Profile of drChengele

I am not in favour of removing demolition charges. They add a net positive effect to the game as they do punish blobbing. It should also be noted that Soviets don't really have a wide arc MG to deal with blobs. Furthermore, 90 ammunition is not a small investment. Do you not vary your positioning in the capping circle?

I think that suggestion someone made would be a great starting point : reduce cost to 75 ammo, add a 2.5 second timer after clicking the detonate button. Now the demo player has to time and anticipate enemy movements, and suddenly a nobrainer 1 click squadwipe turns into a more of a skill based ability. You can still use them to lure the enemy into conveniently constructed cover or abandoned team weapon, for example (which IMO should be a legitimate tactic for demo ambushes). They can then also reliably be disarmed by sweepers (you can no longer time your demo to explode just before the sweepers touch it).

You know how with demos you wait for THAT EXACT MOMENT where it will maximize the kill potential? Well it will be impossible with this system.

Reduced price would further enrich the game as it would make demos more useable in demolishing bunkers, buildings and trucks, which should be the primary usage for it.

For the record, I would have no problems with such a demo charge being given to all factions.

Alternative is to tie it to a 150/30 research.

All this goes for Soviets. They are only in two doctrines for US and I think it would not be fair to gimp AssEngies further.

I would rather see any one of the above changes than the elimination of demolition charges.

Fine then, I wasn't aware of that. Then at least your argumentation makes sense. So you are in favour of nerfing both the German and the Soviet sniper?

Thank you for that, I will try to be similarly fair to your arguments in the future.

Yeah I pretty much hate the way snipers are implemented in CoH2 (better than CoH1, but still). Do you think I like it when my 360MP investment goes down the drain due to a lucky RNG roll the second I look away? I curse RNG as much as the next guy and realize that a fragile unit dying to a lucky RNG roll is frustrating.

While Soviet snipers were more survivable, I was pretty much against them and I abhorred Sov cheese. God knows Ostheer sniper needed a buff but if it is too survivable it is a good way to inflict one-way manpower bleed on an opponent.

Because RNG needs to go,

By that logic, accuracy / target size calculations should be removed, as well as penetration / armour mechanics, altogether? Scatter should be removed from mortars and arty? How the hell will you model a WW2 game without these?

It takes alot of micro and time to get the sniper to vet 3 and generally he still reaches that level 15-20 min into the game with perfect micro and assuming he was one of your first purchases (which should never be), he shouldn't get killed by a random rocket or mortar/AT gun that randomly fired and managed to fully hit him.

If it is "perfect" micro, then how did a Katyusha rocket manage to hit him?

You are supposed to babysit your sniper. If you wanted a squad that is resilient to RNG, you should have bought a squad that doesn't have cloak and instakill crits.

The problem is that baseline obers provide far to little for 400 mp. nothing more then slightly stronger grenadiers

I disagree, people are just used to them completely and effortlessly pwning everything in sight. I would say they provide enough survivability and DPS for a 400mp infantry unit. Looking at Paras, Falls and PzGrens for comparison of cost effectiveness.

They are not "slightly better Grenadiers", they are Ultra-grenadiers. Long range firepower out of the box, much more accurate kars, with an exponentially more powerful, but same-cost, LMG upgrade, better received acc modifiers, and insane veterancy bonuses.

KT is still worth every penny.

If it is slightly more expensive fuelwise than IS2 it might have something to do with the fact it has an incredibly powerful neutron blaster of doom attached to the turret.