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Oh, and funny enough, you can cap whilst using this and use unit abilities, such as rifle nades whilst in cloak.

Anybody who has used the doctrinal camo since release will have noticed this happens very occasionally, but it seemed pretty random. Took a while to get my head around it as it does not work in some game modes apparently as far as my testing showed or in high resource games. Strange as garden.

Not a serious game, showcasing a bug.

Related to the thread here: http://www.coh2.org/topic/27204/ostheer-camo-bug-ninja-army

Thanks to James Hale for taking part.

Opposing player goes infantry doctrine, I go lightning warfare (and actually use everything including interrogation, bar Osttruppen reserves). Turns out rifles can now go prone whilst fighting, which combined with smoke nades, makes MG42 play a bit gardened when the map already is good for flanking

A bit of a reverse in infantry combat as well, as the rifles eat dirt and fire their lmgs, whilst I employ the offensive G43 gren play mixed in with some PG's & MG42's. In hindsight, I should have got my customary sniper considering the USF tactics.

gg, wp

Edit: And new patch has broken it, rip replay . I have old replays enabled, but for whatever reason it is not working properly and the game runs differently to how it actually played out.

Well simple answer is try to stay compact as Ostheer, don't blob your forces, but be able to support each other in a timely fashion and don't spread out over the map too much.

Positioning is very important to Ostheer. Vs hard pushes by enemy infantry, a combination of Ostheer units can work, Grens & HMGs, Grens & Pgrens, Grens & Scout cars (if you got the micro).

Learning the maps is pretty important and how they generally flow. As a general rule of thumb, Gren spam into some Pgrens, Pak and Tiger tank call in, is boring as garden, but effective as it is pretty consistent. If your out purely for wins, probably the most straightforward route as Ostheer this patch imo.

Vs Yanks, on closed off maps, throw down two early tellers if you can and get a PAK eventually. On open maps, consider a 222 if he goes utility car, otherwise pak. VS Soviets, use them early munitions towards LMGS & sweepers.

A general BO is 5 grens, t2, Pgren, Pak, Pgren, tiger. Throw in a 2nd pak if required. For some flavour, consider trading out one Pgren for a sniper.

Don't stick rigidly to that, use your head and react to what you see on the field, but you get the jist.

And that kids, is 101 on how to play Ostheer in a boring manner, similar to OKW. (IMO, some may disagree).

Edit: Lightning warfare is in vogue this patch, as you get the Tiger and Stuka, which late game can be used to help vs Jacksons/ISU/IS-2, i.e. anything that can stand up to the Tiger.

You did some nice things and had opportunities, keep playing and learning, you'll improve in no time if your willing to

Also, if your going t1 play with the m3 and penals, you can probably afford to be a bit more aggressive as you really don't want Ostheer getting a steady munitions income. It is a pretty micro intensive strat as soviet builds go though!