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Jump back to quoted post9 Apr 2015, 12:03 PMEsxile

The only reason CAS is so popular is because it let you have a strong blob before USF or Sov can counter it effectively. its the reason why it is sooo popular in 3vs3 and 4vs4.
You can have 4-5 gren squad full LMG equiped when USF deploy his first Half-track, it means bleeding hard the Allied player with LMG and riflenades before the player can reasonably counter it, at the same time if he went BARs, which delay his half-track, he has probably 1 or 2 BAR. And since you are full of Ammo supply you can reasonably ambush and pin the HT with 2 or 3 faust shots and kill the infantry around with the LMG.

And when hard counters hit the field aka tanks. You have already 2 or 3 pzgrenadiers with double shreck in the blob to kill them and shortly after your bombing strafe.

In fact with CAS doctrine, Ostheer players can play (in 3vs3 and 4vs4 from my experience, dunno 1vs1 and 2vs2) like OKW with an A-move blobs and a minimum of micro. And that's probably why it is so popular today, like OKW A-move design is popular since its deployment.
No more need for micro skill with MG42, snipers, SDFK 251 etc... Blob your guys and roll over the map.

That what CAS propose in its extreme.

Now I know CAS hasn't been design for that, but its the result. If Relic wasn't Relic and actually cares to try to fix stuff before 6 months of abuse, I would suggest to test to change fuel/ammo conversion into MP/ammo conversion. Ostheer can float in Fuel if it hasn't the manpower to build units, it would naturally make the doctine less Blob like.