Axis blob (3+) destroy Maxim from front.

Jump back to quoted post4 Mar 2016, 17:54 PMPanzerGeneralForever

While the Maxim is designed to deal with massed amounts of infantry, its setup time and smaller arc make it a more mobile suppression unit and less of a mg wall unit. They are only being beaten because they don't have any units giving it proper LOS. 3 mobile units vs 1 unsupported unit should always be a win for the three or even two if used properly.

Tips:
-use 2 maxims covering each other
-Demos and or mines.

Assuming they have munis for flame nade then you should have munis for mines and demos. Maxims are fine. They only cost 15 mp to reinforce.

Jump back to quoted post4 Mar 2016, 19:33 PMvoltardark

Any good player will blob with a mine sweeper... or use walking stuka to clear a safe path.

Jump back to quoted post4 Mar 2016, 19:33 PMvoltardark

Any good player will blob with a mine sweeper... or use walking stuka to clear a safe path.

Jump back to quoted post4 Mar 2016, 19:41 PMaaa

Blobs this patch are not issue ussualy. Vs shrek blobs I just use guards and cons and t70 from the back and mortar.
Much worse when they sit outside of your base with horde of grens and deny your fuel. Such as left house on ferma and surrounding area.

Moving units have lower dps and no cover obviously. So its just a gift if someone moves to you with multiple squads.

Jump back to quoted post4 Mar 2016, 19:33 PMvoltardark

Any good player will blob with a mine sweeper... or use walking stuka to clear a safe path.

Jump back to quoted post4 Mar 2016, 21:49 PMThunderhun

Any good player can counter blob...or use combined arms to wipe them out.

You're surprised that your puny 240mp unit gets rekt by +700mp "blob".

Jump back to quoted post4 Mar 2016, 22:36 PMFlying Dustbin

My favorite one is when you use a KV-8 vs a shreck blob but they just ignore the lukewarm bathwater that the flamethrower shoots and you have to pull it back

Jump back to quoted post4 Mar 2016, 19:30 PMvoltardark

3 con + 1 maxim won't do better vs 3-4 double shreckers either...Flame nades negate any cover.

In any wars, none can ever run in front of any HMGs period. Those are made to be cheap to build and to create interdiction zone to infantry.

That's why indirect fire exist.

HMGs should do less damage but suppress more and have a greater effective sight/range superior to any grenades.

Grenades are for close positions and flanking tactic.

Jump back to quoted post5 Mar 2016, 01:27 AMBananenheld

Betting 10€ you would come back and post about mg42 beeing so damn OP with its wide arc, insta Supression and increased sightrange. Be careful what you wish

Jump back to quoted post5 Mar 2016, 01:51 AMBulgakov

I'll bet 100$ that you're right.

Voltar would cry if mg42 could actually suppress that way.

Jump back to quoted post5 Mar 2016, 03:48 AMvoltardark

I would be glad if the mg42 were as good at it was in WW2.

It would bring : The return of flanking, the return of mortar smoke, the return of scouting, the return of many unused units.

We would need too use all those units that sleep unused in our toolbox.

The death of all blobs !

The return of a great game !

My thanks !

Jump back to quoted post4 Mar 2016, 17:24 PMvoltardark

I'm tired of that maxim op diatribe !

Axis blob (3+) destroy Maxim (with suppression bulletin) from front easily, and if needed will throw a flame or rifle grenade "even suppressed" to destroy it .

If they spread a bit they can kill a quad halftrack in 2 sec.

Only fear propaganda or flamer tank seem to work, but they come late...

But the worst are shreck blobs who kill Maxims, snipers or any infantry model from the front using their AT-weapons.

These are the worst aspects of COH2, the rest are not perfect but are at least fun and a bit more realistic.

With those, equally skilled axis players will always have a edge versus their allies counterpart.

I hope that when they finally fixe the vet but, they will have look at the above. (5 stars shrecks blobs...= gg)

Maybe, if those above are fixed, the brit's sim city or bofors spam will lose it's relevance.(spamming bofors are not really fun...).


Thanks.

Jump back to quoted post4 Mar 2016, 22:33 PMGrim

That's because the maxim is mainline infantry not an MG!