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Thread: The doctrine of the Red Army paratroops.8 Oct 2014, 18:31 PM Jump back to quoted post8 Oct 2014, 11:33 AMsomenbjorn OffTopic: Would you stop with the historical discussions? As long as they fill the spirit of things no need for details. This game is based on history. Even more, in some things Relic tries actually to follow it, like bringing fuel and munition starved OKW faction in general (yeah, plenty of stuff is broken beyond normal, but WWII is highly controversial) Still, if you design something based on history, you should take history into account. As for game purpose. Isn't it strange to combine DP with short-ranged SVT? In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: The doctrine of the Red Army paratroops.7 Oct 2014, 12:02 PM I would take a look at 37-mm gun. Compare it to 45mm, that is present in game. 4CP maybe way too late In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: The doctrine of the Red Army paratroops.7 Oct 2014, 09:07 AM Many things are ignored anyway for gaming/design purposes. At the start, when coh2 was just announced, I thought we will see some different units. Say for soviet AT gun I thought we will see more dedicated ZIS-2 57mm gun, that was better against tigers, but we got more general 76-mm. Also vehicles, like numerous BA armored cars (we got T-70 though). There were occasions when Turettless BA-10 were used for transport, that could fill M3 role. If we go for infantry there are plenty of things not used: Like Tank Riders Marines Paratroopers However limited weapon choices leave not much space for design. Say Marines - DP squad with SVT would just overlap Penals and Guards Tank Riders are just a unit armed mostly with PPSH Etc. So pretty much we would get just differently arriving squad, that's all In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: The doctrine of the Red Army paratroops.7 Oct 2014, 07:40 AM Thing is, while Soviet paratroopers were numerous, Soviets actually lacked aviation for paradrops. So pretty much paratroopers were just used as more trained infantry divisions. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Blitz ability too good?6 Oct 2014, 08:42 AM Jump back to quoted post5 Oct 2014, 04:23 AMMr. Someguy As much as I love the Panther, this isn't correct. The British Centurion was the first modern Main Battle Tank, conceptualized in 1943 and introduced in 1946. Some also consider the Soviet T-54 and T-55 (also 1946) to be MBT's, but in Soviet service they were officially classified as Medium Tanks. That is strange actually. I heard opinions that Panther is considered to be one of first MBTs though it's not correct either. T-64 is considered first real MBT as far as I am aware. Jump back to quoted post5 Oct 2014, 11:01 AMzingfreelancer I don't know what else to say, Panther first arrived to the battlefield in 1943. First T-34/85s began production in 1944. On the flip side, Red Army had mass produced their tanks meanwhile Nazi war machine had trouble reaching even 9000 of total produced Tiger 1s and Panthers. So Soviet literally won by spam LOL. Each tank has it's "child diseases" T-34 had most of problems fixed during 40-42. Tiger had pretty long development cycle and was used at 42, so he was fixed. Panther was completely raw tank and with drastic changes in war they had no time to fix that In: COH2 Balance
Thread: BLITZKRIEG 327 Sep 2014, 18:20 PM If anyone curious - game will have free to play multiplayer with campaigns acquired for money. However numerous reasons make me doubt the quality In: Other Games
Thread: German 105 Howitzer is god awful24 Sep 2014, 09:38 AM 5 would be too soon though In: COH2 Balance
Thread: OKW has too much Ammo23 Sep 2014, 09:31 AM Jump back to quoted post23 Sep 2014, 07:31 AMJohnnyB Oh, that bulletin . Never got it. But, anyways, I don't get Relic math: Pzgrens are getting 2 schrecks for 120 amo and volks are getting one schreck for 90 amo. Now some people will say: exactly!! Make Pzgrens schrecks cost 180 amo! Don't forget Volks also pay for cold immunity In: COH2 Balance
Thread: A historical comparison in the Game18 Sep 2014, 16:48 PM Real? Without side armor, hardly. Panther's side armor could be penetrated by 45-mm gun (there was a case, when T-70 managed to disable two Panthers from the ambush.). Of course not from big range, but it happened. Here Panther can turn it's side towards you and shoot, because there is no side armor. (Well, obviously it wouldn't work without serious pathing and other stuff), but it's not correct to speak for real at this game. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: A historical comparison in the Game18 Sep 2014, 04:54 AM The best tank is always the one you have right now at your disposal. Panther by no means could be best tank. Start with design. It's a tank that outweights PzIV(H) by 20 tons (44.8 tons against 25), T-34 by 12 (32.2 tons for T-34-85) and Sherman by 14 (30.3). Germans could call it like they wanted, but it wasn't a medium tank to start with. Is it a miracle that it had superior armor? But add two more tonns and you've got IS-2 that had better armor protection, better gun (75-mm of the Panther was more like dedicated AT, 122-mm being slower but stil more versatile) Add the fact, that Panther's design left no place for any upgrades(check how PzIII and Pz IV evolved). So afterwards Panther was intended to be replaced first by Panther 2, then remember E-series E-50 project. Add some problems that weren't fixed until the end of war, famous Panther's and Tiger's wheel system and gets even worse. None of the tanks was or is perfect. But this one is definitely not the one In: COH2 Balance