but what if they kill the truck. is that a risk in itself?
multiple people have already answered this. yes it is a risk to lose the truck. it will delay teching.
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but what if they kill the truck. is that a risk in itself?
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but what if they kill the truck. is that a risk in itself?
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Truck pushing is absolutely fine. The OKW player is taking a pretty big risk using it as a frontline unit. An M3 or that US jeep thing can kill it pretty quickly.
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So why was katitof's suggestion to make damage carry over to the building dismissed?
I think he made it relatively clear that the okw truck != pioneers.
It sounds like a good compromise (as using the truck in this manner is already at risk to m3s and the like).
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I dismissed the idea because the truck has only 300 health...
Push, get shot at, retreat, heal, then set up.
So teching is delayed by 15 seconds? Repair the thing before setting up.
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Because it is super easy to damage the truck by using M3/WC51, or even Rifles, if the damage carry to the HQ buildings it won't even withstand a few mortar shots, which is totally retarded.
Also, his SC2 drone example is absolutely wrong. Drone with 1 HP will morph into a full HP pool.
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I think people are over estimating the risk of truck pushing. You don't truck push with your truck alone. You push with your sturmpios and either a volks squad or a Kubel wagen. If you see an M3 or US jeep, it's not like they can just ignore the sturmpios+kubel and focus down a 300hp armored truck.
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Ahh, I see a simple solution. If you're scared of that happening, don't push squads with the truck.
Sounds like the risk you take to me.
As I haven't really encountered the push much, I don't see it as a huge issue. However it seems logical that if you were "totally retarded" with your truck, you deserve a damaged building.
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You don't even need to push squad but still having risk they got damaged, unless you stick them in HQ sector.
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You have to remember as well time spent microing the truck is time not spent microing units else where.
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