Profile of FriedRise

I won a random 3v3 yesterday where OKW managed to get 3 KTs. My team experienced a stupidly epic lag in the beginning of the game so I didn't realize both of my teammates had dropped until close to mid game. I figured since I was at such a disadvantage, might as well answer their imminent spam with my own.

So I went Soviet Industry.

Spamming T34s work reasonably well vs King Tigers and the infamous OKW blob. If you can form a HORDE of 4-5 T34s (shouldn't be too hard with Industry), that battle group will take out anything OKW have. Drive up behind the King Tiger, block his retreat path, and it'll go down very quickly without you taking much casualties. Don't attack it head-on where its turret is pointing. Always flank. All your tanks should be able to get 2 salvos in before KT fires once (its turret rotation is very slow). I took out 3 King Tigers this way yesterday. Attack in hordes, kill stuff, make them retreat, then go back for repair (2-3 repair stations + vehicle repair will get your T34s back in shape in no time). Your tanks are disposable, theirs aren't; so if necessary, it's worth it to sacrifice a few of yours to take out one of theirs.

Always swarm and never send your initial tanks piecemeal. OKW can't field many tanks, so they rely on infantry (blob) to survive early / mid game. Replace any tanks you lost and aim for the KV8 to help handle the infantry blob.

I was matched against players in rank ~2000s so it may not work vs more competent players.

Looks like they're looking into it. From the official forums:
http://community.companyofheroes.com/forum/company-of-heroes-2/company-of-heroes-2-general-discussion/company-of-heroes-2-bug-reporting/74091-memory-leak-causing-freezing-in-game-and-other-issues

And more on the matter of others experiencing the issue:
http://community.companyofheroes.com/forum/company-of-heroes-2/company-of-heroes-2-general-discussion/company-of-heroes-2-bug-reporting/66568-game-freeze-every-30-45-seconds

Someone suggested turning down the Sound Quality to Low.

It turns out that alt+tabbing out while the game is frozen will immediately unfreeze it, for me at least. Hope that's helpful.

Will have to try this. This happens to me almost every game but isn't happening to my teammates on Mumble. Nothing wrong with my connection either.

Standard cam for me too. Poll needs a third option

Anyone ever try manning MGs or AT guns with Pathfinders? The uber line of sight they get carries over so your guns always fire at max range / harder to flank and you don't need a spotter. Yes they cost more to reinforce but it's worth the cost.