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Remove capping ability from all support weapons?

Should support weapons lose their ability to capture points?
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Total votes: 96
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18 May 2014, 00:21 AM
#1
avatar of Bulgakov

Posts: 987

Would it improve the game to make it so MGs, mortars, AT guns, snipers and units in HTs couldn't cap?

That way any army which made heavy use of support units would suffer some drawbacks.

We have a precedent in coh1 where no army had a support weapon that could fire while capping.


I think it could change the early-game meta for the betta. Thoughts?
18 May 2014, 00:27 AM
#2
avatar of DandyFrontline

Posts: 155

Looks like im snailworm
18 May 2014, 00:31 AM
#3
avatar of Bulgakov

Posts: 987

Heh, sorry for the silly vote names, I'm the real snailworm for phrasing it that way :) But please say why you think it wouldn't improve the game.
18 May 2014, 00:43 AM
#4
avatar of atwar

Posts: 66

too extreme but they should cap territories at a lower speed
18 May 2014, 00:51 AM
#5
avatar of FestiveLongJohns
Patrion 15

Posts: 1157 | Subs: 2

I would be in favor of reducing the cap speed to half like the old ostruppen. This would make toxic strats like maxim spam less viable once mid game rolls around, without totally gimping the maxim as a support unit.
18 May 2014, 01:04 AM
#6
avatar of DietBrownie

Posts: 308

Let them cap but reduce speed
18 May 2014, 01:07 AM
#7
avatar of Bulgakov

Posts: 987

Agreed, reduced speed is a good option too. Thx for the constructive replies!
18 May 2014, 02:12 AM
#8
avatar of WiFiDi
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i obstained to wording in pole :) (creating bias) but id be snailworm. now tbh id be all for reduced cap rate as them capping at the same rate as infantry is kinda odd.

i like that change tbh capping cirlces bring alot to the game and capping points. and i like that support teams can cap its a matter of do they cap to fast maybe its better this way or maybe reduceing there cap rate would be better. :)
18 May 2014, 02:51 AM
#9
avatar of jeesuspietari

Posts: 168

1 option could also be a cap mode like with soviet tanks at vet 1
When activated the unit would be unable to setup the weapon
18 May 2014, 03:14 AM
#10
avatar of Jinseual

Posts: 598

I just played vCoH again and I just realized much better it was that mgs can't cap points. It makes infantry feel so much more important.
18 May 2014, 03:52 AM
#11
avatar of The amazing Chandler

Posts: 1355

I just played vCoH again and I just realized much better it was that mgs can't cap points. It makes infantry feel so much more important.


Sorry to spoil it for you but MGs can also cap in vCOH.
18 May 2014, 04:09 AM
#12
avatar of Jinseual

Posts: 598

yes, but they can't cap and fire at the same time.
18 May 2014, 04:48 AM
#13
avatar of DanielD

Posts: 783 | Subs: 3

You are already sacrificing AT-nades or panzerfaust by using a weapons team, and you are risking giving equipment to your enemy. No point in nerfing weapons teams.
18 May 2014, 05:11 AM
#14
avatar of 1[][]

Posts: 172

nerf weapons teams
18 May 2014, 05:44 AM
#15
avatar of Bulgakov

Posts: 987

jump backJump back to quoted post18 May 2014, 04:48 AMDanielD
You are already sacrificing AT-nades or panzerfaust by using a weapons team, and you are risking giving equipment to your enemy. No point in nerfing weapons teams.


What you're saying is true and should be taken into account.


Would it not mean that if they had their capping removed that both sides would have to make more careful strategic decisions and maybe build more infantry? This would open the games up a bit, make it all more mobile.


Here's an ImperialDane shoutcast (love his shoutcasts :)) where the soviet player at 6 minutes has 6 Maxims and an AT gun.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnKsKPJM7K4

It's one of the dullest early games to watch :(
18 May 2014, 05:53 AM
#16
avatar of Burts

Posts: 1702

hey guys! Lets make combined arms even more hard to use!

Combined arms in this game is already not as rewarding as it should be. Like spamming grens/cons/maxims whatever is already easy enough. Why make combined arms even more hard to pull off?
18 May 2014, 06:08 AM
#17
avatar of Khan

Posts: 578

Snailworms FTW!
18 May 2014, 06:08 AM
#18
avatar of DocRockwell

Posts: 60

18 May 2014, 06:38 AM
#19
avatar of Le Wish
Patrion 14

Posts: 813 | Subs: 1

Very biased poll... But, no. Keep them the way they are. Yes some ppl spam maxims and cap, but I find them to be quite few. Let's keep the game open to options, let's not completely remove strats because you don't like them.
18 May 2014, 06:47 AM
#20
avatar of Porygon

Posts: 2779

jump backJump back to quoted post18 May 2014, 05:53 AMBurts
hey guys! Lets make combined arms even more hard to use!

Combined arms in this game is already not as rewarding as it should be. Like spamming grens/cons/maxims whatever is already easy enough. Why make combined arms even more hard to pull off?


Yes, almost 100% of 2v2 Soviet is one purely consspam and one purely maxim spam, this shit surely a combined arms hur?

Before in vCOH, two US players did the same thing, but required much more skills and easier to breakthrough than the current maxim shit here now. Rifles has very high upkeep and 30 cal can be easily countered by bike snipers, now cons and maxim almost have no upkeep and the game itself encourage spam.
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