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There is only one time when it's acceptable to apply real world stats and specification to a video game. It needs to be label "simulation". Any other time it's up the studio, more often then not it's for the sake of balance. Want to talk about history? Thers a off topic section in this web site. So yes OP you are wrong.

If thats fine, can I please have my Luchs penning IS-2s frontally and gibbing it? Or early war Soviet ATGs penning Tigers?

Even if you don't add real world stats and specifications, there's something called making it reasonable. SU-85 for instance was designed as a stopgap to the SU-100 because the SU-76 and T-34/76s couldn't deal with Tigers or Panthers, yet SU-76s can deal with Tigers and panthers frontally in the game. So if thats the case, why was the SU-85 and SU-100 developed anyway?

Stuff like that is annoying and should be fixed. It gives the game authenticity and makes it more enjoyable.

+1 OP really good post.

I'm tired of seeing people on this forum argue that its either one way or highway when it comes to historical resemblance - either all of it or none of it, especially the proponents of having no historical resemblance whatsoever.

Stupid shit like a pack of SU-76 frontally penning and killing KTs....

You know, there was a reason why they were developing the SU-100 and used the SU-85 as a stopgap to deal with heavy German armour - because tanks like the SU-76 and T-34/76 couldn't deal with it. Not like whats happening in CoH2. There are ways to make the SU-76 relevant which doesn't involve raising its penn to SU-85 levels.

If there was no historical resemblance whatsoever, theoretically, we could have a single Luchs killing IS-2s frontally because who cares about historical resemblance right?

The fact of the matter is, while developers are allowed some artistic licence, at the end of the day, it is historical resemblance, not balance, that gives the game authenticity when it is being advertised and sold as a World War 2 Strategy game. The key question isn't really "are the numbers accurate to the nearest millimetre" but more like "Is this reasonable? Do I expect unit A to damage unit B or not". And this is where units like the SU-76 and kubels surviving AT hits becomes a problem.

There are many other RTS games out there that gives balance. Not many are like CoH2 though. Not saying that these two are independent of course, we can have balance and historical resemblance, and that needs a bit more work, but it will produce a more satisfying game like VCoH was.

+1, Really good post. I feel you're pretty on the spot. Although you can spam T-34-76s now

Doctrines thematically went out the door I felt when Ostruppen Doctrine was released a few months after release. Why did the Germans all of a sudden get cheap infantry with squad sizes the same as cons? Really made no sense to me back then.

Now everything's done based solely on balance and gameplay rather than caring about themes. Sadly, Relic doesn't seem to care so much about doctrines thematically as they did in VCOH, with US, Wehr, PE and Brits. While it may not be a bad thing gameplay-wise in the way of making the game fun, it does take away the depth in the game that you can appreciate in CoH1.

But VCoH players who make comparisons between the two games when it comes to depth pretty much sound like a broken record, and its something that will never be fixed sadly.... Its just what gaming is like these days

Load more gold rounds. WHy should armor have a purpose?

Them World of Tonks Tekdiks

in countersniping OH has a obvious advantage. Decent games ussualy comes down to sniper vs sniper.

I lost several games to 222 251 mix while i micro ATGs better than many others.

And if you think i little bit. Both of them ussualy arrive when there is no single ATG even when I start with T2. When I start with T1 or 4 cons there is close to zero chance of ATG ariving in time of 251.

Many (even most) of my losses were caused by my connection. I have +12 streak. I expect if i lose it would be caused by my internet reciever again.

Lemme get this straight, you're saying.... if I lose once against OH, its OP, never mind if the player is better than you.

In Countersniping, I'd disagree, soviets have an advantage becuase they don't lose the sniper squad if sniped. Camo is a lot worse, but you still have that surviving grace.

And if someone's 222/251 mix is really a big problem, they made a heavy investment in light vehicles/Tier 2... Go Guards.