I've played OKW a few times and it seems like they're increasingly required to blob as the game progresses...
Awfully designed faction... |
You know what happens with true democracy and socialism.
Nothing ever gets decided leading to rise of politicians who try to sabotage reputation of others, into dictatorship and eventually gulags and imprisonment for enemies of people.
Shotgun, Dictator
Shotgun Commander of the armies (for all the Coup d'etat goodness)
That is unless I get purged immediately... |
Don't dismiss Bulgakov completely, everything on the battlefield, be they ships, aircraft or tanks, are designed with the ultimate purpose of supporting the infantry in some capacity.
Anyways, I'm fine with Arty's squad wiping ability, if it were nerfed the balance would skew even further against the allies, specially given how recently a KT one shotted one of my vet 3 shock squads when it was fully man and at near full health. Tank's effectiveness against infantry (especially german tanks) need to be looked at.
As it stands, Arty is required to knock out volks shrek blobs, nothing else exists to counter them these days. |
Another "we want elite infantry spawning in houses too" thread. I don't mind, but relic should then implement new units (will seem never to happen unfortunately) to keep the immersion.
No, I don't want elite infantry spawning in houses (though it is strange that the Germans get all of those and the Allies don't...). I just want a unit that can do damage. What I've seen of partisans was just pitiful. Even with an MG-42 they could do nothing against grens. |
I've seen it happen where one guy doesn't bother to fire his and it falls to another guy to get his out and fire it instead, basically doubling the time it takes for it to shoot... |
I think you are using them wrong, Partisans are great for: killing a support weapon, spawning behind lines and capping and placing mines. If partisans are fighting infantry you are using them wrong. Also once they have served their usefulness get them killed so that your conscripts get the mg ect
Doesn't that go against the whole idea of unit preservation?
They cost roughly the same as a conscript squad. |
So...
In the steam sale I bought partisan tactics...
Big mistake.
Partisans are worse than useless. They're a positive help to the enemy as I don't get shocks or guards instead. Even when armed with an MG-42 their damage is utterly pitiful and they drop like flies.
Despite spending 2 dollars on them, I still feel utterly ripped off by how pitiful the doctrine is. There are some advantages, their ability to lay down mines being their only saving grace, but the rest of it is such utter garbage that I shan't be using them in a while.
I won't even begin on their doctrinal German counterparts... (Stormtroopers, Fallshirmjagers and Jagers)
Something has to be done to make this doctrine slightly worthwhile. |
IS-2 imo is in a good place...
If you're complaining about being unable to pen IS-2s, come over to the Allied side for a change, we're used to it here! |
Loooking at the choices so far, there's an extremely concerning lack of AT... |
tech to 4 as Soviet > builds Katyusha 5 minutes after med-heavy armor hit the field (no AT whatsoever)
Teching for a quick Katy isn't a bad idea idea honestly, especially given the prevalence of friendly shreked ober blobs to tear your infantry and armour (and especially AT guns) apart. Katys ruin blobs pretty well these days
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