Reskin the old factions: Ostheer and Soviets

Jump back to quoted post29 Aug 2015, 21:43 PMMr. Someguy

They'll never make alternate Infantry skins, because the skins are important in identifying a unit. This isn't a problem with vehicles because those are large and have distinct shapes. Infantry are small and roughly the same shape, so their skins are one way to quickly tell them apart.

Again this has to do with unit identification. Soviets are bright yellow-tan to make identification easy. Same with Americans who instead of olive green are fairly light green, which stands out and is unique, or Volksgrenadiers who have bright grey uniforms.

Jump back to quoted post29 Aug 2015, 23:48 PMQbix

Absolutely irrelevant. Infantry units have never been and will never be identified primarily via the appearance and skins of their models. That's what the colored icons above them are for. Do you zoom in to tell Conscripts apart from Combat Engineers? No, you look at the colored icon above their head. If someone changes the camo, the cloths or whatever on them so they look more realistic, it has absolutely zero impact on the gameplay (unless they color units in neon pink or something maybe, but even that wouldn't really change the fact that the unit icon is the one ppl look at).

Jump back to quoted post30 Aug 2015, 00:07 AMZupadupadude

You'd be suprised. It's more important than you'd think. At least for a lot of people.

Jump back to quoted post29 Aug 2015, 21:43 PM__deleted__

In Groningen The Netherlands you do get free food at restaurants. Appetizers with bread and free drinks when you take a full menu.

And in the way you are putting it, isn't it weird that staff that take your orders while working in a company that charges you money for certain food items and then the staff expects you to give them money for the services they provide you (tips). While it is just their job?

If we factor this in, shouldn't Relic be giving us free skins because we play their game. Surely we should get some reward right, we are the loyal but small playerbase.

Jump back to quoted post30 Aug 2015, 11:07 AMUberHanz

Relic is not expecting you to give any money (tips). You pay for what you want. Again, relic is a smaller company working on a niche genre for PC only, that alone reduces business opportunities. As long as they perform like this year, Im glad to pay for whatever little nerd-powered nonsense they throw at me to help them become bigger.

After all, its the only company which consistently produces triple-A-quality titles in the RTS genre (besides Blizzard, which really does not need any financial support at all).

Jump back to quoted post29 Aug 2015, 23:48 PMQbix

Absolutely irrelevant. Infantry units have never been and will never be identified primarily via the appearance and skins of their models. That's what the colored icons above them are for. Do you zoom in to tell Conscripts apart from Combat Engineers? No, you look at the colored icon above their head. If someone changes the camo, the cloths or whatever on them so they look more realistic, it has absolutely zero impact on the gameplay (unless they color units in neon pink or something maybe, but even that wouldn't really change the fact that the unit icon is the one ppl look at).

Jump back to quoted post30 Aug 2015, 11:55 AMBeltFedWombat

I agree with OP, the Wehr and USSR need to be of the same care and eye for detail as the newest factions (IMO the best unit model in the game are the obers FWIW).

The camouflage grens suck, why not just use the far superior PzFus model from OKW tweaked slightly?

My other bugbear is Wehr vehicle crews wearing helmets. Virtually all images show them wearing soft caps.

Lastly, the Russian combat engineers look like farmers, not gnarly front-line combat troops. Give them camouflage suits like the summer-uniform snipers at least.

Jump back to quoted post30 Aug 2015, 11:55 AMBeltFedWombat

Lastly, the Russian combat engineers look like farmers, not gnarly front-line combat troops. Give them camouflage suits like the summer-uniform snipers at least.

Jump back to quoted post30 Aug 2015, 14:05 PM__deleted__

I see.

Coh2 a triple-A-quality title? Hahaha don't push it now

Jump back to quoted post30 Aug 2015, 19:33 PMMr. Someguy

The .50 cals on these vehicles







The Combat Engineers are not meant to be Assault Engineers, those guys are already sorta-portrayed as Shock Troops. Although if Shocks had demo or satchel they'd more fit the real-life role. The Combat Engineers in game seem like rear-echelon types, they lay mines, fix vehicles, and complain about combat ("We are builders, not killers, why are they shooting at us!?")

Jump back to quoted post31 Aug 2015, 01:36 AMBeefSurge

The USF presentation spoils me when I play other factions.

Jump back to quoted post30 Aug 2015, 23:06 PMUberHanz

Yes. CoH, W40K, DoW2, CoH2, all rts-games on the highest level of quality.

Have you played BF4? Or any alternative RTS-game of the past 5 years (again Blizzard is out of the equation because of soon(ish)(TM))?

CoH2 had a bad start with a lot of issues, but meanwhile its an excellent game, state-of-the-art graphics, solid balance, unique gameplay.

Funny how ppl are so used to their internet whining, that they cant see quality anymore.

Jump back to quoted post31 Aug 2015, 05:06 AMmrako

Almost every unit and asset is scaled wrong. All buildings and assets are 30% smaller compared to the soldiers...Compare the uniforms and some of the units modeling with the original game. FFS they even mede the okw volks helmet round, how could they mess this up.

Jump back to quoted post30 Aug 2015, 23:06 PMUberHanz

Yes. CoH, W40K, DoW2, CoH2, all rts-games on the highest level of quality.

Have you played BF4? Or any alternative RTS-game of the past 5 years (again Blizzard is out of the equation because of soon(ish)(TM))?

CoH2 had a bad start with a lot of issues, but meanwhile its an excellent game, state-of-the-art graphics, solid balance, unique gameplay.

Funny how ppl are so used to their internet whining, that they cant see quality anymore.

Jump back to quoted post31 Aug 2015, 08:38 AM__deleted__

Funny how Relic has gotten used to what every other gaming company does and can't seem to realize that they should focus more on quality than quantity. Releasing factions time and time again won't fix anything, let alone quality

Jump back to quoted post31 Aug 2015, 08:50 AMMr. Someguy

No he's right, people will whine about anything now. We already have people complaining that USF / OKW don't have any new doctrines while others complain that Relic is adding too much stuff too quickly. Gamers, and the internet in general, have just become very bitter and entitled.