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Thread: Fragmentation bombing is too powerful13 Oct 2019, 00:56 AM Jump back to quoted post12 Oct 2019, 21:45 PMelchino7 Yep, exactly like that. This would also unify payload delivery for all maps and all modes. \ Wouldn't the flight time still vary? Or would you just speed it up so that it takes about the same time to go across Steppes as Alliance? In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Fragmentation bombing is too powerful13 Oct 2019, 00:49 AM Jump back to quoted post12 Oct 2019, 18:34 PMachpawel Lots of respect for all the effort put in testing, and wow wow wow from me (wish everybody could check stuff so meticulously) One way or another - the question remains - do we want those off maps to be counterable by repositioning, partially counterable (like damage but no wipe when you react correctly), or just completely couterable if you react as expected? TBH I don't know. To me, they are similar - typical asymetrical balance and I would just look at costs - make it more or less expensive so that it is fair (still, I'd feel that it might mean making carpets more expensive - if they are used right, they will wipe team weapons without ability to dodge) Thanks! I made a couple videos that you can watch. I didn't want to make anything long so I tried to start recording as soon as the airstrike was called. Maybe add a second to the timer to get the actual times. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a73lCQS5_M0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hXZGlUlDKQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7tpgg1lDbI When I was posting this, I came across one of my old videos from back when the Panther was king. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WDTuMldkgU (I dive with two Panthers, kill a Pershing, Jackson, Katy, 2 ambulances, and a major. I would've got out without losing the Panther but hesitated in the middle of the dive and took one too many AT shots. Don't think you could get this good of a result today.) In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Tank Hunter tactics change13 Oct 2019, 00:07 AM Jump back to quoted post12 Oct 2019, 20:28 PMMaret IMHO tank hunter doc could be: 1. PTRS for cons (as now) 2. Stealth (as now) 3. Mark Target 4. Ptab (as now, but need buff, would be great if it inficlt engine damage like snare) 5. HEAT rounds like OKW have +30% damage +30% penetration but -10 range. PTRS cons lose molotovs, which makes their almost nonexistent AI even worse. They can't button which means they're not likely to kill anything above a Puma and generally less useful than Guards. Not allowing them to upgrade to 7 models means they get wiped easy in late game, especially because they usually have to leave cover to use grenades. Other than camo and AT nades, they're a downgrade. A Guard plus regular con is better. They would need their molotov back and either be able to upgrade to 7 models or button like Guards do in order to be viable. The stealth ability also slows rotation speed. I don't know if this is intended, but it usually means that an SU 85 will not shoot and has to leave cover to rotate fast enough to hit a target. Usually by that time, it is flanked and will be lost. It is a straight downgrade from the camo that the JP4 gets. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Tank Hunter tactics change12 Oct 2019, 22:30 PM Jump back to quoted post12 Oct 2019, 19:10 PMStug life frick u are dense, the video I posted is of 2018 Edit: just checked all updates log, no mention of any changes for PTAB LOL, okay champ. I already said it was missing from the patch notes. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Alternate USF build orders and Captain first strategies12 Oct 2019, 18:28 PM I play with a good USF player who sometimes goes RE Rifle Fighting Pit WC51. This is in 3's or 4's but I think he does the same in 1's. The fighting pit goes up around the cut or VP. Depending on what is happening, he'll put either an RE or rifle in the WC51. I'm not sure how he chooses. Upgraded WC51's with RE's are great against sturms or Kubels. I don't think he uses them against garrisoned Volks or against Panzerfusiliers. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Fragmentation bombing is too powerful12 Oct 2019, 18:17 PM Jump back to quoted post12 Oct 2019, 07:26 AMSander93 That wouldn't change much about the problem of the effectiveness of the ability mostly depending on where it's called in. That would make it decent/good on a 1v1 map like Crossroads, but that would make it terrible on a map like Red Ball Express or Lanzereth Ambush where the base sectors are as far away from each other as they can be. In any case, the ability is simply a bit broken by design, and there's no way to fix that without a major overhaul (which I'm not sure if we'll ever be able to do). What we can do though is adjust some maps to fix the most glaring issues; for example extending the base sector on Crossroads so the retreat path road next to the base can't be instabombed. Could you add a little more delay but make the plane fly faster? The problem is more than the base sector on some maps. The top and bottom VP's on Alliance are a problem, the bottom VP on Rails and Metal, etc. It's difficult as Soviet to take and keep those without team weapons and team weapons can't dodge those strikes on the edge of the map. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Fragmentation bombing is too powerful12 Oct 2019, 18:04 PM Jump back to quoted post12 Oct 2019, 17:08 PMachpawel You really sure it is 8 seconds? I made a video today using Fraps instead of trying to guess it by counting. The first butterfly bombs hit a little faster, somewhere between 6 and 7 seconds. The main group hit a second or two later so I think I was missing the first impacts and kept counting until the mass of them started hitting. Also, the Fragmentation bombing run was actually a little slower than I was thinking. When watching the video and not trying to control 2 computers, it looks like more in the range of 5-6 seconds. The time difference between the two wasn't as great as I thought it was. The fragmentation run has a smaller delay but the plane seems to move slower. That makes it OP on Alliance and mediocre on anything bigger. It needs about a 1-1.5 additional second delay and a plane that flies much faster. The edge of small maps like Alliance really is a problem. The only way I could avoid a wipe was if I had the units already selected and moved it on the warning sound. Even then, it would be badly damaged. If you have to select the unit and move it, it doesn't have enough time to get out of the AOE. Alternatively, they could do something to it like they did to the cluster bombs. I hear the plane for the cluster bombs but not sure they're actually dropped by the plane. It may just be a timer. I'd be fine with a timer for all skill planes. Also, just to be clear, I don't have a problem with how hard the Fragmentation run hits, only its timing on small maps. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Tank Hunter tactics change12 Oct 2019, 16:34 PM Jump back to quoted post12 Oct 2019, 09:50 AMStug life again maret , is bugged, report it, there was no nerf in the patch notes As someone else already noted, the patch notes are not complete. The change happened at a major patch. I don't remember which one, but it was back in 2016 or 2017. It isn't bugged. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Main gun crits should be removed? 12 Oct 2019, 05:19 AM Jump back to quoted post12 Oct 2019, 04:26 AMporkloin If you know there's a 5% chance for main gun crit then why exactly cant you factor it in? All your overextending punishments are punishments for lack of skill on behalf of the attacking player. They're not skill based defenses. Every single one of those can be avoided by a skilled attacking player. I hope they hit my mine, or I hope they get in range of a snare is a random factor also. It's relying on your opponent to make a mistake, and those mechanics aren't particularly fun. Fighting with a low health vehicle is rolling the dice, and sometimes you'll roll a 1. Every flank could be called an overextension. I've flanked an Elefant only to get a main gun crit on a T34. I wouldn't lose any sleep if it was gone but also think that Relic would have no interest in removing a feature from the game. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Fragmentation bombing is too powerful12 Oct 2019, 05:02 AM Jump back to quoted post11 Oct 2019, 21:42 PMMaret How you suppose to change direction of ability? Plane start maknig rotations? IT still OP when near to your base and useless near to enemy base. Better have one time for all bombing runs. Set it up like the Major's recon from USF. The plane flies out from your base to the point that is going to get hit. I'd like it if all of the bombing runs had the same time but don't know how to do that. In: COH2 Balance