Profile of NigelBallsworth

So...if I buy AA, can I use Rangers in multiplayer team games ?

Hm...using Sov units. Well,

Guards aren't that great
Shocks are great, provided you smoke to get in close
Snipers...meh. Unless you're good with your micro/ babysitting
Scout car...fairly easily countered at this point
Cons...decent I guess. Good for using molotovs and AT grenades
Maxim...pretty good
Mortar ..pretty good
Deploy those two together, and advance slowly
ZiS...I really like it. Yes, it's not very agile, but decent against armor, and the barrage is pretty good for breaking up fortified positions, or even to hit blobs
T-34...you need about 3 to really be a threat. Even then, they're kind of fragile.
Katyusha ...not bad, but comes fairly late I guess, and will explode if even looked at by any Axis unit
T-70..not that great, unless you want to harrass some isolated points, or provide some back up to lone squads capping somewhere away from battle
IS2/ISU152...it is what it is. Actually pretty vulnerable if unsupported.
KV1...not really worth it, but soaks up damage
KV8...good against infantry, but at that point , schreks will take it out fairly handily. Use with support.

I guess none of this is new; support your units, and don't get over-ambitious. The current meta supports choosing a commander that has shocks, and some kind of heavy tank. Can't go wrong.

4v4 is easy mode for axis

Word

lol...I feel like this thread is a Geicko commercial..."did you know that Axis can stage ridiculous comebacks on a regular basis, against all odds?" "Yeah, everyone knows that". So many threads about this; let me save you some time. People will tell you to:

L2P
Don't play team games
As Allies , destroy your opponents in 10 mins or less.
Play Axis

I'm a pretty dedicated Allied player, but that last one is true. Seriously evaluate why you play the game. No one likes to walk away from a game frustrated and seething. Wanna have fun and not feel like you're beating your head against a wall? In team games, play Axis. End of story.

I find that if you start at the bottom, go for middle and left hand point. The middle is typically where the hammer falls hardest, but as with any classical game of strategy, controlling the corners and sides of a map will usually net good results. Only go up the right side as far as the muni point, and don't waste too much effort pushing there until late game if everything else is under control. I find urban maps grant you a certain degree of fluidity in your tactics; you can hop fences, go into buildings, etc...and there's lots of shot-blocking stuff around, so infantry can make good use of that. That goes both ways. So, unfortunately, if your whole team isnt on the same page and communicating, there's a chacne the enemy can punch through somewhere, and then flow around you , using all the stuff I described. Mines can help mitigate some of that by slowing any flank, buying you time to re-allocate troops, re-direct MGs, etc...