Profile of Vaz

ISU-152 is not useless. That word is thrown around way too liberally in this community. I won a game in beta yesterday playing random 2's, which i mainly credit to ISU-152. It was Minsk Pocket against 2 okw. We were able to completely surround them, but could not move in on the fuel point they camped all their trucks and infantry on. ISU and JT showed up almost at the whole time, even with what should have been a massive fuel advantage for allies. JT blew my Sherman up by shooting through the damned forest that shapes the map(shot/vision blocker). I never saw it, just my half health sherman suddenly blew up. The guy controlling the assault gun was very smart though. He never overextended and asked me to ensure his retreat path wasn't blocked by my vehicles. He retreated at the right time for repairs. He had good support along his line and took his time taking chunks out of the okw defenses. This guy was one of the few that I have seen use the ISU cautiously like this. Most of the time(even from high ranks) I see people use it like a tiger or panther would be used, which results in swift destruction.

I can't comment on his experience using it, but worthless is the wrong word.

I remember cruzz saying captain bonus is .2 armor, not .5

Pathfinders can be used in combat, you just have to watch their range and there must be some sort of short range solution. Either arming them with bar, a thompson para, or bar riflement. Nothing really beats them at long range unless you get really bad rng or it's all open cover. Vet3 pathfinders outrange other infantry(except snipers).

If the lmg34 stays at it's current stats. 70mu is way too little. The doctrinal m1919 from USF infantry company is 70mu, that's nerfed from 60mu. There is no comparison. Even 2 m1919 are not as good as lmg34.

Okw vet bonuses need to be re-evaluated overall, some of the received accuracy is too strong. That said, I'm ok with the squad itself being difficult to kill. I'm not ok with it having the dps to defy the cover system. Time after time I have lost engagements with basic infantry vs obers, with me having the heavy cover advantage. This is simply due to the high dps of the lmg34 and even worse the doctrinal infrared stg44.

So, my problem is really more with the lmg34 rather than the actual ober squad. Any squad that picks the gun up, becomes extremely difficult to kill and can ignore cover for the most part. I want to see 2 things:



For as long as the squad has amazing received accuracy and received accuracy bonuses, it's value should remain in the 400mp area. Even without the lmg, they are a tough squad.

agree with spajn