Company of Heroes 1 tips and tricks

[@HalfRightFaceProductions]

I started playing this game due to the COVID19 and stay at home. I love it

[@MaxwellCovington]

Glad you like it, it’s my favorite game to this day! Be sure to check out the mods, especially Eastern Front!

[@VRichardsn]

Awesome, man! Company of Heroes is the greatest RTS of all time.

[@tommy.vercetti2003]

yeah i play online with ma bois

[@ProcrasDarkAn1]

Ikr and I exploded in to excitement when I figured out there's a coh board game

[@WestbustahSaucedo]

still the best rts game, they dont make good games anymore

[@redbaron2720]

Flame throwers deals more damage to infantry and structures. For defensive players, build tank traps at the perimeter of your camp so vehicles can not penetrate your HQ. Or build tank traps and wires behind it so even troops are not able to enter your camp. Make a chokepoint using your tank traps and wires so all your enemies will be forced to use that passage only. Then line it with atleast 3 Anti-tanks and gunners. But i usually use 5 anti tanks, and 2 snipers for long range shots and foxholes or MGs for additional defenses.. Just watch out for Tigers or Pershings, tank traps are no use to them. They can easily break your defenses. 😉

[@JanWynd]

Nuff Love for this comment: Man, building tank-traps at my base perimeter has improved my surviveability two-fold. Make no mistake, I'm STILL gettin my azz kicked...it just take a lil bit longer now! ...🤣🤣🤕

[@dannydecker5708]

Good tips, Struggled to get into the game and the community can be really brutal sometimes. These definitely have helped so far and I will try them all out

[@gamergril5940]

thanks! I like rts but I've always been pretty bad at it. Struggled my way through starcraft 1 and 2 because I like the universe, and want to get into this because I've become super interested in WWII history. Watching this has made me feel a bit more confident!

[@MaxwellCovington]

Glad I could help! I'm also a big history nerd and thats how i got into this game!

[@navinsawesomeanddivineacco4221]

Dude, thank you so much. I played the campain and though " wow im really good" then played multiplayer today and got my arse kicked. Thanks for the help, really appreciate it !

[@MaxwellCovington]

Glad I could help!! :)

[@B1smarkk]

Thanks, man. I didn't really use mines until i saw this. And those control groups, always knew something like this is surely in the game but didn't knew where or how.

[@MaxwellCovington]

Glad I could help :D

[@chrisberg2]

didn't know about the barb wire trick and also the stopping your units from moving during engagement.

[@MaxwellCovington]

Well glad you learned something :D

[@JanWynd]

Nuff Thanks to you for the Tactical Task-group jewel(AKA The control-group). As someone mentioned below, they dont teach you that technique in the tutorial yet it is absolutely indespensable!

[@MaxwellCovington]

Happy to help!

[@wartem]

Just found out I had this game in my steam library. I tried out out and.... best game ever! I'm hooked.

[@MaxwellCovington]

It is an amazing game, glad you enjoy it as well :D

[@TheTryingDutchman]

Wartem you should look for the Europe at War mod for the game in Steam. Its free and even better than the original game! Also there are a lot of other mods for it on Steam, all great to!

[@wartem]

@@TheTryingDutchman Thanks, I will check it out 😀

[@tonynovascotia1]

2019 just new to the game and love. I was big Command & Conquer van wish would be made warlike out their format. Great job on the video.

[@MaxwellCovington]

Thank you!! I also played C&C back in the day, glad you joined company of heroes!

[@tonynovascotia1]

@@MaxwellCovington Do know id some programmer that made this game were part Westwood team?

[@flaminghailstorm9149]

@@tonynovascotia1 nvr heard of that, only knew some of them formed Petroglyph

[@flaminghailstorm9149]

Imagine having a CoH or CoH2 mod featuring Tiberium warfare. That'd be my first goal if I'm a modder!

[@voxvolhynia5400]

@@flaminghailstorm9149 That actually sounds really cool, I'd play that so fast lol. I'm a big fan of both games, and mixing the two sounds like a perfect blend (if it's done correctly, of course).

[@BadacTV]

basic training didn't shown us how to give advanced order in capturing points and thanks to you! i think I can now easily defeat expert opponents

[@xOzymandias]

Dude how did you drop the enemies so quick? Lol my guys get into minute long firefights at point blank

[@electrictk8269]

You stop your units, and it depends on the cover on both sides

[@MaxwellCovington]

Just use cover and flank :D

[@flaminghailstorm9149]

Automatic weapons mow down infantry fast up close. It's really worth the investment equipping Rifleman squads with the BAR (global upgrade). It gets even better in CoH2, you can buy individual bazookas in the barracks with US Forces.

[@ells101]

Its just one of CoH's stupid systems that attempt to capture realism but fails miserably as none of the firefights make any fucking sense. Troops at point blank missing each other and taking minutes to finish off the last guy in a squad? Sorry but this game is incredibly overrated.

[@xOzymandias]

@@ells101 I love the game but yes you're right on how silly the fights can be sometimes.

[@thomasfarrow181]

I just started playing COH 1, I have played some of the Campaigns which wasn't to bad. But when I play a Skirmish I get my resources And start building. it seems I don't get finish and get attacked by Russian tanks and its all over. Its seems I don't have enough time. Your videos have helped me. Really do like your videos!!!!

[@MaxwellCovington]

Thanks a lot!! Also don't worry you'll get better with time and practice, I was a terrible player back in the day :P

[@benneron8403]

Russian tanks in coh1?

[@-.-.-.-.-.---.----....-_-]

​@@benneron8403maybe mod or he has no clue on the Flags

[@roanjosephsiason7267]

Currently enjoying the game(I am new to this), even though I struggle against normal (CPU) because on how quickly the axis faction can release tanks.

[@MaxwellCovington]

You'll learn quick! its a very fun game!

[@gizmobrooch8577]

at 3:00 you said it doesnt make sense to you that hay bails are heavy cover. They do stop bullet fire usually, especially back in ww2. maybe now days a very high powered rifle could some times go through but the bullet would be slowed a lot.

[@kevinlegobrickmaster8015]

I’ve been playing this game for years and i just now found out that u can cap using the mini map lol. I mostly play on high tho

[@CarbonCasca]

lol

[@learyanmarak4423]

I found it out today XD

[@ace_x3440]

Very Good Tips, I searched and searched to find how to assign groups and I finally found it, thanks!

[@MaxwellCovington]

Happy to help :)

[@JanWynd]

So far, this game is the best RTS I've ever played(I've had it for about 2 weeks now). I only have one criticism: The matchmaking, in the Ranked Automatch mode, I'm getting matched with seasoned veterans that absolutely demolish me...LOLLOLLLL😲😳🤕🤕🤕. I seldom get paired against a new player like me that is just learning the ropes. But its all good tho, that tough-love is gonna make me one hell of a Commander in a few weeks,....WATCH!😳

[@MaxwellCovington]

Unfortunately there aren’t a ton of new players, so it will be a uphill fight for a while :/ come play EF mod with me!

[@pseudohacker]

There are not many noobs because it’s an old game. I hooked with this abt 7yrs ago and it was brutal. Eventually I got better by getting my ass kicked and watching replays of how it was, rinse and repeat.

[@pollitopio2329]

Thank you for the tips, I started playing on 2016 but only with my family or friends against AI or playing alone in campaign and now I wanna start playing multiplayer. Maybe i'll get recked so hard but I dont care i'll just try to get better instead. Also I never use landmines but now that you said that I think it might work really good. Nice video.

[@MaxwellCovington]

Glad I could help! You should play the EF mod, we have a big community on discord!

[@LteeP]

@@MaxwellCovington how do you search that?

[@LteeP]

tip is to play on AUTOMATCH mode, because on standard multiplayer lobs it shows your stats and in the beggining since you are learning, with bad stats you will get kicked often

[@MaxwellCovington]

@@LteeP discord.gg/hNSApyAEU8 store.steampowered.com/app/317600/Company_of_Heroes_Eastern_Front/

[@flaminghailstorm9149]

Do you make craters for light cover by blasting your own mines? Seems to work well in the absence of British slit trenches, and they slow down vehicles passing through.

[@MaxwellCovington]

No, I never waste my mines to make cover. I do often put mines in front of heavy cover that the enemy might use like a vehicle wreck.

[@ivanvasiliyvich9745]

Is the community for this game still alive and well?

[@pseudohacker]

Yes we are, both of us.

[@MegaChickenPunch]

I hate how unrealistic close quarter fights are in this game

[@MaxwellCovington]

Yeah but gotta balance the game ;)

[@MegaChickenPunch]

Yeah but i wish there were a mod that get the soldiers to shoot like they did on the war + 1-2 bullets and the guy is dead.

[@quintonfoster3517]

MegaChickenPunch blitzkreig mod my dude, I works fairly well

[@MaxwellCovington]

what he said ;) store.steampowered.com/app/681590/Company_of_Heroes_Blitzkrieg_Mod/

[@14energy]

Go blitzkrieg mod

[@VRichardsn]

3:45 Hold on a second, infantry doesn't take extra damage while capturing.

[@MaxwellCovington]

I thought it did XD well not all the men fire while capturing :P

[@VRichardsn]

Ah, that is indeed true. It is specially noteworthy with heavy weapons, like Flamethrowers.

[@dylanfraser1111]

I was always under the presumption that squads took more damage while capping as well

[@VRichardsn]

@@dylanfraser1111 They do not, although cappign usually means they are in the open, so while the modifiers are still the same, they stand to receive more damage than usual.

[@godfreypadilla8400]

Who's in 2024 back in the day i always control tanks if i got one idc about infantry😂

[@MaxwellCovington]

Still playing 😂

[@flaminghailstorm9149]

What about supply depot upgrades to make riflemen rank up faster? Looks like you don't use medic stations too. Speaking of which, it'd be better to get some kind of reward such as manpower or XP instead of getting 1 unwanted new rifleman squad when it gets full. And those medics don't even heal troops in the very least, other than pick up wounded men on the ground.

[@MaxwellCovington]

Yeah I just covered some tips, not all of them. I only use medical stations if I’m playing infantry heavy and want a reward for my losses. Supply depot upgrades are also very good for bringing down upkeep costs but I prefer to spend fuel on getting vehicles out earlier before I buy them.

[@magicmanscott40k]

I bought this game on sale and my tanks kept dying to infantry. It was pretty frustrating. Need a video like this to not suck

[@MaxwellCovington]

Glad I could help :)

[@magicmanscott40k]

@@MaxwellCovington you helped a lot. Nowhere in the tutorial says you can cap with engineers lol I feel dumb that I never tried that

[@MaxwellCovington]

@@magicmanscott40k :D you'll learn soon :)

[@harrisonbuck2749]

the other reason to not let squads die is veterancy

[@MaxwellCovington]

Very true!

[@Tropa1429]

Still love this game i play since it came out ❤

[@MaxwellCovington]

Me too, I’m still playing!

[@ecoraiders4781]

Hi, i just wanna ask. how do you look where the troop is? for example in 8:21 you opened the list of your troops and you just click on the troop and it show you where it is or you need to press something more? (sorry for my ENG)

[@MaxwellCovington]

Just open that list and double click the unit, that will take you directly to them!

[@ecoraiders4781]

@@MaxwellCovington Thank you

[@blackscolecite9983]

How can you get mods, that not have any viruses in it

[@rauldias1974]

Incoming destroy my defence...any trick to avoid?

[@xoln8159]

nice video man, love it! keep up the good work and thanks for the tips!!!!

[@MaxwellCovington]

Glad i could help :)

[@JTG95]

You can press num 0 to open tac map. 😉

[@7heVoiD1]

Didn't know CoH was so similar to Dawn of War lol.

[@MaxwellCovington]

ive never actually played DoW!

[@pseudohacker]

Same dev

[@ThisOLmaan]

Maxwell Covington:: what's the best thing to do after building barrack?, i buy this, and left alone, guess cuz i did not know till later. I can also play in a skirmish, so i reinstalled it and play a little more now, i was playing campaigns but did not get far, that's when i uninstalled it, and went men of war as2, Lol. but back now on CoH skirmishing only till i get better, its actually fun once you start getting the hang of it. but i want to learn a little more about what to do? Also, did you keep ur keybinds default or did customize them?

[@MaxwellCovington]

Rom3 usually what I do is get 3-4 rifleman. After that if the enemy is using a lot of infantry I’ll get BARs and if not I’ll build a supply yard and go for a fast M8(always upgrades it’s armor) after that I’ll usually go T4 and get tanks and go from there

[@NickRedshaw]

@@MaxwellCovington T4?

[@MaxwellCovington]

@@NickRedshaw Tier 4 or the Tank Depot

[@Sven73524]

Just wondering, can commandos cross rivers with boats just like in that 1 mission?

[@ΜανοςΑγγελης-φ1κ]

No they can't

[@TheTryingDutchman]

Thanks for the video, may I ask what program you use for the screen recording?

[@MaxwellCovington]

Glad you liked it, I use OBS Studio to record my videos :D

[@TheTryingDutchman]

@@MaxwellCovington thanks for your reply. Im trying to use obs to record games to, but when I play back my recordings the screen has a terrible flickering. It does not occur while playing the game and recording it, it only appears in the recorded videos. All my settings seem to be correct. Really annoying..

[@MaxwellCovington]

@@TheTryingDutchman No problem and I 've never had this problem before but looks like other people have, maybe this video will help : kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6ulfGavo5JsiKs

[@TheTryingDutchman]

@@MaxwellCovington I don't have a Nvidia card but thanks to that video I got it working anyway :) Thank you very much, i've been searching Google for weeks now!

[@loslingos1232]

Thanks. I just play with AI and I was only using cheats because I did not know how to play. Now hopefully, I can win a game without cheats. I'm still setting them to Easy.

[@MaxwellCovington]

Nice start going up against normal and hard!

[@fazrikarismasubagja5535]

May i ask im nooby in this game dude, if we could keep our secure our territory potential of victory we Will not be suppresed by the opponent. i guess i need some advice from you dude is that indeed right ?

[@fazrikarismasubagja5535]

I have played this night but i always defeat because the oppenent use the armor division , i don't know indeed how to play this game

[@MrTenpennyOfficial]

Map name please

[@PabsSauceman]

hey men i would like to know how you move or rotate camera angles just like at 9:57 thank you

[@MaxwellCovington]

Just hold ALT and move you mouse! Double tap backspace to go back to default view.

[@edgareckstein2799]

My pausebreak button doesn't work,pls help me!

[@OSTemli]

Love the game but I don't feel like company leader, I feel like I am team, squad, platoon leader all in one, that's heavy micro management, can't use the army tactics efficiently. Hope company of heroes 2 a.i. is better gonna play it after I complete 1. And yea covid brought me here

[@MaxwellCovington]

I agree with you, but I find it highly fun so I play it anyway!

[@WaltexCxDeulers]

Greetings from BK :)

[@MaxwellCovington]

BK? Blitzkrieg mod? :P

[@WaltexCxDeulers]

No BkModTest. Pro 1v1 Player

[@MaxwellCovington]

Oh okay :D big fan and if you have any good replays let me know cause I do shoutcasts over 1v1s!!!

[@WaltexCxDeulers]

Here, this was funny :D www.file-upload.net/download-13139039/2p_sturzdorf.2018-05-06.21-17-15.rec.html

[@MaxwellCovington]

Thanks :D

[@whitedayanonymous7514]

expert mode ?

[@MegaChickenPunch]

new guys? this game was out in 2006 :D

[@MaxwellCovington]

Hey some people buy the game later on XD

[@federalGN]

same

[@shadmanfaisal3668]

MegaChickenPunch I just bought it last year xD

[@B1smarkk]

well, CoH is some good quality strategy (graphics are not great, but still) and if you playing on something that is as powerful as toaster, there is no better game...

[@TomaszIgnacy]

Lol am the new guy :v

[@glitchvlogs6597]

Me going through a "WW2" after going through A "SOVIET RUSSIA" phase

[@bearbrandjuice9752]

can you play in German cuz i have a upcoming event

[@MaxwellCovington]

You mean as wehrmacht?

[@captainfordo1048]

i would like to play with you im beginner i would like to play with you so can you be my mentor ? and how can i contact with you ?

[@MaxwellCovington]

discord.gg/WfsmBUU go here and message maxcov4!

[@jonasn1471]

Name of the map?

[@MaxwellCovington]

Langres!

[@MikeJones-oe3do]

Have you tried the iPad version ?

[@MaxwellCovington]

No, is it any different?

[@MikeJones-oe3do]

@@MaxwellCovington I only played the iOS version.

[@aresdonachelo5283]

How do you pause on-game?

[@MaxwellCovington]

There should be a pause/ break button on your keyboard, if you hit that you can pause the game vs ai.

[@herbankidd]

Mines are very underrated

[@MaxwellCovington]

Indeed they are, they can change game outcomes in the blink of an eye!

[@robcross2128]

cheers for the tips

[@MaxwellCovington]

Glad to help!

[@slendermanslender7691]

i got it on Android 😍

[@MaxwellCovington]

Times are evolving! That’s sick

[@MrTenpennyOfficial]

​@@MaxwellCovington name of the map please 🥺

[@brandonneilsta.teresa3494]

Most infantry suck at firing on the move.

[@traviswanous8796]

dude at 3:26 did he say honey LOL

[@silvermistneoncloud845]

Thanks! :)

[@MaxwellCovington]

Glad I could help! :D

[@young-ceo]

Thank you!

[@xujok]

thanks man

[@MaxwellCovington]

Glad you liked it :D