Originally posted by: Andrew1990
Ok, I just started to play COH after about a month of not playing. I wasnt too good then and I am not too good now.
Right now I have a 2-2 Score, which isnt bad but not great. The Allied team is easier for me to play but I can also do somewhat decent with the Axis.
I was just wondering if anyone had some tips they could share? Such as what is the best units to build at the beginning and what not....
Edit: And this is the original one, and not the exp.
My advice would be to NEVER fight germans fair. Never hope to outproduce them or beat them with pure numbers or brute force unless you are fighting a player who is not as skilled as you are. The germans are way overpowered and CoH is not balanced at all. Just about everything the germans have is flat out better than anything the allied player can field. I'd say that the brits have a much better chance though, as opposed to americans.
I fought plenty of battles, and when odds are even, like fighting in the open for example, the german infantry always wins when squads are fighting one on one. Germans have way more artillery options, and more unit variety in general. Many of their units are cheaper too! The Americans are simply boring when compared to the Wermacht for example, because the Wermacht has a lot more options for the player.
My friend, who started playing when I did, and played less than me overall, consistently beats me with Panzer Elite because it's just so damn easy for him to be better than me. It's faster for him to get to his marder than for me to even get a greyhound. He can spam his light vehicles like crazy when I struggle to get to these myself. His units cost less fuel in general than mine... His infantry slaughters mine 1 on 1. His army is so damn fast that he always manages to stay at least one resource location ahead of me at all times, and even when that's not the case, he still always has more resources simply because he doesnt have to spend as much as I do. It's really frustrating.
I totally abandoned the Americans, because no matter how hard I try I simply cannot win.
With Brits, it's a whole other story. Despite also being disadvantaged, the Brits have some nice tricks up their sleeve. My favorite one is the trench. I spam these like a maniac, in a strategy that's similar to "tower rushing" in older RTS games. I try to choke the germans at key points, and when I cannot win a fight, at least I delay the bastards long enough for the reinforcements to arrive. There is really nothing the germans can do to tommies in a trench unless they are using incendiary munitions, grenades, or several tanks with concentrated fire. A trench backed up by a tank with a repair crew, or an AT gun or a mortar depending on the situation will significantly slow down the german unless he has an overwhelming force or massed artillery. Oh and did I mention that the trench is FREE?
I keep building the trenches, slowly advancing toward the enemy base, making him waste his resources on trying to break out of my "siege". Hopefully this gives me enough time to rush to arty or tanks and if I get any of these before him, he's as good as dead. If this doesn't happen I may as well just quit, since I don't see any way of stopping a good german player who teched to tanks or stukas significantly faster than me.
I also like building a few bren gun carriers early in the game, because they are fast, relatively cheap, (no fuel) and nice for early harassment especially when backing up a trench full of tommies.
The biggest problem with CoH IMO is that there's no friggin' Russians. God.. I just wish there were Russians in this game so I could finally kick some german ass and have my revenge for all those times I got beat again, again, and again. I need some damn T-34/85's damnit! Hell, even the regular T-34's will do! Some Katushas, and mass AT rifle infantry wouldn't hurt either.