Combat situations

[My Name Is Ante]

Not really sure where to ask this but here it goes:

I was on GR.org just surfing around and apparently they dnt like some specific maps, namely Egeltons, Wrecked Train, Ruins of Rouen, and Beaux Lowlands. Is there any particular reason for this? THey say that Egeltons is imbalanced (altough IDK why), WT and Ruins are  loopsided, Stuzdorf had weird resource layout, and "Blowlands" is just generally terrible. There were other maps too I just dont remember. Can someone shine some light on this?

And btw does anyone ever get veteran sergeant?

If my memory serves me right, it is about:
1) One side has more resource than the other side
2) Features that block movement (fence, etc.)
3) Certain resource is harder to reach than the other

Those are things I know, but maybe some mapper can give more insight about this...

[Pac-Fish]

Do Stormtroopers do more or less dmg than a grenadier? I read somewhere they do slightly better than a Volks but worse than a Gren. Is this true? Can and should they be used w/o upgrades?

[Cranialwizard]

Do Stormtroopers do more or less dmg than a grenadier? I read somewhere they do slightly better than a Volks but worse than a Gren. Is this true? Can and should they be used w/o upgrades?

Stormies have the best Kar98k in game damage wise

[Mattdamon07]

i don't think so, i remember my storms killing a rifle squad with no upgrades at long range pretty quickly and as with grens it takes a little longer

[GodlikeDennis]

Grens and Stormies both use the stormtrooper K98.

[Chancellor]

I think we can all agree on one thing though...PGs with Kars suck.  Even less output than a Volks squad.

[Pac-Fish]

I think we can all agree on one thing though...PGs with Kars suck.  Even less output than a Volks squad.

Especially f they have Dual shreck and no 4th man 

[GodlikeDennis]

Actually 3 man squad with Kars has better damage output than a volks squad IMO. However they have less guns firing so less chance of kill crits, and also less health.

Ran some DPS numbers and PE are very slightly less damaging than volks. However volks will lose member, and therefore firepower, faster than the PGs. This is assuming they use 3 PE K98s. However there is also a PE K98 Leader rifle which I'm not sure is used. If it is, it increases the DPS of the squad quite a bit at short range.

[Mattdamon07]

I think we can all agree on one thing though...PGs with Kars suck.  Even less output than a Volks squad.

Especially f they have Dual shreck and no 4th man 

i prefer dual shreck than just all with kar98 cause shrecks have a chance to blow up someone in one shot

[Otto Halfhand]

Actually 3 man squad with Kars has better damage output than a volks squad IMO. However they have less guns firing so less chance of kill crits, and also less health.

Ran some DPS numbers and PE are very slightly less damaging than volks. However volks will lose member, and therefore firepower, faster than the PGs. This is assuming they use 3 PE K98s. However there is also a PE K98 Leader rifle which I'm not sure is used. If it is, it increases the DPS of the squad quite a bit at short range.

Hmm! Sounds like a good mix for 2 TB squads in an HT. Doubtless arrives with increased squad sizes. Do you know if there is a similar dps jump with 4 man MP44s?

@ Sharks: I found the reason for the large number of Amis mortar teams. Should be a straight forward fix.

[Pac-Fish]

What can you put engineer demolitions on? I saw a video where a guy put demos on a sandbag but I tried it and it didnt work. So what can you place it on?

[Dann88]

US engineer's charges can only be placed near buildings. While Brits SAS can put it anywhere. Never try Sapper's charge though.

[GodlikeDennis]

You can only put demos on enemy sandbags, not your own. Sappers have the same demos as US. In vCoH you can't target roadblocks with demos which would actually be the greatest use for them so that's a pity.

[Dann88]

Any tricks to use PE road block, I never use it in vs humans matches

[Pac-Fish]

Use it to block tanks . But also the indestructible green cover is a plus too, unlike sandbags which can be torn down by the slightest touch.