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I actually think it makes a strong case for relic to do something about blobbing. You had the map dominated early game and had two suppression units (the kubel and flak track) in good position. The flak track targeted the wrong unit and the captain killed you with two bazooka volleys (too easy IMO, needs an armor buff) and I think the Kubel was a pathing issue. When you saw the blobbing, you reacted with another suppression unit (MG34) and what everyone says is the hard counter to blobs (the stuka) and he still had no problem pushing you off the map. Problem with the stuka is that you have to immediately retreat your units against a blob and lose sight on the enemy as a result, so the barrage requires some luck to be effective at that point.

For what it's worth, he didn't blob the whole game, but it was pretty easy for him to get back in it with a single blob of combined arms, attack move.

You answered your own question.

Yeah...thought it might have been because of a difference in skill level. If he would have amassed a few more tanks (which wouldn't have been hard at that rate of fuel) and came at me all at once, I'd have been over.

I just played a game as OKW vs Soviets where my opponent used the Soviet Industry commander. I'd never played against this commander as I played mostly all Soviets until WFA came out (and didn't have this commander myself), so I'm not really familiar with it. I know it was a big deal when it came out, but I thought it got nerfed.

Anyway, I was able to win the game thanks to two vetted up Volks squads with shreks, but I just couldn't believe how fast he was churning out T-34s, KV-8s, and KV-2s. I held the south fuel (on Kolodny Ferma) pretty much all game and was able to harass the northern fuel and his cutoff for a good part of the game. Even towards the end with me holding the entire map except for one strategic point with a fuel cache...he was earning +26 fuel per minute. I didn't look at his fuel when map control was about even, but it must have been +50 or more.

I know the balance is the Soviets pay for that fuel in manpower, but I'm still curious what the consensus is on this commander? Still considered strong? OP?


P.S. - The replay is attached if you're interested. Not super high level play by any stretch, but I thought I made a good comeback when it looked pretty grim. Had some nice OKW vet by the end thanks to good unit preservation which I've learned is the absolute key to this faction.

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  Double Volks w/ Shreks vs Soviet Industry

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Once I saw Penals, I expected a clown car and went Mechanized for a Puma, but the clown car never came. Hindsight being 20/20...I would have gone medic truck first. So my Puma was pretty much useless, but at least my kubel was still able to do some work.

Does the kubel have a mind of its own? Does it chase after infantry that it sees (or are spotted for it) but manage to get away from its suppression? It seems like this happens even if you "set it up" by clicking and dragging to point it in a particular direction. I've lost a few because of this unexpected behavior.