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That is not the point, as it is has units that need to be stationary too. The ENTIRE core of Ostheer is stationary. The pak howi counters it all without any kind of user input.

Could you please elaborate on what you mean by this? Which units are these according to you when you say entire core?

You are right. He does have an opinion. Why I am replying to you as his spokesman of sorts is beyond me. But okay.

I'm sorry you feel I am coming off as judgmental, or to give you the idea that I am making fun of of the amount of replies. There's actually a deeper underlying sentiment I was trying to convey, but it didn't convey properly, judging by your reply.

I just feel that people are pouring time and effort into well written replies (read and emphasize the word 'people' here as I don't feel I am nowhere near expertly enough on the subject to weigh in as I'd like to) when all we get from the original topic starter seems to be more emotion than logic and no responses from him as how'd to interpret his post.

Coming back to the topic at hand. Whenever I get USF pack howies against me, the counter seems easy enough (unblob, werfer or stuka) and therefor the unit does not seem overpowered. When I use them against an opponent who is blobturtling and has no clue I have the best of times, because the risk/reward paid off. But sometimes a smart axis player wipes them not 5 minutes after I buy 2 of them making me rethink my poor choice.

But thats life. In my (limited but growing) experience they either work or they don't. Not much middle ground here.

225 replies. Well done! You are on to something!

I'll try to keep this as beneficial to all of us as possible, and I will attempt a well thoughtout, honest but constructive reply in hopes on conveying information that will help us all.

your criticism on the Pak howitser encompasses the following

• Its accuracy is way too high
  
• ridiculous AOE
  
• damage profile
  
  

Your final remark was

2 M1 paks will squad wipe everything with zero input from the player building it.

Saying something is wrong without offering a proposed fix makes it hard to fully understand what you are trying to achieve here. LI hope you want a constructive discussion about this unit but it seems to me you aren't fully committed to being constructive to begin with. Judging your other replies conveys to me you are more emotionally than logically invested in this matter.

I fully disagree with your entire statement. I will list here as unbiased as possible why I disagree.

Its accuracy is way too high

I somewhat can understand why you would feel this way, The unit does have more accuracy than any other allied mortar counterpart. But going for pak howitsers is a very risky investment for any player involved. The resource drain into going for them is high and it prevents a USF player from giving himself any freedom unit wise. Going pak howitsers can be considered close to an "all-in" It either works or you get rolled over. There seems little middle ground from my experiences.

ridiculous AOE

Simply untrue. It has a huge spread, not AOE. there is a difference. If i play a game as USF and see my opponents trending towards turtling, blobbing or amassing units then the choice becomes clear, A turtling blobber can expect to be pack howie'd. Why? Because I know you will just turtle and amass units which makes this a good choice. any agressive player or non blobber kills my pack howitsers easily which makes it a very bad (game losing) choice.

damage profile

I do not know what you exactly mean by this. It does too much damage I assume? I am willing to bet a fair amount that you have been blobbing and you got treated with some pak howitser shots that effectively countered your blob. Regarding the investment both in choice and locking out other tech it seems more than fine to me.

2 M1 paks will squad wipe everything with zero input from the player building it.

Simply untrue, as i said earlier the investment in tech and manpower makes it close to a "all in" decision which gives you a unit that is quite easily countered by axis (being more agressive with units, Stuka zu fuss, raketenwerfer, less blob-turtling.

In hopes of you reading this and replying in a similar fashion I wish you a good day, sir.

He is talking about Ostheer, not OKW.

you are absolutely right.

Then what about fausts?

Admins.
I understand the concept of free speech and all, but why don't u police just a little bit more and weed these posts out before they settle in?

Poster,
I understand the concept of free speech and all, but why don't u think stuff over for a couple of minutes before hitting the actual post button?