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So, I got the Rifle Company commander a couple days ago, and have been playing around with him. I've noticed a few things about it that I'd be interested in hearing input on:

1) Vet rifle squads start with different amounts of experience. In the first replay below, my three squads deployed with barely vet1, about halfway to vet2, and barely vet2, in order. However, tested against an easy comp, I saw my first squad deploy about a third of the way to vet2, and my second deploy with about a quarter, i.e. less. I can't figure if there's a pattern; perhaps it's just uniform RNG between a minimum of vet1 and a maximum of vet2.

2) The cooldown on calling in veteran squads isn't a big deal. Your third squad can be deployed at about 2:40 (plus your reaction time). However, you have enough manpower income to build an ambulance between the first and second squad, giving you three rifle squads and an ambulance right at 2:40. In contrast, your third squad from the barracks comes out at 2:00, but the ambulance after that won't hit until 3:14.

3) Vet2 makes rifle squads a lot more durable. MP bleed is noticeably less with vet2 rifles in light of regular checkups at the ambo.


Here are a couple replays using Rifle Company. I'm rank 344 as of this writing, so the play isn't very high level, especially after the early game when both I and my opponent get distracted. ("HURRDURR STUART IS AN HERO! What are these 'easy' shermans fer? I htink ill just build normal shermies...")

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  Rifle Company Opening v OKW

  by: symbolsix map: La Gleize Breakout

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  Full Rifle Company Game v OKW

  by: symbolsix map: Road to Kharkov

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Veteran riflemen backed up by an ambulance inflict severe MP bleed on OKW infantry and control the whole map. OKW goes T2 out of fuel deprivation. Nades, flamethrower and Lt. secure the infantry game, Captain hits the field at the same time OKW T4 goes up, game over. I'd caught his T4 halftrack up so it had just a sliver of health left and the Captain finished it off, but I don't think that was a crucial fluke as I already had an AT gun working its way up to pound on the building and was *far* ahead on fuel.

I thought You could manually order It to attack?

also AT guns. Just saying.

Yeah, just confirmed - it definitely targets whatever you want it to. Oh, well. So much for my rifles + demo charge idea.

Could you post a replay?

Either that, or the M3 which can simply chase it down.

I don't have good answers to anything else you talk about, but with regard to this specific issue: If Soviets get a clown car, I believe the "correct" response is to melt their faces with a quick flacktrack or Puma. With the Puma especially, you can just micro away from Guards or AT nades, and the Soviet won't have anything with more range or mobility until a T70 hits or he back techs for a ZiS.