Requesting that the Ost 251 Forward Retreat Point stay.

Jump back to quoted post17 Jun 2019, 07:09 AMachpawel

I support all that - it would give so much more diversity. Healing could be applied in some 'cool' way. How about some button on the retreat point halftack to drop some medical supplies like okw pios next to it to be picked up with a healig aura? It could be for free after purchasing the upgrade on the halftrack or come without extra upgrade cost but you should pay every time you drop such crates.

Jump back to quoted post17 Jun 2019, 08:32 AMUnit G17

Wehrmacht has medic bunker and field medikits on pioneers and grenadiers (I miss the PG medikits...), I don't think they need yet an another healer.

Jump back to quoted post16 Jun 2019, 23:26 PMdistrofio

Actually FRP are a useful way to stop retreat hunting and adds new strategic options. Being the fact that OST is a defensive faction it was always denied a FRP and because bunkers could fortify any part of the map. But now allied factions do that every single game and it even affects balance. There is no reason OST shouldn't have an FRP now.

As game changes go, buffing and adding features instead of cutting and nerfing. I say it's ok to leave the feature. Its doctrinal at least.

Blobbing is caused by unit durability paired with cost efficiency (namely riflemen, IS and volks) not because of FRP.

To loose camouflage sounds cool if the 251 acts as frp

Jump back to quoted post19 Jun 2019, 17:05 PMRollingStone

They just removed it. Good night sweet prince, never forgetti.

https://community.companyofheroes.com/discussion/67/coh-2-changelog/p6

Jump back to quoted post19 Jun 2019, 17:24 PMJibberJabberJobber

1. Drive into enemy base with 251
2. Set up
3. Retreat whole army

Jump back to quoted post19 Jun 2019, 18:33 PMpvtgooner

Imagine looking at this recent patch as an OST player with all the buffs and still saying theyre UP because of a hotfix to a unit that should have never had that ability to begin with.

Jump back to quoted post19 Jun 2019, 19:03 PMSkysTheLimit

It absolutely needed to be removed in it's current form. Was not balanced at all. If they want to add it with some proper limitations that could be fine. But the current version had to go, that was not good for the game

Jump back to quoted post19 Jun 2019, 19:07 PMTiger Baron

Balancing it was completely possible, they just decided to go the lazy route with it, that's all.

Jump back to quoted post19 Jun 2019, 19:12 PMSkysTheLimit

It was a bug that never appeared in the preview. Removing a feature from the patch that nobody got to test is not lazy, it should be added in a preview where it can be tested.

All the other changes had to go through testing. Just saying screw that, let's balance it live makes zero sense in the new framework they've set up for patches. Especially for something as strong as an FRP

Jump back to quoted post19 Jun 2019, 19:28 PMTiger Baron

There are a hell of a lot other bugs and balance issues that the community just found out after the patch went live

Jump back to quoted post19 Jun 2019, 19:28 PMTiger Baron

there's absolutely no reason why they couldn't even try to balance it slightly as a stop gap until the big balance patch comes afterwards.