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Jump back to quoted post9 Jun 2015, 04:02 AMXucphra

Jump back to quoted post10 Jun 2015, 02:06 AMturbotortoise

Well mate that was a fun one to watch. Congratulations. Are you trying to turn into a tournament player? You’re smashing out the 1’s

Personally I’m of the notion that a win is a win, and some things can’t be helped, but if you’re keen on “optimizing” I think Xucphra hits on some areas of improvement, and they all begin with build. If pace is a concern try a kubelwagen/cut off opening. I’m not keen on it, but if you want to win quick, you need to go for the jugular right off the bat, and your use of sturms is certainly strong enough, those early routes and wipes with your pios was a joy to watch, tactical brilliance there.

Again, things got a little bumpy though with your build order. I’ve been thinking a little more about the raketen, in the beginning I questioned it as soon as I saw it, but it did give you more room to spread out your munitions use, providing AT cover that shreks would have provided otherwise, so in the end it really suited your style of play, but I do think you could have held off a little bit with it and purchased it later. Be sure to examine your opponents base splats, and commander choice, the only armor you had to deal with was the Su85, and that MP went essentially unused.

I really like the LeIG, I think it can provide that little bit of edge in a firefight, and like a sniper, frustrates your opponent. Just be a little more careful with it, it’s not a mortar and needs to be utilized almost like an MG.

If it feels like I’m harping on build order, it’s ‘cos I am a Panther is nice to have, but again with how your opponent was playing it wasn’t really necessary, and with respect, the way you utilized it, nearly became a liability. Be sure to support that bad boy. There are a lot of nasty surprises that can await it, and I think you ran into nearly every one of them, and when it was supported it wasn’t really all that compelling against his infantry centric army, just being a little more… purposeful, specific with how you engage with it can help you, because it is a specialized unit for a specialized situation which didn’t really materialize considering your opponents build. I think a Luchs wins you that game instead, and with your selection of SpecOps you had it covered anyway with the CPV. So just be sure to be a little more flexible in your own build and commander selection, there were a lot more tasty options available for you to utilize, and again if you’re worried about pace, are required to win quick.

Finally, be sure to keep your aggression/frustration in check. I’m not sure what your read was on the last engagement, if you felt you could have been overwhelmingly victorious, but you forced the engagement and it sort of fell on it's head. More mistakes like that in a game which you did not dominate, or against a stronger opponent/standard build and you could be sweating it afterwards. Just something to bear in mind.

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