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Thread: USF getting a Sniper 30 Aug 2015, 06:24 AM Jump back to quoted post30 Aug 2015, 04:54 AMMr. Someguy Thanks for the correction, my memory was off and I didn't remember where to get the exact numbers from. My point still stands though that JLI are by far the superior unit, with their crit threshold being 75% and their 3 Kar 98's which are much better at range than the M1A1 Carbine. Pathfinders are still armed with 2 short range weapons and 2 long range weapons, which make them feel like a unit that was designed by 2 different people for 2 different purposes, and as a result can barely do either. A Kar 98k only does .4 more DPS at long range. Pathfinders and JLI fundamentally serve different purposes and trying to compare the two is hard because Paths are not meant at all to move around the map without support and JLI are designed to operate independently. Like yes they both can model snipe, which IMO is a much more fun mechanic than just death crits which the normal snipers do. But the strength in JLI is being able to negate shock armor and their utility while the strength in Pathfinders is their ability to cut down large squads like Volks and Fuss quickly. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: USF getting a Sniper 30 Aug 2015, 04:43 AM Jump back to quoted post30 Aug 2015, 04:14 AMMr. Someguy Kind of, except Pathfinders are really bad at it and their design is counter-intuitive. 2 have close range weapons, 2 have scoped rifles. The scoped rifles do almost no DPS and only crit enemy units below 30% Health, which leaves the 2 Carbines which are only damaging up close. This makes them basically useless unless they're supporting another squad. Jäger Light Infantry on the other hand, have 3 Kar 98's that are decent at any range, and one Scoped G43 which crits enemy units below 80% health, and they can come out of buildings. This makes them effective combatants by themselves and very effective in support of other units. The "sniper" rifles that Pathfinders and JLI use to death crit enemy infantry (40% health for Pathfinders and 75% health for JLI) have inverted damage profiles to your normal guns, with the JLI G43 actually having a positive accuracy modifier at at far and the Pathfinder Scoped Garand having only slightly negative (.93) accuracy at far and very negative accuracy at close (.34). As far as I can tell it checks for the health of the unit after damage has been applied (with both rifles used by JLI and Paths doing 16 damage) meaning if the one shot hits, takes the model below the health threshold it will snipe it. It only needs to hit to do this btw, meaning model sniping works against enemies in cover or garrison who take reduced damage. So if you want to play around with sniping models using these infantry units, make sure to keep them at range. The reload on these guns as well as the aim is pretty big, so don't count on any 360 no scopes. This also highlights why BAR's make Pathfinders so insanely powerful, because the BAR's can chip off enough of a models health pretty quickly (high ROF weapons are much better against units with a large received accuracy modifier) to enable scoped kills. Also pick up dropped weapons with your JLI when ever you can, as it also makes them more deadly for obvious reasons. EDIT: You should also take from this that standing at range using the Soviet sniper against JLI is an extremely bad idea, as you only need to have one of the models at 30 health for it to be sniped. Word to the wise JLI and Pathfinders are actually stupid good accurate a long ranges but most people aren't really smart enough to use them at those ranges. Your chances of hitting and sniping things at close range is actually less by a very significant margin. Note that if you take into account model snipes Pathfinders and JLI have quite good DPS. Were this falls apart is later into the game were everything is happening a point blank range and squads are running around with good received accuracy which makes hitting them with slow firing rifles a difficult proposition at best. Still tho both Pathfinders and JLI are very much worth the investment. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: G43s - What's The Point?29 Aug 2015, 20:06 PM Jump back to quoted post29 Aug 2015, 19:56 PMMr. Someguy Wait why? JLI fight just fine at short range. And taking away the StG's would be a considerable downgrade and nobody wants that. JLI are actually worse in close range than they are at far due to the reduced accuracy of the scoped G43 at close ranges. Pathfinders and JLI are most effective fighting enemies at range. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Numbers that show that something is wrong in team games29 Aug 2015, 20:02 PM This past tournament which was full of very highly skilled AT's the win rate between Allies and Axis in 3v3 and 4v4 was almost perfectly even. My team won as many Allied 3v3's and 4v4s (including games were we beat top 10 Axis AT's) as Axis 3v3's and 4v4's. Simple fact of the matter; Allies are harder to play in randoms. But when you have the coordination of an AT it's much easier. Maps are also a big factor since they are way to small normally and way to boxy. Relative power of individual factions in 3v3 and 4v4; Ostheer >= Soviets > OKW > USF. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: OKW: Searchlight29 Aug 2015, 16:58 PM Jump back to quoted post29 Aug 2015, 16:55 PMMajorBloodnok And if the OKW infanteers were not making progress in the way you describe? What then? Is it then an abuse? For 200 MP you can drop 40 (50?) fuel as Ostheer using Luftwaffe supply. Like yes I agree it costing no fuel is kinda silly and that it should at least cost 5-10 but it's not really all that abusable in it's current state. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: OKW: Searchlight29 Aug 2015, 16:51 PM Jump back to quoted post29 Aug 2015, 16:49 PMMajorBloodnok You seem to be deliberately missing my point ................................... Blowing up the IR HT with attack ground and salvaging the wreck would be an extremely inefficient way of producing fuel. You would be better off just making more infantry to cap the map and get you more fuel income. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: OKW: Searchlight29 Aug 2015, 16:46 PM Jump back to quoted post29 Aug 2015, 16:37 PMMajorBloodnok But with respect, that is now irrelevant. Dealing with facts as they now are, the UHU is potentially open to abuse. Agreed? How fundamentally has OKW changed to were 20 fuel only 3-4 months ago is more than it is now? The IR HT isn't abuse, especially considering OKW isn't exactly swimming in recon options and the large "sweep" time of the search light. Like 10 fuel would be reasonable, but 20? Nah. It cost 25 fuel, and just because nobody uses a unit doesn't make it bad. Penals are very underused, but they are a fairly strong infantry squad when upgraded and vetted. Penals are underused because they are bad (like they cost 10 MP less than riflemen and have like 1/10th of the utility), they will probably be a lot better once the flamer changes it and they are a lot more powerful versus weapons teams, buildings, trucks, ect. Stock Ostheer and Soviet tanks were barely used because callins were a thing, but that didn't make all of them terrible. They buffed the SU-76 because it was terrible, they reduced the cost of the T34/76 because it was bad, the StuG was buffed because it was bad. Like they nuked call in's and buffed stock tanks at the same time because a lot of them were bad. You can't justify buffs to a unit that is fairly priced on the basis that noone uses it. Thats not how balance works. You look at the strengths and uses of said unit, and then you figure out what would be a fair price. 200mp only for a mobile maphack IS NOT a fair price no matter how you try to rationalize it. I never said only 200mp was fair, why are you so hostile? I agree that 10 fuel would be a reasonable price to pay for it but 20 fuel is kind of outrageous considering that's 1/2 of the price of a new truck and 1/4th the price of a Stuka Zu Fuss. It's a defenseless HT with a set up time. Like it isn't that crazy powerful. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Panzerwerfer - the forgotten Ostheer arty29 Aug 2015, 16:39 PM Give it it's original rocket amount of 16 back. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: OKW: Searchlight29 Aug 2015, 16:35 PM Jump back to quoted post29 Aug 2015, 16:07 PMcomm_ash 20fu would be a fair price increase IMO. Its pretty silly that you can buy a maphack for the price of a pioneer squad, and thus don't have to worry about the consequences on your tech. It used to cost 20 fuel and nobody used it. Like it was changed to cost no fuel because most people never built it ever because 20 fuel is half the price of a new truck. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Buff Conscript PPSh-41 long range to match Mosin DPS29 Aug 2015, 00:55 AM The PPSh-41 should just "level up" your cons, and change their roll a bit. They lose the ability to make sandbags and use molotovs but gain regular grenades and like -13% received accuracy. This way there is an incentive to upgrade a certain number of squads for more direct combat, rather than something you just always do ala gren LMG42. In: COH2 Balance