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It's certainly something to consider.

Actually, it looks like lend-lease bazookas inspired the panzershrek.

"In late 1942, numbers of early-production American M1 bazookas were captured by German troops from Russian forces who had been given quantities of the bazooka under Lend-Lease as well as during the Operation Torch invasions in the North African Campaign.[2] The Germans promptly developed their own version of the weapon, increasing the diameter of the warhead from 60 mm to 88 mm (2.4 to 3.5 in). In German service, the bazooka was popularly known as the Panzerschreck."

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bazooka#World_War_II

And that was one of the major points I was trying to make in the original thread: it's bad design when a faction is only winning games because of its super units. Elite units in COH just did not totally alter outcomes the same way KV-8s, ISU-152s, shock squads and so on do in COH2. The only unit that comes close is the Calliope.

Why is that bad design? Broodwar, which if we exclude the boring-ass MOBAs had perhaps the most entertaining RTS gameplay ever at a high level, had TONS of units that behaved that way. Siege tanks, science vessels, defilers, high templar all had extremely strong AOE or spells that could wreck your day.

And I disagree that this didn't exist in vCoH. Snipers, PE armored cars, vet 2 grens, the fast m8, the fast puma all completely negated everything you had on the field until you countered them.

I manage to win plenty of soviet 1v1 games with t1 t2 t3, AT guns and t34s with snipers is perfectly viable.

You have a choice between both players going T2, or one guy going T2 and one guy going T3 quickly (usually building a fuel OP or two).

The T2 player should have a build order something like Halftrack --> PG ---> PaK and then his choice. The PaK needs to be on the field by 7 minutes to be in position in case of a fast T70.

Obviously a scout car can be added at any point in the build to counter snipers and M3 scout cars.

As far as T1, at least one of you should be getting LMGs on all his grens (the guy going t2 can save for a flamer halftrack or also get LMGs). People don't like the nerfed MG but I think with how crowded 2v2 gets they are an excellent unit, just don't get too many... I personally think it's dangerous to have more MGs then grens on the field, as you need fausts around.

Double T3 is an all-in option in my opinion, because you lose to well-microed SU85 + T34 + At gun, even if you use paks. If you go double T3 you need to attack at some point (use recon run) and do some damage. Otherwise, the guy who doesn't go T3 can go T4 and get a panther or a panzerwerfer as the situation dictates.

Tigers seem a good choice now, and I believe there's a doctrine with the MHT and the tiger, both are good choices in 2v2, especially if you're the guy going T3.

IDD with Omega, it is strange how the German tanks seem to rely on smokescreens and super-speed as much as on armor and firepower.