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Jump back to quoted post23 Apr 2015, 06:27 AMJohnnyB

You sound like a broken record or like one of Putin's paid internet trolls.

Jump back to quoted post5 Oct 2014, 10:00 AMtaxman66

So this is basically a comparison of munitions abilities from nades to mines and the like between Axis and Allies.

The problem is generally with the OKW and Soviets (and maybe to a lesser extent the USF). The Wehrmacht on the otherhand seem to be well balanced compared to Sovs and USF as they equally share competant abilities at a reasonable price.

The problem is that OKW abilities are a lot weaker and a lot more expensive because OKW only get 80% munitions.

For instance,

The Soviet mine is worth 30 munitions and is just as good as the Schu-mine. But realistically speaking the schu-mine costs 36 munitions if it was available to the soviets.

Other examples include the Guards' grenade, which has a better AoE than any other grenade in the game, has an incredibly quick throw, which is also the least noticeable by your opponent. Yet why does it cost just as much munitions as a bundled grenade - an inferior ability. Slightly off topic, but the bundled grenade has greater damage directly where it is thrown and has a lower AoE, but what point is this when allied troops spread out in large numbers and have low health anyway? If anything, the bundled grenade should have the better AoE and the guards' nades should get the damage buff.

So, how does Relic expect us to pay so much munitions for booby traps, mines, grenades, and the like if they're horrible against Allied troops, which are so much cheaper. If I use a Schu-mine, for example, what's the best possible target? 3 vet conscripts, guards, shocks? ALl of these units spread out like crazy and it's impossible to wipe them. Whereas the less expensive Soviet mine plays a more valuable role, even though it is cheaper - it can easily squad wipe a 4 vet volk squad with shrek - A HUGE loss.

Moreover, by design, OKW have less armour map presence than the other factions until much later in the game so even if a Schu-mine damages the engine of a t-70, t34 or the like, it usually gets away fairly safely (unless you already have a panther or a blob of volks nearby - fairly rare in the mid-early game). Compare this to taking out the engine of a luchs...It's probably going to get swept up by conscripts, t70, t34 or a zis gun comparatively easily.

There's a lot more i can mention in this post, such as the cheapness of molotovs, Zis gun barrage, Oorah, anti tank grenade compared to their effectiveness but I think i've summed this up fairly well.

The fact is, USF and Soviets can easily win a game with hundreds of floated munitions since their army is not munitions dependant like OKW, so they can easily spend those munitions throughout the game on mines etc. which make it almost impossible for the OKW to respond to.

Jump back to quoted post28 Sep 2014, 01:22 AMludd3emm

These stats and pictures are not mine, they are created by a guy called "Legends" on the official forums. He have a program collecting information from the top 200 players in all game modes and all factions.

http://community.companyofheroes.com/forum/company-of-heroes-2/coh-2-balance-feedback/106966-win-lose-ratio-from-15-9-25-9-2014-much-more

He have collected data previous of these days as well, here are the links:

http://community.companyofheroes.com/forum/company-of-heroes-2/coh-2-balance-feedback/84723-win-lose-ratio-from-24-7-5-8-2014

http://community.companyofheroes.com/forum/company-of-heroes-2/coh-2-balance-feedback/97486-win-lose-ratio-from-27-8-7-9-2014

Here is where you can find all the information: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cLUwwk5-l_rM9_qwQGBykOAd7960Bw2TrpnINSvRW-A/edit#gid=0





















Team games represent 77.6% of all games played and OKW and Ostheer is heavily favored in 2vs2 and up. USF is suffering on all fronts.

Thoughts?