Company of Heroes: Eastern Front

Eastern Front Mod (Read-Only) => General Discussion => Topic started by: saam on April 02, 2011, 07:50:26 PM

Title: The Red Tide
Post by: saam on April 02, 2011, 07:50:26 PM
Hi. Could somebody explain me how "the red tide" works? For testing purposes I turned on this ability and charged enemy machine gun with "Strafniye Troops". The casualties taken were not compensated in any way, despite what the description of The Red Tide is.
Thx.
Title: Re: The Red Tide
Post by: Blackbishop on April 02, 2011, 09:01:39 PM
The ability grants new squads not individual soldiers iirc. You need to lost the entire squad before the ability worns off. Replaced squads are spawn from the HQ or the call-in entry points.

You  can activate it when you have one soldier left.
Title: Re: The Red Tide
Post by: Cranialwizard on April 02, 2011, 10:01:27 PM
When you know you are going to take heavy losses squad wise, it's best you activate it. If I'm doing a quick base rush or trying to obliterate the enemy out of an area, that's the time I use it. Most of the time an MG + Mortar + Inf will eat your squads up, and if you have Red Tide activated it compensates and replaces them at no cost, which is why it's a very powerful ability.
Title: Re: The Red Tide
Post by: saam on April 03, 2011, 02:33:33 AM
I see now. I seems that a squad has to be completely destroyed to be reborn. Thanks all.