Does anyone use the demo charge?

Demolition Charge
• Damage from 250 to 312
• Additional building damage from 550 to 488
• Area radius from 6 to 8
• Area distance far from 3 to 5
• Area distance near from 1.5 to 2.5
• Recharge time from 30s to 0s

Jump back to quoted post2 Oct 2013, 08:52 AMrofltehcat

They were even buffed a few patches back:


Those explosion stats are pretty insane. An area radius of 8 is huge.

Jump back to quoted post2 Oct 2013, 10:25 AMAbdul

Does the demo cause engine damage to tanks?

I think those demos would have been better if their cost was lower in return for a lower damage. But I guess they kept the cost high because they do not want them to be spammed especially since they do not require any research to make.

Jump back to quoted post2 Oct 2013, 12:59 PMSgtBulldog

Your idea is good.

In COH1 the brit commandoes had cheaper (cost?) IEDs, but I don't remember that leading to a spamming. On the contrary: it was seldom used.

Jump back to quoted post2 Oct 2013, 13:17 PMTivook

I use them all the time. Excellent to place on the ice on snowmaps where you are absolutely sure a tank is going to roll by sooner or later.

Jump back to quoted post2 Oct 2013, 15:03 PMAbdul

Thanks.

I think you are referring to the demo placed by the commandos, right? The real demo in coh was the American demo , which cost 100mp and 30 fuel to unlock and then the engineers could build it for 50 ammo. That was a blast to use, and it was not spammed because of research.

Jump back to quoted post3 Oct 2013, 13:36 PMundostrescuatro

if i want to down a building 3 molotovs do the job 100% of the time and cost less. funny because demo charges dont down buildings. but molotovs do.
using them on ice, is a 1 time situation wich requires a lot of work (luring). or atention (guessing).
they only seem to be good on open fields. like some big player controled mine. but as its name suggest is not a good demolition charge.

Jump back to quoted post3 Oct 2013, 14:02 PMHux

true. but there are certain places even on large pieces of ice that you can pretty much bet that the enemy is going to come across. Pripyat winter for example, the ice just couth of the watchtower in the center. Great place for a demo.

Jump back to quoted post3 Oct 2013, 15:24 PMundostrescuatro

as i said. 1 map, 1 scenario, lots of attention. mines are more fire and forget, and i bet they can sink a tank in the ice too(can they be built on ice?).

Jump back to quoted post3 Oct 2013, 22:59 PMTurtle

You know, I wonder if you can place demo and a mine in the same spot if you're floating a bunch of muns and expect a tank.

Jump back to quoted post3 Oct 2013, 13:10 PMAvNY

It wasn't spammed because there weren't many places to put them. Go and try it. You can't demo anything but buildings and enemy emplacements. I even tried building my own tank traps in order to have a structure to blow but it didn't allow placement there either.

Commando demo is diff. Place it anywhere. Same 50 munitions, still very powerful, no research, and like the US demo it provides some vision around it.