Hector´s suggestions on how to fix Brace

Jump back to quoted post19 Mar 2017, 00:05 AMMr.Smith

Just make brace also reduce incoming repairs while it's active. That will help fix Advanced forward assembly and Stand-Fast top-ups.

That way you only use brace to delay the emplacements getting wrecked (since they are immobile), but you still have to respond with a mobile force. Going sim city with the nerf on means that it will take about 3-4 times fewer ISGs/Mortars to inevitably wreck a sim city.

Jump back to quoted post18 Mar 2017, 21:32 PM__deleted__

My suggestion on how to finally balance brace and make it interesting for both sides is rather simple and it cosist of these 2 points.

1. Emplacements cannot use stand fast nor be repaired with forward assembly engineers while braced. They can still be repaired by normal engineers, because engineers are put under huge risk while repairing under fire.


2. Emplacements will take (33-50%) increase damage after brace ends. Let´s say for 15-20 seconds. With this change, UKF player will still be able to use brace to protect his emplacement from heavy artillery fire/tank pushes/whatever but will be punished greatly if he does not manage to establish strong foothold after brace period ends. Axis player will be able to play around brace, because he will get 15-20 second window of opportunity after brace, when he deals bigger damage to emplacements. This will open up options for great mind games. For example make fake push with tank, force emplacements to brace and kill it afterwards.


By these changes emplacements will be no longer no brainer, will need furthure support from other sources, and quick response for UKF player,if he wants to keep the alive. UKF won´t be able to keep them alive forever and ever with brace+stand fast combo. He will also be punished if he uses brace badly and does not manage to hold line withing brace period.

Axis player will get option to play around emplacements and kill them after brace period rather easily thanks to these changes.

I´m not aiming to remove brace altogether because it´s very interesting feature that helps emplacements to survive (something like retreat). I want to give brace handicap afterwards, so it becomes high-risk high-reward ability that may keep your emplacement alive or destroy it alltogether.

What do you think about this idea ? Disuss.

Jump back to quoted post25 Mar 2017, 03:32 AMGrumpy

A lot of players throw flame grenades right as brace is finishing. This feature would ensure that the emplacement is destroyed. I haven't been having a hard time with emplacements in 2v2's. I sometimes have a hard time in 4v4's when there are 6-8 emplacements. Even then, it normally works out okay because they sacrifice a lot of pop cap for an immobile unit.

Before you go to all this trouble, here is my suggestion:

1)Replace the Bofors model with a model that looks a lot like a halftrack.
2)Allow the model that looks like a halftrack to move.
3)Since it can move, remove brace so that it can be repaired from the comfort and security of its own base.

Jump back to quoted post25 Mar 2017, 03:32 AMGrumpy

A lot of players throw flame grenades right as brace is finishing. This feature would ensure that the emplacement is destroyed. I haven't been having a hard time with emplacements in 2v2's. I sometimes have a hard time in 4v4's when there are 6-8 emplacements. Even then, it normally works out okay because they sacrifice a lot of pop cap for an immobile unit.

Jump back to quoted post25 Mar 2017, 10:13 AM__deleted__

If you let your enemy to roam for 30 seconds around your emplacement and allowed him to throw incing nade a second before brace finishes, then you did something horribly wrong