Profile of Bryan

The good news is, I don't really think you require great micro for COH2 to be decent, positioning and strategic decisions are a good leveler in Coh2.

Saying that, Micro like any skill, is about learning good habits and repetition.

Some good tips already given, so i'll just add that learning build orders and capping orders will alleviate some of your efforts on that front, allowing you to concentrate more on your micro.

In terms of factions, I think Ostheer is a good one for learning the game. Positioning is very important for Ostheer, and they require a decent amount of micro, but not an excessive amount imo, compared to USF for example.

Heh I must have missed the memo, because at some point the Mobile Defense Commander got some adjustments, Counter attack tactics was reduced by 10 munitions to 35 and the Ostruppen call in, from 500 manpower to 420. I can't see the patch notes for these changes

Reckon they are worth their respective costs now? I always liked the counter attack ability, useful for quickly capping high worth points like fuel/munitions/CP and as Ostheer, you can tend to have them ninja decapped by opponents in the early game as you have to stay compact in the 1st few engagements.

The Ostruppen, still in the lap of the RNG gods, but they seem at least worthy of consideration now, 210 manpower cost per squad effectively, with a decent chance of vet and the jackpot, an LMG.

As an aside, the Pak 43, available in other commanders, it is only 10 pop cap now, before it was like 18. They documented the range change (reduced) and slight increase in cost, but I did not see the pop cap change mentioned.

Just a pity, the call in tanks from allied commanders, usually have an arty strike ability that nullify the PAK 43 somewhat. Still, the normal pak is a beast, but would you consider the PAK43 instead now or stick to the more mobile, smaller variant?

Admittedly i'm a bit out of practice, but the following used to help vs soviet sniper strats I found in 1's. Generally speaking, I found most of these builds consisted of around 2 sov snipers, 3 cons with at nades upgraded into two guards and then tech.

1. Grens, spread out, out cap them and go for a quick t3. Soviet sniper strats involving two snipers require the soviet player to stay compact and to cause enough bleed to justify the map they give up.

2. Alternatively if you want to fight them, I think you should have a doctrine for countering this sort of play equipped. For example, I like Jaeger infantry for obvious reasons vs soviet t1 play. A doctrine with the mortar halftrack can work as well, although I never did like the RNG element in that. The new encirclement doc I imagine would be useful as well on some maps.

3. If you got the micro and cajones, use your own snipers. I've had varying degrees of success with that, you really have to be on point as the Ostheer player in this scenario and have clever positioning/micro to make it work.

Oh that is unexpected and cool, cheers lads.

Nah, just the tiger and g43's Serious.