The DPS of kubel is actually very good for such a cheap and early unit. It works best in combination with sturmpios who can repair it. Kubel is fast so if you also have infantry nearby you can always flank enemy cover position with the kubel increasing the dps of your forces greatly. Some top players even spam kubels and it is considered abuse by some players. One additional thing to note is that you can use kubel not only to cap and flank but also to push enemy infantry out of cover with the vehicle itself. It is especially effective when closing in with sturmpios at the same time but mind that some players consider that as unfair advantage.
As for ostheer, I don't think you should care about that faction being considered UP. You can use them with great sucess in automatch, where your opponents are always around your elo. Just don't use them in tournaments and you will be fine. As for strategies, sniper is still absolutely OP. Stug and pak40 are still amazing. And don't forget about flame ht in urban maps or against simcity. Pretty much the old stuff works fine as this is the faction that changed the least. I find myself pretty well in sniper into grenspam build recently.
I mostly have problem with 2 things. Enemy vehicle rush and cheese. Also I cant guess what the enemy is doing, because you should always guess how many units the enemy has, map awareness, stuff like that.
How is Kubles damage against enemy sniper, specially Sov? Are there any Acc modifiers? |
Well, all those links are to my content. Who should advertise my guides if not me  ?
Makes sense =))) still, thank you.
https://www.coh2.org/guides/33520/mobile-defence-guide - good guide for 1v1, written by Theo
https://www.coh2.org/guides/29278/mechanised-assault-guide - this one is more for teamgames, but still it is a good guide
Current Ostheer meta is all about using Mg/Sniper early on because grens are owned hard. Then it is all about countering allied cheese.
I was always horrible at countering cheese, and I become super salty. Not gonna play Ost I guess...
My ussuall OST Build is Sniper + 3 grens (or 3 grens + mg if the map is not good for sniper) into fast 222 into pak and single panzergrenadiers.
PGs for flanking and AI or with Schreks?
If I have a fuel lead I put pressure on my enemy with Panzer 4 otherwise (the more common option) I wait for Tiger and then creep forward with my army, 2 paks and Tiger. Best doctrine is Lightning war because of all abilities it gives you.
Do you have to tier up for Tiger? I remember something about that. Also, is Tiger AI/AT right now?
G43s for more agressive play,
Recoup losses for more squads = more capping
Tiger = self-explainable
Stuka Close Air Support- best ability in the doctrine, turns the area into no go zone for tanks (or they can die )
Lightning War was always a good commander.
You can build whatever what you want in the mid game or lategame if it counters enemy composition or lets you to take advantage. Alsways fight with plan and creep forward once you win decisive engangement. Teller works fine too - against light tanks or medium spam 
Thanks a lot, further question in the quote. Btw, I played one game and totally sucked at microing even 1 single unit... I was never a good player, average 700 to 500 ranking, not that good but not that bad either. but man I feel old. |
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So it is Volks spam as usual for OKW, this time with StGs. I didn't know StG also improves their long range DPS! Good to know, and non doc KT sounds good, less reliant on Commanders I guess and a bit stale though.
How have they changed Kuble? The way I see it it is just for harassment and capturing cut off points and the DPS is abysmal. What you think? |
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Thanks Hector, I appreciate your comment specially because of the useful links you have provided, I will definitely give them a look.
The meta is kind of stale as you describe it then, too bad.
Also, shame about Ost. I have always loved Ostheer because of the whole combined arms thing, but I think it is too demanding for an average player who haven't played in a long time. But if you wanted to suggest a build order, what would you suggest? I always struggled with map control while playing Ost, what is the situation with Pioneers and Flamers? Have they been changed significantly? |
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Hello fellow CoH2 players and pros. I haven't played the game for too long, maybe more than a year (busy with work and conscription service and all). Now I wanna get back and play a bit but I have no idea what the hell is going on. Watched a few streams, but felt like asking you guys a few questions.
So, I wanna know about the new meta(s) in 1s and 2s (I have all the factions). Also "factions strength" (No balance debates here, just tell me which factions are less demanding and a bit noob friendly right now).
Also, I think there were some major mechanics overhauls (OKW teching for one), if you mention a few I would be grateful.
Thanks in advance. |
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I just hope they learned their lesson from DoWIII, and apparently they have. They kept talking about this "Broader Audience" (A lot of devs do) and they have failed. There is no "Broader Audience" For strategy games, even if you make your game look like a MOBA (Yes, thats exactly what they did, tried to lure in MOBA players by merely making the game look like a MOBA).
Apparently they have learned their lesson, I assume they have good plans for the new AoE, because Microsoft is not gonna let this game go down the shithole believe me. And this new survey is a good sign I think. Also the fact that someone have gave them support to get a new office shows that they are still financially profitable. I hope they are, and I hope they get back to roots, because reality hit them hard when they made DoWIII.
All and All, I think its a good sign. |
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Well, the balance team has done a great job considering the "Scope". So, thank them for doing it for Relic. I hope they can do this more. Thanks guys. |
This is definitely on your side. sometimes I play for 6+ hours straight, and get no problems.
I noticed that my friends that use nvidia have way more problems than the ones with AMD cards.
I have never had bugsplat and I'm an Nvidia user. I think the problems lies withing deep levels of coding... and nothing can be done at this point. Hope I'm wrong though, but as far as I know the engine is a total mess. But I think it is a memory leak, but as far as I know OP has a good rig.
@OP, GIT GUD STAAHP BLAMING DEVZ SCRUB |
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HERE GOES DEAD GAEM TRAIN, ALL ABOARD.
As long as they don't fuck up (bugs and shit) it would be fine. |
I love how you can pick only one...
It's like choosing between cancer and aids.
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At least you can have pity sex if you have cancer, but not with aids... |
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