Profile of Partisanship

Last time they were patched

http://www.coh2.org/topic/16617/april-24th-patch-notes-discussion



I have not used the things for a while but I think they are pretty pricey right now at 200MP

At that price they should beat RELs in a straight fight

Pricey perhaps, but according to the stats you provided I feel that early blobbing of these guys (apparently they cost half a pop each man) would mean decent map cover. The number they form means they can probably last decently long against opponents as well. A officer squad + 3 ostruppen squad with focus fire can provide a decent volley that can shoot down approaching squads. The micro might be the part I have a headache about. When against flamethrowers and other close-range weapons, I am forced to move the Ostruppen around to make sure they don't get hurt, but that sacrifices their firepower. Multiple squads in one area might do the trick, as they can simply just cover each other as one squad evades.

>Soviet
>Ridiculous amount of excess MP
>Raise eyebrow of concern
>4-5 IS2
>Raise coffee cup of doubtfulness

I'm highly doubting the game was balanced on capabilities of the players. Either that, or the players were not doing their best performances. I'll just leave this comment here, then watch the video tomorrow morning. It's 1:56 am here and I'm too tired to try.

Neat. I did notice that I can't use my commanders though. My main interest is often the doctrine specific units you don't get your hands on unless you have the commander. Is that included or did I miss something?

Thanks for the advice partisan! are there any replays you know of that can show this 'tactic' in action?

Also just been reading through the latest patch notes, do you think getting the american AA is still viable?

Now that's sort of difficult considering I don't have the habit of keeping videos. I went ahead and played a random game in my community as Soviet with some US allies and uploaded the recording already. Its sort of a noob stomp (I was later told they were bad players) and I wasn't playing it by the books, but its all I can give on such a short notice. http://www.coh2.org/replay/19737/noob-stomp--but-its-all-i-got-sorry

I'll keep this in mind though, whenever I get a better example I'll leave it here for you.

Edit: I made one really really bad mistake(in the game). You would probably figure it out if you watched it.

Hi

Me and my friend are fairly new to CoH2 and have decided to try and create a strategy for 2vs2 (US+Russia).

Being fairly new, i wondered if anyone here had some advice or tips before we start creating the strategy. stuff like: for our army combination, which commanders to use and when, if the US player is better at certain things, certain things russia are better at etc.

i played a fair bit of vCoH and am fairly impressed with the western front expansion, just got to get used to a few chanegs.

Thanks for the help!

One of the more common plays I see in my community when it comes to US + Soviet is the Maxim + Medic Truck Combo. When paired together, you can have maxim teams (2-3) lock down areas and still move from one spot to another rather quickly. Axis infantry are strong, but are still susceptible to heavy suppression of overlaying MG sprays.

By aggressively pushing your maxim line forward, coupled with hospital truck and rifle squad, you can advance your front line and gain resource. Normal infantry will have to force retreat due to suppression and MG42 set up to hinder your front lines will still have trouble dealing with the US rifle horde that can outflank them. Maxim lockdowns are hard to flank because of their fast set-up time so it makes the tactics decently effective. The additional resource you gain from early win could mean early tech and therefore get armor before your opponent. If your opponent is really behind, you can literally get a tank and drive it into their base, and they can't do anything about it because they simply can't afford the tech upgrade because of either manpower bleed due to Maxim sprays or little oil from early loss (of course, this must mean your opponent isn't very experienced in this game yet). The major weakness of this tactics is the weak AT or AB(anti-building). If the opponent manages to squeeze out a good armor vehicle (222 with cannon upgrade) and just kite your infantry, it could mean serious manpower bleed. Smart placement of a HMG bunker could also seriously hinder the advancement of your troops. So for this tactics to work to its full effect, you must make sure to push your forces forward quickly to avoid opponents having enough time to react.

I've still yet to play enough games to be confident in my recommendation, but this is sort of a norm I see in my community. I thought it might be helpful to let you know, considering how this tactics does not require any specific commander.