1.7 a lot to test the new changes and tweak builds. And so far I kinda liked it(except penals). Which brings me to my main point, the AA halftrack will not be even considered for use in 1v1 in its current state. Period.

Main arguments for this is:
1. Going LT tier usually warrants a fast M20. The shock value alone can outright end games if played right. It has mines, smoke and even a zook(probably be removed) for anti-light vehicle duty. The M20's far overshadows the HT and even with M20 nerfs, it will still be the meta pick for LT tier.

2. The problems of the unit itself. Not only it's hard enough to even micro the damn HT, pathfinding will absolutely screw players over because of the driving capabilities of a retarded seal. The main gun can NOT penetrate 100% the Luchs and the new 222 will demolish the HT that costs twice as much as the 222.

3. It has no AT capabilites ever. Main gun shoots too slow and not enough pen too make up for the price. Luchs, Puma and 222 will hit the field around the same time if both sides are equal, limiting its usefulness by far. The price itself will delay weapon racks even further, and if we go racks first there's no point in going for HT in the first place.


Proposed buffs for AA HT:
1. Just give the unit the ability to fire frontal and most of the pathfinding issues is gone because players won't have to spam the U key in a fight.

2. Increase main gun penetration so it can pen Luchs reliably.

3. Double damage on main gun but penalty vs infantry increased to -75% so it doesn't screw with infantry balance.

4. Give 'Prioritise Vehicles' ability.

These fixes alone can help a lot with making the unit viable and not just something for bragging rights in a match. The OKW HT is now more viable in certain matchups because of the buffs it got so I hope the USF gets the same treatment.

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  Whiteskin

  August1996

  Camping with Flak Truck

  by: August1996 map: Crossing in the Woods

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TL;DR OKW camps with flak truck. Auto lose since cannot kill.

OK so the OKW player decided to bring 2 sturms out of the gate. So I brought all my men to the right side. Then I lost the early game(riflemen bled to death, RE wiped). Brought more riflemen to flank and secure cutoff, then saw the truck.

"Ok then", I said.

Pumped out Cap and Stuart ASAP to deal with Flak HT(the one ppl NEVER build), surprised by raketen parked beside the truck, making sure I can't get close with the stuart. Riflemen were also nulled by suppression.

Come 5 mins later then I saw it. He parked his flak truck at middle VP. Tried AT gunning, pack howie it(swarmed to death). Tried bringing stuart(died). Then I decided to YOLO my shermans to kill that truck(keep in mind that I denied both fuel for first 3/4 of the match).

HE. MADE. ANOTHER. ONE.

It went downhill from there and OKW managed to win by sheer blobbing at the end. And I don't have meta commanders since Relic too stingy.