Profile of HoverBacon

Yeah it use to be an huge issue when TDs struggled against heavies and I honestly prefer Medium+TD meta over heavy spam meta that plagued coh2 a few years ago.


That being said I think the Tiger could use a slight price decrease or maybe Buffs to mgs as we don't want another wipe machine like the old KT either.

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Axis already have the edge with blob counters. Stock rocket artillery and the Brummbar already means allied infantry play require a lot of care, especially when Volks and Grens are already very strong, usually being countered by Allied elites which tend to better than the axis ones. Soviets rely on guards or shock troops, USF on Rangers or 1919 rifleman and UKF on commandos or bren blobs. Giving axis more tools to wipe these expensive units is going to throw both infantry play and vehicle play into axis favour. The current balance is somewhat decent if you ask me, I'd rather not mess with it too much.

Tiger I is more of an option you get with a Commander, often letting you play a strong T3 build, then top it off with it as the Spearhead, it's new speed makes it quite the deadly predator on the sides.

That's pretty much exactly what I use it for. I usually only tech tier 4 for the panzerwerfer. Although my OST play style is pretty outdated. XD

Buffing axis armour is pretty much a no no right now, similar to buffing allied TDs. As a result of these factions strengths I think the armour balance is actually pretty good right now, the only things that are throwing the balance are the things around the edge like the Brummbarr.

However I don't see many Tiger 1s around atm other than Tiger aces, so perhaps it is underperforming for it's price though, 640 manpower is a **** load of MP, for the Tiger 1's price you can nearly have 2 churchills.

So perhaps however, it might be worth decreasing it's cost? Perhaps say 550 manpower and 210 fuel or something might make it more appealing. It is essentially just a panther that can kill infantry after all but it's a massive target for allied players.

A lot of the issues with these heavy tanks, (Pershing, Tiger 1, IS2) isn't with themselves, it's that their peers are so much more potent or cost effective. The issue with the IS2 for example is that it's not an SU-85. The IS2 is still great, but it's not an SU-85 so it's not worth it. Same with the pershing with the Jackson. The Tiger's issue is that the panther is far more cost effective.

come on, 5 Men Bren Tommy Blobs are a much bigger Problem

Both OKW and OST have Stock rocket artillery to deal with blobs, blobbing as allies, especially UKF, is extremely unwise. Also Tommy blobs are more expensive both in manpower and munitions and hence should be better. They are both better as they should be and counterable as they should be so I wouldn't say they were a problem at all.

Their veterancy was nerfed and the bonuses are currently lower than other mainline infantry like conscript.

Lmgs for 5 men squad is problematic because the unit's DPS does not drop fast enough when losing models.

Conscript vet is awesome, especially with PPSH's, perhaps it's too good and a problem I don't know. it doesn't make volks not a problem though.
It's the Vet combined with everything else that's the problem.
Osttruppen get MG42s and no one complains about that and they're 6 man squads and not even terrible in cover. I don't mind if Volksgrenadiers become more powerful with an MG34/42 at range and their dps doesn't drop properly, my issue is that assault infantry don't counter them. It makes them much weaker to assault infantry which should counter them. Also STG-44s still have the same problem with the 5 man squad, the only difference being the DPS doesn't drop until the 4th model is dead rather than the 5th.

Also, wiping the vet of Allied infantry is pretty simple as rocket artillery is stock for axis and very effective, wiping veterancy of Volksgrenadiers is not so simple for anyone other than soviets, they are 5 man rather than 4 like Grens which gives them much better survivability. Although you can kill volks pretty easily, especially for USF, you can struggle to get the wipes like Axis and soviets can due to the lack of prevalent allied rocket arty. A decent player will not let you wipe their infantry unless you kill them before they can react i.e.- rocket artillery.

As for the other questions in team games your main objective as UKF is to hold your point, If you hold your point your team is half way to victory, let your teammates be flexible and mobile and you act as their backbone giving them somewhere to play off. Ensure your point is well established and defended with mines, MG and AT before attempting to help other players or you risk losing both their point and your own.

Pretty much all the commanders are good, tactical support is not particularly useful right now but stands to be the best after the next patch (getting crocodile mobile mortar and improved sappers and other gerneral fixes)

I mostly use Commando regiment(CQC and anti LefH) Royal engineers (antiblob and vehicle mobility) and Special Weapons (Long range combat and mobile infantry support) I sometimes swap one of them out for Mobile assault. All the other regiments are good, I don't use royal artillery cos I regularly play with a USF Infantry Company player. Vanguard is good, but I prefer having Bombing runs and phosphorous over Typhoons and Glider HQ. Advanced emplacements is good for sim city or small maps but not much else.

Best Units:
Some units do carry the faction, Infantry sections are good but can be unreliable and bleed manpower badly, The vickers is very powerful and great for kills but doesn't suppress well, it's more of a firesupport platform than a suppression platform. Good against OST due to their expensive infantry. Royal Engineers are not justr engineers, they are defensive sturmpioneers, very powerful if you use them right. Commandos are the most cost effective unit in the faction probably, have powerful Vet and straight up melt anything when attacking from ambush. Centaur is a godsend for destroying blobs once vet 1 but can be risky to go for unless you either already have armour or have a strong fuel advantage. Firefly is awesome when vetted but easily diveable. Both the comet and the churchill are great, the comet can be infuriating to use though so If you're starting out stick to anvil, it's much more forgiving.

Faction is carried by Commandos, Royal engineers, 6 pdrs, centaur and the churchill variants imo.

Get weapon racks when you need them, early if you don't go commandos as Tommies need them to compete later on. If you are, you may not need them at all.

Upgrade to 5 man squads if you don't use commandos, if you do use commandos it's not really necessary. I normally upgrade to 5 men after my first tank is out so that I don't delay armour. I bolster early for 5 man sappers mostly but sometimes for tommies if I need to compete with axis infantry (Gren, volks or sturm spam or panzerfusiliers). I tend to think bolstering is a waste against machine gun and mortar spammers as it tends to just be more people to die to mortars rather than any improved performance.