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Thread: Are you taking a break from the CoH2 title?12 Sep 2014, 17:22 PM I still like the game and still get a couple of matches in everyday, but the general state of team games has made me depressed. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: What should Relic do to increase allies-players?12 Sep 2014, 16:07 PM Jump back to quoted post12 Sep 2014, 16:02 PMSarantini allies need a complete faction redesign so they are more fun to play. spamming maxims or snipers and relying on call in infantry might be balanced but it sure is no fun. Maybe even make t3 and t4 both accessible Giving USF a heavy tank in a doctrine would be a stupid fix, everyone would choose that doctrine and you end up the same as soviets. dont really know what to do with it Factions with stock units should work in every mode. I completely agree Sarantini! USF getting a nondoc Pershing will probably never happen because Relic and Sega need that $$$ from commander-specific units In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: What should Relic do to increase allies-players?12 Sep 2014, 15:57 PM I am glad people have the same observations as me regarding Allies and Axis in team games. It is either win fast or face impending loss. Another problem I see is that OKW and Ost can choose to attack or defend. They have good enough units where they can be flexible in offense and defense. However, Allies have no heavy emplacements suited for a defense. Allies just focus on attacking the enemy. Once heavy Axis tanks roll out, the "attack only" strategy of Allies just evaporates to the strong armor and damage of Axis heavies. In my experience with team games (I play them exclusively), Allies usually have a good map advantage during the early and midgame (probably 60 percent). If you haven't crushed the Axis by then or made one rage, it is going to be a pain in the ass to deal with Panthers, KT, Jagdtigers, etc. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Are Guards Ok Now?12 Sep 2014, 14:44 PM Previous to button nerf Guards were already meh. 1. really expensive call-in infantry 2. DPs necessary to compete but very expensive 3. They DROP their weapons a lot which is ridiculous 4. Can't compete with other Axis infantry above T0 let alone elite units 5. PTRS + DPs = jack of all trades unit with no real saving grace but button In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Patch Video12 Sep 2014, 02:54 AM http://www.twitch.tv/relicentertainment/b/567569238 Fast Forward to 11:00 because that is when the video begins This was linked to me in a thread. I just wanna post this to let everyone hear what Relic has to say about balance and the current patch. Nice to hear them actually talk about the patch and answer some questions. They are aware of some of the issues we have talked about on this forums although their progress seems very slow In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Good game...12 Sep 2014, 02:46 AM just played a 4v4 against you guys. had a good game though we lost. thanks In: The Art of Warfare
Thread: Conscripts post 9/9 patch12 Sep 2014, 01:33 AM Jump back to quoted post12 Sep 2014, 00:42 AMFestiveLongJohns Heartless comparing conscripts to falls, obers, and JLI is like calling for volks to be buffed because shocks arrive at 2 cp. Your comment about 8 minute obers is just unreasonable. Please show me a replay where your doing that because in all reality it takes around 10 minutes to get T4 up, and besdies, you would have been better off rushing a luchs anyway. I'll admit that the conscript ppsh upgrade feels really, really lackluster at the moment, and I would like to see that give cons the ability to scale late game. In no way should vanilla cons to stand up to LMG grens/obers like everyone keeps comparing them too. Good points! To your comment about at nades, they have a high % chance to pen from the rear of medium vehicles, and a decent chance against heavy armor, although this is much less reliable. Also, bleeding a few conscript models to snare a vehicle is almost always worth it. AT nades/fausts are one of the strongest abilities in the game and cannot be overlooked, especially so with regards to conscripts that have oorah to help get in position. Your point about molos is spot on and now that mass (4 plus) conscripts are less viable and I'm usually only building 1-2 of them per game, I almost never tech molos. My comment on durability applies more than just to their received accuracy. Oorah can get you out of sticky situations or to reposition and the 6 models prevent random wipes from things like AOE explosions in general. So yes, the received accuracy does hurt and cons feel a lot weaker now, I just think we should be a little hesitant to call for buffs to a unit that can quickly get out of hand. I think the conscript ppsh upgrade should serve to make cons a viable front line unit, as there are no commanders that include all of ppsh upgrade, shocks/guards and a late game heavy. Also, penals and shocks are pretty beast now, guards felt the nerf bat pretty hard, but button can still be useful in a pinch. i understand your concern about making conscripts equal to grens. There was a big thread by Arclyte talking about conscripts that featured a lot of thoughts by other members. I think everyone was in agreement that cons shouldn't be exactly like grens. Everyone wanted some kind of late game buff that helped them out a bit. and no, merge, at nade, and molotov are not tools that help cons scale into late game. they drastically lose effectiveness because of the appearance of heavy armor and high dps units. Cons will simply just bleed in attempting to do these abilities In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Conscripts post 9/9 patch11 Sep 2014, 23:29 PM Jump back to quoted post11 Sep 2014, 20:54 PMdek0y http://www.twitch.tv/relicentertainment/b/567569238?t=36m45s Thank you for this video that talks about the changes to conscripts. They stated that they added the received accuracy nerf to force conscripts to be in cover, This is idiotic because conscripts died fast prepatch regardless if they were in cover or not In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Conscripts post 9/9 patch11 Sep 2014, 20:52 PM Jump back to quoted post11 Sep 2014, 20:31 PMArray I don't wish to get into a WW2 argument on this site as virtually everyone including myself is an absolute WW2 nerd but come on - the Soviet union suffered at estimated 9 million dead and 20 million wounded or sick from its combat forces. Despite all the flack the single player campaign got and to be fair it was not representative of the entire war there were occasions where entire Soviet brigades were thrown away simply to hold the Germans up. German losses may have reached 6 million but only when attacked on all sides and overwhelmed by the 200 odd divisions the Soviets had hanging around after the Germans destroyed the first 120 The OKW faction in this game is built on the concept of grizzled veterans from the Eastern front being switched West for the battle of the Bulge, With allied troops you have more of a point but units like the 7th Armoured fought from North Africa to Berlin and the US had the Big Red One who undertook both Italian and then the Normandy landings because of their veterancy Some of your points are silly... True, there were horrendous Soviet casualties on the Eastern Front, but many of the worst losses these happened during 1941-1942 when the USSR was in a desperate position/unprepared/overconfident sometimes. The Ussr did wisen up after Stalingrad on preservation of their forces/adapting to the conditions. Saying that the USSR did not care about veterancy is plain wrong. Look at the Guards Armies. Divisions and armies that fought hard or accomplished much were given "guards" status. Some of these armies were used to lead an assault, defend a crucial sector, or to launch a counterattack. Saying that the Ussr simply outnumbered and overwhelmed the Axis does not give credit to the Soviet soldier or to their generals. They conducted many brilliant operations such as Bagration, Kursk, Stalingrad, etc. I will stop here to avoid derailing haha In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Conscripts post 9/9 patch11 Sep 2014, 20:25 PM Jump back to quoted post11 Sep 2014, 18:20 PMArray Going back to the core concepts of conscripts is they are cannon fodder who through sheer numbers get that Molotov or at grenade off or through slow attrition defeat the superior german infantry so this change is emphasising this. Looking at the stat changes it appears they can do a bit more damage in range meaning also that in defensive positions they may also perform a bit better. Whether the costs to build or reinforce is quite right is up for debate. I tend to use conscripts as the forward scouts and spotters or meat shields for support weapons. Others like the human wave approach. Quite simply you are expected to lose rather a lot of them Sounds great in theory but fails in the game (unless you go PPSH-cons Advanced Warfare, but seems like a niche tactic. Objectively, it looks like Cons can just oorah in and do a lot of stuff like AT Nade or Molotov. However, Molotov is one of the slowest animations in the game. Performing it in the late game is just asking for half of the squad getting wiped. At nade also fails to pen medium tnaks and up. Right now, they are just too squishy and/or lack the damage to be effective frontline infantry. Using them en masse to bleed the Axis is actually detrimental; they are very squishy, so they actually hurt your upkeep and manpower even harder than they hurt the Germans!!! In: COH2 Balance