Profile of Gbpirate

You're not actually seriously trying to suggest that Combined Arms is a bad ability, are you?

Well, it's bad if you have veteran squads because the buff for Combined Arms is sometimes worse than the veterancy bonuses that the ability replaces!

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My opponent is rank 391 after losing to me in the above match but it was a bit difficult. The match before I lost to someone of a similar rank (thanks to Pfusiliers and aggressive early play that caught me off guard) but earlier today I handily beat a couple people in the upper 100s or lower 200s so


If either of you would be down to give this a detailed overview that'd be great and I'd really appreciate it.

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Thanks guys! I appreciate the suggestions.

I find the timing for fuel really pushes me into getting T3 early instead of back teching to T2 but often when i'm losing engagements and MP I just delay to T4 so i can save the manpower :/

Just played a game where i lost to OKW because of a 41-kill Flak half track. I didn't think I needed an AT gun but I did :c

Would you all recommend I upload a replay (or several) for additional help? I've done that in the past but they don't all necessarily get looked at!


With the M3 as second unit I really like the aggresiveness that it brings! Against Wehrmacht, I find a lot of people are stalling for Pgrens, sometimes with Ostruppen, sometimes with assault grenadiers, sometimes just pios and MGs and the M3 is super punishing.

Against OKW, the flak HT game I lost, my opponent went Fusiliers which get a faust right away which seems a bit broken to me >:c

I like the idea of a well-thought out poll but some of the questions you've got here aren't yes or no questions and there's no way to edit it after nor make certain questions not applicable based on previous answers (unless you add that option to each question manually).

If you really want to make a poll try using Google Drive's survey creator. It's pretty easy to use after dicking around with it for a little while.

I don't think this is a good idea because REs have their own abilities and uses in the game as others pointed out.

The only time I see an issue is when you choose a commander that has specific RE upgrades like the flamethrower because it complicates the RE's combat role

The most efficient role for REs is as an AT squad w/ double zooks because the additional sweeper doesn't reduce the combat effectiveness of the squad vs. armoured vehicles and at vet 3 they get a fifth man to increase survive-ability.

This efficiency is increased when accounting for other squads that could have bazookas; LT and Captain have a Thompson, so a double BAR on those squads augments the close range DPS of their SMGs. Riflemen are expensive and have good anti-infantry DPS when upgraded. The Major has too little models to be an effective combat squad.
REs can take advantage of their volley fire ability when they're equipped with BAR(s)/M1919 but, again, you're better off putting those upgrades on your riflemen or other combat infantry squads like rangers or airborne.

With the flamethrower or the rifle grenade package, you're sacrificing DPS if you get zooks or a minesweeper so if you want 4x zooks on the field you're forced to either build an extra RE squad or put zooks on other squads that would be better off in an anti-infantry role.

Of course, the LT and Captain provide some utility with their smoke grenades disabling the main guns of enemy tanks if fired directly at them (but REs have this too), and the Captain's fire up ability can help get squads to a position faster to snare or fire more zooks. Perhaps on less open map the RE upgrades make them better for the flamethrower/rifle grenade package and you'd rather get zooks, but riflemen are just real good at mid range with upgrades. The only time you could get a better zook squad than REs is with the airborne support squad that gets the camo w/ the zook upgrade.

tl;dr REs are best at being an AT squad with zooks because of the attributes of the squad as well as the attributes of other squads in the USF faction.

Did I miss something in my argument here?