Reinforcing OKW

Jump back to quoted post13 Feb 2018, 05:26 AMHauRuck

So I'm pretty new to CoH2 after playing CoH 1 a fair bit. I'm loving OKW so far, but the biggest problem I tend to have is reinforcing my squads in the field. With Ostheer I always have a halftrack on standby, but OKW doesn't seem to have any decent reinforcement options. Their squads kick a lot of ass but having to run all the way back across the map to get my squads up to strength or to recrew a heavy weapon is just killing me. Is there something I'm missing here? I just find it hard to keep up any kind of pressure with this army.

I know the medic truck can reinforce but once it's set up it can't be moved and putting it too far forward is suicide. Not to mention that it costs a hell of a lot to get both medics and making it a forward retreat point.

At the moment I'm mostly practicing against AI and I find myself chasing my AI partner's 251s around the map to reinforce lol

Jump back to quoted post13 Feb 2018, 17:05 PMZombiFrancis

The medic truck, on top of all that, imbues a reinforcement penalty on top of all those costs. This was specifically because of OKW's reinforcing capabilities, if you can believe it.

Jump back to quoted post14 Feb 2018, 23:06 PMTroyd

Place your med base a bit forward - not far enough forward to be an artillery magnet

Jump back to quoted post14 Feb 2018, 23:06 PMTroyd

This is misleading. The only penalty is a reinforcement time increase when the forward retreat point is active. There is no manpower increase. Ideally, don't ever get the FRP upgrade and just soft retreat squads to maintain a forward presence. Or... at least toggle off FRP before reinforcing your squads.

Place your med base a bit forward - not far enough forward to be an artillery magnet. But enough to minimize the replenishment time of your troops when soft retreating in order to improve your field presence.