Steel Division 2 - Learning The Game 

Thank you for changing your mind about SD2!

love this "Learning The Game" series keep up your learning process. I'm very interested in learning along side you, General Stealth

something else to consider: The closer the tank the more accurate and higher penetration. also use use command units to improve accuracy especially at range to snipe tanks. tanks especially tigers are pretty inaccurate at max range, like 2000m. command units with a commander can add an additional 2 stars to the tanks veterancy. This can make a huge difference to tanks accuracy , suppression resistance and won't surrender in friendly territory if in commanders influence (long as they are also not failing back under suppression or pinned). Commanders are new to SD2 and boost sub-commanders ability by 1+ veterancy for troupes around the sub-leaders. google "steel-division-2-game-manual" it has these details explained. your tanks would have been far more effective if used that way.

I can see a lot of influence from RUSE in the SD series. Its kind of like the terrain accessibility of RUSE and the UI and a lot of unit functions of Wargame with its own twist thrown in with the phases and frontline system.

Very much enjoyed this! Thank you very much, learned many things!

I like your presentation style. Thank you for the video!

So happy your getting into this game

It's like red dragon If the AI didn't charge hundreds of infantry transports at you as a strategy

just got this game hope to learn alongside you.

Accompany your tanks with infantry if you are gonna push through forests because you will definitely gonna get ambushed by an AT gun/inf. You could also supress an AT gun with arty or gun run them with your planes.

yeah the commanders boost the vet skill of each unit within its radius, i think then commanders can connect to each other as well in some way, u should take more of them.

Very nicely commented, congrats

great video my dude. i enjoyed watching. to answer your question about unit veterancy, units will not gain vets off of good performance or xp gain. that would be a cool feature imo but i can see why its not in the game. would be too broken. Basically whatever vet you choose your units to be from the battelgroups is what they stay as the entire game. unless you have a leader unit near by then it will give them one additional vet (up to three max). I havent got to use them all that much but there are commander units that are kind of expensive to deploy and i believe they link up all of your leader units granting them an additional point of veterancy to units within leader circles. And also you were right about infantry not being able to be reinforced on the field. once models have died in infantry squads theyre gone for good. but supply trucks will still replenish their lost ammunition as they would any other unit.

If you reach map end you block enemy spawn route/s. Stealth when are you going to play on sunday

from my experience from SD 1 inf. cannot be resupplied extra men and units do not get field promotions fighting against AI i find it best to find defensible locations dig in build up a superior force while i grind down the enemy with my defensive units and artillery pieces then in the mid to late game use overwhelming force to steamroll the enemy. also i tend to bring as much supply as a unit deck will allow me as can be extremely useful with my style of play. this is all based on SD 1 so it could be different. funnily enough though i could never get the hang of Wargame but SD was incredibly easy to learn and play.

Don't know if you figured this out already since this is 2 weeks old, but it is good to kill enemy commander units, even if they are bailed out, because they still give the leader boost to nearby units (this should be changed in my opinion)

@12:12 when you zoom into the tank and look there really is no LOS beyond the woods. Even with the ridge beyond it, you really can't make out much. It's pretty hard to see.

Tanks CAN move through woods. Not these dense ones, but they can. Like the one where at gun was moving 8:37

Have you ever thought about playing Combat Mission Shock Force 2? I would really like to see you playing that game, although it may be a bit different from SD2 and WG:RD

Great video. Loved playing with you. - Hermione

At 21:50, the round didn't bounce. It knocked out the transmission.

The problem with multiplayer is players not covering enough space on the map and focusing on 1 point. If all the players cover about 20% of the map it is a lot easier to win. The AI is a lot more aggressive so when a gap does form due to lack of someone covering they push it fast.

It's a wonderful game. Wish the AI was better (I'm one of those SP types), but I'm really loving the campaign. Big fun so far.

Idk if u played as soviets yet but fun fact about them. Songs used in game are: Katyusha, Sacred War and March of the Soviet Tankists

are ther no command groups ingame? for example grouping all artillery on key 1 or 2.

what are your graphic settings in this video?

Loosing in 5v5 co-op I've found to be one hell of a random number generator. The amount of times I've been left to fend for an entire 3rd of the map by myself because the people on my flanks all hunker together on, like, two kilometers stretch of terrain each, is starting to really aggravate me xD

Did your job end with the teaching / training thing you were doing ?

'The tanks can't go through thick forests' Does the word Ardennes offencive mean anything to you?

2:30 how do you see the tank can fire up to 1500m? The range finder goes to 2 km.......?

Is SD2 mod-able? Would be cool to see some Korean War mods

12:15, basically the tanks are like artillery?

How long did t34-85 or stug shoots in wargame?

did you get a new mic? your voice sounds so good

Would you please consider changing the unit model size in-game? It currently looks very cartoony.

would be nice if the DEVs would update red dragon with the AI it uses here and also breakthrough mode.I literally dragged myself through playing Red dragon SP ,the AI is awful,spam is just an insult to players.I have moved onto SD2 and probably wont move back to WG RD,and thats a pity as it had such potential

You're good man, seriously its fine if you lost several troops...l usually lost 8/10 of my men,lolz

Wow, the maps seem way smaller

If u want "balanced" experience vs AI, d't play heavy tank divs vs AI cause AI can't handle enemy heavy tanks as a human does - it just skirmish with them using any tanks it have (no matter of pen chance). So it' very easy to defeat AI using heavy tanks. Same with planes - AI manages them poorly. In all other aspects, AI is VERY good - better than real players sometimes.

"Panzergrenadier" means "Jesus" in german...;-).

DLC's or no?

Me watching this in 2024 😂

Hmmm this game seems overcomplicated ... maybe this feeling will go eventually ... but it’s definitely not new player friendly...

I don't think anybody really cares about SD anymore. I went back to wargame and had SO MUCH more fun.

Graphics looks like a phone game