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+1 - looking forward to testing things, even if I am terrified of new grenspam into 5 222s... |
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Because it already moves incredibly slowly while cloaked, and having to keep it in cover would severely gimp its usefulness |
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Intuitively it seems like Stg44s are better against Brits, given the fact that they are more likely to be in green cover. The whole commander is pretty nice vs Brit tbh |
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I think he's referring to the incendiary grenades |
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Good to hear, wouldn't want anything clouding GCS |
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Hi Aarotron,
If you are suffering from bleed I am guessing it's because you're playing against OKW, who in their current state are pretty efficient at shredding conscripts. I've had the same problem trying to use an aggressive conscript start in the early game vs OKW.
The problem is simple - con spam is an aggressive strategy, but because of the difference between a combat engineer and a sturmpioneer you will never have as much raw power on the field as early as OKW. Another problem is if you go early maxims your opponent can usually outflank and push you off using volks.
The solution I've found is to play slightly slower using a mix of penals and conscripts (Con - penal - con - penal). This gives you beefier infantry that should prevent OKW from over-running you early. My general build from there is usually 120mm mortar, mini at gun (if using defensive tactics)/ Guards, then fast T 70.
If you're using penals, don't upgrade them until you seen medium armour. I usually only upgrade 1 in any case. However their snare when upgraded is absolutely insane and can easily win you games if you use them to ambush.
Other thoughts - use mortar flares/ combat engineers rather than conscripts to scout dangerous territory. Make sure you upgrade healing early (after your 4 infantry) so you don't take extra bleed.
Hope these tips help |
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The reason why soviet sniper strategies are not and will not be meta in high level 2v2 play is twofold.
Firstly, building a sniper gives you a disadvantage in the early game when aggressively establishing map control is most important. If you've built one early, your opponents will have more infantry than you and can end up over-running your position. I get your point about early game map control not being the be-all and end all, composition is also important. But having more resources than your soviet opponent gives you loads of options to counter whatever he has - getting early armour like ostwinds to keep up pressure on the map, upgrading your infantry, mining the shit out of chokepoints, building bunkers, building an artillery piece to hammer him as he tries to come out of his base...
The second reason is that the ostheer mortar is currently dictating the 2v2 meta, from what we've seen from the limited games so far in the Ultimate Team Tournament. Players like Barton are spamming these and sniper play offers no solution to them. Mortars wipe snipers from behind cover with alarming regularity. Not only do mortars wipe snipers, they can also allow your infantry to easily flank and kill them using smoke barrages.
That's not to say that snipers are useless, but they are a more difficult and risky playstyle in 2v2 than simply opting for conscripts - t2 - light vehicle play.
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Frankly though they're designed to trade well from range against units like riflemen so indirect fire/tanks/elite infantry like paratroopers or flanking rangers are probably the way to go. |
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You'll trade more efficiently with Falls if you can close the distance safely with Bar Rifles. You could do that by using mortar/sherman smoke or using rear echelons as meat shield up front. As an expensive 4 man squad Falls are also very vulnerable to explosives - sherman HE, M8 Scott, Pack howie, mines etc.
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Thread: Panther4 Feb 2018, 13:14 PM
It's the most heavily armoured medium tank in the game that's also fast and has a pintle mount mg. It'll never do the job of AT as well as massed stugs or a jp4 but the difference is that it can go and quickly support an attack at the side of the map without being in too much danger of dying or being caught out.
It's a really nice addition to late game axis combined arms when you already have dangerous and useful infantry in addition to at least one tank destroyer (stug or jp4). I've seen a lot of games thrown by axis players recently because they refuse to go panther and instead go for p4s (brutally countered by late game allied tanks) or a king tiger (very slow and easily countered).
The main problem with it is that it requires more micro than people think. To get reliable shots you have to get it into a flanking position and halt to fire. People also assume that as a late game tank it's supposed to instantly have a massive impact on the game and wipe something. They don't think about using it to consistently damage tanks before going in for a timing attack. Getting vet on a panther is also extremely valuable as it fires much faster at vet 3. |
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