I’m still fairly new to the commander role, I’m a level 7 in the role so I have a firm grasp on the mechanics and goals of a Commander, and I’m typically able to win most games I lead, I have maps like Caretan, Driel and Purple Heart Lane, but when it comes to the above mentioned maps I flop like the endless hordes of Blueberries forced to charge on the open fields.

The only times I’ve won Kursk and Stalingrad have been in the past two weeks when the other team has been full of brand new players who don’t even know what a garrison actually is, let alone how to destroy one. Kharkov and Al Alamein I don’t think I’ve won anything other than a game or two of defensive, because the map seems so favourable to defending certain positions.

Typically when I’m not Commander I try to play as helpfully as possible, and watch for ways to improve my own leadership, but it seems like winning games on these maps mostly comes down to luck.

If anyone has any good tips or tricks to help win on those maps I’d love the advice.

(Please don’t tell me “Build garrisons” and “Have engineers build nodes”) give me advise on where to put those Garrisons and which points have exploitable weaknesses or inherently strong defences.)