Profile of LuGer33

Yeah luitenent tier is so unused because it's really restrictive without any AT. Pretty much forces you to go Jackson asap or else you'll get run over by tanks. Atleast soviet T1 provides a cheap tank destroyer at T3, USF has to wait all the way til major and zooks by no means stops any real armor alone.

Hence why moving the ATG to T0 and unlocking when either CPT or LT hit the field was a pretty good solution to opening up USF roster / build order / strategies / play style, wasn't it?

Nerf them both to the ground. Or high more damage but lower AOE ---> less likely to wipe single squads but will really hurt big blobs.

Why?

This game isn't fun when people turtle and build sim cities (admittedly, mainly a big team game issue) and it's less fun when people blob. Long range indirect punishes (and is the most effective hard counter to) this sort of play. It encourages smart infantry movement, aggressive play, and risk taking that makes the game a hellvua lot more fun than sitting your Elefant + Jagdtiger combo amidst a sea of bunkers and Panthers.

Idk if you mainly play Ostheer, but obviously that faction has some of the best defensive options in the game w/ MG42 bunkers, Pak-43s, S-Mine fields, Tellers, etc. Throw in a OKW Flak HQ and you have a position that is almost unassailable. There's need to be a counter to this and that's your Calliope, Walking Stuka, PWerfer, and Katy.

The rocket artillery is part of COH 2's gameplay. You'll punish with it and get punished by it plenty of times. Nothing wrong with it.

Now with all that said, the Calliope barrage is pretty devastating. I wouldn't object to it being a bit louder when it fires so Axis players have a better chance to react.

Leave my little kubel alone

It's one of the few units that doesn't need to be adjusted at all right now; fits perfectly fine where it is as a scout/caping vehicle. Just add a 5 fuel cost and that'd be enough.

Why does OKW need a scout / capping vehicle again w/ 100% resource income, 250 MP base infantry, and a truck that can lock down any part of the map in 1v1?

Stats still suck so noone would call it in.

Also, USF the army known for artillery doesn't get a stock arty unit. WP relic

They don't even have a mortar, lol.

Priests are good when you abuse pop cap glitch, decrew 'em, and end up w/ like 3-4. Then they just obliterate things, OKW trucks in particular. Plus you can protect them w/ Rifle mines.

In 1v1's, you'd probably never have more than one, but even that'd be better than no long range indirect.

Something needs to be done about Shreks.

They are a cancer in team games in particular. When one side can buttress its already superior armor and heavy tank destroyers with a potent, roving AT/AI blob that can destroy anything you throw at it short of a counterblob of superior infantry, it's just stupid, bad for gameplay, and no doubt helps explain the 95% win rate OKW has in 4v4.

Yes there are easy counters to blobs like mobile artillery, mines, demos etc, but sitting back and shooting Calliope rockets at blobs isn't that much fun.

I think the best solution is to get rid of Shreks from OKW. OP or whoever said it is right: OKW has a number of AT solutions including the only faction that has a T0 AT Gun w/ inexplicable predator camouflage and the only ATG that can retreat. They also have a Puma to counter light vehicles.

Does this leave OKW disadvantaged in the early game? Probably, but so what? They have the best heavy tank in the game to call in later, which has no construction time and allows OKW tremendous flexibility in choosing a commander. Not to mention the best medium in the Panther, and hey, let's throw in a dedicated tank destroyer as well because why not? What shouldn't OKW have?

Idk where this idea came from that OKW needs to be the best at everything, at all stages of the game. Or why OKW shouldn't have to work hard to kill things like other factions. There's a light vehicle, maybe try baiting it into a mine? Ambush with ATG? Outplay w/ your Puma? Or press a button and pull out what amounts to nearly an infantry held ATG from your cheap and spammable base infantry's pants?

I realize that Shreks are not a problem for top tier Allied players in 1v1. Even in my much lower ranked 1v1s (500ish as USF), I don't have that much trouble with Shreks. But I used to play A LOT of 4v4 before giving up this patch and Shrek blobs + Axis armor + potent Axis arty and call-ins explains OST and OKW win rates from coh2charts.