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Jump back to quoted post17 Sep 2014, 17:36 PMVonIvan

CoHO was a masterpiece, it was on track to become a LoL or Dota 2 type game due to it being free and also having the CoH franchise backing it. I am saddened that due to the inevitable bankruptcy of THQ this had to be shut down. It is unfortunate that Relic + SEGA couldn't try this again, but obviously they never will considering Sega's buying of THQ means all they want is $$$$ for their return for at least 5 years.

Jump back to quoted post17 Sep 2014, 02:43 AMASneakyFox

These guys dont seem to be talked about much. But their value easily goes beyond their manpower cost. THey have incredibly close range killing power, almost as much as shock troopers (your non shock trooper infantry will surely run away if they get close)

However thats not really an issue on its own. The real issue is how they spawn. They can spawn nearly anywhere regardless of fog of war, instantly, and without warning. It has so many uses,

1. tank goes behind building for repairs, spawn on building kill engineers, by the time they figure out what happened all they can do is retreat.

2. Need to spot enemy units for artillary? perfect.

3. think enemy might be garrisoned in a building? theres a great way to find out

4. enemy retreating instead of dying? just instantly spawn in their retreat path for the wipe.

There should really be some warning so you know that you might be subjected to that kind of thing. In the same way paratroopers give a warning. Eg a green smoke followed by a 4-5 second delay, THEN spawning.

or alternatively, make it so that vision on the building is required to spawn out of it and keep it instant. (the first suggestion would keep them as behind the lines harassers though)

Its just silly that axis get such a powerful unit that spawns anywhere instantly. And then allied paratroopers which actually have airbourne like mechanics have to deal with drop zones and typically being seen if paradropping behind enemy lines, and a huge delay.. and once theyre in there they theyre bassically just riflemen that are a little bit better.

Jump back to quoted post17 Sep 2014, 09:42 AMJohnnyB

All changes to OKW (wich turned it into something very different of what it was at the beginning), are the result of your crying, dear whiners. But you must consider that no nerf will come without something other to be buffed or changed. I mean if you think that crying a river for fallschirm nerf will pay off, maybe it will, but something else will be changed and you will whine again. Nothing will be turned into a worst thing whithout additional changes just because you can't figure it out how to beat it.

So take a look at what OKW was at the beginning and what it is now, from your allied only perspective and think: you like it better now? My feeling is that you don't. Especially if we talk about "pros" 4v4 games.

So you know what? Stop with the whining, that will surely pay off.

Jump back to quoted post16 Sep 2014, 15:58 PMAvNY

One of the arguments for the current balance is that USF vehicles are in a fine place because their "medium" (vulnerable) status is balanced by the ability for the crew to repair. Thinking about that mechanic I realize it is possible this is true but at a substantially higher skill level than is actually implied by obvious vulnerability of the unit.

The vehicles, like many of the Soviet tanks, can be balanced in the very best of hands because they are still effective if microed well. Leave aside argument that this doesn't address the imbalance most less-than-great-micro players will feel in the units, the crew-repair mechanic actually exacerbates the problem.

We know the vehicles have to be microed well. We know that they have less pop allowing for more of them as a balance. But each added vehicle creates exponential increases in micro (it becomes harder and harder to squeeze APMs into each available second) and practice. But now one of the "balance" ideas given to compensate for the vehicle weakness is a mechanic that requires.... even more micro. It is further a weakness because you have to expose your crews while doing it.

This is great for those who can handle it but for the rest of us it is a mechanic that is actually exacerbating our problem which is that we already have to do more micro and more combined arms than the super troops and super tanks on the other side.

Why shouldn't the US get a repair facility/truck instead? The balance aspect is the same (repairThat is much closer to the actual US armor strength in WWII. The US excelled at damaged vehicle recovery and repair. Something that actually wasn't the case for the Axis.

I know this is a fantasy. Relic has a fetish for things as they are. But the stats and player choices says something different.