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Thread: 120mm mortars underperform!26 Oct 2019, 23:19 PM Jump back to quoted post26 Oct 2019, 19:20 PMdistrofio 120mm is RNG times RNG mortar with double the buck for your boom. Even the description says: "when it hits, it hits hard." No UP situation at all No, not true. The damage was nerfed to be the same as all other mortars. The AOE is larger, but that is the only advantage. The rate is only 2/3 of a normal mortar so it normally gets fewer kills. It does force a decent amount of retreats. The cost and pop cap should be dropped to at most the same as a LEIG (270/7). I watched Crossfire play Pappy O'Daniel (sp?) yesterday. Crossfire's 2 LEIG's got 80+ kills, yet nobody ever complains about LEIGs. Elchino7 is probably right about the vet requirements also. I try 120's once in awhile. It's rare to get them to vet 3. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: are we only connecting lost country?26 Oct 2019, 00:27 AM Jump back to quoted post25 Oct 2019, 19:39 PMelchino7 That's purely timezone thing. You play against whoever is online at the moment. I know, I wasn't even implying that servers use location. I with or against Koreans and Chinese a lot because it usually about 4 AM in Western Europe when I'm playing. There are a few people that play at that time but not many. In: COH2 Bugs
Thread: are we only connecting lost country?25 Oct 2019, 19:04 PM I live on the west coast of the US and get automatched regularly with players from Korea and China without any more disconnects than when I'm playing with someone from Europe. My guess is the problem lies within the OP's ISP. I used to have a problem with Century Link DSL. In: COH2 Bugs
Thread: Brummbar OP plz nerf!!!!24 Oct 2019, 20:52 PM I tried a Brummbar in a 4v4 on Red Ball and a KV8 in a 2v2 on Elst last night. The Brummbar didn't get lots of kills (22), but it made it really difficult for the two players on the other side to keep infantry near the front line. It didn't get any 1-shot wipes, but can reliably 2-shot wipe squads if they don't retreat. The only thing I didn't like about it is a couple times I wanted to use the vet ability and fire into the fog of war. If a new unit would come into view, the ability would either cancel or fire at it, which isn't what I wanted. I think it is priced right and doesn't need any buffs or nerfs. The KV8 on Elst got a lot of kills at first, wiping several raketen crews, but ultimately ended up dying to raketens. It doesn't move fast, and really feeds vet to raketens. Its damage against infantry on the move still seems bad compared to a flamer HT. I was really surprised by the 45mm. I got a couple of penetrations against a Panther with it. I'd rather see the flamer part buffed a bit and the AT nerfed. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Thoughts on World Championship 2019 so far?23 Oct 2019, 14:24 PM There weren't many split matches so I don't think you could conclude anything about balance. Even with VonIvan/Brosras's match that was split, I don't think you could make any general balance statements. I'm betting that double WC51's doesn't become part of the meta for most people. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: BREAK UP MOBILIZE RESERVES EFFECT?22 Oct 2019, 19:46 PM I'm not sure exactly what you're proposing to make it not conflict with the PPSH or PTRS upgrade, but am sure that you won't get any traction trying to add any of the mobilize reserves upgrades to the PPSH upgrades, and probably not the PTRS upgrades either. The bigger problem with cons is the cost of all the side-tech. Roughly 230/25 for grenades and molos, 250 for healing, and 50 muni for the 7th model. I doubt Relic would agree to eliminating the side tech, but lowering the cost to something like 50/10 for molos, 100/15 for ATG, and 30 munis for mobilize would go a long way towards helping cons. Lowering Con costs to 230 would help. Maybe offset this by increasing the reinforce of mobilize from 17 to 18. That might not sound like a lot, but late game Soviets can be really manpower efficient. I've lost 400+ models in hour-long 2v2's or 4v4's and still won. Having to pay even just an extra 1mp/model would make that more difficult. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Brummbar OP plz nerf!!!!22 Oct 2019, 18:13 PM Jump back to quoted post22 Oct 2019, 17:47 PMVipper The fact that you test these things in game speaks volumes since many users post without checking stats or testing. Well done. The time to kill PF is really high and seems out of ordinary, it should be less, around half of that 10-15 secs. The only thing I can guess is that they where on water or snow where they take reduced damage... Flamer does work better vs entities close together due to AOE. Damage for the gun is 80. Thanks. The AOE wasn't that large and only affected some models at first. Having to move to hit the rest added a lot to the time because it is slow. Somebody garrisoned a squad in front of it. That squad went up quickly. Honestly, after using it, I'm not sure that it needs any nerfs or buffs but it is a really strange unit. It doesn't kill infantry fast enough to be an effective blob counter. The AT is credible but not great (I killed a snared Puma with it). It's okay as a damage sponge if you don't have an IS2. It seems mediocre at doing a lot of things but not good at doing any one thing. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Scale caches to game mode22 Oct 2019, 17:54 PM Jump back to quoted post22 Oct 2019, 17:41 PMelchino7 This was my suggestion which is more likely to only be possible on CoH3. Sorry for not referencing your post. I remembered the post but not the author and couldn't find it. It was the only suggestion that I liked. It would fix a couple problems that I run into. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Scale caches to game mode22 Oct 2019, 17:45 PM Jump back to quoted post22 Oct 2019, 14:30 PMSander93 Not true, the amount of sectors is similar across all gamemodes, although some maps (across all modes) have more than others. A map like Red Ball Express has 5 standard territory points per side (and 1 fuel and 1 munitions point), Essen Steelworks has 6 standard territory points per side. That's actually less than maps like Crossroads and Nexus, that have 5 points per side, but an extra two interchangeable ones in the middle. Territories are capped faster in larger game modes so the income reaches max value much faster. I think this is why people think there is more income in larger team games. Even large maps get capped faster because each side starts with 4 capping units instead of 1. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Brummbar OP plz nerf!!!!22 Oct 2019, 17:10 PM Jump back to quoted post21 Oct 2019, 21:37 PMVipper KV-8 flamer weapon has x1 vs all cover type and x1.25 vs garrison. I have not checked about the DOT... I tried the KV8 in a game that was already decided last night. The DOT is pretty low. I don't know if all flamethrowers are equal, but it only has one compared to the two that the OST flamer has. It took 28-30 seconds to kill a single Panzerfusilier squad that the owner didn't realize was being attacked. I did have to move the tank once which added to the time because the flamethrower stopped. In any event, it isn't what I would consider OP but everybody has different definitions. I think it works better against AT guns because of the green cover. You could always try putting screening infantry in front of the AT gun. Late game, the other team tried a rush with P4 against a Pershing and my IS2 and KV8. They got the Pershing and KV8, but not the IS2. The KV8 did regularly penetrate the rear armor of the P4's so I think the pen value is what you listed. I didn't see any notes on the damage but think it is still 80. In: COH2 Balance