Profile of ashxu

Yup, Flame nades were given because OKW have "No way of dealing with garrisons". Ever tried clearing a building with tommies? It's impossible yet, I guess the counter is "You have a sniper" to which I reply "You have a LEIG, AND a Stuka AND regular nades without teching".

Bloster squads is also stupid, 90% of games its needed to survive so why is it an unlock rather than a staple? I question the games design in this game sometimes. Listen to yourself not the fans relic.

To be fair doesn't UKF cost less to tech up? You can also pick it whenever you want to get an instant firepower boost while other factions rely on vet and buying elite units.


Also with the addition of Royal Engie flamers in the new commander, using Royal Engies as frontline troops may be even more viable.

I've tried spamming nothing but Tommies for about 10 games now and it just confirms what has already been said. The most interesting things to note were constant manpower issues, unreliable AT and the complete lack of any anti-garrison weapon.

Faymonville is a loss if you don't take the key house straight away for instance.

The answer surely then is Willy Pete, to give smoke and anti-garrison.

I have no idea why the Axis forces seem to get a grenade for every possible occasion, and cheaply too if the number used is anything to go by, whilst the Brits have to research and pay through the nose for their two very similar grenades. Is this a throwback to when the Brits were first released per chance?

Grenades are arguably the infantry's primary weapon in assault, adding them as a techable after-thought doesn't make much sense.

The incendiary grenades seem to be the worst culprits, a guaranteed wipe or garrison clear for a few munitions. Saying that all of the axis grenade options seem to be quite overpowering and cheap. Where they can get up to a building ( even one defended by a Vickers) to wipe or clear the humble Tommy just doesn't have the tools.

I think the rifle grenade is fine, even if you aren't there to micro it, you'll here the grenade audio cue and you can at worst retreat your squad. All the Allied factions have to tech grenades however back then USF nades and SU mollies were argubly better than the rifle nade because both allied nades come on the core infantry while gren rifle nades have a minimum distance. But then they gave OKW the best core infantry grenade in the game that not only works as a regular grenade, doesn't need to be researched (albeit requires a truck down so in the early game you know you can freely use building so use that to your advantage) but also burns people out.

i wouldn't mind of volks had either a molly type grenade or a regular frag but not both in one for fucks sake. Or at least force them to tech it.


That being said I don't expect Relic to give IS free grenades however I don't think grenades are worth the upgrade even if they were cheap to research. Even if they do have trouble clearing garrisons, UKF do have the AEC which comes out super fast while USF are stuck with their core infantry until they can tech which takes ages so them researching frags is much more important.

Royal Engies cost what 210 MP, one less pop cap and are 2MP cheaper to reinforce.

Although keep in mind CaptainSPrice had really good unit preservation. But on paper it seems like a plausible strategy. Have yet to test it though. Until buffs for IS are confirmed, I think it's worth testing if using Royal Engies is worth it instead of using IS as the bulk of your infantry line.

You could probably take it a step further and try using the Heavy Engie upgrade in Anvil tactics (Then use a commander with the Croc Churchill). Slow sure but they'll probably be better at holding the line than IS. I can probably test it later but not today.

I think it would be interesting to make OKW an early game faction just like how UKF is sort of late game. However unlike Allies, OKW has the Panther and a fucking KT.

WTF? you dont have the mp or time to have a sniper PG's/pak and several grens. wtf is wrong with you? And the problem of the aec is that

1.it has superior AT and AI to the stuart (to the point its a threat to all medium armour)
2.much cheaper then the stuart
3.comes out faster then the stuart
4.comes on a defensive faction and doesnt need something like the AEC.

all in all the aec needs its aoe removed and the infantry sections buffed. Anybody disagreeing is a real idiot in my opinion. That the brits needed to be buffed early game was certain. buffing the AEC was one the stupidest thing relic did since dow 2 1.3 patch.

aannnnd i'm never posting in the coh2 balance subforum ever again

please go back to the steam forums

I am all for decent buffs to UKF.
IMO the Universal Carrier should be able to cap territory on its own like the Kubel. It would help brits bad early map presence.

I disagree, as much as I want buffs, it's a carrier, not a scout vehicle. Also keep in mind the UC becomes pretty good in offensive power with the Wasp upgrade. It's just too fragile and will die to a 222 or stray volks schreck blob.