Profile of SturmtigerCobra

KT + Panther vs 3 IS2 + KV8

Rather than insulting me ingame you should try to keep more of an open mind that one of the biggest imbalance in COH2 come from the maps and I also know Jesulin have said this as well. If I had more veto left for this map I would use them because I dont like playing like this.
OKW as example have nothing early game against buildings since OKW are forced to get shreaks which is poor game design imo. So early game OKW best option on maps like this are R-wire or crush important buildings with the truck (which are not really viable on this map). Yes its lame OKW have to play like this but it works.

In comparison every soviet unit early game can deal with buildings. Scout cars, flamers, plenty of munitions for grenades/mines/demos, arty from at guns, maxism in buildings, mortars and snipers.

Making balanced maps for COH2 are not easy due to the way Relic have designed each faction. Some maps are good while other maps its all about "abuse" which should have been removed from the map pool.

So sorry for the playstyle and plz veto this map if you have enough vetos.

Steam Alias: Cobra
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Helpinghans has been using all kinds of mechanized openings for a long time vs USF. To be fair hansi is a very good player but within the current OKW vs USF meta, mech openings (puma + stuka) are less reliable than luchs + panther + obers. Stuka basicly mean that OKW has to get puma + falls/panzer fusiliers instead of panther/obers which scale much better lategame with vet. A vet5 ober rape everything and its not rare to see a vet5 ober with over 40-50 kills late game. Front armor from a vet2 panther can take more of a beating than OH tiger from range.

Fortification doctrine work very well against USF because airborne have no good counter against either flak HQ or pak43 (which also counter USF pack howie by killing the gun itself). The flak HQ provide great cover for pak43 + mgs in trenches to lock down fuel. If airborne dont spend munitions on M20 mines they are also more vulnerable to flanking from panther/luchs. Without m20 mines its pretty safe even base rushing USF with a 9 minute luchs to kill his medics/ambulance.

Hope? Yes
Yes, COH2 have more potential than COH1. Maybe not so much in RTS multiplayer but as a hybrid game. Theatre of War (or something similar) can be used as a platform to expand and/or mix other game genres that appeal to a much larger player base. COH2 have a promising casting/steaming community which are doing good promoting COH2 as a fun game to play or watch.
Also the eSport community is going to grow much larger maybe not in RTS but in general. Online video streaming have become more accessible and this is also why COH2 has to become a hybrid game to attract more viewers which equal more potential sponsors.

My biggest concern are not with Relic but rather what type of players the game will attract in the future. No community, no future if you ask me. If the community show enough passion for the game that will eventual shine through to the devs.
On the other hand if COH2 attract to many emo kiddos like League of Legends then COH2 will likely be hijacked by trolls and become pure buisness for Relic. It's also a sad fact that internet trolls has directly lead to real life suicides, both in the gaming community as well social media. Imagine if a COH2 player killed himself because of trolling and the bad press it would create for the whole community? This is a serious issue that Relic soon or later might has to deal with (proactive). But the best thing would be if the COH community would police itself.

As players it's always easier to deflect blame than to look into our own mirror and take responsibility for the whole community. Personal im to old a gamer now and not playing with the same passion as before. But during the past 10 years I played EvE online I did my part to help hundreds of players achieve a positive gaming experience. Not because I care about showing my Epeen. But I know from experience that its hard work building a community which is not a magical refrigerator that is filled by mom and daddy, nor relic but YOU. How strong the COH2 community will become is totally up to how much passion each player put into the game.

The "blame & shame" mentality is counter productive especially against new players that need a helping hand but are to afraid or dont have enough passion for the game to ask for help. To many dont listen nor ask for help and thats a big problem for the whole community.
If new players dont have easy access to a friendly environment in which they can grow they will never show any passion for the game and will continue to be just "useless noobs". Constructive criticism is fine but apathy and elitism are a downward spiral which always end badly. L2P noob! Get skills! none of that is hardly constructive..
Then when new players finally get the courage to ask for help and what do they get? Sure there is alot of experience players that try to help but still alot that are very short sighted and 100% ego centric.

The whole COH2 community would improve mid-long term, if more players would learn to keep cool heads during a match and stop bitching in public chat. Also players really need to learn not to feed the trolls because they just love to collect your tears and rage. Same goes for real life. Trolls is all about using social engineering and manipulation so they can take personal pleasure when people feel emotional upset. Personal, I dislike trolls with a passion because I have seen first hand how much damage they can cause both on the internet and in real life. Trolls are the biggest problem on the planet right now. In real life they have robbed billions of ppl even without them knowing. To play with big pro-trolls, it's not that hard to guess where the biggest rat nets of trolls are in real life. If any COH2 trolls want to learn from the pros, join Goldman Sachs so you can laugh at all the easy preys (or what GS call "muppets" = food for trolls).


Internet Trolls Are Actually Sadists, Study Finds:
http://time.com/8265/internet-trolls-are-actually-sadists-study-finds/

Beeing a troll is not cool! Anyone who think otherwice is either ignorant to the fact that trolling is psychological warfare or show clear sociopathic behavior themself. Sure a sociopath can cry, just not for others. Sure its just the internet but that does not change the fact that trolls are still assholes or at very least "pretending" to be assholes.
Internet trolls are a serious threat to any gaming community and saying its not is like hiding under the bed saying the big bad wolf will never get to you.

Balance? tbh I could not care less if COH2 get hijacked by trolls.
Do Relic need to improve? Ofc they do, but the playerbase should strive to be constructive and dont act like emo kiddos playing League of Legends which will only attract more trolls.