Profile of Fire and Terror

At around the 28 min mark one can see how my defensive arty overwatch kills my own stupa. Is this ability supposed to be a bigger threat to your own units then the enemies?

thanks for the info! In order to properly test this one must compare the turning numbers with the numbers while chasing a tank. So one can actually do moving acc vs turning acc. I always feel like the moving acc can be quite bad, so i often halt before the shot.

You do have a somewhat valid point on the moving accuracy, it is a larger increase if you use the previous moving accuracy as the divisor. By your own math, you're wrong on the RA. You could call it a 5.9% buff, so you only missed it by 144.1%. (or since it was really a 5.9% buff, you exaggerated it by roughly 2440%)

i dont think the rec acc buff, is the problem right now. I actually think it's the moving acc buff, that makes them overrun you with abilites like assoult and nades

Was it the Heavy "meta" or the tiger meta? Or maybe the tiger is a more important unit to the Ostheer than the IS2 or Perhsing were for their respectiv faction?

Plus a Pak40 isn't as fast as a light tank, so it cover a smaller area and so have a smaller impact. Between the 222 and the first P4 you are kinda naked.

Ostheer suffered more from the heavy meta, than any other faction becouse it locked out half of the good infantry commanders that emphasize on Ostheers Light Vehicle Strength, and replaced it with a crutch unit, that the other factions also had.

The fact remains that both axis factions need strongheavies more than allied factions. Soviets can easily dominate without an IS-2 as USF can without the Pershing. Ost is supposed to have a strong late game in compensation for early/mid game weakness. Thats why their heavy should of course be better than the heavy of factions that dominate early/mid game.

actually this is not true espacially not in 1vs1. It's a misconcept of Ostheer lategame superiority. Basically in the soviet matchup Ostheer is the one with a better early game. This is becouse of faster light vehicles, faster infantry upgrates, mg42 and so on. Then the T70 comes around and the soviet has a powerspike, only to be countered by a p4 when OH has that upper hand again.

So again the vital point of an 1vs1 is the moment you Ostheer gets t2 up. Becouse then your Infantry gets upgrates that allow you to win 1vs1 engagements (either 5 men or whatever you like) and then your light vehicle comes into play (that forces your oppoinent to avoid it = map control , or forces him to build a pak which is a big mp drain). Not to forget that you get access to Panzergrens, which are the strongest infantry at the time they arrive (soviets cant really afford schocks that fast becouse of the threat of flamethrower halftrack)

EDIT: Not to forget that the first minutes of a 2vs2 are also Ostheers strength, Becouse of less flanking possibilites and the fact thats its difficult to outdps , or even focus down an mg42 with unupgrated infantry (if you flank it i just chill and shoot you down with grens, or move it away forcing you to chase it, resulting in low dps). You basically only need to supress 1 infantry sqad and keep them supressed with pioneers in oreder so secure map control.

This might be a personal thing, but i think it is easier for me to supress one sqad in the early game, then to get intel of the mg42, and then set up a good flank, that doesnt end up in a big mp bleed, or a wipe on retreat.