Howitzer Ninja Changes
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"All howitzers start on cooldown after their barrage finishes or is interupted
All barrage cooldowns reduced by 20 seconds"
This change was not discussed much as it was not in the patch preview only the live patch. I'm not someone who uses howitzers mutch but I thought they were fine with the qualification that I must take a commander which can 1 shot them in team games.
I think it's fair that their performance not require a 1 shot ability but at the same time it is not fair that they can still be 1 shot and hard countered by prepared opponents. I would classify the mobile ones differently as they cannot be 1 shot.
What do people think of these changes?
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So, my answer would be somewhere between "Not enough information" and "Doesn't matter".
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The bigger issue is the small map sizes for teamgames, it makes flanking them impossible. General mud feels big enough to allow flanking. Maybe the map makers could add some larger maps to 4v4 and place the smaller ones in 3v3.
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If so, IMO, the change is fine -- though it does sting howitzers who "take longer to shoot their barrage" than those who finish faster.
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Veterancy nerf would be better along with some little buffs. Maybe add more shells to each barrage at vet lvls instead of decreased cd.
I agree with something like this.
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Does the change apply to Priest and Sexton too?
If so, IMO, the change is fine -- though it does sting howitzers who "take longer to shoot their barrage" than those who finish faster.
Yes. The change just forces heavy tank doctrines. The factions with the best heavie doctrines will be used even more now. Is2,isu152,elephant,tiger,tiger ace,pershing, jagtiger meta
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Without it, LEFH was superior to all other howis because its barrage was so long, once it finished, it could start another one.
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I love this change.
Without it, LEFH was superior to all other howis because its barrage was so long, once it finished, it could start another one.
Ofcourse you love every change thats not good for axis.
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What is the range of all howitzers anyways? I think a big part of the problem is how you can place them deep behind your lines.
I think they're all 160 until vet 3 and then have 240 range.
I tried the ML20 last night. The change to the timer is confusing. It says the ability will be ready in xx seconds. That time will pass and it still won't fire. I didn't notice this so much on the game I just played with the OKW version of the LEFH.
The LEFH still feels a little better than the ML20. It seems like the ML20 hits harder when it hits but the LEFH hits more often. Neither of them are as good as a Pwerfer or Katy.
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Ofcourse you love every change thats not good for axis.
Why should'nt he? Axis are in a really good spot for now, always over 50% playing, according to the counter ingame. Pgrens changes, 250 and 251 HT, vet3 gren buff and massive OKW overhaul have made already well-made army into hellish spawn of OPness. I do like play with germans, I am even sort of werhaboo myself, but I'd like me some skills.
As for topic, changes to howitzers seems good enough for me. Pre-patch both ML-20 and LeFH were able to lay continuous area-denial fire or non-stop bombardment on heavvy-traffic area, making easy kills and frustrating enemy. Also, mobile arty spam was a thing.
Now it is more like an offmap arty strike - short, effective, but with big cooldown. However, it almosti killed (IMO) any sort of mobile arty unit, so my guess is to revert chandges for them and do something else to them, like increased scatter or messing with their vet1 abilities.
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Ofcourse you love every change thats not good for axis.
Its good for consistency.
Basically having barrage so long that cooldown is irrelevant and you just keep going and going and going isn't exactly healthy for balance when everyone else needs to wait.
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I think they're all 160 until vet 3 and then have 240 range.
I tried the ML20 last night. The change to the timer is confusing. It says the ability will be ready in xx seconds. That time will pass and it still won't fire. I didn't notice this so much on the game I just played with the OKW version of the LEFH.
The LEFH still feels a little better than the ML20. It seems like the ML20 hits harder when it hits but the LEFH hits more often. Neither of them are as good as a Pwerfer or Katy.
LEfh-ml20 Range 35 - 250
vet 3 Range 35 - 332.5
B4 Range 35 - 250
Priest Range 35 - 180
Sexton 35-160
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LEfh-ml20 Range 35 - 250
vet 3 Range 35 - 332.5
B4 Range 35 - 250
Priest Range 35 - 180
Sexton 35-160
Thanks, this makes more sense. I had a LEFH that hit vet 5 on Lienne Forrest. When it did, it could reach almost the entire map.
As for the OP's question, I think the state of counters for okay for USF, Soviet and Ost. OKW and UKF probably need improved (less expensive or more reliable) counters. I wouldn't support anything that made them harder to counter. I've had games on Poltawa that were going well until someone put up a howitzer right outside their base, protected by their Schwerer. After awhile, it's wiping infantry squads in my base. A sim city with a unit that can wipe anything, anywhere, is worse for gameplay than the Brit's sim city.
If the LEFH got a slight nerf that lowered its performance to closer to the ML20'S then I'm fine with it. I think it needed more of a scatter nerf than a ROF nerf, but am fine with either.
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ML20 is Ok against on field units, but its mostly used for base-rape which is also OP
B4 is… well, a B4, glorious meme
Priest and Sexton are also fine outside of baserape
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yeah this is bullshit how good is okw simcity this is like royal arty with cancer regiment in one. Without priest u will propobly lose hardly if u are usf
I've had games on Poltawa that were going well until someone put up a howitzer right outside their base, protected by their Schwerer. After awhile, it's wiping infantry squads in my base. A sim city with a unit that can wipe anything, anywhere, is worse for gameplay than the Brit's sim city.
If the LEFH got a slight nerf that lowered its performance to closer to the ML20'S then I'm fine with it. I think it needed more of a scatter nerf than a ROF nerf, but am fine with either.
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yeah this is bullshit how good is okw simcity this is like royal arty with cancer regiment in one. Without priest u will propobly lose hardly if u are usf
The combination of Overwatch skill planes and Schwerer combined with units from both players make this difficult for any faction to deal with. It doesn't bother me as much in AT matches but it's really difficult in a random match. I'm not sure why the Bofors was nerfed, as it was generally a joke anyway, and this type of sim city got no nerfs. If anything, howitzers should be made easier to destroy.
BTW, I tested LEFH versus ML20. The LEFH still wins the arty fight most times, and is pretty decent at actually destroying the ML20 where the ML20 struggles to get anything better than a decrew.
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