PLA sniper spam

[alienBoris]

How do you combat it? My HMMV's get torn to shreds by PLA machine gunners when I try to get the snipers

[Campaigner]

I haven't played with the Marines so this is with the normal US faction.

Earlygame

The PLA sniper is an investment for the PLA player that he has to protect or he is likely to lose the game quite fast. Protecting it with an MG is one of his options but it also means he got 680 Manpower in one place. It ALSO means he got like ONE Militia squad and one or MAX two Engineers. This means he can't cap as well as you can.
Exploit that!

Spread out and cap the whole map! Cut him off! Decap his main fuel!

If his sniper and MG guards his main fuel (using Senlin Likou as an example since it's considered the best map for MC) then cap everywhere else and put down some mines. Mines are SO good! If his sniper trips on one....then your chance of winning the game went up 50% or so


An alternative is to chase him of the map. Go forward with an Engineersquad to bait the MG. Attack from another direction (outside of the MGs arc of fire) with atleast two squads. One Marine and one Engineer or two Marinesquads. His choice now is to retreat or die. If he dies, then it's game over. You win. If he retreats, decap as much of his stuff as you can. The advantage you will get should be enough to win.


Midgame of Lategame

So the PLA survived with atleast two snipers? Get a Mortar Carrier! That unit will force the PLA to constantly move around his units, taking part of his attention.
One alternative is to get your own sniper and countersnipe him!
Or you can assassinate them with Green Berets! Camoflague, hold fire, get close, kill. That will also make him afraid since your units show up from thin air. Good psycological scare.


Play me online and I'll show you how it's done

[Wingflier]

@OP, I agree that this combination is very tricky, and something I've had a difficult time dealing with myself.

Humvees are supposed to counter snipers, but the Chinese can easily create situations that prevent this from happening.

Campaigner made a lot of really good points, so I'll probably be repeating some of them:

1. Pick Marines and get a sniper of your own. Put him in cloak + hold fire, and get him in position. Then send some bait to get the enemy sniper to fire. Take him out this way.

2. Avoid the Sniper + MG team altogether. This can be quite tricky if they are set up at a critical location or in the center of the map, which makes traversing it difficult, and gives the enemy team a massive mobility advantage.

3. Upgrade grenades quickly for your Riflemen. Flank the MG team and throw it (especially if they are in a building). Once they've been unmounted bring in the Humvee and quickly secure the area.

4. Rush T2 and Mortar Trucks. Mortar the MG team out of place, then rush in.

5. Rush the Army/Marine Infantry Carrier, upgrade it with a machine gun, then push the MG team out of position.

In pretty much all situations, you have to make a decision quickly, and execute it well. If you let the Sniper survive for too long, and keep you from obtaining important areas of the map, you're going to spend so many resources trying to take care of it that they'll roll out with T-62s and the game is already over. This has happened to me many times.

I won't say that the Chinese side is better, but the US side is certainly much more difficult to play because of things like this.

[alienBoris]

Yup, I just rush a personell carrier and dominate now. All good guys thanks

[Wingflier]

Yup, I just rush a personell carrier and dominate now. All good guys thanks

Yep, APC is a good choice because you can reinforce soldiers faster than a single Sniper can even kill them, giving you more time to react.