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Thread: Ostheer Sniper: NO laughing matter4 May 2014, 17:19 PM A good game on Semoskiy Winter... a lot of fun. I won (thank God... I've been losing a lot since last patch, especially to the Sherman. I've got a lot of gripes about that tin can) and used a sniper for most of the game until he died in the late game. He played well though. I didn't see how he died... poor bastard. He served the Fatherland well. In: Replays
Thread: Elbe Day Update30 Apr 2014, 22:37 PM I hate the Sherman... for it's cost it's effective - it might even be slightly too effective. In terms of historical accuracy, it's incredibly OP. The thing should burn in one penetrating hit 99% of the time... but hey that isn't balanced at all so I guess it's alright. Just frustrating when a Panther gets penetrated in the frontal armor at long range >_< In: News
Thread: Fun Game; new commanders... Sherman OP?27 Apr 2014, 18:29 PM Here's a 50 minute game on Langreskaya Winter. Both sides played well, but the M4C Shermans cost me the match. Both of us used the new commanders. Soviets relied on a double sniper + con opening and the Germans used a double gren, double MG, mortar opening. Enjoy! In: Replays
Thread: New MG + AG strat?26 Apr 2014, 14:10 PM Jump back to quoted post26 Apr 2014, 08:53 AMSpanky what if your opponent goes m3 + snipers? or maxims + mortar? I understand that 2 mg's are really good vs conscript openings, but i have little faith vs other soviet openings. Interesting build tho! Well, Spanky, I guess it's just looking at your opponents bulletins, and hoping he uses a conscript opening. There's always the surrender button, too. In: Replays
Thread: New MG + AG strat?26 Apr 2014, 05:25 AM Here's a pretty decent game... 1v1 Stalingrad. A build order I've found interesting and useful: T1 AG MG AG MG AG T2 From there I kinda go with whatever works... I won in under seven minutes on Langreskaya summer; the two MGs can help cover flanks or pin conscript blobs. AGs are good at CQB (although I find that they often lose to conscripts even at short range... not sure why). With no munition spending on upgrades, I often have 150 + muni stockpiled before I tech for T2, so I am free to use the AG grenades (which really turn the tide against shocks or ppsh con... well worth the investment if it does damage. I managed to have enough muni to get a shreks on my PGs... My oppononent ended up getting 2 T-34/85 call ins. This replay also demonstrates the best way to cap in Stalingrad: send units to both fuel points and make sure you win at least one of the engagements. In: Replays
Thread: Tank Call In Fuel Cost26 Apr 2014, 04:02 AM It is extremely frustrating when this happens... even if the fuel race is about equal, it seems the Soviets just skip building a T3 or T4 and opt for the T34s... I played a game where I had the enemy almost pinned to their base when an isu comes out, wipes 3 squads in 5 minutes. If you're German and happen to be losing the fuel race, a KV-8 could come out (only 135 fuel?) and your PaK guns are just BBQ'd... It's just frustrating when the some big tank comes out and wins the game for them... especially when their inf. micro is bad. I don't mean to sound like I'm ranting; I'm just tired. sometimes CoH2 can be real frustrating. In: Strategy Desk
Thread: MG42 v Maxim12 Apr 2014, 20:21 PM Why is it that an MG42 in light cover will lose to a Maxim squad in no cover (or even negative cover)? I've seen this before: MG42 opens up on Maxim, suppresses them; Maxim squad turns - while suppressed - and fires on MG42 squad and suppresses it, then pins it. I think this should be fixed; it would leave Ostheer more ways to defeat a 6x Maxim opening. 0 VS JellyD0nut GBPirate Against 6x Maxim by: Gbpirate map: Kholodny Ferma 1 - In: Ostheer Strategies
Thread: Against 6x Maxim12 Apr 2014, 20:20 PM I played as Ostheer, 1v1 Kholodny Ferma (summer) lost to six Maxims... Why must this strategy still be viable? I made some micro mistakes, but still... six maxims? MG42 should be more effective against Maxim guns... especially when the MG fires when the maxim is facing away. Sigh. In: Replays
Thread: Heavy Vehicles, teching in 1v13 Apr 2014, 00:40 AM ^Thanks for the suggestions guys... It seems silly to me to rely on doctrine only AT, as for Germans, the Tiger at 720 MP and 200 fuel seems like quite a lot. I don't remember how much the elefant costs, but that is only in one doctrine. On Minsk Pocket I successfully fought of a T34/85 horde with two paks...they even were great counters to the snipers he sent out for some reason. I find mines expensive and prefer infantry upgrades but they do help in certain situations... At the higher levels of play, I see the triple sniper/guard opening more often than not. It's hard to deal with early game In: Ostheer Strategies
Thread: Sniper/Guards combo is back31 Mar 2014, 00:13 AM Jump back to quoted post30 Mar 2014, 15:04 PMFrikadelleXXL @Aurgelwulf: I think it's okay because the soviet player has to choose a doctrine to get access to the guard infantry. That means heavy anti infantry stuff like KV - 8 won't appear and you can play out your infantry heavy G43 strat . The only commander with Guards that has access to a vehicle that obliterates (literally) infantry squads is the Mechanized Support Commander which has an ISU-152. It is an assault gun, not necessarily a tank destroyer. I lost a game because of one of those... squad wiped 3 of my inf. squads in its first 5 minutes. Remember guys, check out the Commander tool on this website...somewhere. I have it on my iPod all the time now. It's really great. I get to look at my opponents bulletin choices and their commander choices and it can really make a difference. In: Ostheer Strategies