Profile of rumartinez89

After that was fixed, you could still tell because windows would be broken from enemy squads entering the building (even in the fog of war), I believe. Unless they were patched at the same time.

Nope, still there just like you can tell where a vehicle is early game when fences and shit break in the FOW. Really helpful when you go for sniper.

We were on the back foot from the start, we weren't playing bad but soviet ally went with double sniper start which meant we were getting bullied around quite a bit. I decided to go for Anti-infantry tactics, overall a very weak commander but wanted Assault Guards. Got an early wipe with scout car shenanigans, was doing a lot of heavy lifting for sniper ally until he got his guards out. Since I felt we were behind I went for SU85, was a good call because one axis player had 19 MIN KT. He bullied us on left side of map for a bit but I think he got over confident and pushed a little to far. He had some light damage so I was able to snare him with PTRS Penal while my SU85 and ally Guards unit took him out. Huge win as right when we killed it he made a Strumtiger and other OKW got KT. USF and OST are fighting it out on the right side of the map which is fairly even fight.
We get some Katy to try and slow down axis pushes, it doesn't do much at first but we slowly start to bleed them. Game is little by little going in Axis favor, at one point there is 2 KT, Strum a few Panthers and some P4. However I finally get a wipe with katy and I think ally katy gets one or 2. At this point Axis isn't really replacing infantry squads they just keep saving up for more tanks. During a push we are able to damage KT and ally rams it and destroys it with bomb drop while his P4 is destroyed seconds later. . I swing over a few times to help USF against 3 Panthers and P4, at around 43 min mark massive tank battle were several tanks are lost on both sides but this allows USF to place massive pressure on right side of the map as I quickly replace lost SU85. We catch the other KT out of position and since it doesnt really have any where to hide we are able to finish it off. Axis quickly call in JT but due to its lack of AI we contest VP as much as possible. We get down to 8 points but there lack of infantry really causes problems and allows us to secure victory. Really good game give it a watch and let me know what you think.

Side note: Anti-Infantry commander is fairly weak, I like Assault Guards but they are not good enough to carry this commander. The two mid-game off maps are both area of denial abilities. Too much overlap, replacing one with mother russia would stay with Anti-Inf theme but give more synergy with AssGuards since it would allow them to spring.

Assault engineers used to have no cooldown and depending on the map would overrun everything. I think the biggest issue was it made OST MG useless so they had to slow it down and gave the same nerf to everyone else.

Oh SNAP. This totally reminded me of OG demo charges that were cloaked. You had to constantly sweep and pay attention to parts of capping circles that your squads would go to if you queued up capping on the mini-map because it was a guaranteed wipe. Also, less OP but more stupid annoying was original soviet mines that didn't have a model kill limit - so if your squad clumped in the wrong way 1 mine could kill your whole squad.

I think the mines were worse than the demo charges, remember they didn't want to nerf it to much at first so you had to maintain vision to discharge it which is why people started mining on it/next to it. However, mining retreat paths with 2/3 mines would usually net you 2/3 wipes without any chance to evade or avoid. It was always worse for OST since people would retreat after losing 1 model due to the PTSD.

Mind blanked couldn't remember Axis team make up so I made Penal then sniper. I usually use snipers as anti mg in a building. Didn't work out that way so I tried to find safe places to attack without worrying about Kubel. From the start both teams went blob mode so was extra careful with sniper so I didn't much with it and it ended up dying on retreat to Sturmpios. Also lost my car chasing down a Kubel, got the kill but 221 followed up and killed me.
Not looking good so I play extra safe and blob up my penals and get shocks in case I need extra durability. As a team we are getting our asses kicked with some bright spots here and there. Axis bet both Flak and Luchs which do a great job of locking us down and we don't really have an answer. I finally break and turned all 3 Penals into PTRS blob. Felt dirty but I was able to kill Flaktrak in one volley. I also chase off luchs but unable to get the last shot off and kill it.
We are still on the back foot but a couple of things go our way which turns the game in our direction. First off, looking at the replay they all look to be heavy stalling if not KT then for Sturm or something else.
As I look to decap the south I notice Schwerzer aint firing at my squad so I rush it with PTRS blob destroy it and run the hell out of there. Ally gets out a KV8 which should have been killed since it ran over a mine but he was able to get a katy barrage that killed off their raks and later satcheled them to destroy it. Brit got AVRE which slowly got wipes and I was able to once again push south and this time destroy Battlegroupe, however lost 2 Penals during retreat. At this point I got 2 T3485s and finally get the luchs and at this point we are in control.
One KT finally showed it face but AT walls and PTRS Penals slow it down so it doesnt do to much. Panther also shows up and becomes a tug of war in the center. Shit hits the fan for the Axis when KT tries to push but engine crit causes its push to stall. After massive damage it runs away but I chase it down, get the kill and run away with tanks intact. AVRE gets 2 Obers in one shot and Panther is forced away.
From here on out we just keep the pressure up, ally and I combine to destroy another Schwerer and Sturmtiger arrives to late to make a difference.

GG