The 8th mission, aptly titled Blitzkrieg, returns to an Axis perspective where the objective is to take 10 territory points with limited forces, fourteen if going for the bonus. As you progress throughout the mission and earn experience, you will be granted access to call-in abilities to help aid your forces: Panzer tactician to deploy smoke from your vehicles, rapid movement (sprint) for all infantry, and finally anti-tank stuka support. Your starting forces are two Panzer IV F1 medium tanks, two Scout cars (unupgraded), two half-tracks, and of course two squads of Pioneers and Panzer Grenadiers each. Keep in mind you need at least one squad of infantry alive in order to capture territory, so if all four squads are destroyed you will lose. Everytime territory is captured, you gain additional munitions and manpower to recover any losses. Keep in mind, the AI cannot retake any points so it's fine to ignore them after taking it hence why I rushed to secure the Southern portion of the map early on. Everytime points are taken, response forces that escalate in difficulty will respond and move to engage your forces. Out of all obstacles to be on the look out for, Guards Rifle equipped with PTRS rifles will shred your light vehicles in seconds so be aware of any groups at all times. I've found the best way to deal with infantry is upgrading at least one of the half-tracks with a flamethrower to even the odds. Obviously support it or it won't last long when going to to toe. The best way to deal with hostile vehicles is let your Panzer IVs take the brunt of damage whilist supporting them with captured AT guns and flank with the upgraded scout cars. Do not forget to utilize the smoke screen ability once available to help pull out of a sticky situation. One popular method is to go straight for the Tank Depot to secure as many of the unmanned vehicles as possible to amass a fleet of tanks, but I figured I'd challenge myself by leaving it for last. Enjoy! Edit: there was a video/audio error in the recording for the episode so I had to splice in separate footage to keep it as fluid as possible. Didn't want to reattempt on an otherwise solid run. Hopefully I'll catch any future errors to save myself the embarrassment.
Im not gunna lie your pinned comment in terms of tactical advice for each mission is appreciated to read. The videos obviously good, but I do appreciate you doing that for each episode seeing as it could easily just be tucked away in the description I actually read them before I even watch the video.
@@Ashguy733 well I'm glad someone actually reads them after all! I feel rts games are worth going into detail given how they tend to have certain complexities you wouldn't find elsewhere.
@@InsanityorNothing had to show that despite the nerfs and drawbacks of this mode, it's still very possible to dominate the AI if you know what you're doing.
10 years ago, yes that long ago time sure flies, this mission used to be quite a pain in the neck on General Difficulty. Panzer 4 F1 was the shittiest tank in the game, even worse than the light tank which was effective in their role, with very low penetration value and even worse explosive power against Infantry compares to 222 Scout Car. Flamethrower Halftrack was a must-have to deal with the enemy infantry quickly. Especially after you captured 6 territories which enable more guards unit to spawn in to reinforce the remaining objective. And then there's the then-unnerf T-34-76 which SOMEHOW had the same exact armor as their 85mm counterpart. So imagine the shitty Panzer 4 F1 with a short 75mm, which also somehow inferior than their Stug 3 counterpart, against a T-34-85 with 76mm gun. It was a real hell. Truly a 1941 Wehrmacht experience.
@@Heylanda-fb9xb I've noticed the Panzer IV F1 is still terrible at long range to pen a T-34 unless rng is on your side or it vets up a little. I agree though the difficulty modifier plus MP patches affecting the theater of war mode really throws things for a loop.
@@StarMarshal All things considers, this "shitty" Panzer 4 F1 have come very far since then. I mean, just look at how it squad-wipe the Guards in 1 shot. That was unthinkable back then and you better off relies on it's MG or Panzergranadier to fight them off with 222 or Flamethrower Halftrack support. Or even how it could dominate T-70 with ease. Back then that little shit would dealt half of the P4 health before you could kill it. If you kill it at all and not escaping because of the aforementioned low penetration power. Capturing T-34 was mandatory to beat Generals difficulty. Use your Panzer 4 to tank Guard's PTRS and let the others finish it. T-34 for tank engagement, especially against KV-1. And now we're off to *THAT* mission. Let's see how you will get a gold medal on General Difficulty from it.
@Heylanda-fb9xb I think the Vet 3 T-70 does that level of damage, but the regular not so much. I think I'd use the Panzer Grens more if the ptrs upgrade wasn't forced into you. The officer assassination mission? It's actually pretty easy once you know the map layout. Or do you mean Schildkroteberg?
@@StarMarshal Yeah. I meant Schildkroteberg. I genuinely forgot Officer Assassination exist before it. That mission really highlights how much of a bastard child German faction was for Relic back in the day. Stuck in Tier-1 while the Soviet already deploying Tier-2 units against you. Too few resources for a faction that needs a shit load of it just to tier up it's tech. Massive Soviet Horde against a handful of Granadier squad. Said horde are also armed with PPSH on General Difficulty. Bunker did not have it's improved health it got from Case Blue DLC update yet. So it was literally a paper against the Red Army.
@@filiptrescec indeed the sneaky buggers. I should've used the smoke screen on all the light vehicles. You hardly get any time to react given how busted the PTRS Guards are here.
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The 8th mission, aptly titled Blitzkrieg, returns to an Axis perspective where the objective is to take 10 territory points with limited forces, fourteen if going for the bonus. As you progress throughout the mission and earn experience, you will be granted access to call-in abilities to help aid your forces: Panzer tactician to deploy smoke from your vehicles, rapid movement (sprint) for all infantry, and finally anti-tank stuka support. Your starting forces are two Panzer IV F1 medium tanks, two Scout cars (unupgraded), two half-tracks, and of course two squads of Pioneers and Panzer Grenadiers each. Keep in mind you need at least one squad of infantry alive in order to capture territory, so if all four squads are destroyed you will lose.
Everytime territory is captured, you gain additional munitions and manpower to recover any losses. Keep in mind, the AI cannot retake any points so it's fine to ignore them after taking it hence why I rushed to secure the Southern portion of the map early on. Everytime points are taken, response forces that escalate in difficulty will respond and move to engage your forces. Out of all obstacles to be on the look out for, Guards Rifle equipped with PTRS rifles will shred your light vehicles in seconds so be aware of any groups at all times. I've found the best way to deal with infantry is upgrading at least one of the half-tracks with a flamethrower to even the odds. Obviously support it or it won't last long when going to to toe.
The best way to deal with hostile vehicles is let your Panzer IVs take the brunt of damage whilist supporting them with captured AT guns and flank with the upgraded scout cars. Do not forget to utilize the smoke screen ability once available to help pull out of a sticky situation. One popular method is to go straight for the Tank Depot to secure as many of the unmanned vehicles as possible to amass a fleet of tanks, but I figured I'd challenge myself by leaving it for last. Enjoy!
Edit: there was a video/audio error in the recording for the episode so I had to splice in separate footage to keep it as fluid as possible. Didn't want to reattempt on an otherwise solid run. Hopefully I'll catch any future errors to save myself the embarrassment.
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Im not gunna lie your pinned comment in terms of tactical advice for each mission is appreciated to read. The videos obviously good, but I do appreciate you doing that for each episode seeing as it could easily just be tucked away in the description I actually read them before I even watch the video.
@@Ashguy733 well I'm glad someone actually reads them after all! I feel rts games are worth going into detail given how they tend to have certain complexities you wouldn't find elsewhere.
Oh I read them as well Star, they are very good.
@@loganthomas6102 much appreciated! I was debating if I should keep it up or not. Looks like it's being put to good use though.
Finally, another video. 😎👌 Been waiting for this!! Thanks, bro.
Like and good video.👍👍 Great work dude.🤙
Sehr guter Kommandant! You sure showed those Soviets who the true power in Europe are!
@@InsanityorNothing had to show that despite the nerfs and drawbacks of this mode, it's still very possible to dominate the AI if you know what you're doing.
10 years ago, yes that long ago time sure flies, this mission used to be quite a pain in the neck on General Difficulty.
Panzer 4 F1 was the shittiest tank in the game, even worse than the light tank which was effective in their role, with very low penetration value and even worse explosive power against Infantry compares to 222 Scout Car.
Flamethrower Halftrack was a must-have to deal with the enemy infantry quickly. Especially after you captured 6 territories which enable more guards unit to spawn in to reinforce the remaining objective.
And then there's the then-unnerf T-34-76 which SOMEHOW had the same exact armor as their 85mm counterpart.
So imagine the shitty Panzer 4 F1 with a short 75mm, which also somehow inferior than their Stug 3 counterpart, against a T-34-85 with 76mm gun.
It was a real hell. Truly a 1941 Wehrmacht experience.
@@Heylanda-fb9xb I've noticed the Panzer IV F1 is still terrible at long range to pen a T-34 unless rng is on your side or it vets up a little. I agree though the difficulty modifier plus MP patches affecting the theater of war mode really throws things for a loop.
@@StarMarshal All things considers, this "shitty" Panzer 4 F1 have come very far since then.
I mean, just look at how it squad-wipe the Guards in 1 shot. That was unthinkable back then and you better off relies on it's MG or Panzergranadier to fight them off with 222 or Flamethrower Halftrack support.
Or even how it could dominate T-70 with ease.
Back then that little shit would dealt half of the P4 health before you could kill it. If you kill it at all and not escaping because of the aforementioned low penetration power.
Capturing T-34 was mandatory to beat Generals difficulty.
Use your Panzer 4 to tank Guard's PTRS and let the others finish it.
T-34 for tank engagement, especially against KV-1.
And now we're off to *THAT* mission.
Let's see how you will get a gold medal on General Difficulty from it.
@Heylanda-fb9xb I think the Vet 3 T-70 does that level of damage, but the regular not so much. I think I'd use the Panzer Grens more if the ptrs upgrade wasn't forced into you. The officer assassination mission? It's actually pretty easy once you know the map layout. Or do you mean Schildkroteberg?
@@StarMarshal Yeah. I meant Schildkroteberg.
I genuinely forgot Officer Assassination exist before it.
That mission really highlights how much of a bastard child German faction was for Relic back in the day.
Stuck in Tier-1 while the Soviet already deploying Tier-2 units against you.
Too few resources for a faction that needs a shit load of it just to tier up it's tech.
Massive Soviet Horde against a handful of Granadier squad. Said horde are also armed with PPSH on General Difficulty.
Bunker did not have it's improved health it got from Case Blue DLC update yet. So it was literally a paper against the Red Army.
@@Heylanda-fb9xb the answer is fire. Lot and lots of fire.
At least the Soviets managed to outwit you once in what is otherwise a well executed plan of attack.
@@filiptrescec indeed the sneaky buggers. I should've used the smoke screen on all the light vehicles. You hardly get any time to react given how busted the PTRS Guards are here.
0:31: Scorched earth?
1:37: I assume that's the transition away from the error.
19:53: Main objective completed. Next is the bonus.
22:15: Good grief.
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