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Thread: Infantry Company playstyle15 Jan 2016, 01:09 AM Jump back to quoted post14 Jan 2016, 20:25 PMFestiveLongJohns Hey Firebird, I did a video review of the replay you posted! If you're interested, I can upload it to my youtube channel for you and others, but if you'd prefer not to have your play critiqued in a public forum I can send it to you privately. You can post it on youtube. Thanks for the comments, I believe I wasn't aggressive enough throughout the game because of the HT/priest. I need infantry to screen in case of a tank destroyar or AT infantry flank. One of the advantages of mobile arty is the speed to retreat, and I need to take that into effect in playstyle. I chose two, because of the increased availability of long range smoke/fire. I assume riflemen should have been the majority of smokes. I'm worried about equipping riflemen with too much. I love the smoke/grenade/flank tactics that around 80% of my army can do, smoking off AT pieces, HMGs, or tanks with a hero rifle is very fun. I guess winning the battle "here and now" is more important than saving for a "what if" situation. I'm not a big fan of the 57mm, no mobility. But I guess the munitions from bazookas have to be saved for something else more important. Also I can protect my arty pieces much better. Hmmmm~ I build the caches early because I should not be bleeding manpower with green cover. In: US Forces Strategies
Thread: Infantry Company playstyle14 Jan 2016, 18:30 PM Thanks for the advice, I totally forgot about mines in favor of more weapons. In order to keep up with weapons and mine production, I assume control of the munitions/ munition cache is more important than fuel. Also all fuel will be going to half-track/captain/priest. I do not like USF tanks, which focus on mobility but can't really flank as well as infantry. Because they are really squishy and probably won't get any veterancy with my bad unit micro. My use of tanks consist of attacking behind my infantry screen, but I always miss-micro and usually chase and get kited, then killed. I've thought about the pack howitzer, and I'll be using it as a later strategy, manpower allowing. Manpower bleed is a huge drain with my kind of playstyle, infantry. I plan on capturing little ground with 2 rifles/group and holding that with sandbags or pits with MGs. My idea is that I can win small battles and push on the enemy retreat. I'm saying most of this because this is because I'm inclined to learn more about different playstyles with this commander in mind, and with emphasis on infantry. Maybe a different approach could be better, but I wouldn't know of it. In: US Forces Strategies
Thread: Infantry Company playstyle12 Jan 2016, 22:18 PM So, I mainly play USF Infantry company in every map and match up, because I like the idea of the commander. I do not plan on switching commanders, whether a certain commander is more suitable to a map because x, y, or z. I would like to think extensive practice in one commander will allow me to get better, instead of half-assing other commanders because it's the pro meta. I have a very low ranking/MMR. Right now, I am at a road block on how to deal with blobs, specifically SMG blobs. The usual game goes if I see X, then I build Y to counter it. This goes on until the enemy figures out that I have no suppression and blobs small parts of the map wiping units. If I build fighting pits, then they get arty, if I steal HMGs then they build arty, and I do not go Lt. route. BO is usually 4 rifles, ambulance, captain, weapons The idea of Infantry company is to hold them down and blow them up. Are there any other strategies as to hold them down? 1 VS fire_bird609 FogOfWar Out blobbed and out skilled by: firebird609 map: Crossing in the Woods 1 - In: US Forces Strategies
Thread: Out blobbed and out skilled12 Jan 2016, 22:17 PM Using this to post on forum for help In: Replays
Thread: light tanks and half tracks9 Oct 2015, 04:09 AM Screen with infantry, therefore the first shot is avoidable, then use the superior speed/maneuverability to smoke/flank. More than one AT means resources not in INF or tech or armor. IMO In: COH2 Balance