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Normally that was fixed on 19 feb

FEBRUARY 19th AMENDMENTS

Fixed issue where Loitering Stuka and IL-2 Planes could attack long after the ability had ended.

I thought so too, but apparently the bug is still in.

Sniper is a must, otherwise you can't really bleed their MP enough. Especially when the veterancy is totally broken, the USF infantry will have an edge throughout the game over your grens if he gets LMGs/BARs.

Also the map will have a huge impact on your success. I also don't trust the mortar that much even vs USF these days, since many players go captain and I feel like the pack howi totally wrecks the ost mortar and will just cause you an endless MP bleed or a loop of remanning it and reinforcing.

Nice to hear that I'm not the only one who struggles with Ostheer vs USF. Even vs brits it feels easier.

So bassicly you will have to hold off without armor for a long time. It can be diffecult to handle the pressure that is coming towards you but with the right positioning you should always be able to handle it.

Langres is one (if not the only) of those maps where this can work. And tbh it's the ostheer playstyle more or less - being on the backfoot because you can't compete with riflemen in the early game. That usually snowballs into struggling with light vehicles (stuart mostly). Then the pack howi starts to bleed your MP by sniping and wiping your MGs and mortars like hell. Now that the veterancy doesn't work for infantry, USF has the infantry advantage throughout the game. And most likely the snowballing advantage too.

Some other maps though, like Kholodny ferma (especially west side) and Semoskiy where there's a lot of sight / shot blockers and basically every house in the map is against you and you have a really hard time holding even 1 VP and adequate fuel to get vehicles out early enough. The same reason MGs aren't very effective, or PaKs. There are some decent maps too like Faymonville and Arnhem. Minsk is awful in 1v1, it's too big.

On Langres you have the visibility for PaKs and MGs which is absolutely crucial. And visibility for grens too since they suck at close quarters combat. In short, this is why it's the best map for Ost. I feel like most of the 1v1 automatch maps more or less negate how Ostheer was designed to play. You are forced to go sniper aginst USF/UKF to have any chance, since with grens you can't bleed his MP - you will just bleed yourself. The sniper play however is even more micro taxing on top of the ordinary constant repositioning your MG(s), PaKs and grens. Mortars used to be pretty good for Ostheer, but now the mortar pits of the UKF and pack howis bleed them to death.

Usually you end up getting an emergency Puma or command tank because you can't afford to tech after the early game struggle. Then you try to hold on with your combined arms until some stronger T4 stuff (panther/werfer) for example.

Just my take on things, wish I could become good at Ostheer (or at the game in general) one day

I suggest to play allies too, rather than axis only and see how your opponents counter it. In general it will make you a better over all player when you learn the strengths and weaknesses of all factions.

But the FHT and ISG can counter emplacements quite well. Force them to brace, wait for cooldown (30 seconds?) -> barrage the shit out of them. They go down pretty fast. This is one of the weaknesses that the brits have.

Are we talking 2v2 randoms or 2v2 AT?

I play 2v2 randoms occasionally to get a proper grasp of the brits faction, I just bought it recently. I play some 2v2 AT with my friend but he's still learning the game. I think in 2v2 randoms you don't have much of a choice but to see what your partner is doing and react to it if needed. I'm just looking for some general tips.