State of Heavies
10 Jan 2020, 21:08 PM
#1
Posts: 44
Curious what everyone's thoughts are on heavies on all sides. I'm finding it hard to justify the latest rounds of tweaks to their main gun profiles. Heavies seem like meta wipe machines that become incredibly difficult to deal with and almost never worth the investment it takes to counter them.
10 Jan 2020, 21:12 PM
#2
Posts: 556
Curious what everyone's thoughts are on heavies on all sides. I'm finding it hard to justify the latest rounds of tweaks to their main gun profiles. Heavies seem like meta wipe machines that become incredibly difficult to deal with and almost never worth the investment it takes to counter them.
They are fine. Before the patch i was afraid of penals with satchels and regular infantry. A 230-270fuel investment should not be afraid of a unit like Penals, PSchreck Pgrens or Piat Engineers.
Only thing that is not fine is their timings.
Grens are finally good.
10 Jan 2020, 21:17 PM
#3
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The balance team wanted to make them more reliable but less able to randomly wipe. They didn't achieve this at all, now they wipe even more while still being very RNG depended. It's still very hit or miss especially with the KT.
Locking them behind T4 was the right choice. But the CP requirements need to go up 2 CP. Right now they arrive too early.
The IS2 has too much armour, it needs to go down to around 330 IMO. Right now it's too hard to penetrate even for Tigers, Panthers and Kingtigers. JP4 is basically useless against it unless you have good RNG.
I think the heavy tank AOE profiles need to be slightly reduced for all heavies apart from the KT, which is still not that great overall IMO.
OKW meta is so boring now because Grand Offensive is the only viable doctrine in 1v1 and 2v2. Then again all their other doctrines are mediocre so it's not just a Grand Offensive problem. And even Grand Offensive is just good because of the Tiger.
Locking them behind T4 was the right choice. But the CP requirements need to go up 2 CP. Right now they arrive too early.
The IS2 has too much armour, it needs to go down to around 330 IMO. Right now it's too hard to penetrate even for Tigers, Panthers and Kingtigers. JP4 is basically useless against it unless you have good RNG.
I think the heavy tank AOE profiles need to be slightly reduced for all heavies apart from the KT, which is still not that great overall IMO.
OKW meta is so boring now because Grand Offensive is the only viable doctrine in 1v1 and 2v2. Then again all their other doctrines are mediocre so it's not just a Grand Offensive problem. And even Grand Offensive is just good because of the Tiger.
10 Jan 2020, 21:21 PM
#4
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+1 CP to all of them and +20 to +30 fuel cost increase to all of them.
And slightly lower RoF on the IS2, the 122mm D25T Gun was notoriously slow to reload.
And slightly lower RoF on the IS2, the 122mm D25T Gun was notoriously slow to reload.
10 Jan 2020, 21:21 PM
#5
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Before the patch i was afraid of penals with satchels and regular infantry. A 230-270fuel investment should not be afraid of a unit like Penals, PSchreck Pgrens or Piat Engineers.
This doesn't make any sense. In which alternate reality were heavy tanks afraid of Piats, PTRS and Shrecks? And on top of that they didn't increase the HP/armour on any heavy tank either so this makes even less sense. Only exception is the Pershing but it traded armour for an extra 160 HP so it didn't get much more durable either.
10 Jan 2020, 21:32 PM
#6
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They are fine. Before the patch i was afraid of penals with satchels and regular infantry. A 230-270fuel investment should not be afraid of a unit like Penals, PSchreck Pgrens or Piat Engineers.
10 Jan 2020, 21:33 PM
#7
Posts: 785
The balance team wanted to make them more reliable but less able to randomly wipe. They didn't achieve this at all, now they wipe even more while still being very RNG depended. It's still very hit or miss especially with the KT.
They made a change that on paper appears to do more consistent damage over a wider area but kill less in a single shot. It's also a change that in practice in the end game of some VP slog usually ends up blowing away entire veteran squads that have taken middling damage from any of the other sources across the yellow covered late-game hell-scape.
That said I think the bigger issue is their increased accessibility, ironically the very objective of the patch, ditching 3 CP levels and (albeit rightfully) putting them behind tech.
10 Jan 2020, 21:34 PM
#8
Posts: 44
The balance team wanted to make them more reliable but less able to randomly wipe. They didn't achieve this at all, now they wipe even more while still being very RNG depended. It's still very hit or miss especially with the KT.
Locking them behind T4 was the right choice. But the CP requirements need to go up 2 CP. Right now they arrive too early.
The IS2 has too much armour, it needs to go down to around 330 IMO. Right now it's too hard to penetrate even for Tigers, Panthers and Kingtigers. JP4 is basically useless against it unless you have good RNG.
I think the heavy tank AOE profiles need to be slightly reduced for all heavies apart from the KT, which is still not that great overall IMO.
OKW meta is so boring now because Grand Offensive is the only viable doctrine in 1v1 and 2v2. Then again all their other doctrines are mediocre so it's not just a Grand Offensive problem. And even Grand Offensive is just good because of the Tiger.
Those were my thoughts. I cannot tell you how many games I've had a tiger 2 shot full health squads. Its gotten to the point where I retreat infantry as soon as I see or hear the tiger and still get wiped on retreat.
10 Jan 2020, 22:02 PM
#9
Posts: 960
They're in a bit of a better place than before, but still need adjustments. I would make the following changes to all heavy and 'doc-premium-medium' tanks; i.e. Tiger, Ele, KT, JT, IS-2, KV-series, ISU-152, Pershing, Churchill-series, and Comet.
I'd also like to see larger changes made to the ST, AVRE and ISU-152. For the first two, their "shells" really need to either fire on a MUCH higher arc, or be set to ignore terrain (but not buildings). They're simply unusable in late-game, since they always hit craters and such, resulting in zero damage.
For the ISU-152, something really needs to be done to its ability to 'snipe' entire squads at extreme ranges. This is especially a problem for OST, since they lack any sort of non-doc ~60 range TD to even begin to counter it at range, as well as being based almost entirely around 4-man squads (which are very vulnerable to 1-shots). My suggestion would be either:
- +1 or even +2 to command point requirement (where applicable)
- Standardize all ranges to 45 at vet 0 (except Ele, JT, ISU-152)
- Remove all range vet bonuses
- Standardize all turreted tanks rear-armor to 140, case-mate TDs to 110
I'd also like to see larger changes made to the ST, AVRE and ISU-152. For the first two, their "shells" really need to either fire on a MUCH higher arc, or be set to ignore terrain (but not buildings). They're simply unusable in late-game, since they always hit craters and such, resulting in zero damage.
For the ISU-152, something really needs to be done to its ability to 'snipe' entire squads at extreme ranges. This is especially a problem for OST, since they lack any sort of non-doc ~60 range TD to even begin to counter it at range, as well as being based almost entirely around 4-man squads (which are very vulnerable to 1-shots). My suggestion would be either:
- Drastically reduce AoE radius
- OR set a "max models to damage" limit, which I believe mines use right now
- OR give it an AP / HE toggle (similar to the USF Sherman), where AP has nearly zero AoE, and HE has drastically reduced range (around 50).
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10 Jan 2020, 22:18 PM
#10
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They're in a bit of a better place than before, but still need adjustments. I would make the following changes to all heavy and 'doc-premium-medium' tanks; i.e. Tiger, Ele, KT, JT, IS-2, KV-series, ISU-152, Pershing, Churchill-series, and Comet.60 range stugs when?
- +1 or even +2 to command point requirement (where applicable)
- Standardize all ranges to 45 at vet 0 (except Ele, JT, ISU-152)
- Remove all range vet bonuses
- Standardize all turreted tanks rear-armor to 140, case-mate TDs to 110
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10 Jan 2020, 22:24 PM
#11
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60 range stugs when?
I'm not sure what you mean by this, in relation to my post.
With the "no range bonuses" change, it means that no heavy tanks (except heavy TDs) would be able to exceed 45 range. The STuG currently (iirc) has 50 range, so it would always out-range the heavies by a slight amount - there would be no need for them to have even more range. Not to mention, 60 range STuGs would be incredibly powerful due to their cost efficiency and early arrival.
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10 Jan 2020, 22:32 PM
#12
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quote by katitof,sander, Hannibal,lago and 1 other mods form this forum in the old stug thread
" a 5 range advantage is irrelevant and not enough"
this was me asking to rework stug to have less dps but 5 more range and that was the response
as always here we don't have double standards
so i u want just reduce the bonus of the is 2 to 45 at max
" a 5 range advantage is irrelevant and not enough"
this was me asking to rework stug to have less dps but 5 more range and that was the response
as always here we don't have double standards
so i u want just reduce the bonus of the is 2 to 45 at max
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10 Jan 2020, 22:40 PM
#13
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quote by katitof,sander, Hannibal,lago and 1 other mods form this forum in the old stug thread
" a 5 range advantage is irrelevant and not enough"
this was me asking to rework stug to have less dps but 5 more range and that was the response
as always here we don't have double standards
so i u want just reduce the bonus of the is 2 to 45 at max
60 range for the STuG would be +10, though, not +5?
The range and vet-range changes would affect much more than the IS-2. Currently it starts at 40 range (vet 0), so it would actually gain +5 there, but would indeed lose out on its vet2 range bonuses. However, the Tigers (OST/OKW) would also lose out on their vet2 range bonuses.
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10 Jan 2020, 22:47 PM
#14
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Permanently BannedWhat would be interesting is instead of armored skirts, replace that bonus with +5 range
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10 Jan 2020, 23:07 PM
#15
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taht's my point ost is once again left in the dust allied td get a 15 range advantage to ost TD while the stug gets a 5 range advantage to is 2
60 range for the STuG would be +10, though, not +5?
The range and vet-range changes would affect much more than the IS-2. Currently it starts at 40 range (vet 0), so it would actually gain +5 there, but would indeed lose out on its vet2 range bonuses. However, the Tigers (OST/OKW) would also lose out on their vet2 range bonuses.
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10 Jan 2020, 23:39 PM
#16
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taht's my point ost is once again left in the dust allied td get a 15 range advantage to ost TD
Which ost TD got 45 range again?
Maybe it's 'cause the Axis players aren't a bunch of forum crybabies, and they keep their cool and fight the uphill battle, unlike some of their "allied" counterparts.
10 Jan 2020, 23:50 PM
#17
Posts: 785
Could probably give the Stug 60 range if it had lower damage. SU76M has 60 range and nobody complains about it.
11 Jan 2020, 01:03 AM
#18
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katitof i mean by tiger and is 2
Which ost TD got 45 range again?
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11 Jan 2020, 01:10 AM
#19
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IS2 doesn't need 45 nor 50 range to operate. The unit is doing more than fine at vet 0/1.
Once it reaches vet 2 it means it nullifies any non doctrinal TD for OH.
Guess which commander was the most common in the last tournament against OH.
On the contrary, against OKW Armored assault wasn't used as much.
Tiger/KT can be left at 45 cause the 3 main TDs for allied factions all have 60 range.
Once it reaches vet 2 it means it nullifies any non doctrinal TD for OH.
Guess which commander was the most common in the last tournament against OH.
On the contrary, against OKW Armored assault wasn't used as much.
Tiger/KT can be left at 45 cause the 3 main TDs for allied factions all have 60 range.
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11 Jan 2020, 18:30 PM
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katitof i mean by tiger and is 2
Oh yeah cause those 2 tanks are clearly struggling so much right now...
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Rosbone: It is an indicator of the very short sighted capitalist view that plagues any company where leadership does not understand the product.
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Rosbone: They dont care about Coh3 or Coh in general. They are just trying to grab cash by ripping off the small user base they have.
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Rosbone: It is clear they crapped out an unfinished game. And are now barely supporting it as they make new smaller games. Coh3 is stillborn. It will be meh for at least another 2-4 years. Meaning they killed the whole franchise instead of growing it.
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Rosbone: If I did play coh3 and was mainly a skirmish player, I would be pissed and probably stop playing. And it has been like this since release. Why? I would not tell my friends to buy a game I am not even playing. Lost sales and angered users.
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Rosbone: I am just saddened how Relic keeps hurting themselves by not fixing 5 minute things like menus. Why anger users with stuff that could be fixed in minutes???
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Rosbone: So it was a systemic failure across multiple disciplines and check points.
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Rosbone: Knowing how companies work, I imagine a new hire making the menus. The API they are using is complicated and things were hard to figure out. But at some point QA or management should have addressed these things. Usually within 6 months of starting.
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theekvn: KT just need fuel debuf from 15% to 50%, Ele arc of fire- aim time improve and they are good to go
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