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Jump back to quoted post20 May 2016, 14:27 PMMr.Smith

Having access to recon is one of the most trivial things to accomplish in a teamgame (the topic of the OP).

Moreover, skillplanes don't require line of sight (i.e., fog of war). They only need the target to be visible for a split second. You can make a target visible by e.g., firing a panzerwerfer over the target area (at max range, to reveal as many tanks as possible).

This is also why, if you plan on using an AA vehicle to take down skillplanes, there is high chance that the vehicle itself will be targeted (and die).

Each skillplane summoning grants the user with 2 planes, and 3 strafes per plane.

The very instant that a target becomes visible, the skillplanes have acquired the target. Thus, they will go for a strafe (which can follow the tank even outside the indicated area). To pull off additional strafes, you need to make a target visible in the affected area again.

In 1v1, this is still considered acceptable because:
- Resource income
- Recon is not readily available in containing doctrines (well.. except for Vanguard).
- Skillplanes mostly works as area denial, since nobody will go back after the first run
- Thus, in 1v1 you only benefit from the alpha strike of 2 strafes (1 per plane)

In teamgames, everything is the exact opposite. And to be more precise:
- Summoning 2 CAS loiters at once means that there will be 4 planes hitting an armour blob at the same time.
- Thus, you get the alpha strike of 4 strafes. That's more than enough to turn a game.
- This doesn't even require any real coordination either. Even in randoms, you can type "Summon skillplanes here, now <ping>" (then, you just wait until you see your teammates' red smoke pop, and you do the rest).
- No counterplay possible.

Jump back to quoted post20 May 2016, 02:11 AMTobis

Four grens is a bit much in the early game. Investing that much will really set you back in manpower for when the t-70/m5 comes. You want either pgrens, 222, or pack for your 5th unit. You would also want to get the sniper a bit later, and the mg earlier. If you have the mg early and suppress a squad, that's 1/3 their army out already. Keep a gren sorta near to protect the mg and make sure that squad retreats. Now you should be good to go against the other units without too much trouble.

If you are facing cons something like mg-gren-gren-gren-(pgren or pak) will work well. If you held all your shit you can get the pgrens for ai and follow up with the pak before light vehicles hit. I don't recommend a 222 versus cons unless you are planning on using a spotting scope doctrine. The 222 will lose effectiveness when they get at nades and will die when their light vehicles hit the field unless they make a huge mistake. Not worth the manpower in early game, imo. Against maxim spam it can be effective on open maps where you aren't going to get surprise partysan'd.

Dealing with maxim spam is going to be a lot more map dependent. If they don't have partison tactics equipped 222s will work great, otherwise go for a sniper. Build will start the same as before since you don't know what the opponent is going. MG-gren-gren then get a sniper or quick to 222. At some point get a mortar. If you know he will get maxims from bulletins or something you can skip the mg. Remember to get flamethrowers on the pios. Always be expecting the t-70 and prepare for it, or you will lose.

There isn't really a perfect opening for Ostheer, they are fairly flexible in the early game. Pick and choose depending on the map, you will get a feel for it with practice. Watch some Ostheer games to get a better understanding of the faction. Ostheer is probably the weakest faction in 1v1, but that just means try harder. It's not a big enough problem that just playing better wont solve.