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Thread: Anyone using Pak 43 often?23 Jul 2013, 21:09 PM What do you guys mean it can shoot through buildings??? Can it shoot through a building and hit a long range target? Also, I'm guessing placement at the middle VP's would offer the best map control? In: Ostheer Strategies
Thread: Anyone using Pak 43 often?23 Jul 2013, 18:58 PM Hey all, Does anyone use this often? Its cheaper than what I'd expect and it seems pretty powerful. I've been testing this out against SU85's but I'm struggling on good placement and keeping it alive. If anyone has any good replays with this, post!! In: Ostheer Strategies
Thread: Extremely Predictable Endgame17 Jul 2013, 15:54 PM Jump back to quoted post17 Jul 2013, 13:27 PMGodz_Mercenary That's the problem with this game, strange build orders = you lose. You can't deviate from the basic plan as it's pointless against any half decent player. This is what I'm talking about. I'm not talking about just simply diversity in mid-game/early late game but diversity of units that are also viable. Right before the endgame doctrine units come out (tigers, IS, ISU, Elephant), the game is set in the PIV vs. SU-85 in a cat mouse chase. Russian T2 (maxim, mortars,ATG) is much more viable than T1 (penal, snipe, clown car) and T4 (SU-85) is much more viable than T3 (T-34). This forces them down the same path on average every time against two evenly matched players. As a result, the german answer will be on average the same: PIV spam to panthers/tiger/elephant which will result in more SU-85 spam lol. In: Strategy Desk
Thread: Extremely Predictable Endgame17 Jul 2013, 04:18 AM Hey guys, Anyone notice that the midgame to endgame portions of this game are really predictable and repetitive? Early game options are great on both sides: maxim spam, clown cars, flame HT, fast T2, gren spam, etc. However, the end game always results in monotonous tank spam... and the same tanks. The germans rely on Ostwind/P4 spam which always results in SU-85 spam. The game then continues like this until one side screws up and looses too many tanks. What every happened to the immense strategy options in COH1? Like fast M8, T1-T3 w/ rangers, German T1-T3 stug/puma, T2-T4 Med bunk, and T1-T4 American play? End game battles with these strategies were diverse and epic! Even the commanders were more useful and offered more options! For example, solid off map arty, on map arty that was cost effective and actually hit something, call in tanks that fulfilled diverse roles ex: StuH, hetzer(not just mirror versions of what's already in place... ex: p4 command tank and T-34/85). Commander abilities now such as recon flight, tank smoke, armored vehicle detection, expensive bombing runs/strafing runs? Seriously... does anyone really use these often to turn the tide of battle in the current munitions starved situation? (not counting german strafing run...it's broken) What happened to creative teching and gameplay? In: Strategy Desk
Thread: Beat that Soviet MG + T2 spam! Replay Included3 Jul 2013, 03:57 AM Try getting 2 flame HT and just watch sovs rage about OPness In: Ostheer Strategies
Thread: Answer to Russian Mortar + MG?30 Jun 2013, 18:29 PM Not really sure how to take out mortar spam supported with guard troops and maxims. Flame HT gets snipped by guards spam and the ZiS and successful flanks only displace, not kill the weapon crews (6 man weapon crews with rifles..wtf is this?). The basic strat is this mortar spam to slowly take the map supported by SU85s. Counter mortars using mortar half track/squads is worthless (6 man squads). Any answer to this? In: Ostheer Strategies
Thread: What's up with Bundled and Rifle Grenades??26 Jun 2013, 15:31 PM Jump back to quoted post26 Jun 2013, 06:04 AMBartonPL number of killed enemy units in building depends where you fire/throw grenade, it's not vCoH where you just clicked on building and it was throwing grenade in best location, here you must aim manually So you have to pretty much aim at the windows where the soldiers are shooting out of? In: Ostheer Strategies
Thread: What's up with Bundled and Rifle Grenades??26 Jun 2013, 04:49 AM Hey guys, Already quite annoyed that bundled/rifled grenades can't effectively kill any weapon crews since Soviets have 6 man teams. With garrisoned units this is worse. I've had times when bundled PG grenade doesn't even kill anyone... even in a small house. More commonly, they will kill 2/6 people. Rifle grenades are even worse. I don't think they even scratch anything in a building, more or less weapon crews/infantry out in the open. This doesn't really make sense since a molotov will force Germans to pack up their MG, leave the house and most likely kill 1 man (33% of the squad already)only to be murdered by the conscript squad with oorah as they try to reorient and set up again. A maxim in a house supported is a pretty tough nut to crack. It requires a force retreat of the defending forces and a solid long burning of the house in order to kill enough members to force a retreat. Alternatively, a flame half track = death but I'm hoping there are more viable counters before it comes to that... Also, killing AT guns with these two are horrible. Usually results in vanilla grenadiers chasing it a quarter of the way on the map before decrewing it... and even losing a man in the process. Any tips on using grenades effectively as Germans? I pretty much just use them now when there's HTD or I'm floating on munis. In: Ostheer Strategies