Profile of Esxile

I think the autofire range is the same as the vet 0 Ost mortar but it doesn't get any vet bonus to autofire range. When the Ost mortar gets to vet 3, it gets a 33% longer barrage range, but I don't think that is really part of the pack howie's problem.

The moment you get you pak Howi, OSt mortar are already vet1/2, vet3, they're starting shooting at your pack from safe distance.

If you force flaktrack to use smoke, you have already won, cause your infantry can close the distance protected with that smoke.


Also HMGs can reposition, but almost always at cost of losing ground if you do flank properly.

The problem with OKW is not hmg34 and flak, it´s their over cost-efficient main line infantry and ealry game shock value.

If volks were more balanced, OKW would be fine. After all hmg34 is just a weak tea compared to the Ost HMG42

Yes but having the volks overperforming make HMG + flaktrak much more redoutable. Now we agree this is probably not the units to be look at first.

And that's the thing. Currently you have to watch after your M3, keep distance becasue otherwise you will be pzfausted.

With incoming reverse you won't even care about M3 just dive deep, park next to Volks and profit.

Nerfing pzfaust is imo huge misteake.

More or less what OKW does with the Kubel and the Sturm. Dive in with the Kubel to tank the damage, get the Sturm on a favorable position and profit. Nobody has the atnade ready at this moment.

But yes, nerfing pfaust isn't the best solution. adding a 5/10 fuel cost to the kubel is.


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About the m20, I usually try to get it fausted on a safe area soon after getting, two times. So I considere I have rentabilize the shirt cost. And get the STG delayed.

Earlier pzfaust was for me best change in WBP.
Now with that being reverted, welcome back M3 rush.

Plus I'm not quite sure how you want to affect kubel spam by such change.
I mean, making pzfaust more expensive and coming later, kubel spam will be even more useful than going for Volks since they can stand against M3 without bleed, while Volks without pzfaust will bleed like a hell.

5/10 fuel cost kubel would have probably solve the issue the same way.

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I think you're taking the word e-sport too straight. By e-sport people mean balanced and fair. All the examples your are giving are actually balanced and fair between players, even if their objective isn't the same. (CS-like)
E-sport isn't only a matter of money and tournament but raw material that is going to provide interesting matchup on a fair environment.
Saying a game is E-sport compatible means that, it is actually balanced between every assets and aspect of the gameplay.

Relic is bullshitting here again, of course they want their game to be e-sport, of course it has been part of the design since the beginning. For what other reason would they have build their multilayer around a bastard concept MOBA/STR? For what other reason would they have reduce the complexity of the game layer after layer?
For what other reasons would they have improve the Coh2 e-sport aspect? Because they are using it as a test platform for DoW3. Note that I'm not against since it has improved many Coh2 multiplayer aspects.

To have a game easy to use, easy to play, easy to follow and understand what is happening on your screen/twitch from the casual audience.

i don't think that most developers strive for great games, most of them are fine with good games. vcoh was developed with a 95 metacritic score in mind and in my opinion you can feel the difference between that and the mindset for coh2. regardless of the thq trouble coh2 was faulty at its core, mechanics like blizzards and abandoning clearly show that the thought process behind it was shallow.

Blizzard mechanism and deep snow were presented a year or two before Coh2 release. The community was amazed, looked so fun and cool. I was one of the few little voices telling this would simply be broken on multiplayer. Relic didn't care, it was all about "each game tells a story" bullshit and people loved it.