IS anyone sick of "weapons lethality"?

Jump back to quoted post21 Dec 2014, 03:24 AMHS King

Hmm yeah that happens too. I think its just an overly simplistic mechanism that translates into too much rng, and too little consistency across the whole game.

This is what happens when Relic reduces the very complex but excellent mechanics of COH into the basic and impossible to balance mechanics of COH2.

Jump back to quoted post21 Dec 2014, 10:59 AMZupadupadude

Just when I thought you weren't going to compare it to vCoH rofl

How is vCoH's small arms system any more complex than CoH2's? Well, besides the target table shit, but that wouldn't even matter here.

Jump back to quoted post21 Dec 2014, 04:52 AMJadame!

Personally i am sick of panzershreck lethality, damn thing snipes infantry too often.

Jump back to quoted post21 Dec 2014, 18:40 PMswiffy

Coming from CoH1 I understand your sentiment, OP. If you made swift and good decisions in CoH1 you could avoid a lot of damage from infantry.

For the people saying that it's a learn to play issue, I'd say that's kind of true. I think it's a learn to play CoH2 issue. The exact same good tactical decisions in CoH1 will have a different result in CoH2. In the case of weapon lethality, infantry will take more damage than someone like me is used to.

It can make a major difference too. For example, 4 rifle squads in CoH1 making sound tactical decisions and avoiding taking damage may be critical in arriving at a surround / flank of the enemy wehrmacht position. While in CoH2, I don't think I can expect my squads to skirt around the battlefield, manipulating the enemy position while searching for the opening.

Sooo, while I would agree that higher weapons lethality may punish bad tactical movement, I would also conclude that it rewards lackluster tactical movement.

Jump back to quoted post23 Dec 2014, 00:07 AMMr. Someguy

Personally I don't want to go back to the days of every battle being decided by upgrades and abilities because every unit had pea shooters. People wanted vCoH style lethality, and they got it. Now we want CoH2 Alpha style tankiness back?