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Thread: M26 Pershing/Calliope Debate1 Aug 2015, 17:13 PM Jump back to quoted post1 Aug 2015, 16:46 PMAustralian Magic Its not like You can send it to enemy's base and win. Its mobile battle station, very hard to kill when supported. And Itp definetly worth price. Saved my ass many times when Jp4s and stuka could not handle. And it does not need to fight against stun shot like IS which is op in current form. Is2 for me is nowhere as scary as kt. Then thats a psychological problem then. The KT is big and intimidating but what it can actually accomplish is eh, not much unless it's a very specific circumstance. It's no mobile battle station anymore than the other heavy generalists are. A SU-76 can pen it just as well as a StuG III a IS2. The KT isn't bad, it's just very situational and inefficient. I think it should get better vet and with reduced vet requirements and that would go a long way towards making it less efficient. In: Lobby
Thread: ML-20 152mm Howitzer1 Aug 2015, 16:25 PM Jump back to quoted post1 Aug 2015, 16:14 PMKatitof Certainly not the fanboys looking for supremacy of every single axis unit over allied ones, even if its against the common sense and logic. lol But they need to cap points like any other army and use bases you can bombard 24/7 with LeFH for free squad wipes. and you will do half as much damage to those infantry and bases because the LeFH does less damage. you can handwring about the cooldown all you want but the ML-20 has a lot more targets to shoot at and they are all much easier to wipe. Base saturation, denial on critical points, allies still use weapon teams and defend positions, which arty can clear/scare off just fine. So the LeFH is only for area denial? Uh, I can do that a lot cheaper than 600 manpower. Yes it's good for breaking up campy players but it pales in comparison to the destructive power of the ML-20. Why would it need a distinct advantage? As I've said, not everything made by germans was superior. Its asymmetrical balancing when axis units are weaker too, it doesn't apply exclusively to allied weaker units. This argument had been pretty dead in the water since they buffed Soviet stock army. What units Axis has that are better are better because they cost more to make. "Shut up and deal with it being worse" is not an argument. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: SU-76 issues1 Aug 2015, 16:20 PM The SU-85 isn't a more cost effective TD which is the problem. The SU-76 isn't OP in a vacuum it's that in the current meta it has replaced almost all other forms of AT for Soviets because it's mobile, fast, has a decent turn speed while retaining 60 range. Really it's biggest disadvantage is it's lower damage which doesn't matter when you can get a lot of them. It still have worse scatter and 3x longer cooldown. It has worse scatter, but when it hits is more likely to do more damage. Another reason, not a single vehicle with default barrage option have a cost attached to it, which only makes it consistent. Okay? Why is this a distinction that needs to be made? Last time I checked, JT didn't had barrage as default skill, but a vet one. A useless vet 1 skill at that. Unless you bunched up and were killed with first shot, there is NO reason or way that anyone with most basic awareness would be touched by the barrage. It can barrage out farther than you can see with basic sight range. Am I supposed to be able to predict the future to avoid the first couple of shells? Sturmtiger can. Also, SU-76 is a hybrid of AT gun and dedicated artillery. Just like it was used historically. A Sturmtiger is the most unique vehicle in the game, comparing anything to it is silly. But if you insist the Sturmtiger is doctrinal, limited to 1, and comes late in the game. And history has nothing to do with unit performance outside of the most basic aspects. The SU-76 doesn't need the barrage to be good. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: SU-76 issues1 Aug 2015, 15:59 PM Jump back to quoted post1 Aug 2015, 14:46 PMTheEvilAdventurer The m10's in coh1 were fast, the su76 is slow. Both have comparable health. So u expect the su76 to be able to circle strafe heavy tanks!?!?!? If at infantry or the SU76 is flanked by a tank it is dead. The SU-76 is only .7 slower than a M10. The SU-76 is a lot of things but it is very much not slow. Because ZiS barrage have much shorter cooldown and is more accurate. Give it 30 second cooldown and you can add muni cost. The ZiS gun barrage does only 80 damage compared to the SU-76's 120. Another reason, not a single vehicle with default barrage option have a cost attached to it, which only makes it consistent. ....it cost's munitions to barrage with a Jadgtiger (which only fires a few shells and does 40 more damage than an SU-76 barrage.) Its already on one of the longest cooldowns with lowest performance in game. obviously doing 120 damage which can easily 1 shot or kill a squad with a direct hit for free on a mobile fast platform is just preforming low. If you think the barrage of SU-76 should not be free, there isn't a reason why you would think its OK for MHT, pwerfer, katy, priest, stuka etc barrages being free as well. none of those things also can fight enemy heavies, mediums or most armor in general. like why would you even compared a dedicated artillery vehicle to a TD. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: ML-20 152mm Howitzer1 Aug 2015, 15:51 PM Jump back to quoted post1 Aug 2015, 15:41 PMKatitof LeFH cooldown starts with the first shell, ML-20 with the last, which means LeFH has much shorter cooldown and your saturation is much greater. Checking only damage and shell number gives extremely misleading performance view. Who cares? Allies don't make use of large amounts of defensive positions (almost all allied defensive abilities revolve around area denial using explosives instead of actual bunkers or troops) so large amounts of saturation is meaning less because the enemy will just move all their shit away after the first few shells hit. The LeFH can shoot a lot! But that's useless unless there is actually shit to shoot at! Either the ML-20 needs to be brought down to the level of the LeFH or the LeFH needs some distinct advantage that matters like being cheaper to make. there's no winning with you dopes is there? people bitching about the SU-76 and howitzers now that they are FINALLY useful after 2+ years or being garbage? LOL le bitter faenboeh faec :^) In: COH2 Balance
Thread: How to deal with blobs1 Aug 2015, 15:46 PM Jump back to quoted post1 Aug 2015, 14:15 PMcomm_ash I don't really see blobs that much anymore except vs. OKW. Soviets have demos and maxims that actually do shit now, USF has the .50 which can also suppress blobs without fear of rnades from max distance. The MG42 absolutely wrecks anything in front of it, be it infantry, or light vehicles. OKW needs something more to help vs. blobs. The best thing to do would be to fix the ISG's vet. Currently, it gives you bonuses to the barrage, which is the worst part of the unit. If the vet helped the auto-fire, the ISG would be in a good place as a blob counter. How to help fix blobs versus OKW: - Kubel to doctrines - MG34 to HQ with cost increased to 240 and gets it's old damage back and a vet 1 ability that drastically increases ROF at the cost of not firing for a few seconds after the ability is done - Flaktrack health increased to 400 - Volks get a buff similar to Ostruppen when in cover allowing them to push away blobs attacking defensive positions. - AI upgrade package you can take instead of the shrek that equips Volks with StG's that do more damage at mid range instead of short. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: M26 Pershing/Calliope Debate1 Aug 2015, 15:41 PM Jump back to quoted post1 Aug 2015, 11:36 AMAustralian Magic It's not best solution. KT is locked behind all techs cause it's A-move machine. High damage, high armor, great agasint armor and infantry. Pershing woulnd not be like this. It would be slower Panther or something like Tiger with worse AI power. Picking it and not using other docs? Really? No upgrades for Rifles, no P47 etc etc etc. If everyone would pick Pershing, it would very easy to counter since you know what enemy will do. The KT is an a-move machine if your fighting a bad enemy. But if your fighting in a competitive game then the KT is best for just sitting on a point and never moving. It's horrible speed combined with it's poor turret rotation makes it very poor for supporting large attacks (because it simply can't keep up or escape). Just spending the fuel on a more diverse force is a better idea. The KT is normally only a good idea in desperate situations were you have lost your trucks in a big push and can't afford to wait to make them and then build up an army. It has the same armor as an IS2 while having half the speed and acceleration and only 1 more shot's worth of health. Sure you can argue that the gun is better but do you really need to spend 260 fuel on a gun when you can achieve more with a more mobile force of lighter vehicles? In: Lobby
Thread: ML-20 152mm Howitzer1 Aug 2015, 15:35 PM Jump back to quoted post1 Aug 2015, 13:01 PMAustralian Magic Yoy know LeFH can do same thing? Howitzers are finally useful, which is OK. Sov and USF have counter against leFH; Ost has counter agasint ML-20, B4. Only OKW lacks something. Best option is to strike with stuka (unrepaired will be destroyed with second strike). So it's not about nefring howies but it's about givig OKW something to deal with. The LeFH has little over half the damage of the ML-20 while only firing slightly more shells and having the same exact accuracy and cost. Comparing the two is really dumb because the LeFH does less AoE damage while shooting at larger squads while the ML-20 has much higher AoE while shooting at much smaller squads. OKW can't really afford something that only decrews the gun, it needs something that will 100% destroy the gun. Remember OKW can't afford to just throw around munitions in a competitive game and any call in ability to counter it won't be able to be spammed simply due to that fact. You can try to get panzer commander from Elite Armor Doc for example on Pz4 and call in barrage from it. But also remember about sweepers. Iv had it actually kill the crew and gun once, out of trying it 9 times. Most of the time I just go scavenge versus arty shitters and pray for deliverance. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: ML-20 152mm Howitzer1 Aug 2015, 12:21 PM Jump back to quoted post1 Aug 2015, 09:20 AMNecrophagist -Its price is its counter, you can field 2 squads with that much mp, use that to your advantage. -If he has the luxury of keeping his arty until you retreat, then you're not pressuring adequately. -If you are getting a hard time against (this) arty, hold off your commander pick until you see what your opponent picked, so you can counter-pick. It might be 'annoying' to not be able to 'play what you want any time you want' but this is a pvp game, it's not scripted. To bad there is no OKW commander with a reliable counter In: COH2 Balance
Thread: OKW P41 Aug 2015, 10:49 AM With 3 bulletins the OKW PIV has 270 frontal armor In: COH2 Gameplay