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Thread: Increased RA from nearly squads - Antiblob measure.17 Jan 2022, 10:12 AM Always thought Focus Fire off was simply spreading the damage to the entire squad instead of picking one model per one. It let into having squad losing health but no model until each hit 0. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Increased RA from nearly squads - Antiblob measure.14 Jan 2022, 13:17 PM Jump back to quoted post14 Jan 2022, 12:37 PMKatukov a blob (Blob) is defined in COH2 (company of heroes two) as a tight infantry formation consisting of four up to 6 (and up) combat troops, clustered closely to each other in order to maximize firepower over outnumbered and spread apart units. A blob is characterized as one by virtue of having a massive number of infantry troops, and their lack of micromanagement, leading to crude tactics that work due to the large volume of firepower four up to 6 combat troops You mean squads or models? Also why this arbitrary number? Edit: anyway let's be honest, you can't have a good answer to this. Let's take three examples why debuff for "blob" isn't working. 1- Your answer is squads. So this mean that 4 squads of 3 models, 12 models in total, would receive the debuff while 3 squads of 4 models, 12 models in total wouldn't. 2- Your answer is models. So this mean 4 squads of 4 models, 16 models in total, would receive the debuff but 3 squad of 7 (conscripts), 21 in total, would not receive the debuff. 3- Your answer is an arbitraty >16 (4 squad of 4 models) then again 3 squads of conscripts would receive the debuff while not being particularly any better than 4 squads of grenadiers or 4 squads of Obers or Falls. Then goes the usual implementation dilema, if I have 4 squads close-by defending my area Am I blobbing? etc... In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Increased RA from nearly squads - Antiblob measure.14 Jan 2022, 10:12 AM What's a blob? I mean, give me a correct, precise in number, and agreed by anyone definition of a blob. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: 105mm Sherman and Brummbar should be less durable9 Jan 2022, 11:34 AM Jump back to quoted post8 Jan 2022, 11:35 AMSander93 ATGs are not meant to be the counter to a T4 150 fuel heavy AI/breakthrough vehicle. TDs and tanks are what counter it, not infantry based AT. Interesting statement, then why does it have so much armor that medium tanks struggle to pen it? If the brummbar counter ATG its with its sheer damage power its actual armor value isn't needed. Also why the 105 sherman doesn't follow the same pattern regarding your statement. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Coh 2 game director Quinn Duffy left relic21 Dec 2021, 07:21 AM Jump back to quoted post21 Dec 2021, 06:04 AMVonIvan Cruzz would be celebrating this historic moment Not alone. As game director he failed the game. In: Lobby
Thread: People thought relic was going to close down 201816 Dec 2021, 17:49 PM Jump back to quoted post16 Dec 2021, 15:06 PMHannibal I wouldn't say a standard point is THAT much weaker than a specialized one. It's just that the game forces you to prioritize fuel so much in the beginning that the munitions income is not that important. At the start everyone rushes fuel. Not having infantry upgrades is bad, but getting an early Luchs/AA HT/222 etc is more than compensating for that and will likely give you control over more points for mun. Later the situation often reverses when fuel is not that important and you just want munitions to buy abilities. I agree that the system is bad though since it makes it arbitrary which point you take. There are usually 12 standard points, of which a maximum of 4 designed as cut offs. This leaves at least 8 points with the only function of generating exactly the same amount of resources. They are for the most part interchangeable and basically all "the same". In total, there are 3 important VPs, 4 special resource points, <4 cut offs and >8 "boring" standard points. Almost half of the points do not have decent purpose, and at least 2 are often secured next to the base anyway. I hope CoH3's new, old system can improve that. It is more of a challenge for mappers though, since the points need to be placed in a way that you can't snowball and insta-win because you control the most important region for 5 minutes. Let's see what Relic does. A lot of good sense here, its hard to compare Coh1 and Coh2 on this matter since only the second has been extensively played on renewed patched and maps. vCoh teamgame was broken in favor of Axis since they could more capitalized on resources with the buyable vet. During the pre-alpha solo player I saw a new mode that could be interesting to develop, I don't know what does plan Relic about it. There was no victory points, every point matters in the calculation of the countdown. It's more like Wargame's serie if I'm not mistaken and could be refreshing reducing the amount of shock points on maps and encouraging playing on all the map. In: Lobby
Thread: Seems odd that JT can nuke heavy at with barrage8 Dec 2021, 10:10 AM If I recall correctly the reason why the Jagdtiger get the barrage in the first play was because if there wasn't any tank around it would become a sitting duck with no purpose with a heavy cost and that was too bad. You forbid your opponent to play with tanks and on top of that you get an ability to wipe its infantry because otherwise its too bad. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Upgunning the soviets - the IS-2 7 Dec 2021, 21:35 PM Jump back to quoted post7 Dec 2021, 20:53 PMHannibal This is not contradicting anything that calculatuons can tell you. If other units can fill the gap/role of the IS2, then the calculations might actually tell you why. The calculations will also give you a pretty decent picture of the Sherman's performance against other vehicles. If there is e.. a Brummbar meta, stats will tell you what units perform worse or better at countering it. And if MMX's calculations about the Tigers's and IS-2's AI say they are pretty close, but you in game think they are, it'll at least tell you that it is because of other factors like moving too much etc. He doesn't overstate the explanatory power of his sim, he clearly explained them for what they are: artificial, standardized setups with very defined parameters that come close to the in game situation. No one claimed they will tell you every aspect of the AI of these units. And I fully agree, theydon't give you the full picture of a unit. But single posts of a hand full of usera do not either. And doing the calculations also prohibit anyone from critical reasoning and adding other information. But they give comparable numbers that - if done well - reasonably represent what you should see in game if you try to replicate the setup. I never said contradiction, I said its not enough to set conclusion. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Upgunning the soviets - the IS-2 7 Dec 2021, 19:50 PM Jump back to quoted post7 Dec 2021, 18:35 PMHannibal I partially agree, however as you said previously, spreadsheets help. At the very least they help you focus on the actual problems. Some units are not used because they don't fit very well into the build. In these cases, buffing their combat power will be the wrong way to go. In some cases, you just need a different spreadsheet. Why is SU76 the almost never built for Soviets? Because their AI in the early game is bad (infantry calcs), T70 is the better way to go and can also at least block other LVs (vehicle calcs). Doesn't give the full picture obviously, but they can help tremendously to identify the actual problems. There's no use discussing anecdotal evidence of 1-2 games when you can clearly show that this is either observer bias or a rare case. And you can proof that by running theoretical calcs. Yes but spreadsheets can't observe why while having good stat the IS2 is barely used. So maybe its because other unit's stats, maybe because of the meta, or build order, or cost etc... I take again the Sherman example, it has on paper good AT stat, but once you compare it with armor it faces they suddenly don't look like so powerful. Let's think about the parallel between Tiger and IS2. On paper they have the same AI DPS according to MMX, but both tanks don't have the same speed, could it be possible that the Tiger being able to close the distance faster and disengage faster is used more aggressively and thus regularly at medium range while the IS2 being slower is more likely to shot at max range making the difference people are seeing. Or that a good part of IS2 AI dps comes from the dushka which is modified by the constant late game yellow cover all around the map. My point was only there, Stats are indeed a good 1st point to take in account but you can't stop by it and say everything is fine or broken because stats are ok or not. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Upgunning the soviets - the IS-2 7 Dec 2021, 11:22 AM Jump back to quoted post7 Dec 2021, 10:32 AMMMX Well, then how would you define and quantify this ominous opportunity time and how does it differ for, say, the IS-2 and the Tiger? Experience, faction design, gameplay. Let's take some examples, the JP4 is the best TD in game statistically wise but nobody really use it until after building a panther or a KT. The Stug is also super good, it counters any medium tank and it still very good vs premium medium but yet nobody use it extensively, why? The Ez8 is very good everyone says it so why don't we see it in teamgame? You can't answer those examples with spreadsheet stats, their stats are all very good but nobody use them as we think it should. In: COH2 Balance