Profile of William Christensen

8/10 salt in Chat

Oh yeah! That too. Some people just can't seem to chill . Should have put it as a highlight as well.‎

The thing with Ostheer is that their army works around support weapons, not infantry. They aren't like USF where your army' strength lies in Rifleman, Ostheer' strength lies in its support weapons and combine arms, which make Grenadiers a unit to cover up your support weapons in case enemy infantry come in too close and personal. Grenadiers wasn't meant to be built like Rifleman so there's no need to get them out first/the same time as Rifleman, and since Ostheer relies mostly on support weapons, it's fine for them to be able to build MG42 first from T0 (MG42 also is one of the most important weapons in Wehrmacht's arsenal, so I'm fine with it).‎

But OKW was designed to be a highly offensive and early-game concentrated faction.

What he meant here is OKW before it was release, while still in development. That was a second option of what OKW could have been.‎

I have quite a decent grasp on how to play Wehrmacht with randoms on 2v2 (I'm like rank 600-ish), like I know when the match is on our favor, when it's not, when to go this tactic or that tactic, when to disengage, when to extend, when to help my random teammate and if he's Wehr as well, I even know what is his situation so I can help, all that kinds of stuff. It's not the best, just decently good, to say the least. 

However, I can't seem to apply those "skills" from playing Wehrmacht to play OKW. It just feels... strangely difficult (While my Wehr 2v2 rank is around 600, my OKW one is like 2000+ ... very bad if you ask me). To me, OKW just doesn't have much diversities, open up with 3 Volks then tech (Even teching is difficult if you want to play them aggressively), then everything just kinda snow-balling from there. It just seems so predictable, and then a lot of tool-lacking (Smoke, anti-garrison, etc.), it just... so hard to get a firm grasp on them.‎

So I'm here to ask those that have a firm grasp on OKW: How do you play them effectively? Like, just some constructive tips, tactics, ideas if you can (Those that works for "2v2 with randoms" would be great if you can). I really don't know how to get good at OKW. This Eastern commander just can't seems to know how to control the Western army. 

P/S: My view on OKW can be wrong to many, so please prove me wrong. I'm begging for differs.‎

What are current commander picks for this coming patch and right now? Currently I have mech assault, Elite troops, lighting war.

What gamemode do you frequently play though? Different commnader sets work with different gamemodes. I can give you some small suggestions on 2v2 gamemode:
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- Mechanized Assault/Lightning War: These two are great commander and since you have them both, equipped both: one good for urban maps and heavy vehicles play while the other one good with more open map and heavy infantry play. StuG E is pretty much the meta (But I don't really follow the "meta" so I'm not sure how awesone this unit is).

- Elite Troop: Well, this one is a little bit complicated because of the Tiger Ace. The commander provide good utilities for infantry play (Stun grenade, Stormtroopers, G43s) but then the Tiger Ace... It can be good but it locks basically all of your MP and fuel by the time it arrived. Many said you should use it as shock unit and don't worry too much if you lose it quick, but it's the damn Tiger Ace!... but then the resource-locking thing... If you don't have great preservation skill then maybe don't call in the Ace. However, this commander could work, just not as good as the others.

Some commanders I suggest you should take a look at:‎

- Osttruppen: This commander helps people that have a slight lower preservation skill since Osttruppen are more durable and less prone at getting wiped than Grenadiers. Open with 3 Osttruppen squads helps you form a good frontline and map control while also easy/faster at rushing out stronger units like flamer halftrack and Panzergrenadiers (Always go for Pgrens if you go Osttruppen cause they'll be the main power force while Osttruppen for holding the line). In addition, going Osttruppen minimize your MP bleed (only 16MP/model and they can stay much longer on the battlefield that Grens if position properly) so a highly recommended commander if you asked me.

- Festung Armour Doctrine: A commander straight-up available to you while also have good strength when compare to Storm Doctrine. However, it's basically more heavily centralize in anti-emplacement. This commander also has LeFH 18,a good anti-emplacement tool as always, sector arty to negate enemy trying to capture points (It can only target friendly territory but if you really need to hold that VP for few more seconds, use it!) and the Mortar halftrack. Basically this one give you 2 anti-emplacement tools while at the same time, give you a very powerful ability: Relief Infantry. This ability allows you to deal with massive losses on your side (Replace lost troops with Osttruppen), very useful against emplacement-spamming players.

- Jaeger Armour Doctrine: One of my two favorite commanders (The other one is Osttruppen) since these two promote a mobile defensive gameplay for Ostheer. While Osttruppen Doctrine allows you to have excessive MP for bunkers and limit MP bleed, this doctrine provide good anti-vehicle and reconnaissance utilities: You have Reagel AT mines and Elefant for late-game AT weaponry; you have both the Spotting Scope and the Reconnaissance Overflight, help maximize collecting information on enemy movements which in terms useful in set-up defenses. Then the Stuka Dive bomb is there for "lol" moments, I guess? (It could destroy lots of stuffs but for anti-armour missions, it pretty much not required).

If you have time for experimenting commanders, try the Encirclement Doctrine! It's quite hard to pull out a massive Close the Pocket in 2v2 but when you do, not even Advance Cancer Regiment can save the campy Brits!‎