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Jump back to quoted post19 Feb 2015, 15:42 PMThe Silver Sage

I've been playing a lot of team games the last few days and it's come to my attention that a lot of players who use the Allied factions play as if they are using Axis factions. Let me explain what I mean by this.

The Allied advantage lies in overwhelming the enemy early on with lots of infantry backed by support weapons and light vehicles (at least in team games). Too often I see players letting that window slip by with a maximum population of 18-30 as they wait for later units to become available. That's not how the factions work, you need enough units to flank that mg42 or that kubel. 2 units of front-line infantry is not enough to hold map control as Allies. Calling in a late game unit won't save you when you've already lost 70% of the map by mid game.

If you do this right you can get a fuel advantage which means don't wait for that IS-2 or expensive late game unit. Use your fuel surplus early to even further pressurise the Axis player by calling in mediums or else you are just wasting the work you put in. Mediums best window of opportunity is when you have taken early game map control, gotten a fuel advantage and called in that early medium armour. This allows your t-34 or Sherman to bully Axis infantry before they stockpile shrecks and before that panther shows up. Even better that pressure may force the Axis players to go for T3 (Ost) or call in a puma etc. (OKW) thus slowing the heavies even more. By the time the CP gets up to 10+ you'll be floating fuel if anything so spending it earlier on won't hurt. I've been watching replays where players are floating 400 to 500 fuel before call-ins and then they wonder why they can't hold any ground as mid and late game approaches.

Now in saying this you can still be out played at the start by decent Axis players but at least it will improve your win rate and maybe even enjoyment of the Allied factions if you use them as they were intended. I am also not saying the game is 100% balanced but I really do feel that some of the Allied frustration comes down to them trying to emulate how Axis players use their own faction. (Axis play to their strengths in getting late game armour, Allied strengths do not lie here).

TLDR: Allied players would have a much more enjoyable time in-game if they weren't trying to play their faction as if it was Axis. Holding out for late game call-ins and then wondering why they've already lost the game when they don't even take advantage of the early to mid game just leads to frustration.

Jump back to quoted post9 Feb 2015, 01:22 AMbraciszek

Hahaha, to the king of brokenness!