True. My roots are from DoW2. Came too late to that party.
I meant no offense--however, Riflemen, ATGs, and Shermans was just about everything an American player needed to 'rek Axis skrubz' (surprisingly, when not facing gimmicks, Engie, Con, Con, Con, Con, WSC, ATG, (optional 2d ATG), Tankovy Command, T-34/76, T-34/76 works fairly decently. It also leaves room to throwing Penals, Guards, or Shock Troops. Gets destroyed by doctrine-centered gimmicks or the usual rush VPs -> spam bunkers silliness that permeates team games. Yeah, great, I'm getting the WSC anyhow, but the ZiS-3 might as well be shooting spitballs at the bunkers (the T-34 fares better -.-). Plus, flanking is negated by their normal-MG42-sized arcs of fire (vCoH MG bunkers had greatly restricted arcs of fire, limiting their use unless spammed even more than they are now) and the fact that Grenadiers cost the exact same as Cons (MG bunker + riflenade = possible squad wipe from afar). Flamers are also next to useless against bunkers, and the demo charges cost (iirc) 90 munitions? Throw in the lack of actually useful Conscript-specific doctrine unlocks (Rapid Deployment, Defensive Operations--ahh the says of SIS strats on Angoville) and the fact that we have to buy DLCs to gain acces to building options that are FUNDAMENTAL to CoH gameplay (sandbags, wire, tank traps, and mines--hell, the Germans don't even get their own free 'cover' to build.) Did they forget how to use a shovel or something?
Gah.
My niche was as an early-mid game US player; my infantry micro is my strongpoint. Unfortunately, CoH2 promotes doctrinal super vehicles/arty spam that's even worse than fighting a Vet3 axis army--and the infantry mechanics are so ridiculous I might as well order my Conscripts to charge the enemy and start clubbing them to death with their rifle butts--it might be more effective.
As someone who doesn't really touch T-70s as I find them useless without late game utility (lack of .50 cal dakka, no minedrop to troll PaKs, PaKs coming in from an off-map location anyway, a P4/Stug coming out shortly afterwords even if I've played well), that's where the 'get PaK, get Shrecks, ???, profit' reply came from.