Profile of RetroInferno

Hello everyone; I just watched the UFK army presentation by Relic ( The faction looks freacking awesome btw ) and while I think Ostheer will have a pretty good shot at fighting them, a lot of things seemed designed to beat the hell out of OKW, especially in the early game ( This is speculation based on the Relic show off of the faction nor did I participated in the Alpha )

- Infantry section / 25 Pounder support;

This combination seems to kind of defeat the purpose of the OKW foward base; upgrade your section with the smoke package, barrage the shit out of the ennemy's position and pressure up with either Vickers or in cover infantry.

- Volks will be the most hard-countered core unit when faced vs Infantry section (Core unit wise).

Volksgrenadiers are durable, cheap to reinforce and somewhat decent at max range vs Infantry. However I can't fathom how horribly these guys are gonna perform vs Infantry sections especially when they are in cover.

- Arty and flamers vs Brits is most likely gonna be vital to counter their entrenched positions and buildings; OKW has a deadweight T1 330 MP unit and a doctrinal multi-grenade throw.

Let's be honest here, the IeSG, even at 330 MP, is not an unit that's gonna pay for itself in 75% of the matches; it's slow, has a slow fire rate, an AoE to laugh at and his barrage is terrible. Good range and suppression on hit isn't gonna help vs Brits.

Assault Grenades is the faction's best bet by far, but is doctrinal ( luckily found in some good commanders ).

Overall, I feel OKW is going to rely a LOT on Kubels, Sturms and early jpIV to deal vs Brits?

Again, only speculation on my part and could end up to be wrong september 3rd.

I'm assuming when Relic said that the OKW have the best early game, they meant the version of the game with the Brits in it. Soo, possible future OKW changes:

-Kubel purely for capping sectors and recon? Very good for harassment

-buffed Volks? If moved to the BHQ this may be a thing...best buff would be six men.

-T0 MG34? With Sturms and Volks this thing available early would be strong.

-Sturms cheaper?

-Or...no...T0 Obersoldaten?!?

Anybody know wtf our Canadian overlords meant when they implied that the OKW were recieving early game buffs?

Either they are high on cat piss or Duffy put the thing together.

The unit itself is good, the problem is the doctrine in which they are stuck with.

They are extremly versatile; can either ambush and use their increased ROF ability or afford full frontal engagements thanks to their reinforcement cost and low RA, unlike PGrens who are pretty much stuck at dealing with AT or bleeding off your ass out of manpower.

It may not be as cost effective as the ostheer mortar but his AoE is quite lethal from what I saw; his vet and survivalaility are meh but when I need arty and don't really spit on the thing unlike the OKW support gun which is the holy trinity of ass.

The bazooka suggestion is quite good, especially since the the weapon itself was used a lot to dislocate enemy position in buildings and such, a giving a much needed extra utility to this under performing weapon.