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Jump back to quoted post28 Oct 2015, 11:04 AMvan Voort

I'll point you her for how to get the game and what version to get:

http://www.coh2.org/news/37043/the-confused-consumer-a-buyer-s-guide-to-coh2


As for the rest:


Ostheer start with 6 Commanders and there are maybe 20 total.

There are 4 ways to get the rest:

1) Sign up for the Relic forums and you can get the Community Defensive Commander (which is terrible)

2) Every so often there is a special event or release that allows one to get a commander. This has happened for two separate commanders

3) Pay money in the in game store. All bar 1 are available that way. I really wouldn't bother at this stage unless you have money to spare, the 6 starting ones are perfectly ok to learn the game with. If later you decide you want to get some more then people can advise you what is good or may fit your style - or wait for free weekend to try stuff out or steam sale to get stuff cheap

4) Warspoils.

This enables you to get everything, every couple of hours or so of gameplay you get a random drop (up to 3 in fact) of Commander, Skin, Faceplate, Bulletin, Skin or Victory Strike. However you get no control over what you get and it might be for a faction you don't play

Jump back to quoted post28 Oct 2015, 09:50 AMMr. Someguy

It's not the same, but it's still a solid faction. The tech up system with Phases -> Building is still the same. You start with your HQ which builds Pioneers and MG 42, you can build T1 with your starting Pioneer and it contains your Grenadiers, Mortar, and Sniper. T2 has your Scout Car, Panzergrenadiers, Anti-Tank Gun, and Half-Track. T3 gives you the StuG III G (AT), Panzer IV, and Ostwind. Finally T4 is more like a bonus tier, hard to reach but good units, containing the Sturmpanzer IV, Panther Tank, and Panzerwerfer.

British Forces in CoH2 can not move their HQ, the closest thing is the German Oberkommando who can deploy their HQ Trucks in any friendly territory, but can not move them. British can make a forward HQ, which is just a tent surrounded by sandbags that they can retreat, reinforce, and arm themselves at. USF and OKW also have forward retreat points. Wehrmacht and Soviet do not have forward retreat points, but do have Half-Tracks.

As for units, it's mostly the same, the only difference is most factions can build their basic infantry right away. USF and OKW's HQ are more like a T1 to them, because they can build more from them than other factions. All factions still have to tech up to reach new units as the game goes on, and each faction does this in their own ways. Wehrmacht has Battle Phases and Buildings, Soviets have Buildings, USF has Officers, OKW has their Trucks, and British have prefab Buildings.

If you want a more solid idea on how the game plays, check out Imperial Dane's casts, or some popular Streams like HelpingHans, Romeo, Rogers, Ciez, Luvnest, VonIvan, or Stormless. They'll show up in the Livestreams window to the right of the page when they're active. You could watchless popular players, but I don't know if that'd teach you much.