So I finally tried to play a few 4X4 multiplayer, mostly as US as I just prefer the look of them. Here are my impressions.
The most notable match against the Axis, we had 2 Soviet and 2 US players on my team. We were doing pretty well, even with a noob like me on the team. I'd say we were just about ahead in fact....
Right until I saw the King Tiger!
"GG"
This thing with a blob of Panzerschrek-firing infantry slowly advanced from one edge of the map to the other, destroying everything in it's path. I personally lost 2 shermans, 2 jacksons and a wolverine trying to kill this thing. Even flanking with the Shermans didn't work, they did no damage at all, and my poor Jacksons and wolverine seem to explode as soon anything so much as gives them a funny look.
Even my vastly more competant teammates fared little better.
The second match, a similar thing happened, and then the third, at which point I just quit as soon as I saw the first KT.
Even as a noob it's clear to me that US are horribly underpowered, with no ability to kill German heavy armour, and no unit that can soak up damage while your fragile as glass tank destroyers try to score some hits.
In my humble opinion the US is in dire need of a heavy unit. The US needs the Pershing.
P.S> I also played matches as Ostheer, lost those too.
if your are going to face heavy german armor as US you either need to build a lot of jacksons and have good micro with them by keeping infantry with BARs around to kill those volks with schrecks that get close to the jacksons and even obers cause vetted up rifleman with BARs can stand up to obers if they have them out numbered or use AT guns covered by some infantry and maybe a sherman or 2 just to take some hits from the KT while those AT guns do work with there AP ability