Profile of Strummingbird

SU76 mobility buff is an interesting change, which comes into effect this game .

I feel like a recon mode ala T70, that doesn't stack with scopes and with adjusted values, would be thematically fitting. Would also synergize with the paks that you normally get to overcome the fuel deficit.

Seen this in the wild a few times. Here it is on camera:
https://clips.twitch.tv/RichSpeedyArugulaArsonNoSexy

Actually, the most significant reason why the soviet mortar isnt used, I feel, is because the zis barrage is for the most part more useful and directly forces retreats / wipes (on top of the zis being invaluable to deal with vehicles anyway)

The USF mortar has a similar relationship with LVs, which do the same job of dealing with MG play. Pack howi is obviously the later, superior option.

Either way, this obsession with balancing by fractions seems absolutely absurd. Units don't compete with each other directly - overall faction balance and creating a good sandbox of options is actually pertinent to gameplay. It's entirely possible for a unit to be strictly worse numerically for cost, but by virtue of the army it counters and the army its used by, completely relevant and useful.

In this regard, USF in 1v1 doesnt seem to need a mortar early on, since MP timing for LVs are far more important. I think there are niche applications (i've seen late purchases to take out overextended flak HQs etc), and in 2v2 where the map fills up much faster mortars seem more prevalent. Either way, USF doesnt suffer overly so in specific faction matchups and situations that a better mortar would be necessary to restore balance, neither does the USF mortar create overpowering early game compositions any more (like it did in the ostheer matchup a couple years ago). It's just a nice unit to have in the sandbox as an option, which seems to be perfectly acceptable.

Brits didnt make much of a showing in KOTH with the new commanders, and I feel like this is being overlooked.

opponent wasnt the best here but with how fast it arrives is you'd have to know it was coming to defend against it regardless, and i'm not sure there's any solution besides playing very aggressive early, hope to get the cutoff, maybe plant one teller, then instant retreating the moment the quad hits.

1. 3 IS, cap strat points / fuel points on natural side- maximize resource income and prevent cutoff before the m5 arrives. I didnt spend any muni here but with ~100 or so by the time the m5 arrives - enough for one sweeper + the quad package.

2. tech up / get engineers if you havent spent MP reinforcing, which you probably wouldn't have

3. AEC tech, M5, Quad: MP is the resource to manage here, not fuel, if you got your half of the map. the fuel /mp should align almost perfectly. m5 can start construction between 3-4 minutes, stupidly early.

4. go to town with the quad, rout their whole army with suppression, then get an AEC to kill the 222 - or get a second quad to kill the 222, they trade almost evenly anyway

5. Win

suggested solution:
lock quad package behind company command post, leave regular M5 where it is now.