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Thread: Bofors11 May 2016, 01:35 AM Jump back to quoted post10 May 2016, 23:12 PMturbotortoise Bulgakov, please reiterate your argument to me. Because as far as I can tell, the only thing you have said to me was you cannot flank a Bofors. Since then, I have been defending my position saying that if you haven't denied it strategically, a well executed flank is the only, if not desperate, tactic available, barring a stockpiling of indirect fire. The only one being dismissive is you, we can both agree it is desperate, but where is your alternative? And I apologize if in my defense I have missed it whilst standing on my soapbox. What he's saying is that flanking a bofors doesn't help much because it rotates so quickly. Just like flanking an OKW flak base doesn't do much. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Bofors9 May 2016, 02:53 AM Jump back to quoted post9 May 2016, 00:09 AMGoldeneale Move your mortar when you hear the BOFORs start its barrage. Honestly I can't comment on Counter Battery, because I've never actually had someone use it against me, have never used it, and my AT partner that is really heavy into the Emplacement Doctrine insists that it doesn't even work. He says he's never noticed it do anything, though he also isn't the most astute of players. I assume that Counter Battery has some foreshadowing of its bombardment? Smoke, or artillery noises? That it costs munitions, at least? I don't know. I normally beat emplacement brits within ten minutes so I really can't say. Counter battery is pretty key to this whole discussion about Brit emplacements. At least in 2v2. I've played like 20 2v2s with that setup and it's frightening what it does to enemy mortars. I have a now sadly broken replay of my Brit ally's counter battery slaughtering like 4 mortars and 3 ISGS on Crossing. It's all we've been doing since that commander was released and it's glorious. Counter battery is free and isn't very accurate but has a good rate of fire. It also covers the entire map on most maps. You just turn it on and your base guns automatically wreck enemy mortars. You can leave it in the whole game except that you can't build tier 3 and tier 2 units while it's on (if both guns are set to counter battery). But it's very easy to have at least one going the whole game. Mind you this is not at high levels of play. So maybe for people who are better at the game it's not an issue. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Bofors8 May 2016, 23:48 PM Goldeanle, what you outlined would not work against advanced emplacements in 2v2. Counter battery would kill your mortar at no cost to the British player. Even if they didn't counter battery you, they could use the suppressive barrage and that would wipe your mortar like once a minute. There is no way a single mortar can threaten a Bofors. Maybe a single ISG, but never a single mortar. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Bofors8 May 2016, 12:01 PM Brace already has a weakness in the form of it's cool down. If you have multiple indirect fire units you can force a brave at a bad time and then nuke it during its cool down. Hitting brace is actually already risky against opponents who know what they're doing. If someone is plinking away at an emplacement with 1 mortar then brace is a no-risk move. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Bofors6 May 2016, 15:47 PM Flak HQ comes with teching - Soviets don't get a gigantic anti-everything gun when thy build tier 4, even though they pay about the same. So yeah, it's free. Saying it costs 120 fuel is like saying the captain costs the US player 50 fuel. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Which builds/strats are widely considered "abuse?"5 May 2016, 18:45 PM Jump back to quoted post5 May 2016, 18:37 PMelchino7 Whatever works and it's effective will be considered by someone as abuse. Granted, someone once raged at me for building an Ostwind. But if you build 6 emplacements every game you'll encounter more rage than usual. I'm curious about other strategies like emplacement spam. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Dawn of War to CoH5 May 2016, 18:20 PM Well I am glad to hear you like Star Wars. : ) But seriously man you gotta learn more about 40k. The swords aren't like metal objects from the Middle Ages, they're technologically advanced weapons designed for the setting,like light sabers. In: Other Games
Thread: Ai Sturmpioneers spotted with Panzershrek?5 May 2016, 17:56 PM Looted from dead volks? The AI works in mysterious ways. Mysterious, half-track spamming ways. Edit My bad misread context In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Dawn of War to CoH5 May 2016, 17:12 PM Australian magic, I'm guessing you also dislike Star Wars. In: Other Games
Thread: Which builds/strats are widely considered "abuse?"5 May 2016, 16:42 PM Jump back to quoted post5 May 2016, 16:31 PMAerohank The only two things that spring to my mind as truly abusive are Rear Echelon and Royal Engineer spam. Both abuse the weapon racks system to get a large number of very cheap troops that can dish out massive amounts of pain unequaled by anything the Soviets or Axis forces can put on the field. That's interesting cuz for me it would be easier to just give the weapons to tommies or riflemen and use them. What would you recommend for making those builds work? Do the REs replace normal infantry or just supplement them? In: COH2 Gameplay