Profile of Lucas Troy

True to that, Falls reinforce cost should only be around 60-70mp, FG42 is barely better than BAR.

I dunno, I actually think the way to go is to nerf Obers *a bit,* so that they still fill roughly the same role, but are weaker so Falls are competitive with them. Falls are pretty decent as is IMO, especially when used to flank.

To everyone who believes it to be overpowered:

I mean this not as a sarcastic challenge, but rather as a sincere inquiry: could you post a reply in which you use the IR half track in a way that demonstrates how it is too effective in its current implementation?

As it is, it's in the hands of a fuel starved faction with very few units to protect it, and it has zero combat capabilities. You don't need to micro the half track itself, but you do have to micro the units you use in conjunction with it. On the other hand, I understand the concerns about it.

I'd try it myself but I'm not good enough at OKW for that to be a good test.

Using the AT-less paratroopers after recently playing CoH I is an adjustment. Specifically, one with lots of dead paratroopers.

Thanks for the info, Noun!

For what it's worth, I really like this new system! One thing, though - does it have to give out duplicates? I find duplicates very frustrating with these progression systems. It was one of the most annoying things in Mass Effect 3's MP. Once you get 90% of the content, you have so little chance of getting anything new that it stalls out.

So, decided to give the new faction a spin. I played two 1v1 auto match games, both against Ostheer, oddly enough. I won both, but I'm at a low ELO, and even though I won, I had a hard time against what probably weren't the best tactics.

I kindly ask you all to avoid getting into balance arguments, although I certainly would appreciate a brief "I feel [blank] just isn't worth building at the moment."

Here goes:

1. The M10. I really don't get this unit. It costs almost the same as a Sherman, auto-targets infantry, has no anti-infantry ability, and lacks holds fire. It loses against a Panzer IV head on, and doesn't have that big an advantage even when it flanks. I try to use it against tanks that are engaged against something else, coming in from the flanks. Yeah, they've done some damage, but they're just so frail and inflexible. Why not just get a Sherman?

2. Machine Guns What's the best way of taking down an MG42? As armored, I usually try to draw their fire with rifle a bit, then sneak around with assault engineers. That seems to work just fine, but I was curious what other people usually do. As a doc other than armored, I just use other rifles. Is smoke the way to go?

3. Flame Pio blobs. Hey, stop laughing! Yeah, I know these shouldn't be hard to deal with, and it's not like they defeated me, but they caused more trouble than they should. I found that my rifles without BARs just didn't have enough DPS to cut them down before they got close. Should I just remember to get BARs in the future? Or keep a Flak halftrack around? Are machine guns good to keep on hand?