Profile of rumartinez89

Holy shit you beat my smurf account! GGWP

What you mean? Is it one you try different commanders/builds so it doesn't mess with your rank?

Regardless you made my day. LOL

It will be dependent on many parameters but nothing that says Path will win no matter what.

I agree, a lot of it RNG dependent but since they vet quicker they can stay ahead of mainlines in combat performance and compete with elites until they get their vet up. All assuming bars of course.

Another possible solution to view range is making it like spotting scopes, they only have extended vision when they stay still maybe even out of combat if it isn't enough

Couple pointers

1. You seem to randomly build sandbags, think about putting them where your enemy cant benefit. For example the sandbag at the VP could have been put behind the fence to the left instead. That way destroying it takes a lot longer while also allowing only you to benefit from green cover.

2. Units take increased damage while building, you lost a unit due to that and took extra damage earlier since you built close to the enemy

3. Why did you rush Battlegroupe? If it was to get your MG out earlier you need to be more agressive with them. The one covering the gas literally did nothing for a minute or 2. Match was 10 mins so quite a waste.

4. Maybe try playing the comp a few times to practice build order and capping. I would get the VG out first so you can put down sandbags and then get fussies so that benefit from them until they get their G43s.

There are units who can hold off Obers (Paras long range, Shocks, etc), but its a 4men T4 unit. It takes ages until you get atleast 2 Obers vet 2. Just use your tanks or arty. Have you ever played with Scotts against Obers? Thats just free manpower bleed.

What you described is pretty much every elite AI unit so it is not a unique problem. Now I am not sure if you meant Two Ober squads to Vet2. Which is a lot of initial cost/bleed but it is supposed to be. OKW seems to be the only army that can easily fit in several Elite squads with out wipes.

Soviet: most elite players go 3 conscripts 2 guards or 4 conscripts 1 guard. Other elites seem to be out of favor due to MP bleed or lack of utility.

USF: Before Pathfinder spam going for 2 or more Para's was a resource drain due to their target size and late arrival. Rangers were even worse since they due the exact same things rifle due but without snare. So at that point why even make it.

Ost: How often do you see high end players go for 2 PG let alone 1 outside of non-meta strats.

The point is you can't buff one without thinking of the other due to how blobby all WFA are.

Since the earlier game was quicker than I wanted I decided to try and do another SMG penal with back tech. I noticed he didn't have a fusi commander so I had a chance of making it work.

2 engi to clown car opening trying to cap as much as possible. He rushes my gas with VG and sturm so I stall as long as possible with engi and clown car. Keep them separate so they don't focus down car, send penal to reinforce but they beat me back. My 2nd engi rushed over to his gas and capped it to slow his capping, threw a mine down to weaken any attackers. Worked since his VG only had 3 models it took for ever to force my engi to retreat. Back to my gas I push with 2 penal squads and clown car, don't meet much resistance so I hurry up and decap as much as possible and rush to decap his closest point so even If I don't decap everything he wont get resources unless he takes the time to recap. I see him attack with JLI and not fully reinforced squads so I assume he is holding off reinforcements to get out as many units as possible. I get enough CP to get MG and SMG, I try to use MG to catch him out of position but he gets me instead. Luckily my MG made it out ok, I also get LMG airborne to bully his slow firing JLI. I push his side of map again and rush him with SMG scout car, I don't get a wipe but I force 3 squads to retreat and 1 soft retreat so I am in good shape map wise but lost car. At some point he wipes a engi squad but I catch VG out of position and get a wipe and a little later I make him pay for not fully reinforcing another VG squad with a mine and get another wipe.
He eventually get his Schwerer down and gets out Ober, I do a decent job of avoiding it or not letting it do to much damage to slow his VET. Due to his infantry pressure I haven't had time to put down T2 which is why I am floating resources. I decide to just rush to T4 which worked out since his Ostwind hit just as I started building T34. I mass retreat which he chases to my base, don't think he realized how much gas I had since I attack him as he gets there and get the kill.
Due to my hoarding I have enough gas to get 2nd T34 fairly quick which I use to pressure him. I push him off of the left side of the map but he does a good job of keeping VP drain on me. Since I only have 1 engi it takes me a bit to repair so he keeps pressure on. He ends up making 3 Raks total to keep AT pressure on me, I keep rotating tanks to try and keep his units from digging in. He attacks my 4 model LMG airborne with Sturm Pio but he doesn't notice nade until to late and I get it down to 2 models with low health which I wipe.
His P4J hits the field and he pushes for his gas back while trying to set up an attack on my T34 with his RAKs and tank. I see he is in a lane with not much area to move so I call in Airstrike which hits him hard while at the same time wiping his Obers with SMG penals.
P4J is low health, no way to repair and I have Inf superiority so he throws in the towel. GG

His early pressure was intense, getting those JLI out worked really well for him. Maybe if he avoided rushing Rak he could have reinforced a bit more and kept momentum going a bit longer.