Profile of ilGetUSomDay

I suggest you try to win some 3vs3 or 4vs4 using those allies commanders (PTRS users) after that we could have a talk. PTRS are better now, but not op at all.

I suggest you play a more competative game mode, cons with PTRS are OP as hell (for the plethora of reasons already mentioned in the thread)

The only problem with not getting T2 early is if you see lieutenant tech, you'll need to promptly drop a teller or so rather than get LMGS. the later tech means that if they rush for a light vehicle it will have more of an impact on the game. waiting for 6 units against a USF player with huge map control might be a bit of a risk.

So as Katitof said, around the 4th unit you get you have to look at what your opponent has and figure out your next move.

I do believe that this map should not be in the 2v2 automatch. It is a small map which is refreshing for 1v1s (I know many would say smaller = more allies favored which is marginally true) however it is too small for 2v2s which turn into blob fest cluster fucks like this:

http://www.coh2.org/replay/33407/true-nature-of-alexzandvar-and-m3-clown-car-6-wipes

the fact is a flamer car can knock pretty much all volks off the field before they get shrecks... why cant they do small arms dmg too the scout car like grens can?

Well it has to do with the fact they cant upgrade to lmg's and have no fausts. Regular unupgraded grens also strugle to do damage to M3s

I don't understand, how are they covering each other if they're overlapping their fire in the center? Aren't they then covering entirely different areas?

with their large arcs, you can create and arc of cover fire that looks like this:

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The dots are just place fillers to make the figure work.

This is a general look, you can adjust the angles appropriately based on where the force lies. The gist is that you prepare for the army to attack a key route, which should be in the middle of the two mgs.

In the USF case when they approach your set up defense, they can smoke one or both but not before being slowed down by the suppression from being two mgs. simply kite back the one that is smoked not only backwards but towards your other mg's arc. The best way to save an mg is to soft retreat it into another covering arc. Your other supporting infantry should be around laying down fire. Any suppressed targets will remain suppressed so that leaves only a part of the US force free to move in pursuit or preposition.

If you have them covering different areas, as long as they are supported (single mgs die to counter harrasment vehicles or just two units spread out) you can cover a larger part of the map, but the dissadvantage is your forces a spread thin. A long ranged blob, or concentrated mortar fire can open up one of the flanks leaving you vulnerable to a central, and supported flank attack.

Really it boils down to the map, and a judgement call, but given enough practice it will become easier to tell which one of the set ups will work best at the give time.