need serious help beating skirmish AI

[nogoer]

I love this game and the first version too, but coh2 is going to make me see a shrink. No matter what i do or how i play i just cannot beat the AI on standard mode. In COH i was ok and could beat even hard if i put extra effort into it. But coh2 i just get wiped each and every time i play standard computer in skirmishes or theatre of war. Its gotten to the point of making me distraut because im having such a hard time. I saved my most recent replay but i dont see a way to upload, but please can someone give me an idea what im doing wrong? I have tried all sorts of tactics and watched other replays and still cannot get this. It seems like i build a scout car and the instant i do it the ai is building an anti tank gun to beat it. I manage to gain the map and hold a few points but within 10-15 mins hes amassed an army that just surrounds me and kills any attempt to recap points. I cant get through his front lines and i dont have enough resources to spam him and regain control. Its just absurd at how badly i get beaten. When i play easy its the total opposite and to the point where its not even fun playing because there isnt any challenge. So now im stuck either giving up on the game completely or sitting here cake walking on easy mode.

[Senseo1990]

Take the 3rd option: Get better. I can only give general advice since I cannot pinpoint what is causing your problem without seeing a replay:

Dont float ressources. Spend your manpower on units and dont amass too much mp. Bigger army means being able to overpower your enemy without taking too many losses yourself.

Unit preservation: Do not loose units. Of course it happens from time to time but keeping your units alive and reinforcing/repairing them instead of building new ones and gaining veterancy is the key to success.

Maintain map control: You need those ressources. The fuel sectors are really important to be able to bring out vehicles.

Dont fight battles you cant win: This has a lot to do with experience. Once you know the game a bit better you will know when you face a battle you cannot win. Sometimes it is better to avoid such a battle until reinforcements arrive.

Use combined arms: Dont spam a certain kind of unit. A healthy mix of support weapons, vehicles, anti tank and anti infantry is necessary.

Practice You can beat standard AI! :)

[Buz]

It might sound silly but you could try 'hard'. Before the last patch 'hard' was a lot easier than 'standard'. Now the difference is smaller, but they do play differently so maybe one strategy suits you better. For me I still find 'standard' much more work to play against.

[rob.romagnoli]

I too prefer to play skirmish mode especially mp maps with other 2/3 AI on each side. My tactics is almost simple: patience. First I try to capture a victory point and to hold it along some resource points (but I think this is not a great advice). I realy try to not loss my troops in order to gain experience. When in defending a position I fell astrong enough I try to go on the offensive trying to conquer another VP or RP. A battle takes at least 1 hour and 20/30 minutes so you can understand that I'm really not a blitzkrieg commander. I use also a lor of support weapons such as mortars, nebelwerfer or katiushas. Good luck.

[M[A]DBuLL]

i used to play some COH1 a long time ago, then totally forgot about it, and then went back to COH2 in June. I couldn't beat easy AI although I had a thorough understanding of warfare and how units work and so on - that is, I knew lots of military stuff, so to speak.

Just need good micro and a good understanding of the game mechanics. It is very do-able, trust me :)

but what's the fun of it, go play multiplayer and get baptized by fire :))))

[Bullet Cake]

Just setup a game with you & an AI ally & battle a lone AI that way you can get to try out the units & have some time to play around abit while you get your confidence. Then you can play on your own & have a better idea what you need to do.

[nogoer]

thanks for the comments. I do have experience and make use of retreats, moving units out of fights, mixed units like mgs and mortars, and all that good stuff. It just seems like hes spamming me at the points im trying to take while microing every other point on the map. While im busy trying to micro a fight i know i can win hes busy recapping the rest of the map. Its not just lack of experience or practice.

Ive been playing coh1 for years and now coh 2 shortly after its launch and coh2 is drastically different in difficulty than 1. I should also mention i play skirmish on anihalate not vps which might be my problem. Before the last patch i was beating theatre of war on standard and or hard but after it im dumped back down on easy and struggling at that. Command points are a joke now as i cant get arty or high level support until 12 pts but by the time you get 12 points you're already in control of the map.

I understand it should be a challenge but i have to play with such an intensity in microing multiple fights across the map that its no fun at all. Even using a defense strategy im out of resources to build a few mgs and paks and then he just spams me with engineers and flamethrowers and then somehow instantly has a tank regiment at my door.

Do you think its the anihalate mode that is causing my diffuclty? I cap almost al of the map, add a few fuel points and starting getting into the higher tech tree only to find hes already built the perfect counter army and i havent had enough time to build enough to support my push. It just honestly feels like something is badly out of balance here.

Im going to try on hard mode because i have seem rumors about how the difficulties are messed up. Oh and i also do play mutliplayer and i usually am not on the winning team. However in multiplayer its hard to tell sometimes if its me or my allies that caused the loss or the other team being more organized or "other" unmentionable reasons.