Profile of rofltehcat

Watched it. Pinning in one burst (unless at max range and/or in heavy cover) really is stupid. This shows why bulletins are a bad idea.
Now, I need to "test" it.

A side note: Did they also take down CoH1stats? I wanted to look up their good FAQ section about what it said about suppression regen but I only get a 404...

They should just remove that stupid "UPGRADE TO COLLECTOR'S EDITION HERE!!!" window and make the Twitch window bigger.
They should also show the name of the streamers without having to mouse over every stream. Having two streams named "Company of Heroes 2" and another one named "1080p - Company of Heroes 2" isn't really helpful. Plus it helps people remember the names of the streamers so they know if they already watched that stream.
Maybe even show what modes people are playing. 1v1, 2v2, 3v3+, ToW, campaign, comp stomp... people should see this without having to click to and load the stream.

Randomized streams are fine to give more people the chance to watch new streamers. Often watching someone who isn't as good as the streaming pros is actually very helpful because good players can make the game look too easy and watchers may not be able to replicate their performance because little things can play a huge role.

The mistake he made is running too much.
The conscripts were never really shooting because two thirds of the time they were facing away from the MG. He ran around too much, allowing the mg to rotate with them in packed up state.
Instead, you have to make the mg set down, then run through it (not so far as he did), then focus fire it, then when it tries to set down run through it again.

However, he mentioned huge input lag so this may have been a factor as well when the connection between the two players was very slow. If the connection is good, the input lag isn't as bad normally.

I fail to see how this would have been different for a Soviet MG though. After all they pack up instantly and still set down very quickly even with the patch.
I know people don't like using molotovs because they can be dodged (by grens) but I think people haven't used them to their full potential yet. In cases such as this, a single molotov will solve the situation very well.

I didn't watch it but here are some basic answers to your questions:
1) Use mines! And maybe a few upgrades if possible (e.g. for the LMG upgrade on guards, or flame throwers). If you have AT guns, their artillery barrage is also good vs. infantry/weapon teams/snipers...
2) Use mines! Also the 120 mm mortar of your doctrine (dual T34-85) is very good.
3) The M3 does not act as a reinforcement point because it really is just a transport vehicle with some good MG damage and a open top that is ideal for putting flamethrower units or a sniper in it. If you want to reinforce in the field as Soviets, you'll have to either use the conscripts' merge ability (doesn't work for snipers, I think) or get a M5 halftrack from the T34/T70 building.
4) Don't expect the T34 to kill anything except infantry and light vehicles. In its current form it is only good in huge numbers or to speed around the map and kill infantry (T70 is better for that, however). They are also good for ramming enemy tanks, slowing them and taking out their gun to allow your AT guns, tank destroyers, ISU152 etc. to take them out.
If you go for this building, I'd suggest getting T70s instead. Also you shouldn't get this building if you went for the Infantry command (snipers, M3, penal battalion) because you'll lack anti tank options.
With your commander choice you can get away with not building any of the T3 or T4 buildings and just get two T34-85 instead.
5) Soviet snipers are only invisible while they are in yellow or green cover. German snipers stay invisible for 3 seconds or so after leaving their cover, so they can in theory stay invisible while moving from cover to cover (takes a lot of micro).
Units also detect invisible snipers at short range.


Manpower: The only way to "increase" your manpower income is to reduce your manpower consumption. This means you have to be careful to not lose too many men and also not have too many units in general because those will reduce your income.
Managing your manpower consumption in late game can often be taxing, especially when saving up for something big.

I think the lack of leagues and a visible leader board (combined with sometimes fuzzy match making) are also discouraging newbies. Meeting someone 40 levels higher than them (although levels don't mean much) and then getting stomped without being able to actually assess your position in the ladder as well as your enemy's position isn't really encouraging people to play more automatch games.