Profile of kafrion

There is one more problem that exists as well , since the current system evens out to a degree the skill difference between the players guess what makes a relatively larger impact on the outcome ? Thats right , the imbalance between the factions , what i basically mean is that the outcome of a match all things considered ( maps for example ) is decided by 2 things the better player and the better faction , if you make the skill difernce less important because you want to make comebacks frequent ( and thus mundane and not special at all which kinda defeats the purpose of having many of them in the 1st place ) the faction imbalance takes the upper hand . I do realise that in theory the two factions ought to be equally potent but i also realise that its relic we re talking about and faction balancing is not their strongest asset .

I don't think anyone has mentioned this one yet, but its a pretty damn huge one. Gren/Scripts AT abilities' animations can not be dodged. Once you come within the range, don't even bother trying to reverse out because if he is fast on his hotkeys you will still get naded/fausted even if you manage reverse across the screen before he throws it.

yep thats sth to consider as well , though tbh if conscrips get any more nerfs they ll be dying to flies falling on them , another thing is that molotof and riflenade take literally ages to be thrown

Ok to begin with i d like to say that i am not a strategist or pro so if there is some better player that disagrees with me feel free to correct me , this topic is mainly for the newer players but given that a lot has changed perhaps some vcoh veterans could benefit as well .

Mines win games !!! That was a phrase that casters used to say when commentating and it certainly was the case , i am not going to get in to any details about that since its yesterdays news , instead lets focus on the soviet mines .

1st Description

The Soviet mine is a lot like the vco mines of old , that means its planted in a small space and its not a minefield , the soviet mine is very effective against vehicles since it does a considerable ammount of damage and often does a critical , it also can be used against infantry killing a couple of squad members or lowering the overall health of the squad

1.5 Why do you want to use mines : a)killing shock units with lesser/ equal counters , b ) stealing time from your opponent , c ) mp drain in the mid and late game ( very important it eithr slows teching or gives you the field leading to relatively faster teching and/or more high tier units )

2 Changes in map design and game mechanics

So far the beta maps are mostly open spaced that coupled with the vaulting reduces the usefullness of mines .

2.5 Captain Obvious wanted to say these :
On Pripiyat there are a few surefire spots like the railway lines , the bridges and the river crossings . On Koldny there are also a few roads especially on the northern part of the map which due to the vp and the fuel point are guaranteed to see lots of movement . Placing mines (defensively ) there at the right timing ( a bit before you think your opponent has gone t2 (not before you dont want to tip him off with an early sweeper cause he cancels both you wire and your mines ) can really help to blunt an offensive of flametrack and/or pgrns laslty one or 2 mines around the cut offs can spare you of rushing 1 of you inf to reclaim it and thus increasing the chances of succesfull combat . .

3 Winter Maps

As you all know winter maps are subjected to blizzards , which makes fires and houses really important for winter survival , so in that case what you want to do when y are ahead is mine the entrances of the buildings ( that is usefull on pripiyat south and north vp where the buildings are key to holding lots of points ) and try to hold them untill the blizzard , afterwards just offer him a cocktail , incase you have a couple of engies around fires when a blizzard is happening ( or before ), it pays of to have them build a mine close to the fire and then leapfrog to another fire , so far i have witnessed mines destroying campfires which means that your opponent will have to certainly flee in fear of losing one squad member too many ( if your not too good in blizzard survival only use this offensively not defensively ) . Another thing i have done on kolodny north is to break the wooden wall next to the fuel , then mine the passage , that gives me both a flanking roote and a bait .


4 Cover Baiting

mine behind places your opponent is likely to take cover , its usefull to mine behind your sandbabs as well , then charge with ouraah to finish the job

5 Pripiyat south

On pripiyat i have observed that at the south vp the space is pretty good for tank combat + that it leads to lots of relatively easy to cap points so i usually mass 2/3 of my armor and mobile infatry for an attack or counter atack at the cut offs , unfortunately the damned stugs are op once again ( act surpised ! ) so it pays of to have a couple of mines just in case .

Lastly that kind of mine placing might not suit your playstyle or doctrine , i incorporated and developed these tactics because i like using the guard motor coordination doctrine 3 cons 2 engies with t2 - t3 and backtech to t1 with all conscript upgrades , inflicting mp damage and containing my opponent untill i get my t34s and guards . As i will play more i will continue to update this .

Feel free to discuss

i dont believe in my ears , uncrushable wire by vehicles , wirecutters an upgrade again and it was by design not by mistake ...

As for AT, I don't mind the SU76 being used as Arty from the get-go. However, an ATG should be primarily used as AT (this is a design principle), and so I think it's only logical that the arty barrage requires vet 1. It would really help competitive play where every teching mistake counts.

on everything else i agree , so i ll comment on this ,
i dont quite agree because 1 you have to pay for an ability that is sort of crappy at what it does , 2 60 munitions early in the game are not sth to be spent willy nilly , 3 the soviet atg is not that good at what it does other than it is a bit more durable due to the crue , 4 the artillery of the atg is a poor mans artillery it hardly affects the balance imo + that you can get a mortar from the same building so the teching choice is not that big a deal , 5 because the game design allows for floating mp and sometimes actually rewards you for saving and spending at the right time so teching mistakes are not so detrimental esp since y can have your counter up in 1 or 2 mins