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Off Topic / Re: Random Word Game

« on: February 29, 2012, 12:35:15 AM »

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Strategy and Tactics for Americans / Re: Airborne = Useless

« on: February 29, 2012, 12:23:40 AM »

You do know that snipers are not the only counter to snipers, right?

With barracks you get the, admittedly a bit weak, jeep, it works wonders against snipers, and helps a lot when flanking mgs or supporting rifles against volks. A WSC the beginning is nothing but a liability if you intend to build both it and the barracks.

Also, it's not recommended to have a wsc from the get-go unless you are on a 2v2, for the simple reason that it does not provide Amis with what they need to win in the early game, namely rifles. The usual build order is:

Barracks
Supply D.
Motor pool

If axis is too entrenched with AT guns and bunkers you can then backtech to WSC and get the now helpful and viable mortars and snipers.

While not set in stone, this is usually the ideal way to go for Amis.

Anyways, I repeat and stress, you do not fight pumas with infantry, Pumas eat and shit infantry for breakfast, your best solution is an ATg coupled with some mines and/or a M8.

Also, M8's mines can and will destroy Puma.

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Strategy and Tactics for Americans / Re: Airborne = Useless

« on: February 28, 2012, 10:50:38 PM »

Quote from: Monos on February 28, 2012, 09:45:01 PM

Quote from: EasyCalic on February 28, 2012, 09:21:18 PM
Also, paras don't cost fuel, get an AT gun, M8 or rush to get some X-men (wolverines).

Rangers and AT guns don't cost fuel eather? Whats your point? AT-gun and M8 requires fast teching and thus little to no infantry play early on. Since you don't get infantry upgrade by just advancing to tier 2. You need upgrades which depletes your fuel and leaves you with one choice.. Use rangers or get stomped by the Puma.

Now, look here. You should never have problems with a Puma since those usually should be hitting the field at the same time as your ATs if you didn't spend everything on other things.

If you're getting stomped by a puma, you did something wrong earlier in the game, like relying solely on infantry which, funnily enough, is countered effectively by (who would have guessed?) Pumas. So my point, Monos , is that you're making a mistake somewhere down the line.

I'm guessing you get your rifles some BARs, nades and stickies as soon as you can. Don't. At most you just give them some BARs if you're dominating early game, if that's not the case, forgetting about BARs and teching to motor is practically a must. You can then upgrade stickies to help against vehicles.

As for hunting Pumas, it's been said already that mines do help a lot, so do rangers' bazookas (don't just charge rangers in though, they're infantry too you know?), besides mines, an AT gun or an M8.

And, hey, it also turns out that even if axis isn't rushing pumas, an M8 still gives excellent support to rifles against everything but paks.

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Strategy and Tactics for Americans / Re: Airborne = Useless

« on: February 28, 2012, 09:21:18 PM »

Also, paras don't cost fuel, get an AT gun, M8 or rush to get some X-men (wolverines).

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Strategy and Tactics for Americans / Re: Airborne = Useless

« on: February 27, 2012, 10:39:34 PM »

There IS an explanation about that in the official CoH forum, something about scatter and how bazookas are better against vehicles and RRs against tanks, something like "bazookas have high scatter, so if they miss the hit roll, they still have a chance to hit, unlike RRs that don't benefit from that, if they miss they freakin' miss."
Puma's buggy hitbox had something to do with that too, but I don' t remember the details, but it translated to:
Use rangers against vehicles, and to help destroy really weakened tanks. (Alternatively, bumrush infantry with thompsons)
Use paras to harass points, flank weapon teams, and engage bunkers and tanks with little AI capabilities (a.k.a. StuGs and Panthers)

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