Profile of ThePhalanx

The 222 could probably use a slight buff, but that accuracy against Infantry is extreme. I'm pretty sure you'd be making it a more effective AI vehicle than the Luchs for a fraction of the fuel cost. The 45 range would also cause problems as it would invalidate LT tier. Furthermore, if it got a buff, it would need to be more like 40 or 45 fuel as I find that 15 fuel for the 222 is too little for what it already does.

New stuff doesn't go to the Steam store because they don't want it to be subject to Steam sales.

Here's the problem with that statement, publishers are the ones who decide how much a game goes on sale, if it goes on sale at all, when a steam sale happens.

Urgh, you had to post this replay? It was 2 in the morning and I was playing like shit. Bastard.

Thanks for the cast. Too bad you couldn't get a better shot of the Elefant sinking though =p

I don't really think your commanders were well suited for double USF. I Infantry Company and Pig went Tactical Support Company and other than our Priest and Calliopes, we kept our armor purchases to a minimum. This meant your Elefant wasn't really contributing much to the fight. Not a fan of Elite Troops and German Mechanized; Tiger Ace effectively screws your income and I just don't like German Mechanized. I'd look into switching out one of those two with Lightning War or Spearhead.

I'll echo Pig that your Stuka barrages were ineffective. There were several times where I had a line of team weapons -- AT Guns and Pack Howis -- that were prime for barraging, but you were more interested in trying (and failing) to hit our forward retreat points than my largely immovable team weapons.

You teched up really early, which hurt your field presence. You used it to rush a 222, which died without really doing anything. Thus your Gren and MG counts were low for the majority of the game without really you gaining anything out of it. You could have used either another MG or a bunker with an MG42 upgrade covering middle to hold our riflemen back.

Also, you missed the opportunity to push while we were occupied with Legend's Luchs. Your 222 and Grens squads weren't doing anything from pretty much the point the Luchs was on the field to the point it died. Also, Legend should have pulled the Luchs back sooner and not lost it. If OKW invests in a Luchs, it really needs to pay off now with the fuel increases in OKW's main tanks.

I don't really know why Legend made a second luchs and a flak ht. I don't feel that either of those two were good purchases.

And I'm sure you know its never a good idea to put tanks on ice, but when you know your facing Priests and Calliopes, its an even worse idea to put your tanks on ice. Killing a Sherman only to lose your Elefant to an ice cracking from a Priest shot is not worth.

Those are my thoughts on the match.