Profile of Brutalism

At the moment, this costs 100 munitions and triggers as soon as the enemy steps foot into the radius of the sector.

I am unaware of how this can be countered. If there is anyone with some insight on this, please share.

My suggestion is this; what if the booby trap worked the same as the PE booby trap in vCoH, only at a cost, say, 25-50 munis for example? Since capping in CoH2 implements AoE, this would be trickier however. Maybe it could have a ticker and a 1-2 second count-down time (as the PE booby trap), giving the player enough time to micro his troops in and out of the sector/radius of impact.

Also, it would be nice if pioneers with minesweepers could detect and defuse it once capping the point, rendering them useless. This would at least create incentive on purchasing the mine defusal kit, which is so often bypassed for a flamethrower upgrade.

I think this would make traps more usable, yet at a cost within a range which causes dilemma, since players will have to choose whether to spend munis on traps, molotovs, mines, flamers, AT nades, etc. Another benefit is that it will introduce another element of micro when capping points, and increase the use of the mine detection package.

The 100 muni cost will mean we will rarely see this ability, and when it is used, I think it is rather cheesy with little to no time to react.

Any thoughts?

Since the last patch I have noticed instances where the warnings given by the HQ have become extremely low in volume. This includes warnings of squads dying, which is extremely frustrating.

I do not get the medals for completing the first level, Stalingrad, on General. No medals or achievements show up. Also, after having completed the campaign in General, the Campaign completion medals do not show up.

Also, in multiplayer, calling in a German Officer squad yields the audio of calling in a P4 command tank. This could be for only one particular doctrine, however. I was using the Assault Support Doctrine.

Interesting points. I agree, the barrage ability is this unit's saving grace. However, I find Russian T3 and T4 extremely strange in terms of what they contain. Granted, unlike the Germans, you have a PE style choice of what to tech to first. The high fuel cost of T4 is a deterrent, and I always find myself going T3 first.

But then again, what's the idea of having 2 Artillery based units at T4, (Katyusha and SU-76), and an SU-85 tank destroyer? Mobility wise, both 76 and 85 are terrible due to the fixed turret; so one is beneficial vs infantry because of its more contained bombard strike, and the other a tank destroyer which is meant to go up against panthers? I don't quite see it, especially with the Panther's speed at the moment.

Edit: Sorry, still waiting for opponent; my bad.