Profile of wooof

I can give you a good idea why. Fall's come in at 2CP, are cheap, 6 man squad, have A/T, and a G43 upgrade. They perform well at all ranges. Best used in blobs of 4 with attack move.

oops thats embarassing. dont look now, but your bias is showing

the German mortar plus mht is really effective at shutting down soviet t2 play and the German sniper can be effective because t2 doesn't offer a counter to them. Not only that lmg grens typically over power maxims heads on. Obers do the same and the isg is really effective aswell as a early stuka.

mortar ht is one of my favorite counters, but it still relies on mistakes from the soviet. its best ability is incendiary which now has a fair amount of scatter, so it can frequently just waste 45 munitions. if soviets dont blob, youre spending 45 munitions to possibly force a retreat on one unit.

i have never found lmg grens to overpower maxims. the only chance a gren has is rifle nades against a clumped up maxim. otherwise, an lmg on its own is never going to win vs a maxim head on.

both of these strategies are extremely munitions heavy.

german sniper needs vision, which can only be provided by getting units suppressed. even then, it fires too slow to have much impact beyond a slow mp drain, though youll be losing mp by trying to gain vision. with 3 people spamming maxims, good luck finding a flank to exploit. if a soviet went t1 instead, dont even bother with a sniper.

the last t1 option germans have is to build mgs and mortars and try to out camp the soviets. i find this doesnt work particularly well either. zis barrages and mortar precision strikes can pretty easily displace if not decrew german weapons. thanks to playing heavy t2, soviets have nothing else to spend munitions on other than mines.

german t2 is already countered by zis before your vehicles even show up.

The maxim doesn't overperform - if any MG overperforms, it's the MG34.

Nobody i know wins high level 1v1s only because they build plenty of maxims. In teamgames they are able to push at the beginning, but they offer no late game potential. They get decimated by mortar(-halftracks), artillery, vet infantry with upgrades, well placed grenades, and especially vet1 MG34/42s.

they are kind of a problem in team games. germans really cant punish it until a walking stuka comes out and even then good players dont set up in a line and just dodge it when they hear the noise. ive been seeing 3 players in a 3v3 all spam maxims. they may not have a ton of late game, but the early push gives the soviets an advantage, then they can just put them in buildings and put mines everywhere. all this does is drag out the game while soviets stall for isus. the whole game is just camping, its extremely boring and its not hard at all to do.

for people who like the compare maxim/mg42 and isu/elefant, i would love to see a single replay of 3 german players all spamming mg42 and then going straight for elefants.

Blitz is not fair because there is no way of stopping it.

engine damage?

I don't think that's unique to panzerfusilier AT nades, Wooof. I've had them work when I used them, the next game had my riflemen bug out while trying to throw a grenade and just stand there mouth gaping with 1 crouched squad member.

no its not unique to fusiliers. ive had it fairly often with gren rifle nades as well (never with faust or con AT nades though).

Bottom line is, OKW does not want for AT, that's for sure.

i agree they have plenty of AT. snares are where they are lacking.