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Jump back to quoted post18 Feb 2015, 18:58 PMUS3K

I was having a lot of success with the AA Halftrack versus OKW, but whenever a Luchs or a Puma hit the field it died pretty quickly. Then I had a thought - why not build two AA HTs??

I'm playing mostly 2v2's and it seems to work quite nicely versus OKW. OKW can't get proper armour until the late game, so with two of these kept together fighting as a single unit they can counter most things I've seen from OKW mid game.

It's particularly powerful in the current meta which is to blob volks and occasionally get a luchs or a puma out to support. Two AA HTs kill pumas without any difficulty whatsoever, and will even shred a luchs. Infantry can't do anything to stop them.

Currently I skip spending any fuel on anything other than LT and go straight for AA HT, play that conservatively until the second one comes out, then use them to dominate the field. Just have to watch out for a Raketen when being aggressive. Keep them alive until the late game and pair them with Jacksons and you've got a potent force.

Often your opponent will send out a Puma straight at them - just sit them still and laugh as the puma is shredded, then carry on.

It requires a fair bit of micro and they're fairly fragile along with a hefty fuel and manpower cost. It may not be a super crazy idea but I've tried it for a couple of games and won both of them. Any thoughts?

EDIT Here's a replay of the first match I tried it out in. Good example of how fast a scout car and a Luchs goes down to them (with a bit of an assist from a demo charge). Also they throw away a PIV or two trying to take them out.

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  RANDY JIM BOKWBMister PoPoB

  ?KZ@;;$????????? Merrwine

  Double AA

  by: US3K map: Moscow Outskirts

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And here's another one. Don't get so much use from them but OKW tries to counter with a Puma that gets ripped to shreds.

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  RANDY JIM DALT11

  Fritz Lang DarthHater

  Double AA 2

  by: US3K map: Moscow Outskirts Winter

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This is mid level play (Ranked 300-400)

Jump back to quoted post18 Feb 2015, 17:32 PMCrazy_Zaytsev

Yeah I went ahead and tried out that strategy, I liked the fact that I had 4 squads with shreks. Still gotta be careful though because of the Sherman tanks using HE. However I built 2 raketenwerfers and tried to position them carefully and I was getting good results with them. Especially if I tried to bait a Sherman to come after my Volks.

I played a game yesterday and one of the allied players had an endless supply of Shermans and Easy 8s. I had a Jagdpanzer IV and 3 shrek squads but I just couldn't handle the sheer numbers of tanks that were on the field. I ended up loosing my Jadgpanzer IV to a swarm and my volk squads were getting hammered by priests. I did manage to field a JadgTiger but it had limited success, it seemed like I should have built Panthers instead of just one big tank.

Jump back to quoted post16 Feb 2015, 05:01 AMSnikeduden

Yes, I definately agree on this point.



I guess what I tried to point out in my initial post was the fact that USF actually can do this (without the resource boost) already. You can even give call in tanks to allys. Now this might not be very beneficial in a normal situation, but if you are floating resources at pop cap it must have some potential.

Jump back to quoted post15 Feb 2015, 23:56 PMCrazy_Zaytsev

Hey guys

I have played coh2 since it was available in beta, I have amassed waaay to many hours of gameplay into this game. Yet I still feel like after all that time and countless games I am not as good as I could be. Something I notice is that I do rather well early game but as soon as tanks hit the field it goes to shit. I generally play with my buddies in the clan in 4v4s so I can piggyback on them for help, but when I go to play pubs in 4v4 the teams I play with tend to loose a lot.

So whenever I play OKW I generally get 2 volk squads, build my medic base and then add another volk. Depending on how the battle flows I either get a raketenwerfer or another engineer unit. Then I build my AA base so I can either get some obers or a panzer II. Then thats when it starts to fall apart. Granted I try to put my bases in good defensible positions or in areas where players dont look. Yet I get steamrolled by 2 or 3 tanks... I know not having any video to show my gameplay doesn't help but Im looking for some criticism or help. Should I change up my build order? I really do like using the jagdpanzer IV TD but I get fixated on getting Panthers...