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Thread: USF Commander Revamp 202129 Mar 2021, 09:37 AM Rifle Commander I would like to see the E8 moved to CP8 requirement and get the normal sherman ability to switch from HE to AP so it becomes a direct upgrade to the Sherman and so it can take advantage of the HVSS suspension. AP rounds works as they currently are and HE will work as similar to a Pz4's normal round without the pen or normal Sherman HE (whichever is worse) but with the bonus of the special HVSS suspension. For anyone that doesn't know. The E8 is the only tank in the game to have no scatter on the move. Taken from Cruzz's The more you know. Easy Eight has no scatter penalty on the move so it will be just as effective against infantry with the main gun standing still as moving Unfortunately the main gun on the E8 has been nerfed to oblivion against infantry. Its current role is more of a hybrid-tank that has many MGs to take on infantry while the main gun is reserved for tanks. The role isn't very defined which is something I would like to change. With this change, I can see Rifle company commander making a come back with this stronger tank. It would definitely be the strongest anti-infantry tank out especially when compared to other specialized AI tanks such as the Centaur/Flak Panzer/Brumbar/105mm Sherman/M8A1. However I believe the increased cost and doctrine slot makes up for it. Its not very different from higher cost Axis heavies (high cost, good armour, good AI but slow speed). I can see Rifle Commander being dominating early game if they control both fuel points as the HVSS suspension would make it very good vs anti-tank guns especially moving around them. Locking it behind CP8 (around the time meds come out) balances this somewhat. In team games, CP8 I would say is mid-late game around the 15 minute mark which is near when Pz4 shows up and a bit later would be when Panthers start showing up reducing the E8's window of opportunity for dominance. If E8 is still too strong when massed, for the next step I suggest limiting the E8 to having only 2 similar to heavy tank limit of 1 and/or no crew dismount like Pershing so it requires RE to repair. In: Lobby
Thread: Buff Ost and Sov artillery guns (LefH 105mm and ML-20 152mm)23 Mar 2021, 01:53 AM Jump back to quoted post21 Mar 2021, 15:32 PMGachiGasm Howis are easy to fix I've already had a proposal 1) Limit them to 1 per player (fixed problem of arty spam in teamgames). I would love this change so much In: COH2 Balance
Thread: General USF Commander overhaul23 Mar 2021, 01:51 AM Jump back to quoted post23 Mar 2021, 00:06 AMgeneral_gawain You said it yourself. It is a 205 MU rocket arty killer if the opponent doesn't pay attention... If he pays attention you wasted that munition completely. The recon plane should be a big wake up call to move the rocket artillery asap, thats always the first target next to howitzers (which don't afford any action, since you can't do nothing to stop an offmap destroying it). You get a lot more out of other offmap abilities. You can call in a JU-Loiter into a tank battle to do a guaranted ton of damage to tanks for 200 MU or kill a howitzer for sure at 200 MU + 60 MU for recon. Between this top tier offmaps and the P-47 strafing run there are a lot of other offmap attacks that are performing better. The damage of the ability is very close to the centre. Move that rocket artillery piece just a bit and it will survive. Its the last useful strafe ability. AT strafes and suppression strafes are way better: - AT strafes are better because you can hinder tanks to move out of the way by snaring, stuning or blocking them (your skill can make them work) - suppression strafes are better becasue they suppress in a large area left/right around the strafe (the area of effect can make them work) Performance of simple AI/light vehicle strafes are depended on RNG and your opponent beeing distracted or paying attention. Bad ability design if you ask me. You don't need the full 200 if you can get vision from either a friendly recon plane or (stealth) infantry nearby to provide vision. Most call-ins are wasted anyway if there is a mass retreat from the flares or AA active. P-47 strafing run is immune to AA and always lands so theres that and its only 120 muni. Back to the original point though: Its not a meme ability. It can kill rocket arty and light vehicles pretty effectively if you get the skill to aim it. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: General USF Commander overhaul22 Mar 2021, 21:51 PM Jump back to quoted post21 Mar 2021, 13:58 PMgeneral_gawain Tactical Support Company: - P-47 Strafing Run needs more supression in a wider area (atm a meme ability) Its not a meme ability. It can destroy a Stuka or Werfer provided it does not move (call it in fast). Combined with recon on the commander, you basically have a 205 muni rocket arty killer provided they don't notice it being called in. The ability is kind of misleading when its called in. You choose the attack direction of the strafe where it comes in from off map but the strafe damage happens on a small circle directly on the cursor of where you clicked initially so its pin-point accurate. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: My respond to the accusations22 Mar 2021, 21:39 PM Hi Seaking, You are a outlier in the Soviet 1v1 ladder right now. Can you give us some tips on how to improve our Soviet 1v1 game so we can achieve the same results as you? Would be interested to hear your thoughts on how to achieve the same results. In: Lobby
Thread: 2021 UKF Guide9 Mar 2021, 06:57 AM I am a 4v4 player. My preferred build order since the new update is the following: IS > IS/RE > UC > Tech > Vickers/Flamer on UC > Bolster > RE > Forward HQ > AEC Third IS (second built) can be subbed for RE if you feel you need the repairs and the third IS can be built after bolster. AEC comes slightly later than light vehicles from Ost and OKW so you have to be very careful with your UC around the 6.5 min mark. AEC is my source of early game anti-tank. I prefer it over an early anti-tank gun. After AEC, you're free to branch off into Brens/Grenades or doctrine related abilities. If I'm running a heavy muni doctrine like Commandos, I find myself delaying Brens until mid-game and spending my MP on Commandos. In: UKF Strategies
Thread: New Stuka Napalm is too powerful9 Mar 2021, 01:53 AM Jump back to quoted post8 Mar 2021, 16:08 PMpvtgooner I really really doubt balance team will respond to this thread either. They nerfed almost all indirect fire units on allies rosters like m8 and pak howie because it was two strong killing two models at a time on a weapons team that never moves. Seriously, almost every IDF unit was nerfed. For some stranger reason, and Sturmpanther and Sanders93, decided they should BUFF the most cancerous IDF unit in the game. Rocket artillery that is non doctrinal THAT LANDS WHERE YOU TELL IT TO. It makes me laugh so hard when people complain about calliope, You have to lock yourself into an average or below average doc for it and wait until 10cp, meanwhile stuka zu fuss just wipes everything it looks at whenever its cooldown finishes. Seriously, at this point I don't know why anyone doesnt realize theyre just pushing their favorite factions forward at this point. They have people spam the forums here for axis complaints and use that as ridiculous justification for their dream buffs and dream nerfs("oh well the community was complaining a lot and clearly they wanted this change!"). Community balance team is a joke, the only people worth anything are the ones that work on maps, art and making sure things dont break when a new patch goes live. I don't think its like that. The stuka doesn't really have a place in 1v1's where units move freely, the frontline are wide, flanks happen often and the stuka is super vulnerable even in base. The buff was to make it more viable in 1v1s but it had the unintended effect of being strong in team games. This game is hard to balance for both 1v1 and team games which is why I hope in the next CoH/DoW will have separate balance patches for 1v1 and team games. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: New Stuka Napalm is too powerful8 Mar 2021, 07:46 AM The new stuka napalm changes is too powerful in team games. One non-doctrine locked OKW player with a stuka is able to lock out all UKF players from building emplacements once it reaches vet 1 with no counter-play is available. I understand the reasoning behind the new Stuka napalm change and I welcome new change however it has had the un-intended side effect of being too overpowering vs UKF emplacements. I think it is too powerful for team games and I encourage everyone to test for themselves. One napalm strike is able to take out any UKF emplacement in the game if it does not brace and will take anywhere between 50-75% guaranteed damage if the structure does brace in time. In addition, the structure is locked out of being repaired (because of the fire and brace). Forward assemblies will always die and surrounding units will cook with it if its a retreat enabled assembly as it does not have brace. I do not see any counter-play available other than not playing emplacements and not playing emplacements in a 4v4 game is restricting the faction to a smaller set of play styles which can be easily countered (brits with no mortar pit will have a harder time countering machine gun emplacements). Any early investment into emplacements can be punished if a stuka shows up. Killing the stuka is not as easy as it sounds especially in team games where some maps have front lines that are very small (example: whiteball and redball express). The stuka is a shoot and scoot artillery so it has the advantage of only exposing itself to danger when it decides to. Any attempts to kill the stuka can be punished severely and often at the cost of the game. Overall, non-doctrinal, cheap cost, high accuracy and high damage of the napalm strike has become very powerful and effective way of dealing with emplacements and would be what I would argue to be too powerful. I highly suggest that this ability be reworked in the next balance patch. My suggestions would be: Lowering range/accuracy/damage to buildings, increasing requirement and cost, locking it to the firestorm doctrine (as with other firestorm related abilities) or putting wheels on UKF emplacements. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Winter 2021 Balance Patch - Discussion 8 Mar 2021, 07:16 AM I am in the process of making a thread on this but I am not a fan of the stuka napalm changes. I understand the reasoning behind them but its too overpowering in team games especially against UKF emplacements. It has not changed the meta for the better. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: UKF needs rebalance in 4x48 Mar 2021, 07:11 AM Stuka fire bomb is a hard counter to any emplacements, including the forward HQ, and any major+ambu combo. Its a pretty powerful counter that not a low of OKW players are using right now. In: COH2 Balance