Profile of Firesparks

weapon slot, weapon upgrade, weapon drop rate, and you:

each special weapon in this game have a slot_size assigned to it.
most special weapon have a slot_size of 1. This include stuff like the lmg42 and the bren. The notable exception is the minesweeper and the scoped lee-enfield which have a slot item size of 0.

most squad have a holding capacity of 2, except for the soviet guards who have a capacity of 4. This mean that squads like Rifleman can theoretically pick up two weapons off the ground or weapon rack. Since minesweeper have a size of 0, this allow the Rear Echelon and sapper to buy the minesweeper and get two bazooka/PIAT at the same time.

Note that squad upgrade like the flamethrower and lmg42 have a separate check to prevent you from buying it twice.


Drop rate: when a soldier with a special weapon dies, his weapon is transferred to the next soldier not already using a special weapon.

A rifleman with one BAR will keep on passing that one bar down to the last man.

However, if there's no more "free" soldier, because he's either the last man alive or everyone else is holding a special weapon, the game will roll for a drop.

In the tommies' case, the scoped lee-enfield have a slot_size of 0 but is still taking up a soldier. This limit the number of soldier the bren can be passed to before you have to roll for a drop.

Aim strong put on a show with the British all weekend and did it all weekend and did it without without crocodile and banned vanguard commander. He always built at least two total infantry sections for a total of three. They seemed pretty durable and he never even gave them upgrades which I question but he was still getting squads to vet three by late game so they did damage. The double snipers in finals by DEVM did exploit sections but it's hard to say that's the main factor considering Armstrong counter sniped him 2x and used commandos to wipe a host of snipers.

aimstrong's strategy was holding on with his tommies until he can get the centaur and commandos going.

If they are going to be nerfed, the tommies are going to need a buff.

I'll have to disagree with you there. IS are great infantry. Even with base rifles they do great vs. other squads. The only real issue they have is the fact that they get too big of a penalty out of cover, making offensive actions nigh impossible.

Sappers are quite good, and heavy engineers are amazing, but that is more the result of weapon racks allowing you to put lmgs (the most efficient weapon upgrade) on any unit.

The only change IS need is a lessening of the penalty for being out of cover. This will help fix many of the issues brits have with countering enemy light artillery.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zWvP-tmqoCN3fJey9-WPX9VBJzmMoS_E90VrvgsA3Uw/edit#gid=0

http://www.coh2-stats.com/small_arms/grenadier_kar_98k_rifle_mp

http://www.coh2-stats.com/small_arms/grenadier_mg42lmg_mp

The lee enfield itself is good but not that amazing. It's got better long range DPS than the grenadier but worst dps up close.

the out of cover penalty on the lee enfield is pretty minor. The far bigger penalty is actually the 75% accuracy penalty on the moving.

The cover mechanic is mainly for the bren, but even in cover the bren is inferior to the lmg42.

I don't think aimstrong brought a single bren or piat in any of his game.

maybe you should watch the engagements your units are in; so they don't get burnt alive by the incendiary grenade, all grenades have a key animation when they are thrown e.g USF rifleman thrown nade like a grid iron ball or they make a distinctive sound e.g g-nade from grenadiers. Its important to keep an eye on engagements to look or hear for cues that prompt you to doge inbound nades.

P.S get better macro skills.

the incendiary grenade is tied for having shortest throwing animation in the game. You have ~.25 seconds before the grenade leave the volks' hand. At close range it's basically undodgeable since there's no fuse.

[double post by mistake. Moderator please delete this post]

Tommies Bren varies wildly in performance based on cover, also the Sapper Bren in general is just better. My list isn't based on just stats but performance consistency.

Heavy sapper isn't just the only place where the vicker k is used. The same vicker k is also used for the truck drop and I'm sure people have that in mind when asking about the vicker k.

even by "performance consistency" , the vicker k is not a superior gun to the sapper bren. The sapper bren is a superior gun to both the vicker k and the tommies bren.

it should be sapper bren > vicker k >= bren