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Thread: Why do S mines have signs?10 Nov 2015, 05:29 AM Jump back to quoted post10 Nov 2015, 04:43 AMKamzil118 To be honest, I really don't know. It has been there since the beginning of the game (Pre-Western Front Armies). I never heard people complain about it, but I believe it's supposed to work with defensive strategies like having a machine gun bunker covering the entire 'denial zone' to prevent minesweepers from getting rid of the mines. Though I guess it's hardly ever used other than that considering that vehicles and tanks can crush it and get away with it. I think the best way to use them is on the flanks where most players don't pay attention to. Though I can't continue due to the fact that I have very limited use of S-Mines. I think its just when a unit is useless for a long time, people just accept it and move on. Penals have been garbage for almost as long as Coh2 has been alive, people mention it sometimes but for the most part its accepted because "reasons" In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Why do S mines have signs?10 Nov 2015, 05:24 AM Jump back to quoted post10 Nov 2015, 04:59 AMSpaceHamster The fun part about S-mines is when you sneak your pios to the back and put it on a retreat path. Then watch a bunch of rifle squads run back to base through it. Insta gg right there. good mine placement should be rewarded, like placing mines in front of house entrances or narrow hallways. congrats. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Why do S mines have signs?10 Nov 2015, 05:22 AM Another big thing is the competition S minefield has in Wher munitions heavy purchases are also -Med bunker -Weapon upgrades -Rife Grenade -Panzerfaust -commander abilities -Panzershrecks -etc etc All these things are options that S mines cant compete with in terms of reliability. So not only do S mines have signs that scream to be swept, and require consistent procs to do the same damage as every other faction mine, but because they arn't good enough to compete with other options, they are almost never built. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Why do S mines have signs?10 Nov 2015, 05:15 AM Jump back to quoted post10 Nov 2015, 04:53 AMMarkedRaptor "Can" is the key word there. Soviet or USF mines can also only kill 1 model of the squad. It has a lot of variance. At certain points it's better and at certain points it's worse. The advantage of S mines is that they do constant and consistent damage. It only takes a second of walking into an S mine field to lose a squad if the person isn't paying attention. It's a trade off that sometimes pays off. Besides I don't want to imagine the horror of 15 munition S mines littered all across the battlefield. 15 munition mines dont have wipe potential, the entire 60 min minefield does, because its 4 S mines in a field if a Soviet player places 2 mines one after the other, Thats a squad wipe minefield, without signs. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Why do S mines have signs?10 Nov 2015, 05:10 AM Jump back to quoted post10 Nov 2015, 04:39 AMCookiezNcreem Ur right. We should remove the signs S mines(even one 15 muni strip...)have the biggest AOE of any mine, arguably bigger than a demo explosion. Unless you have instant reflexes, you can't react to an S Mine on the flanks for example. Your squad will just die. That's why they have signs. So there's not massive fields of invisible squad wipin mines that only cost 15 mini and 3 seconds to place everywhere. And before you say BabyRage Soviet mine only 30 muni... Well get over it. That's one little spot compared to a entire pathway that s mines can cover in comparison. they have the biggest aoe because there are 4 mines in a S Minefield all of them procing individually Small strips dont do enough damage (and again have signs) Yes you can react to S minefields, the under attack radio call like any other mine occurs. You dont need "instant reflexes" Especially because again, the mines have signs, again, units will radio call when they trip them and again, S mines have to be consistently proced to do wiping/serious damage. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Why do S mines have signs?10 Nov 2015, 04:22 AM I thought the whole point of mines was to use surprise. S mines are the most expensive mines in the game, and they come with signs. Why? -all mines can squad wipe -all mines except S mines do engine damage -S mines require consistant procs to squad wipe Please dont say something about "area denial" we are talking about mines here and sweepers are not hard. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Bring back Stonewall9 Nov 2015, 23:17 PM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PY-Ba1_21mk In: Lobby
Thread: Contending with USF infantry as Ostheer9 Nov 2015, 04:16 AM There is no consistent answer to USF infantry witch is why COH2 is on fire in any mode that isn't 4v4 anyway if you want to pony up 2.99 for the Ostruppen commander and support Lelics balance team, there is a thread in Ost strategy with people reporting some success. Theoritically with anything that has to do with USF try double sniper with panzergreniders with panzershericks following them around to deter Stuarts. In practice wait for the next patch. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Pioneer vs sapper9 Nov 2015, 04:07 AM Combat Engineers scale crazy well for 210 mp you get a slightly above average engineer squad with bolster squads, Combat Engineers turn into a highly durable assault squad with high dps, basically shocktroops without armor. Anvil turns Combat Engineers, with Bren guns, into statistically the best long range unit in the game. Combat Engineers are the best example of unit scaling in COH2. I think its actually genius design, but again this all ties into: Why is Brits Wher 2.0? In: COH2 Balance
Thread: We should start talking about nerfs/buffs7 Nov 2015, 22:03 PM So after playing a few more games against USF, who have made 1v1 automatch their home, I have given up on playing Coh2 until next patch. Any ideas on how to fix this mess? In: COH2 Balance