New to CoH2, but familiar with other Relic games (LONG READ)

Hello there. I stumbled upon this site while searching for a guide on single player achievements. I came to the CoH party somewhat late back in 2008 and I've been playing it on-and-off over the years. Despite being a grueling experience, I found myself playing through the campaigns multiple times on Expert difficulty while getting all of the medals. They just have a certain magic about them. I mean, they're Saving Private Ryan and Band of Brothers in RTS form, how cool is that?

It's only been this year that I seriously got into multiplayer (but limiting it to playing with offline friends at the moment). In the past, I tried a few online skirmishes before the move to Steam, but I'd always get so bitter about losing (without getting sweary of course). It's funny when I think about it now, but I remember saying to one guy before my HQ got taken out, 'Wow, you're mother must be very proud of you'.

It's been a long hiatus from CoH. My friends and I normally just play against the AI, but recently, we've been having 2 VS 1 matches, which are fun even though I never legitimately win (only one win and that was due to my friends using Panzer Elite for the first time). In a way, it's a big win for me to be a big pain in the arse and drag out a match for almost 2 hours. I guess it's like a more hardcore version of Operation Stonewall or DoWII's Last Stand mode. As you can see, I've got a lot to learn as I would think that experienced players would know how to end things quicker. If you thought that was insanely slow, you should check out our 5 hour 3 VS 3 match against the AI.

I was somewhat hesitant about getting CoH2 when it first came out. I think there was a lot of controversy, but I don't remember exactly what it was about. Maybe the commander system? Anyway, I guess spending time beating the original campaigns on Expert again made me curious so I got the Master Collection when it was on sale.

I went straight to General difficulty and I thought the Soviet campaign was pretty decent, despite coming across snippets from others saying otherwise. Now I'm onto Ardennes Assault on Hard difficulty and boy is it tough. I have yet to beat Elsenborn Ridge, but I'll say no more about that and leave it for another thread.

My plan is to go through Ardennes Assault and get all of the unlockables from that, beat the Theatre of War missions, then practise with the AI on some skirmish maps. None of my friends own CoH2 and probably never will since they don't really have proper gaming machines, so I'm thinking that I might try to find some 'tutors' or 'sparring partners' here a little bit down the track.

Maybe it's just me, but I find it more fun to play with people that I can get to know rather than toxic strangers in ranked matches. In my case, playing Real Time Strategies like CoH (or Real Time Tactics if you prefer to name them like me) is like playing a friendly game of badminton in a gentleman's (or gentlewoman's) club.

Nice to meet you all and I hope to play with and learn from this community when I finally get around to the multiplayer aspect of things.

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Bloody great wall of text you cooked up there. Welcome to the community mate, make yourself at home! Plenty of nice people on here (including me-self) that would be happy to play with you.

As for some of your questions, aye there was alot of controversy with coh2 at launch, mainly because of bugs and the Russians not being happy with how the Soviets were portrayed in-game.

Welcome to the CoH2 community. While our only two issues currently are maps and balance, with patches delayed for months (Relic deploying all resources for Age of Empires 4), we still keep our morale high with fun tournaments and team games. We have a loyal fan base as you can see, and are glad you could join us.

Welcome man!

Take in mind that you will always find toxic people wherever you go, but you will find gentle and polite people too. It's up to you the fact of deciding the ones you choose to play and interact with.

On the other hand, take in mind that this is a game and you should play for fun (unless you are playing a tournament and there is a prize for the champion, and even in that case, you should play for fun).

To conclude, this game has a very long learning curve and you get stacked if you don't play versus people. You have more to learn from a defeat than from a victory.

I'd offer myself to play with you, but I have almost no free time because of my two sons XD.

Kisses on the battlefield!

to COH2.ORG!

Thanks everyone. Feel free to add me on Steam if you don't mind playing with a newbie.

Welcome to the CoH2 community! Feel free to play some games with me if we both can spare the time.

WElcome salaga, listen veterans adn holds Hector adn you will be fine