Profile of austerlitz

Here are some of the actual feelings of usf players and the open contempt towards wehrmacht's ability to resist which u will deny here but shown while talking amongst themselves.

''I wouldn't waste my time with a captain stuart against Wehrmacht. I'd rather get an M8 and Sherman or two Shermans. It takes them forever to get decent armor and spending 150 fuel on captain + stuart seems silly''.

''I generally don't get capt vs wehrmacht. I just steal their pak.''

''When I play as Ostheer I am absolutely scared shitless of Shermans. With their HE shells, they wipe Gren squads so incredibly fast it's ridiculous. the best part is a single Panzerfaust will literally not slow you down at all because your crew can hop out, use the "repair critical" ability, and immediately repair the engine damage.''

''Also, blob. As much of a cheesy tactic that it sounds, it works very well vs Ostheer since with smoke grenades your Riflemen will be able to walk directly up to MG42s and LMG Grens without taking much fire. ''

''I find it easy to bully ostheer with infantry company , 1 Rifleman squad with double LMGs in defensive stance can take on 2 squads of LMG grenadiers even take 2 grenade shots and still win fight..''

No thanks, I'd rather not have a return to CoH 1 style camp offs with MG's being the standard unit. The reason the MG 42 doesn't suppress as well can easily be attributed to a variety of things like the Russians tenacity or how US Soldiers were told "it's bark is worse than it's bite". Gameplay wise I feel it's perfect and other MG's should be brought in line with it.

It punishes poor micro, like all MG's should. IF you're quick enough you should be rewarded with a substantial advantage. MG's are a support weapon, they shouldn't be good in and of themselves (this works both ways allied MG's should be brought inline with it).

Fine then give grenadiers 5 man squads with current DPS.Because rifle blob can't remain uncounterable like now for ostheer.

As long as smoke and urrah remain in existence there will NEVER be a return to mg meta.Rifleblobbers will obviously be against any mg42 buff because they know they easily walk in frontally and kill it now.Yet these same noob are first to cry okw blob OP.
Popcornsprayer42 is shit and anyone who plays ost regularly knows it.And even the american players know it-they know its a pushover and a potential free mg.Nothing mg42 can do....it can get gunned down just by DPS,unit comes in suppressed-grenade and wipe -lolz,or just use smoke and by the time it packs and and resets ur on top of him.Its traverse is too shit to attack even 2 riflemen at times,poor mobility,poor durability,loses head on everytime to every other mg,risks being taken,unreliable suppression.Bottom line you don't need to flank it - u can roll it down frontally ,and if that can be done to a machine gun by just say 2 units if used right then whats the point of mg.Its slow,near static,risks being taken,won't kill anything and can't do its job.It can't prevent rifles or cons from closing with grenadiers and thus incapable of being more than marginally useful.This mg meta bogey is just funny coming from defenders of current mass blobber meta.

In response to ur post i should say OKW blob is balanced and justified .

No scout car is waste of resources and requires too much attention.1 at nade and its all gone.Don't bother.Get a mortar instead and invest the muni in lmg42.

What all faction machine guns need -

1.Gunner in back formation like n cruzz's kappatch so not killed first and then in chain whole squad.

2.Suppressed squads grenade throwing range -66%.

3.25% extra recieved accuracy penalty removed(all except for 6 man maximspam)


If these universal changes are enacted mg42 alone would need a minor tweak only - something like 10% suppression or 20% traverse to make use of that arc.Compensate the buff with reducing vet 2 bonus for mg42.Slightly Better early,same later.

Fortified armor is honestly the best Elefant doctrine in my opinion unless you have to counter B4.

Yes fortified armor is very nice,but i like the stuka,riegel and scopes.Fortified armor is better for use with general tanks due to smoke ofc.But i like the b4 insurance,in team games mostly since i stopped playing ost 1 vs 1.Riegel with its fast laying speed is a terror in team games mid-late floating muni.Place well and elfant is unflankable.