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Thread: Timing of heavy and super heavy tanks across all game modes16 Jun 2019, 13:45 PM Jump back to quoted post16 Jun 2019, 13:40 PMVipper If one want to reduce the gap across modes one could try: Chance CP gain across modes (if possible) Reduce resources return across modes (if possible) That would be even better. But I don't think we'll ever see that. Maybe its just to much work to get into that. So I choose the realistic path. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Timing of heavy and super heavy tanks across all game modes16 Jun 2019, 13:31 PM Jump back to quoted post16 Jun 2019, 13:25 PMStug life ok i don't understand the problem, is it "in team games they arrive too late, while in 1 vs 1 they come too fast with just cp" ? If only CP bound: In small game modes you can stall for them wthout goingh full tech structure (with some commanders at least). In big game modes this is not a problem. If only tech bound: In small game modes this is not a problem. In big game modes they come very fast because of ressource inflation reducing game diversity by doing so. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Timing of heavy and super heavy tanks across all game modes16 Jun 2019, 13:07 PM Jump back to quoted post16 Jun 2019, 13:02 PMStug life yes but u will dominate early game if he skips techs and super heavy are still countered by TD and swarm of medium tanks This is different in 4vs4. You won't dominate the early game if he can halfway decent use AT-grenades, mines and some AT-infanry or AT-Gun. I'm skipping light vehicles/tanks in 4vs4 quite often and still can hang into the game. Swarming/flanking a heavy tank in 4vs4 is a lot harder, because the maps are more crowded than in 1vs1. The relation of player to map space and flanking routes is clearly lower. There will be support that easily can lead to getting a bloody nose without destroying the heavy one. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Timing of heavy and super heavy tanks across all game modes16 Jun 2019, 13:00 PM Jump back to quoted post16 Jun 2019, 12:53 PMStug life i don't understand what's the problem now, super heavy are limited to 1 and worked fine from v coh, only the tiger ace was a problem and it was addressed this patch with it being tied to the last tech, all other super heavy comes very late cp wise Its alreay a bad thing in 4vs4 that you can skip light vehicles and light tanks completely because you only have to fend them off with AT infantry and AT gun for a short time period until you get your medium to destroy them. If heavies/super heavies come too early that shortens the time phase of the domination of the mediums and premium mediums. From a perspective of game diversity this is a bad thing. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Timing of heavy and super heavy tanks across all game modes16 Jun 2019, 12:56 PM Jump back to quoted post16 Jun 2019, 12:51 PMKatitof I'm quite positive it wasn't done ever, because its not possible to do so. You'll always have units arriving too early or too late. Are you sure? There seem to be ways to make multiple requirements. King tiger for example can only be build once all tech buildings were build its not enough to go straigt to T4. In addition you can only build one. So there has to be somehow a way to go for multiple requirements. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Timing of heavy and super heavy tanks across all game modes16 Jun 2019, 12:44 PM At the moment we still have the problem of ressource inflation in the big game modes and I don't think it will be changed ever. The consequence is that early and mid game phases are drastically shortened and late game phase is the major phase you will play in 3vs3 and 4vs4. While ressources are inflated CPs are not. This leads to Tiger, Pershing, IS-2, Churchill Crocodile etc. still coming pretty late up to now. If you ask me this is a good thing, more time for other tank options to roam and rule the battlefield. A close 4vs4 easily can take a hour, still there is plenty of time for CP dependent heavies/super heavies. On the other hand there seems to be a problem with some commanders to skip part of their tech and stall for a CP dependent heavy call-in in 1vs1/2vs2. Why not bind heavies/super heavies to tech and CPs? If you ask me this should include the King tiger too. Seems for me this would be the best compromise across all game modes. Just want to see your opinion about this. Especially if you play different game modes. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: New Commander Update Patch June 14th16 Jun 2019, 12:24 PM Great patch! I dislike only one thing that has a big impact: Don't like it, that heavies get bound to tech structure instead of CPs. With ressource inflation in 3vs3 and 4vs4 Tiger comes so fast (and soon all other heavies will do so too). That shortens the phase where other tanks rule the battlefield. If tech skipping is a problem in 1vs1 you could bind the heavies to CPs and tech structure. Edit: Made a poll about it. Just vote if you like to. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: USF Mortar Halftrack & M1 Pack Howitzer Need Nerf14 Jun 2019, 07:00 AM Jump back to quoted post14 Jun 2019, 01:24 AMmrgame2 Many ukf player tech to 5 men early on now. 5 men IS in 1v1 2v2 is enough to delay bren upgrade, especially against ost Lets assume you are right, then yeah IS would be one man more for slowing down tech a bit. What I tried to say: Someone said lets buff USF mortar to Ost level and move howitzer to doctrinal. Vipper answered that would be OP versus Ost because of small squad size and static gameplay. But on the other side who is more static than brits? Completely static mortar and IS squads that seek cover like a magnet because of negative out of cover modifiers and mid-long range weaponary plus small starting squad size (which can partly changed via side tech). Brits are the embodiment of static in CoH2. I just wanted to say you can't claim an argument for just one faction if it is very similar or even worse for another one. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: USF Mortar Halftrack & M1 Pack Howitzer Need Nerf14 Jun 2019, 00:00 AM Jump back to quoted post13 Jun 2019, 22:21 PMVipper UKF can upgrade to 5 men squads and beat grenadier easily. That answer was predictable and so is mine. That option is only theoretical. You won't do this in early game when MG, mortar battle unfolds because it just slows your tech too much when timing is important to have that AEC for example. Getting that Bren upgrade to boost your damage output significantly is the more important tech. Buying both upgrades results in trading one disadvantage (squad size) versus another (tech speed). Playing reasonably you will do this midgame at best to give your tommy squads a better chance to survive those increasing AOE attacks. The upgrade changes nothing about MG or PAK crew size of course. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: USF Mortar Halftrack & M1 Pack Howitzer Need Nerf13 Jun 2019, 21:44 PM Jump back to quoted post13 Jun 2019, 16:28 PMVipper USF mortar performance is very close to that Ostheer. If the become identical it would be OP by comparison due ostheer's o smaller squad size and static play. Don't understand this argument. It would mean Ostheer mortar is OP versus brits (since mortar emplacement got nerfed in range), because they have same squad size as Ostheer (Infantry and MG) and are pretty static. In: COH2 Balance