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Thread: Struggling against USF in 1v13 Dec 2015, 01:12 AM I had some success yesterday putting this mindset into practice. I held my fuel, munitions and VP and didn't try to harass early on. I could repel the US infantry and then later on start bothering his cut-off. I also held up in T1 as long as I could before going T2 and bolstering with an AT gun. I need to get better at using mines in conjunction with MGs to stop pesky sweepers. I was able to do well by stalling him enough that I could get PIVs out while they struggled to field much armour to counter them. I also used the Assault Doctrine, the Officer is still fun to use, love his smoke and Concentrate Fire abilities. Can someone tell me how to optimally use the Blitz Truck though? What are the advantages/disadvantages over a Cache? Do I get max fuel benefit by parking it on a fuel point instead of a standard point? In: Ostheer Strategies
Thread: Struggling against USF in 1v11 Dec 2015, 21:35 PM ^Thanks for the tips 1) I always worry that leaving an MG on it's own is just burning manpower, but in this case it's probably worth it to serve as a deterrant to cutting off fuel etc. I might couple it with some barbed wire. 2) I agree, I rarely use snipers, so I'm still learning how to micro him properly. I might have gotten lucky a few times there too As for Mechanized, it's just a doctrine I wanted to try using. I like the smoke bombs and spotting scope options, as well as the command tank. The Half Track seems a bit pointless sometimes though. I might go back to Assault Support, I do enjoy that one, but I want to hold off on Jaeger until I get delicious 1CP G43s. In: Ostheer Strategies
Thread: Struggling against USF in 1v11 Dec 2015, 09:50 AM I did a bit better tonight, but still got overrun by infantry it feels like. Any tips on what I did wrong here? I was sloppy with micro obviously, but I haven't been playing much recently. http://www.coh2.org/replay/45522/ost-v-us-infantry-dilemma In: Ostheer Strategies
Thread: Ost v US - Infantry dilemma1 Dec 2015, 09:49 AM Having trouble against US infantry. Tried playing more defensive this time, but still seem to get overrun. Sloppy micro since I don't play very often. In: Replays
Thread: Change to gren/conscript vet11 Dec 2015, 03:03 AM I think that med kits are potentially very useful with some changes. Maybe even just allowing a unit to heal itself, or have an aura effect for healing might make it more viable? Would that be too strong? As for cons, I kind of like their trip wire. Maybe just let it be shift queued to make it more usable and less micro intensive would go a long way? In: Lobby
Thread: Struggling against USF in 1v11 Dec 2015, 02:57 AM Jump back to quoted post1 Dec 2015, 02:40 AMJunaid The early game goal should be: 1 vp, 1 fuel, 1 munitions at bare minimum. Against very agressive players even that can be a struggle to attain. I always feel that the main issue is grens. In the early game they're good defenders but bad at attacking without mg42 support, but the mg42 itself doesn't work well in agressive pushes cause of its long set up/pack up. If you can grab something though, then that hmg42 turns into a beast. Agreed, that's why I love camo on MG42s so much. Setting one up in cover and then ambushing attackers is so effective. I'll try locking down one half of the map instead of getting greedy with harassment in early game. In: Ostheer Strategies
Thread: Countering pak howitzer as wehrmacht?1 Dec 2015, 02:21 AM Can you use smoke from a mortar to cover an approach by a light vehicle or infantry? You could get them close enough to scare away/wipe the pack howie then run them away fast as you can? In: Lobby
Thread: Struggling against USF in 1v11 Dec 2015, 02:10 AM Jump back to quoted post1 Dec 2015, 00:48 AMAntemurale All my 1v1 losses are verses USF so far, but I have won before going T2 rush. Here's my build order: Pio MG42 MG42 BP1 T2 222 PGren PGren PGren PGren with Shrek I take it you use the MGs to hold fuel? Do you not have issues with Rifles forcing a retreat on your MGs with smoke or just flanking with numbers? That's the issue I always run into at least. Interesting use of PGs though, I do like PG Shreks. Do you find you need to leave out healing bunker to get Shreks? In: Ostheer Strategies
Thread: T34-76 Veterancy1 Dec 2015, 00:39 AM Honestly I'd be happy if they just gave us a way to skip T3 so we could get the T34 on the field earlier. I think it's okay for it's price, but just seems to come out relatively late now. I wouldn't mind an increase in T4 cost if we could skip T3. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Struggling against USF in 1v130 Nov 2015, 23:47 PM Jump back to quoted post30 Nov 2015, 09:27 AMJunaid With ostheer you should be defensive. Ostheer is balls at attacking, especially in the early game. I'm picking up on that recently, I think I've been playing them too much like Soviets or OKW. I don't have Kubel and Sturms or ConsConsConsCons to try and bully the other guy. I'll go back with a different mind-set and see how I go with Mechanized and Jaeger Inf. In: Ostheer Strategies