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Posting Form Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Callouts: Message Icon:                             Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by Geezer_OMO[/i] [br]I think we should have a thread to plan and talk about things that will improve our play. Hence, I wanted talk about the early game. Hopefully something here you will find useful. LOL Early Game The first few minutes of Company of Heroes Online are some of the most import and I feel they must be considered carefully. Early decisions hinge on the map being played and the respective number of players in the game. As we mainly play the Germans(Wehrmacht Army), at the beginning of the game the choice is sending the opening Pioneer Squad out to capture or instantly begin building the Wehrmatch Quarters. I personally always build the Wehrmatch instantly. Sending out the first Pioneers to capture a point or garrison in a building is too risky because the time you loose creating another pioneer squad and then building the Wehrmatch Quarters makes you forever behind in the ability to capture points fight and hold territory. Why? The German pioneers are weaker than American engineers so out on the battlefield they need to be supported. What compounds this even further is the fact that our first infantry unit the (Volksgrenadier) is also weaker than the American Riflemen. This all being said it is critical to get fighting units on the battlefield and that is done by instantly building a Wehrmatch Quarters. Speed is very important here so learning the hotkeys will help! Select Pioneers press V then W and place building Select Command (F1) build Pioneer set rally point next to Wehrmatch Quarters When 2nd Pioneer arrives have it help build the Wehrmatch. While the Pioneer squads are building the Wehrmatch Quarters don’t sit idle. Rather, put each pioneer squad in a control group and using the Shift clicking technique select sector points/resource points they will go out and capture in sequence. I set up at least two or three future points to capture for each squad. This will free you up to build your first squad out of the Wehrmatch quarters and control its movements as it emerges. Once the Wehrmatch is made choose which unit you want to build first. (Volks, MG, Motor Cycle or Sniper) but NEVER allow the amount of manpower need to build that unit exceed the cost of the unit you want to build. Waiting even a few seconds too long could mean you lose your first fight out on the battlefield. I press F2(selects Werhmatch) and monitor my manpower like a hawk ready to build my first unit as soon as I have enough. Memorize their cost. You should for all units as it will make you more efficient all game long. Stock Wehrmatch units without Army Item reductions. Bike: 180 Manpower MG: 260 Manpower Volks: 280 Manpower Sniper: 340 Manpower More later……LOL [/quote]    -  HTML is OFF | Forum Code is ON    Insert a File     Check here to include your profile signature.