Profile of FredFoshizzle

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Italians with Afrika korps from 1943.

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So come Feb 25th maybe we should have a sweepstake, between those who buy them, for who can induce the most rage quits.

Flame engis might give a use to the UC... Drive them up to a garrison and unload. Commandos might even things up on urban maps and the mattress itself, well depends upon accuracy etc. Anyone know the stats compared to the other rocket artys?

No top end abilities by the looks of it, just lots of stuff that will help early and midgame, especially if you are up against Ostruppen.

The emplacements doctrine looks to be very defensive but might give some attacking options. Offensively and early placed mortar pit for example. Counter battery is exciting, especially given the easy time that Leigs and mortars have against pits at the moment. Maybe the precision barrage will finally give us some decent artillery to use?

What exactly are fortified emplacements going to be? They currently have 5 armour and unless this is going to bring it up beyond Shreck pen I'm not seeing the use. IS repairing buildings... Would have to be a very important building me thinks, and by emplacements at CP0 that would be pits and nothing else till T2 goes up? Will this make garrisoning IS in an emplacement worthwhile maybe?

Would you give up the Croc, arty cover, raid operation, strafes and the rest etc from what you can see so far? I'll certainly be having a play but the lack of top end abilities ( and probably giving up Comet on the latter one) makes me a little bit skeptical, especially when I often wait a bit to see what the opposition has picked before choosing a commander.

We'll see...

I've been wanting commandoes deplored from buildings for a while. I think they'll really fit into the whole sneaking behind the lines thing a lot better if they can just come from anywhere like those damn fallschirms. Their ability to place demo charges will make it even better. Spawn commandoes near a major path behind the lines, place a demo, hold fire/use camo, and wait for an unfortunate squad to walk by.

I've also been wanting an emplacement-focused commander, so both really fulfill a lot of wishes. I can see myself having a lot of fun in 4v4s wreaking havok with commandoes and land matresses or just having super strong emplacements

And to answer your quetions: yeah, I would probably give up the croc for deployable commandoes adn other early-mid game stuff. Brits already have an ok late game, so I like having stuff that helps me to survive until then. I also can see really early mortar pit being a new strategy, especially since the IS's can garrison it and use it as a trench.

Tbh I always forget about this ability, i'll try use that aswell.
What is in general better in USF vs Ost? Like you also mentioned, just rushing capt, but does this mean LT is never really used anymore in the current meta against both Ost and OKW?

Riflemen are awesome vs grens in general. just get them close so they can rip them apart with m1 garands' superior fire rate. I literally never (and i do mean NEVER) tech leutenant. In pro games, its viable because both players like to scale evenly, but in regular matchmaking i find LT useless. The reason, at least for me, is that it means you have no AT if your opponent rushes armor. You can always get the bazooka upgrade, but
1. bazookas are still pretty bad
2. you are then paying more fuel and MP into tech than you would have going for captain.

LT just delays teching and doesn't seem worth it for the crappy .50 cals and early game vehicles. It pushed the already large USF early-game advantage, but it leaves you even more vulnerable in the late game, where USF is already weak. Captain early on is a pretty good unit if you either keep him hidden in case of 222 rush or use him to flank and do decent cqc damage with the one thompson member.

My build order goes rifle, rifle, rifle, (additional rifle if you dont have good fuel income to get CPT), captain, ambulance, pak howie, AT gun (if needed). Then it varies depending on which commander I choose.

Don't forget that USF tanks can get out and repair a damaged engine/gun/etc for a little bit of munis, get back in, and drive away. You can also put veteran crews in a new vehicle to carry over (some) veterancy.

I'd like to see a combined forces commander with elite australian riflemen (maybe super accurate in cover, but fire slow vollies) and a unit that gives buffs to others. In the british forces reveal trailer it showed some guy standing on a universal carrier and i thought itd be cool to have that guy be a unit that drives around and gives buffs and maybe calls in arty support, but doesnt fight. Also some other light tank would be cool since the AEC is side-tech.