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Before you go on to praise the AEC-Jesus that will spare the Brits from the stale sniper-spam strategy, consider the following:

The AEC just received a massive buff vs infantry and weapon teams. However, it is not as "bad" as it sounds.

- The AoE distance profile (which determines near/mid/far distances) has NOT been updated

What this means, is that the new AEC will "only" be dealing far-damage to most targets. Vs infantry in the open this damage = 24

Compared to the Cromwell gun:
- AEC deals "only" 75% damage
- AEC fires faster (~4 secs vs ~6 secs)
- Has worse moving accuracy (50% vs 75%)

As always, for best results, use attack ground to plant a shot where it will deal more damage.

The new AEC is a beast.

Here, I am listing a few issues regarding the UKF base howitzers coordinate fire ability.

Recall that when the player reaches the final tier and researches the Anvil Specialization upgrade, their Coordinated fire also gains access to Airburst shells.

1. Airburst shells AoE: massive mismatch between visual effects and actual performance
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2. No cap for horizontal scatter (oversight?)
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3. T3 howitzer facing in the opposite direction when built
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*uncountersnipeable, rather

The sniper is that stealthy little critter that everybody loves to play with and against :-)

This guide will teach you how to keep your sniper stealthy, while racking up an insane amount of bleed; all of this with impunity to countersniping.

DISCLAIMER: I have already informed Relic about this issue, but the response I got is that this is the intended design. Therefore, I am putting up a brief guide to inform everyone about a feature that has been so elusive in the past.

How this works

In this scenario, an OST sniper wants to attack a conscript squad which is reasonably far away. The soviet player has a sniper of their own nearby so that he can countersnipe.

1) Place the OST sniper in cover with hold fire active.
2) Order the OST sniper to move out of cover in the direction of the conscript squad.
3) The moment the OST sniper steps OUT OF COVER press the STOP button.
4) (You need to time this well) Right-click on the conscript squad so that the sniper will fire the shot AFTER the sniper leaves camouflage (alternatively: release hold fire)
5) Immediately after the shot is fired, order your sniper to retreat back to the initial cover.

If you time Step 4 carefully (i.e., account for the camouflage timer and the aim time), the opponent will not have the opportunity to fire back (all snipers have a reasonably long aim time).

Naturally, this feature massively benefits the two snipers with lingering camo the most.

What else can you do with this feature?

This feature affects all camo units, and all abilities that these units can use.

Ever wanted to throw a sneaky gammon bomb and immediately hide your commandos? It's possible. A sneaky flare with your soviet sniper? Yep. Want to take that Katyusha with your stormtroopers and immediately hide them afterwards? Definitely

Anything you can think of; the sky is the limit!

I think it might be better that each of you go and great your own thread:
1) You won't have to wait for Luvnest to update his post
2) Relic will not have to check this post every 5 minutes to see if something was added

Think of poor Cuddletronic

Apologies. I mistook La Gleize breakout for some 4vs4 name with a similar name.

Accuracy for all artillery is affected by distance. The Base Howis have pinpoint accuracy right outside your base. When barraging near the enemy base, your shells will probably not land anywhere near the same postal code.

The distance from your base to the mid VP doesn't look that far. The KT is a big enough target, and you might have also slept with the RNG gods enough so that several shells managed to land on the King Tiger AND penetrate while the enemy wasn't looking.

The most difficult thing to believe about this story is how the shells managed to smash the KT AND the infantry. Was the enemy hugging the KT with his squads or what?

(Airburst shells don't deal damage as far away as their visuals would imply).