Profile of blvckdream

I've heard frequent reports that the new 45 munition Bren Guns are actually a DPS downgrade to the Infantry Section in certain circumstances.

Please could someone who knows the numbers (like Cruzz) confirm or deny this? I'd really rather not spend 45 munitions on making my squads worse. Is it a very situational thing (LMG42s are technically downgrade to Grens if you never keep them still for example) or are Brens just a flat out bad idea now?

They always did less damage in CQC. The last accuracy nerf didn´t change anything in that regard.


It´s still a no brainer to go for Brens if you can afford them. You always want to fight at the biggest range possible no matter if you have Brens or not. CQC with infantry sections needs to be avoided as much as pobbile. Bren upgrade doesn´t change that. Mid-range and long-range DPS boost with Brens is way more important than slightly lower CQC DPS.

So yes, go for Brens whenever you have the ressources to do so.

Pumas are high skill units. If you lose sight of them for just a second you can lose them in a blink of an eye. It's not efficient for a player to spam pumas to counter mediums especially if the pumas don't have numerical superiority. Easy way to counter puma spam is to get premium mediums which have better armor and health and can chase down isolated pumas easily. Bait the pumas into tight corners. Mines, at guns, etc. L2P issue.

Yeah...top 10 1v1 players just need to L2P. You heard it here first. EZ

Feels bad to even have to talk to you. Riflemen losing to grens? If the grens are behind some sandbags or a wall, you can simply use the other side of the cover and win. Only if the grens are on a one sided green cover

You said riflemen can charge green cover grens and win easily:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLPpjBDS8U8&feature=youtu.be


They cant even reliably beat them with 120muni double bar investment at vet 3:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9W587RMWn80&feature=youtu.be

Here is the example of Riflemen vs G43 Grens...Which Grens easily win. So yeah...your entire statement is pretty much wrong.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvPbWoIFPzc&feature=youtu.be


So a fair balanced post would be: Riflemen cant charge Grenadiers unless they have double bar vet 3 and even then it´s to close to call and can go either way. If Grens have G43 there is no way your Riflemen can charge them and win.

Your point that "Riflemen can easily charge Grens" is therefore proven wrong.


GG WP

Bring back City 17 lol...Not sure why it was deleted. Yes it´s unbalanced but so many maps are and no one deletes them.

That's the problem: you want SIMPLE. CoH2 isn't simple. Brits already have it simple. If you want to defend, park a section behind heavy cover and you will win every engagement. Just watch for grenades. Ostheer is a defensive faction yet anything better than some cons can afford to charge grens in heavy cover and win. And sometimes even cons win. So u need an mg to help. 500mp to fight off 240-300mp unit. Do you hear anyone complaining? Factions have unique strengths and weaknesses. If defending is easy, attacking should be harder. Period. U want a mortar? Build one AND ACTUALLY GIVE A DAMN DEFENDING IT WHEN ITS BEING ATTACKED INSTEAD OF HITTING BRACE.

Basically all of this is completly wrong. FeelsBadMan

Brits dont autowin behind heavy cover beacause of grenades. They are either getting killed or have to move. Moving= losing infantry fights because Brits have the worst moving accuracy in COH2 plus are bad out of cover. Volks lava nades denies them cover/garrison and then Volks can beat them unless Section has double Bren + 5 man upgrade (so basically only late-game). G43 Grens eat them alive too because they dont lose much DPS closing in. Infantry sections scale very well and are very good if you can manage to double equip them and buy the 5 men upgrade but they aren´t good early game at all because STGs and LMG42s or G43s come earlier than their weapon upgrade and bolster. Plus UKF players typically don´t tech nades until they have a tank out so that´s another big drawback of infantry sections.

Grenadiers cant be charged by any mainline infantry apart from PPSH cons with urra. They will flat out win vs Riflemen, normal Cons and Sections if they can just sit in cover and wait for enemy to get to them. If you don´t believe me I can just show you in cheat mode. You completly underestimate Grenadiers. They are great and super cost effective if played right.

Mortar pit is super hard to defend at the moment. Even top players fail to protect their mortar pits. It´s not a L2P issue. Plus mortar pit is only effective in a specific area, which is a huge drawback. They are just not good at the moment. If you don´t believe it just play UKF and build mortar pits. See how well it goes. From my experience playing 2v2 they are a failure in 90% of cases. No matter if I build them, opponent builds them or my teammate.