Profile of van Voort

Sarantini asked about the least popular units

http://www.coh2.org/topic/26896/fantasy-faction-vii-direct-fire-artillery/post/246133

Here is the anti faction, either the lowest voted or the stuff with no votes at all:

Builder:
Rear Echelon Troops

Core Infantry:
Assault Engineers
&
Pathfinders

Elite Infantry:
Irregulars
Partisan Tank Hunters
&
Ostruppen Reserve

Upgrade:
BAR

Machine Gun:
MG-34

Indirect Fire:
M1 75mm Pack Howitzer

Direct Fire:
7.5cm le.IG
Raketenwerfer 43

(I also note that last round was the first time no one voted for any OKW stuff)

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That faction does actually sound kind of fun, and I can see some od synergies working

I thought long and hard about how to break vehicles down.

In outline it will be:

Light Vehicles

Light Tank

Medium Tank

Heavy Tank

Tank Destroyer

Artillery (including Static)

But I might not stick to that and it might not be in that order

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For Light I have drawn the line at anything with tracks, which means the Luchs doesn't make it in. If it I let the Luchs in, then I start letting in the T70, and things cascade from there

If anyone is interested I am doing my 5th play through play by play here.

http://www.coh2.org/topic/27494/aa-playthrough/page/1#post_id250814


I don't think we can upload replays though

This is a bit of a dead forum right now, so I will take the opportunity to do a mission by mission play-through of AA.

As noted here:

http://www.coh2.org/topic/27201/aa-high-score-thread


We will be trying most of the tricks to try and post a high score; and if nothing else we can also discuss strategy

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Company Choices:

I have not yet played without Support, and I dread the time when I do, because they surprisingly they have turned out to be my favourite with some powerful abilities and my go-to choice for defensive battles

Rangers will be the next pick

As I played with Airborne I will take the Mech Company this time around; these guys are growing on me as there are certain vehicle based missions where getting tanks for mere MP will be useful.

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First Mission:

DOG at Eisenborn


I have a pretty vanilla strat for this:

Get more RELs and place them in the positions, upgrade them all with MG. Tech LT and MAJ, get some AT-Guns and a Sherman for the additional objective


I have tried a couple of playthroughs tweaking that, building tank traps and sending the MG to liberate the route for Easy with the rifles in the hope to avoid losses

Initial attempts with the tank traps went badly wrong as the AI pathfinding sent their vehicles down the trail to Easy which is not what I want

Instead this time I have wired and trapped off left and right and left the middle open with a chicane of tank traps

However I have

BO:

REL

LT

MG

AMBULANCE

ATG

ATG

MAJ

ATG

Second line of fighting positions behind the first


With Easy coming in I cycle my RELs between healing and the first line of positions and let the enemy stall and delay against easy and the first positions.

Both MGs now behind but supporting the first line

Optional Mission: Intelligence, so I shall send the LT and Rifles off on that and follow with the Sherman when it arrives


Abandoned Sturmtiger, BWHAHAHAHAHAHHA

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Final tally:

Vet +24
Strength -4
RQ 30

All objectives taken

Never needed to call for Artillery to break up an attack so should be max medals

Previous Scores:
+4/-32
+22/-19
+30/-17
+19/-10

So that is my cheapest victory so far; I don't think I lost a unit at any point, only figures

I don't blame you