Poll: Do you honestly think that blobs should be nerfed?

Jump back to quoted post20 Feb 2019, 16:25 PMTobis

Blobs are a L2P issue, not a mechanics issue. "My opponent isn't using cover and is ignoring 80% of the map, it's not my fault I'm losing."

Jump back to quoted post20 Feb 2019, 16:23 PMEtherealDragon

The problem is that situations will force you to "blob" and then you'll get penalized for things against your control like mass retreating to a forward retreat point or progressing through a choke point on a map. If you mass retreat and then someone makes a push against your retreat point should you really have to fight with nerfed troops in a bad situation already? It just gets too messy when there already ways to punish blobs like HMGs, rocket arty, etc. There are also times when it's advantageous to concentrate your units without "blobbing" in the sense of mindless clumping because you can't micro well.

Jump back to quoted post20 Feb 2019, 14:00 PMButcher

I voted no. Blobbing is a strategic decision. I'm against restricting it. Often you can't avoid blobbing since some maps offer narrow choke points where you have to keep your infantry together (for example Ettelbrück Station). All maps have cutoff points where it is good to have a high infantry presence. Concentrating your forces is part of gameplay.

The real issue with blobbing is the underperformance of some anti blobbing assets. What annoys me the most is the lack of survivability for all MGs but the Maxim. Seeing BAR, Bren, MG42 blobs walking head on into the MG arc and sniping crew-models while another model is trying to recrew the gun (again and again so that the MG can't fire a single salvo) is bullshit. If that could be fixed it would be a start.

Also some anti blobbing assets are underperforming: Namely the MG34 and Ostwind.

Jump back to quoted post20 Feb 2019, 13:20 PMaerafield

It probably will never (and should never) get changed anyway but I am just very curious about what people think on this. I'm not salty at all about blob strats and I even use small-blob-strats myself, but I hear complaints about this strategy in CoH since 2009 when I joined this game franchise.

Do you think blob strats should get nerfed in CoH2? A very simple and effective way would be something like a "Horde-debuff". Those of you who ever played Command & Conquer: Generals will know that China's troops got a mechanic called Horde bonus. If 3 or more units of the same type got put together in a "blob" so they were in the proximity of each other, they received significant combat bonuses.

So in CoH2 it would be the other way around: If you put 3 or more units of the same type together, they get a penalty like +25% received damage & +25% received accuracy. Does not include units of teammates.


Would this benefit the game or would it make the game just more frustrating and unfun cuz certain strategies cannot get countered anymore due to assymetrical design?

Jump back to quoted post20 Feb 2019, 18:01 PMzerocoh

There was a mechanic exactly like that in CoH1, but the dynamic of the game was very different.

Jump back to quoted post20 Feb 2019, 18:28 PMaerafield

CoH1 brit blob = worst blob in the history of CoH

Jump back to quoted post20 Feb 2019, 13:29 PMCrecer13

I have heard so much talk here about combined arms, but they continue to blob: this is a game built on a blob