company of heroes 2 ardennes assault strategy guide

So by capturing more supply drops than the Germans, you can force them to go to zero before you do. If you hold a given watchtower, you can see the surrounding area better, and can spot the supply drops before “Jerry.” Each side’s victory points tick down relentlessly unless it captures one of the supply drops, in which case its points go up a bit.

The concept in “Watchtower” is that you have to capture German aerial supply drops, which come every few minutes, starting very early in the mission, near one of three watchtowers.

So be ready to terminate the COH2 program in Task Manager at any time to start over.Īlso, if you start a campaign and find that you’ve been assigned the Watchtower mission at level 3 difficulty on the Bastogne Outskirts map (the hardest map because it’s big and there are few buildings for cover), and you’re using un-upgraded companies, consider starting the campaign over or editing the campaign file-it can be impossible to get gold on that map with that mission and level of difficulty, even if you are an expert player, and your casualties are likely to be high regardless of whether you succeed.

You just aren’t given the tools for the job, and your chances of getting gold-even on level 1 difficulty-depend on the map, and on dumb luck.

This is often one of the most difficult/unbalanced missions in Ardennes Assault.

Company of heroes 2 ardennes assault strategy guide