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Jump back to quoted post8 Jun 2017, 00:41 AMLoopDloop

When I use vanguard I usually end up with 2 tommies, a vickers, a commando squad, a sniper, a sapper unit with piats, and if I think I need it, an aec. That gives you a pretty well-rounded force, but can be pretty micro intensive and lacks an indirect fire counter. Aec is mediocre but I find that a lot of times I regret not building it, and it has some saving graces. It can "sort of" fight mediums (like a puma can "sort of" fight a Pershing) but better than nothing, and does good damage if you manage to pull off a flank with its glorious pathing and acceleration. The ability is pretty good now too though, and combine that with the sniper's turret lock, it usually means a dead tank. The vickers and tommies can hold the main line, especially with brens, and commandos add some much needed mobility and close-quarters power, and their ambush bonuses are insane.

Jump back to quoted post6 Jun 2017, 21:24 PMJoshua85

Here is some advice from a middle-of-the-road player.

- the UC with vickers and vickers MG team are not mutually exclusive and serve quite different functions. the standard vickers is used for crowd control and locking down areas, whereas the UC+vickers is a dedicated mp drainer with a situational times suppression ability. on open maps and especially OWW the UC is nice, because it hardcounters kubels and can push around infantry until they lock down the first truck. However, be careful that this will most likely make the opponent build a raketen, so after the first encounters it should be used with caution and screened by infantry.

- I would generally not get the AEC before sappers. The reason for this is that in the early game you want field presence and dominant capping and the AEC first needs to be teched and then built, and even then it will still not be able to cap.

- I would never build the Platton CP before getting AT LEAST two Tommy squads out. These guys are your backbone and primary healing option so 2-3 of these are necessary to carry you confidently into the mid-game.

- Capping order depends on the map, but in general the most important thing is to connect everything to your base. if it is not connected you don't get ressources from it. Brits are quite a defensive faction especially in the early game, so you should probably focus on consolidating your own ressources before pushing into the enemy territory.

- The increased squad size is good for a number of reasons, one being as a new player you might be prone to suffering from wipes and the extra man gives you significantly more time to react to a crisis plus it makes the squad more resistant to being wiped from explosions. The pro players in the current tournament are also consistently upgrading the fifth man quite early so that is a good indication that this is a solid strategy

- As mentioned earlier you should probably not be overly agressive in the opening game when playing brits. as soon as you start spitting out AEC's and Cromwells you have much better conditions for agressive brit play.

- You should probably not build weapon racks before you can at least arm a couple of your men with bren guns. Also, if playing special weapons you might consider skipping this step entirely and focus on your supply truck, which can even perform admirably in combat (just remember that it is made of glass!)