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Thread: Review requested UKF vs OKW3 Jun 2017, 15:22 PM This was a 1v1 on Langreskaya. The OKW player just held onto his base and the small area towards the top VP. He built a PAK 43, LeFH, and eventually a KT. I never felt like I could overrun it, tried land mattresses but really didn't make any progress with those. If someone has experience dealing with something like this and has time to look at the replay then I'd appreciate any suggestions. Some questions: Does the arty that the sniper can call in work okay against buildings/bunkers? If I added Royal Artillery, would the Sexton work okay against buildings? I've tried it a few times against infantry and it was really bad. In: Replays
Thread: ISU-1521 Jun 2017, 17:38 PM Jump back to quoted post1 Jun 2017, 01:09 AMLoopDloop What even is this thing? I've seen it like 3 times ever. Is it some sort of elefant/jt analogue with sherman-esque round switching or what? I'd also be very grateful if someone could post its stats (like reload time, damage, pen, health and armor) alongside jt and ele stats if it is comparable. It's mostly a self-propelled dshka with some armor and a lot of fuel cost. The main gun takes an eon to reload, only to watch the shell harmlessly hit the ground (like the raketen as someone pointed out, maybe worse). I think they're trying to fix the problem with the main gun in the unofficial patch but some people were saying that the shell moves really slow. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: USF AA Halftrack 8 pop?1 Jun 2017, 15:26 PM Jump back to quoted post1 Jun 2017, 09:58 AMsome one USF AA Halftrack 8 pop? USF Shitty mortar 6 pop? M20 - 6 POP? Scoot 10 POP? O_O ffs Yeah, kind of puts a whole new meaning on pop cap abuse In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Airborne.1 Jun 2017, 15:18 PM Jump back to quoted post1 Jun 2017, 06:48 AMHighfiveeeee Today I learned that P47 is sucky. I still have the images in my head from WFA release where P47 was the ability that killed everything in its circle in seconds. That's why I never even tried to test it out how strong it is currently. If I hear those planes and see the red circle on the map, I am going to evacuate as fast as possible. Times seem to have changed. I played a 1v1 a couple days ago against someone who went airborne. He attacked my Schwerer with two Shermans and two Jacksons. The Schwerer went down fast then he dropped the P47 on my Command Panther and JP4 (I also had two raketens). I fought the entire time under the P47'S, ended the battle outside his base, got both Jacksons and Shermans, and only lost the JP4 because it backed over a M20 mine. I used to play mostly USF but don't really like them at all right now, and its more than just the P47. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Airborne.31 May 2017, 13:37 PM Jump back to quoted post30 May 2017, 21:00 PMAngrade (Ægion) This problem with rifles is actually the result the delay in weapon teams. If the M2B HMG was not locked behind a 50 fuel upgrade/60 second, this can also be described volks and OKW just with a longer deploy time. With weapon teams more accessible it will help increase the need of elite inf along with reducing blobbing. In related to the poll I voted Abstain due to the lack of an option of "rework." (Different than buffing) I have created mods that involved changing the MG drop to 75 Mun, and AT Gun to 100. Additionally replacing the JU 87 and P47 Loiters with strafes. (AT loiters are on the strong side.) The P47 strafe width is changed from 10 units to 4ish. Paths, I adjust the reinforce cost for now from 37 to 30 that may be enough for now. Mostly this. Also: Lower CP of Paras to 2 from 3 (usually have 3 rifles before 3cp) Modify Pathfinders (no need for 2 "elite" infantry in one Commander) My suggestion: Change initial cost to 260 Allow either infiltration or stealth like OST sniper Change pop cap of Pathfinders to 1/model (from 2) Allow them to plant mines and booby traps (no demos or people will whine hard) Allow only one weapon upgrade (RIP barfinders) In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Eastern Front Armies Revamp 30 May 2017, 13:17 PM Jump back to quoted post30 May 2017, 02:25 AMPanzerGeneralForever First off, I don't think those other abilities are ok nor relevant. Second, M1 is the cheapest AT gun with a shield, and has a much larger firing arc than other ATGs so it's harder to flank and can more often hit its target without repositioning. Offset that with the 20 less pen than pak and it makes sense. It excels vs mediums and has AP rounds to deal with heavies. Now you wanna give it free self spotting and increased range for free. Seriously dude. M1 is fine if you aren't a noob with it Please show us a current replay of you using the USF AT gun, particularly one that has a shield (giving green cover) and is reliably penetrating even an OKW P4. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: coh2chart future - opinions needed? 29 May 2017, 20:03 PM Would it be difficult to change the strata? Having 1-250 is pretty large. I think 1-30, 31-100, 101-500, and either 501+ or 501-1000 and 1001+ would be more insightful. Thanks for making the charts. They've provided fuel for endless debates. In: Lobby
Thread: Eastern Front Armies Revamp 29 May 2017, 18:35 PM Jump back to quoted post29 May 2017, 01:00 AMPanzerGeneralForever Throwing this in after balance team calls twp a no brainer. I guess it could be free if it gets half dmg lol Well, it has around 130 pen at range, so it somewhat already does half damage. Jump back to quoted post28 May 2017, 19:49 PMMr.Smith Popcap fixing goes both ways. In one way, you have popcap abuse. This is only a factor when USF is still in the game by the late-game (rarely). The other side of the coin is that you have a lot of garbage units that take up more than a quarter of your popcap, without you noticing. Fancy seeing how much popcap officers/ambulance/AAHT/pak howitzers/scotts take for what they give in return for their performance? This clogs up your popcap and eats your manpower. No argument, but would like to know how you'd go about fixing popcap abuse. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Eastern Front Armies Revamp 28 May 2017, 16:22 PM Jump back to quoted post28 May 2017, 12:17 PMMr.Smith Panther won't change much, tbh. Ostwind (projectile QoL is a mega-buff) and Brummbar (T4 availability & the fact that you can't predict which vehicle is coming out) buffs will, however. Elefant is almost a buff for USF, if Jackson wasn't such a pile of shit. Easy: - Fix USF popcap abuse - Fix insane USF popcap requirements on basic units - Make Jackson not shit - Rationalise unit pricing for the late-game (officers cost more -> Tier units cost less; 340MP for a minelayer? wtf is this?) - Improve USF late-game indirect fire options (Pak howie and partly the scott); so that they can break through pak-walls - Tone down cheese doctrines We won't do other factions though, until we're sure about the OST vs Soviet match-up. Before you and the balance team do anything drastic with pop cap, please check how many of the GCS games had a USF that was abusing pop cap. IMHO, most of the players who complain about this want to camp until late game, when they can just roll in with their better late-game tanks. If you have to do something, just make the Priest so that it can't be decrewed. Then put a limit of two of them, but put the same limit on every other howitzer, except the Sexton because anyone bad enough to build that POS deserves to lose faster. Also, for USF, if you made vehicle crews have higher pop (like 6 or 8), there wouldn't be as much incentive to decrew vehicles unless repairing. Don't know what you would give in return as USF really doesn't need any nerfs right now. Please be careful when buffing the Scott. Good players are already really good with it. Double Scotts wiping vet 5 Volks is really annoying. Maybe just give them a little longer barrage range. Lastly, the M10 and M36 were built on the Sherman and should have almost as many hit points. The open-top turret should have given them sight range like a scout car but made them really vulnerable to main gun crits (fixed after recrewing). The M36 should be able to penetrate the front of a Panther most of the time, and probably do around 200 damage. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Eastern Front Armies Revamp 27 May 2017, 15:39 PM Jump back to quoted post27 May 2017, 15:13 PMMr.Smith While what you describe is a nice idea, we can't input that logic into our mod. I think that the expensive-cache idea will lead to more aggressive/play harassment to shut down people that are trying to hoard resources too early. As an alternative, could the cache cost 200mp, but only give 1 munition or fuel per player, then be "improved" to provide one additional resource for each 200 mp improvement? If this also isn't workable then I like your proposed change. It will certainly take caches from being a no-brainer to something more strategic. Will the caches still have the same health? If they do, I'm going to have Stuka dive bomb every game, or the Soviet precision strike. In: COH2 Gameplay