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Ok, but who says you have to stall for any units. But UKF have better infantry, better light vehicles, earlier mediums, A not so worthless panther, better elite infantry, much better rocket arty(doctirnal) than ostheer. How are they a BAD faction???

You stall for the unit so you can get more than 1. The more of these elite anti-infantry units you have the better, since together they are more likely to wipe an enemy squad before the enemy responds - however, if you first have to get a large number of regular infantry units, you can't get more than 1 of the elite infantry units because you'll run into Man Power problems for other units like tanks and AT guns.

As for why UKF is bad:
- No stock assault troops. The only stock unit that has a close range weapon doesn't have grenades either.
- Overly punishing cover mechanics which makes Tommies very vulnerable against assault troops when caught in the open (to get decent DPS you first need to get to cover, by that time the assault troops are already in grenade throw range) and make them poor at flanking.
- No stock elite infantry
- Short on anti-tank snares compared to all other factions
- No useful stock anti-garrison tools
- Awkward healing mechanic which makes using units like snipers more micro-intensive.
- Multiple stock units are useless in 1v1s like Bofors and 14 pounders, and some stock units are exclusive which limits flexibility.
- Mortar pits aren't great and they can't be because their design sucks.

At the 8:15 mark.

He covers more, but since i play Wehr, i like to point out how overhype the LMG upgrade, and now as shown in breakdown form.

Totally terrible against green cover, useless against retreating squads, not able to play aggressive.

Something about its targetting and slow arc as was pointed out by other posters.

I mean it has its uses early games, but the throw away comments by Allies posters as if it is OP. No way imo.

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I don't see how this is any different than LMGs on Tommies or Riflemen. At least Grens have a long range grenade that works well together with a long range LMG.

Also mines should be improved with e.g. smaller detection range of mine-sweepers. Maybe add some mun-back funktion if you really clear it.

Strongly disagree. Mines are already plenty powerful and easy to use. Mine-sweeping in advance of flanks or pushes shouldn't be made needlessly difficult either as these types of manouvers are already difficult enough to do.

WTF?

So you say that the tank play should be this:

allied sit back and fire with 60TD in the backline... if a heavy target apears hit one button and pen every tank... and against rushes they just drive with hight speed backwards and fire with super acc...

Axsis HAVE to flank, blitz, smoke, use combiend arms ... and so on to just stay in the game.

Sounds fair to me

Yes, it is fair, since you are given the tools for it.

How is this any different from lets say, early game USF vs OST infantry play? Why does USF have to flank OST HMGs and use smoke or light vehicles to counter them? Why can't they just win in a straight up fight?

Why should OST be able to make a heavy tank and just be able to A move and win, when the faction has Panzerschreks, high DPS AT guns, cheap Stugs, and P4s and Panthers with blitz?

Still if you can't be bothered to use these tools, you can always sit back with your own 70 range heavy tank destroyer and let the Allied player do all the hard flanking stuff.

I think Osttruppen could use some love. They used to be nice to rush out, which kinda made up for their lackluster performance. Now they arrive later and they really struggle to kill anything despite being 200MP units that can't really do anything except shoot their rifles. At least other cheap units like combat engineers can build mines and stuff. Ostruppen are just there to be a snare-screen for your snipers.