Profile of Graephen

I think vs "skilled" players, the game will be lost before you even reach 12cp if you're focusing on the Close The Pocket aspect of that commander

You pick the commander, when somebody is turtling the entire game and makes a flankable forward base, such as Brits, or Urban Soviets.

But yes - it tends to only work in team games, where you have an opponent, who's hindered by his own defences.

I can hold my own pretty well, because for the past few months I have only been playing 3v3 Ostheer and desperately trying to get a positive W/R in 3v3 Ostheer, since it has always seemed impossible (for instance, when I was 30 wins from breaking even W/R, I was 250th in 3v3 overall, so breaking even would probably put me in top 100). But I have decided, that I don't understand the current Ostheer meta at all, so I have played a couple of 1v1s and got absolutely crushed (earlier-on I was keeping a decent win-loss, even getting as far as 4 wins in a row at times).

There seems to be no specific faction I am having trouble with, because the tactic for each of them currently, is to get a halftrack, that can supress you and mowing-down Grenadiers as they retreat to base. This is usually slightly before you can even get an AC out, as it was for me against a Brit last game. It was on Kholodny Ferma and I have held my fuel since the early beginning, then I cut his fuel too and suddenly he had a quad-mount going BRRRT all over my base. The game took less than three minutes and I've managed to ignore his attempt at taking my fuel with an MG + SMG Tommies and capture way more ground, before the M16 arrived.

USF shows up with their M15 a bit later, but the problem here is, that their Pathspam is unmanageable. Grenadiers are no counter to them, Panzergrenadiers neither (they cannot get close without losing 1/4th of their firepower or more and grenades are easily dodged by a more-skilled player).

If Soviets don't crush me with Penal spam early game (again, Grenadiers are a complete failure) and then it's the same story as with the Brits.

I know a lot of advanced tactics, I have played CoH since 2006 and since 2011 I have played it online, so don't bother with responses like "Use cover". I use all the cover I can get, provided the situation allows for it.

How I've beaten allied infantry early-on before, was with a quick 250 clowncar, but now that an M16 comes at the same time I tech-up and sometimes well-before I build my T2, it is an absolute waste of fuel and manpower.

Please update me on some effective strategies to counter the most popular overpowered meta plays for allies right now. I have played a lot of Soviets, but I haven't played Brits or USF much. I know what the other player is going to do, what point is he going to capture, where to expect mines, but I can't seem to be able to find a way of stopping it. Some training sessions would be nice as well.


Alternatively, I can just wait until COH3 comes-out. It doesen't seem to look that bad, at least there's no Community unbalance team.

Greetings. I have made a map as a part of a light-ish game design portfolio i am working on to enroll in a university in the Netherlands.

Map name is (2) Morivsk. As given away by the title, it is a 1v1 map. Set on the Eastern Front in about 1944 during the Battle of Kursk, it is a small village sitting on the Dniepr river, surrounded by mountains with a muddy road cutting through the middle. It is fairly small and matches are quick, but it is quite wide, so it plays similarily to Beaux Lowlands, in my opinion. Fuel points are far away from eachother, but the cutoffs are not. I have tested it for bugs and misalignments and fixed all pathfinding issues I could find. You can find my map on the Steam workshop.

Issues, that I know of;
- cover is a bit uneven and there is not enough of heavy cover, I can fix this easily, but I would like to know which objects give heavy cover, that I may not know of and that you think would fit the map
- M1 Howitzer and leIG could be able to shoot base to base, but I have not tested this yet. If it is true, I will move the bases completely to their corners and change the map-up a tiny bit
- some units seem to fire through hedgerows. I do not know how to fix this and would like someone to help me with this.

Thank you upfront! I hope you will like it. Just a note - I have made it using the 32-bit version, but hopefully there will be no bugs in 64 and it should work smoothly. It is also my first publishable map I have made, so take it with a grain of salt.

It works with the 32 bit version. I'd add this to the list of bugs for 64 bit

The worldbuilder has many issues currently which are caused by the 64bit update. You can try the 32bit legacy beta for now.

WB as well? Alright, thanks for the help. Will I be able to port the map into 64-bit if I do it in 32-bit WB tho?