Profile of rumartinez89

Ostheer are meant and do have more cost efficient support weapons so it does make perfect sense.

But the only support weapon that is more cost efficient is the MG42. The Soviet mortar might perform a tiny bit worse but has better durability and flare which is a great ability. The ZIS is straight up the most efficient support unit in the game as it can perform AT and mortar duties along with great durability.

Personally, this is why I believe maxim will stay “bad”. If it were any better, even with a slow start a T2 rush would become unbeatable due to attrition and staying power from merge.

Yes ost NEEDS fast access to Faust or clown car will destroy ost early game. Pio got given sight to spot for mg42s and they work well together and encourages combined arms but i dont find that game breaking at all and wouldn't mind even if it was put behind vet.

Grens vet 3 damage reduction REPLACED the RA they get at vet 3 (-23% Received Accuracy replaced by -20% damage reduction) it essentially makes no difference to grens performance vs small arms fire, it ONLY made them more resistant to explosive damage. ANd it was a necessary change to make them more survivable vs tanks and arty because they are only 4 man and get wiped easily, other solution would have been to make them 5man which would have been way worse.

Allied inf had damage reduction (rangers was it?) + RA protection and with 5 man. to put it simply, you have grens + damage reduction vs rangers + damage reduction + RA protection + 5 man, you srsly want to compare the 2?

Mg42 does seem cheap when you look at other MGS's but these prices shouldn't be compared directly as they come in different factions and have different reasons for ther pricing. in the case of maxim, it costing more has nothing to do with its performance but more to do to deter people from spamming it

Needs is a little strong when OKW can compete without it. It just requires a change in early play style. Before when it had higher armor and lower health it made sense. Now you can easily chase it off with focused fire especially with a decent positioned MG.

I agree about the RA as it was really frustrating to lose vetted squads to RNG. My issues is that the buff came around the same time as Pak Howi AOE nerf, rocket artillery nerf and other indirect fire nerfs. This made them a bit more survivable then they should be for what should be the most fragile mainline in the game.

If you can afford it in terms of munition consumption, recon support is very good usf commander. Definitely A-tier (if we consider Airborne to be S-tier). JUst build cache bro.

In 1v1 it is A tier but it drops off bad in 3v3 and up. Everything comes to late in team games, paras have no place unless you lost a squad and greyhound comes in at a point where you can tech up for mediums. It’s in such an strange spot, too strong for AAHT timing but too weak for 4cp

Wasn't my best game, I had a few highlights early like sniper vs sniper kill, 221 PTRS kill and early brumbar finished off with PTRS satchel. Allies played well and I took on more of a support role with arty, fear propaganda and chased away pushes with SMG airborne and SU85.

Axis did great job of rushing tanks and arty. Double Walking stuka paid off early for them while P4 kept it safe until they got Panthers out. OKW played light with units to rush out KT with commander. IT really messed us up until around the 40 min mark it rushed in to kill my KV8. Big mistake, although it got the kill we rushed it and killed it. Game changed drastically as it opened up several pushes from us that really punished their lack of infantry.

GG

I am writing this as I watch. I apologize as I only play okw for compstomp.

Early on you went Sturm, VG, Strum. IF you are gonna go 2x sturm I would get them asap and push. You kept hesitating back and forth early which caused you to take extra health damage without accomplishing anything.
The VG was just standing around for a bit before you told it to build sandbags. That delayed extra helped to your sturmpio.

Next you went for the 221, I like the choice as brit had no snare for a bit. However you again played scared, you should have been in their face pushing the infantry around out of cover while your units come in and do damage. Since you have 2 sturms repairs are not a big deal so use the fact that LV dont bleed.

Once brit player got mortar pit/engineers I felt you should have made destroying it or damaging it your priority. Any time spent repairing it means more time for your 221 to do damage and not worry about snares.

At this point you only have 4 units going on 5 with MG and are starting to hoard MP. You could have made another VG earlier, upgraded 221 to 223 or made some leigs. You upgraded your battlegroupe but did not utilize any of the units maybe next time rush the 221 upgrade if it doesn't have tech requirement.

Your next VG and Leig don't show up until 10 min mark, that is a lot of pressure you missed out on applying.

I like your Schwerzer placement as it would allow some more agressive Leig play, however you kept you Leig at max range which allowed mortar pit time to get upgraded and ability to start to attack your HQ building.

Later on your micro takes a nose dive, you start to use one unit at a time and you never seem to branch out and attack the left mortar pit. Your entire army was just sitting in base, best way to improve this is to play 1v1. No other way around it since it will also improve your unit and tech timing.

One last piece of advice, you got the commander upgrade on your tank and had to take on a heavy tank. The extra sight gives you time to pop on HEAT shells, you should have been spamming them instead of using the commander arty. The commander arty could have instead been used to kill a mortar pit along with an inciendary nade.

GG.