Profile of jmarks2001

You probably know that the November 12th patch (the Turning Point update) broke the replay analyzer. Any plans to update it?

I'm a little concerned about them not being able to re-balance (nerf) these new commanders. I mean the people that bought them, did so because they were advertised to do X, Y, and Z. Can Sega/Relic really change that after people paid for them? That would be like buying a vacuum cleaner, and two weeks later, Hoover shows up at your house and tells you that they have to turn it into a microwave.

Can someone give a general explanation how the veterancy system is changing to someone who wasn't intimately familiar with the way veterancy bonuses worked before?

All I knew (or at least I thought I knew) was this:

Level 1 - small defensive bonus
Level 2 - bigger defensive bonus
Level 3 - offensive bonus


How is this changing?

What I see mostly is maxims heavily stalling play: they go in buildings, you have to go in buildings to avoid their instapin. Then the waiting game starts until you can field a counter. The whole "infantrydance" of coh, which makes for such a fun chess-like earlygame, gets replaced by "camp the buildings till you can field a counter". It degrades the game in my opinion.

Maxim instapin?

So lately I've been finding myself in this position in the mid-game:

After gaining a small to moderate map control advantage with a relatively fast T3, I find myself with two T-34's, an AT Gun, a mortar (usually the 120), a Guard's Rifle Squad (vet 1) and 3 Conscripts (vet 1 or 2), and maybe a stolen MG. My opponent usually has a similar infantry force, and one Panzer IV. It's common for my opponent to also build a PaK at this point.

From here, I'm having trouble pushing my advantage (albeit a slight one). Eventually, a fuel OP that I can't quite manage to take out leads to a Tiger, and no matter how many T34's I've built - it's game over.

I'm pretty sure the answer is taking out the Panzer IV when I have this advantage and push forward to harass his fuel and take out any OPs he has. This would force him to abandon his plans for the Tiger and continue pumping out PIVs. I think my problem is micro-related. I've tried to go for the ram with one T34, flank with the other, and bring up my ZiS. But if he's smart, he's playing conservative with his PIV and just biding his time. So to pull this off, I've had to push too far forward, the flanking T-34 gets fausted and it's all downhill from there. It usually ends with two dead T-34s, while he repairs his PIV.

I've actually had better luck playing conservative and hanging back, but it usually requires my opponent to be somewhat careless (that and Mark Vehicle). So I know this isn't a winning strategy in the long-term (especially not against better players). Any suggested tactics for dealing with this conservative German mid-game?

Or if my micro isn't good enough to micro two or more tanks at a time, should I abandon this strategy and my preferred Commander choices (Combined Arms and Mechanized Support)? Maybe play conservatively and opt for a commander with a heavy call-in (requiring less micro)?

Thanks.