Profile of Brick Top

Both Axis factions rely on armour to trade effectively/cause bleed vs USF infantry.

Its absolutley possible to beat his inf without the use of front line tanks, and when you do you pretty much win the game.

There are many doctrinal abilities that help you vs infantry.

S - mines are also brutal.

Panzerwerfer is also good (and can be kept safe from Jackson).


Invest in countering his inf and Jackson is useless. It may be overperforming, but its not an I win button. Also I use Tigers mostly when I can put them in urban areas which negates range advantage of TDs.

Heres the thing with Ost panther: Ost is a faction built on varied combined arms that need to work together to maximise potential.

This is true in early tier infantry fighting, but it still holds true at higher tiers (tanks). THIS IS A CONCIOUS DESIGN DESICION.

Ost Panthers are not really supposed to be able to solo enemy armour, this is why they have a slow rate of fire.

Their 'purpose' in a combined Ost force is to fulfill the role that all other Ost units cannot, that is to chase wounded tanks and deal the killing blow, also to react to fast mediums putting pressure on flanks, or even on ocassion, dive a Katushka or Stuka.

However, they are not intended to be the sole or main AT for Ost, it should be a nice mix of other things. When you consider this, I think they do their job of chasing tanks very well due to their speed and armour, giving them great durability in FAST ACTIONS.

They are not best suited to slug outs with opposing tank destroyers, but this is the basis many people are judging them uppon (they feel underwhelming in this scenario).

You are Ost, you need to rely on Paks, thats how the faction works. It is not a fast attack faction, thats why the panther is a luxury unit to cover your big mobility weakness.

Going T4 really should mean you get a panzer werfer too (combined arms) and not necessarily spam 2 Panthers.

haha. Im not sure the JP4 had much going for it though

I don't understand why they nerffed maxim setup time, nerffed suppression and gave a wider arc..

Because maxims were too good as a front line unit obviously (spam). Those changes dont effect it too badly when its used as a support weapon to infantry play (i.e. not front line).

Read the topic title carefully, will you? MG bunker.

Its called asymmetrical balance..

Ost have the worst and most expensive healing.
They happen to have a kinda meh bunker which doesnt cost popcap (but does drain their already in demand munis).


Do you just want all factions to have exactly the same abilities and costs, because thats retarded.


Ost is a very defensive faction, hence why good defensive tools and not so great attacking tools (like 6 man squads and great healing needed to grind out assaults).