CoH Tips

Matmulder

Matmulder

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I consider myself to be quite good at RTS games...I've completed quite a few, generally do well in skirmishes etc. I've never been 'great' at them, but good enough to complete campaigns.

But CoH really has me beat.

I can *just* about beat the AI on easy, but me and a mate (whos as crap as I am) lost to 2 AI last night on easy. I'm disgusted.

Any tips? My main difficulty is the multitasking - managing your attacks, your defences, your base expansion/upgrades/reinforcements.

What are peoples general tactics? I try and take at least 1/2 the maps resources using engineers/riflemen, then try and reinforce the 'front line' with a variety of tanks, anti-tank and anti-infantry. Build up a decent front line, then try and capture points. But I find that while I'm moving forward to capture points, I'm getting my existing ones taken off me.

How much do people rely on sandbags, tank traps, barbed wire and mines? I don't tend to use them much...?

Suggestions?
 
Personally I rely on wire/sandbags/tanktraps quite a lot, but only in the initial game. After a while tanks/artillery make short work of them so it's up to your troops to defend with AT's and machine gunners/bunkers.

Remember a units specialisation - they suck against just about any type other than what they are aimed at.
 
CoH beats me quite easily on easy.

I was doing fine up until one of the early missions where you have to save some troops and then get ready for a bunch of tanks to turn up and defend the place.

Tried it so many times and just kept taking shoeing after shoeing. Gave up in the end. Which is a shame because the expansion looks awesome.
 
Don't forget to make very good use of cover, too. Troops behind a wall are infinitely better than troops out in the open.
 
Me and my mate beat 3 expert computers 2 VS 3 (obviously). You need AT/Bunkers quickly...and build up your resources/man power and drop in loads of airbourne.
 
EddScott said:
CoH beats me quite easily on easy.

I was doing fine up until one of the early missions where you have to save some troops and then get ready for a bunch of tanks to turn up and defend the place.

Tried it so many times and just kept taking shoeing after shoeing. Gave up in the end. Which is a shame because the expansion looks awesome.
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got stuck where u are i tryed and tryed and tryed but gave up
 
Remember not to be freaked out by machine guns. Although a well placed machine gun can cut you of from a secton of a map, they're easy to take out just by flanking with two rifleman squads, one taking fire from a distance and one moving from behind to wipe it out. The same applies to MGs in buildings, 1 squad taking fire while another goes and pops a grenade in, or an engineer with a flamer flushes them out. I know i used to just throw troops at MGs and hope they'd go away. Don't assume just cause your opponent gets some early MGs out you've lost.

Also, never let your units die, it's much cheaper Reinforce a squad, even when it's only got 1 man left, than it is to build a new one.

If you need any more tips COH gamereplays has got a good tactics forums, and tales of heroes hasthis good tutorial for beginners.
 
i found that snipers are a great way of controlling map points and scouting ahead.
 
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