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I can promise you a replay wont be necessary, I beat the player and he rarely had more than 5-6 maxims on the field.. I'm just dumbfounded that he built over 20 maxims in a single game.

Thankfully he was also dumb enough to keep putting them in buildings to be stuka'd to death.

Had to fight tooth and nail for every inch of ground and every kill or vehicle kill. But the person built a grand total of one engineer squad and one conscript squad throughout the entire games build order screen.



It was dumbfounding really, and may have aided in his overall defeat, but the point is that it was so stupidly difficult to defeat simple MG teams... and it wouldn't even be that big a deal if German MG's performed on a similar level but they just don't not even close.


The overall point of this post though is to show my disbelief that such a brainless tactic or strategy can be applied with almost zero thought and be so stupidly effective in this game. That's my issue with it.

Eh, sometimes you do have to mix nerfs with buffs. Remember those months when Ostruppen were useless because their cost had risen from 120 MP to 200 MP and their performance hadn't risen to match?

So yeah, it may very well be the case that cons and penals need a buff.

I'm just saying it's a clear cut issue when a maxim can be spammed to hell because it has virtually no down sides in comparison to its German counterparts. I realize the point of the German MG is to be used defensively but it can't even do that job well.

Maxims lock down and shut down entire sectors, even more efficiently when they are spammed. German MG's.. eh they are just disappointing. Especially against blobs of infantry.

Often I hear the excuse "You can't expect 240mp MG's to stop 1000mp worth of infantry." Which I feel I rightfully can disagree. That's the entire point of a machine gun, to shut down a sector until it is properly flanked or sniped or destroyed with vehicles or indirect fire. Unfortunately the Maxim has proven extremely efficient in these areas while the German MG's have proven to be woefully outmatched.


Let's compare them shall we?

MAXIM

• Pros
  -Frighteningly high suppression and pin rate.
  -6 man squad.
  -Very fast deploy and redeploy time.
  -More damage at range compared to German MGs.
  -Firing arc increases inside buildings.
  -Can continue firing while suppressed and pinned.
  
  
• Cons
  -Can get trapped in a fatal loop where the carriage runner is killed while on retreat.
  -Smaller arc of fire. (Can be mitigated by using maximum range or garrisoning in buildings.
  -Vulnerable to artillery strikes
  
  GERMAN MG34/MG42
  
  
  • Pros
    -Wide firing arc.
    -Incendiary rounds upon veterancy.
    -Amusing dialogue.
    
    
  • Cons
    -4 man squad. (Easier to wipe)
    -Long deployment and redeployment times.
    -Unable to suppress quickly, especially through "oorah" (Often ends up molotoved or grenaded)
    -Especially vulnerable to artillery strikes due to long redeployment time.
    -Less damage at range compared to maxim.
    -Cannot fire while suppressed and pinned (To my knowledge.)
    
    
  
  
  

Just got out of a 1v1, faced a player who built a total of 20 MAXIMS, that's right a grand total of TWENTY DAMN MAXIMS!

It didn't relieve him of capping power, didn't even really stop him from being overall committed to and nearly winning the fight.

Nearly...

I still overcame him with the aid of a stuka, several brave Pumas, and a FlaK-Track. Some handy Sturmpioneer flanking micro, and of course the Jaeger Light Infantry and Volksgrenadiers to deal with his vehicles.


I even had to self destruct a medical HQ to so severely damage his SU-85 that I could finally take it out!

Now of course you ask "Why is this in the balance section, why are you telling us your life story?"

I will answer this, because there is clearly something broken in the game, where a Soviet player can mindlessly spam maxims and nearly win the game by a hair, especially if that Soviet player builds TWENTY MAXIMS in a single game.

It was only after I had killed off the last of his maxims on the map in a maxim double-kill that he was finally demoralized enough to quit playing.

But then, and only then, after much frustration and grief, and lack of fun could I finally overcome this tedious bastard.

1 kubel is okay, but if a guy builds two, then it's getting difficult. Kubel packing up the other kubel is a nightmare.

Sounds exactly like maxim spam to me...

I think the range defo needs to be increase, now its like knife range for it to become effective and now blobbing melt strums easy. Also very slight damage increase is needed

Agreed, as it stands, SMG's outrange Assault Rifles for max damage, it's wrong on so many levels.