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Thread: First Review British Forces25 Aug 2015, 17:01 PM Jump back to quoted post25 Aug 2015, 16:37 PMAustralian Magic This is gold. Panther's turret is almost twice faster than Tiger's or IS's and over 2 times fater than KT's, while it's almost same for Jackson, Pz4 and other mediums. And it's faster than Wolverine's turret. At vet 3 only T34/85, Sherman and Pz4 have noticeable faster turret. Really gold. It's slower than a medium tanks turret speed and slightly faster than the heaviest tanks turret traverse speed. This is probably because it occupies a space in between heavy and medium tank due it's unique nature of high cost and armor. It gets 40% turret rotation at vet 2 to compensate for that, compared to the 35% most tanks get. The IS2 also get's 50% more turret rotation at vet 2 giving it almost exactly the same traverse speed as the Panther. I don't know why your knit picking this, because the reason why the Fire Fly beats a Panther 1 for 1 is they cost the same and the Fire Fly is a dedicated TD while the Panther is a tank hunter. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: M26 Pershing/Calliope Debate25 Aug 2015, 13:55 PM Jump back to quoted post25 Aug 2015, 13:44 PMUS3K Coming back to panthers - panthers are mentioned as they are one of the key stumbling blocks of the current tools USF has at the moment. To break a pak wall you need Shermans to push in an almost sacrificial manner. Say you've used smoke perfectly and are in their lines with Sherman's taking out support weapons, in comes the panther. Your Sherman's are toast, and can't be helped by your Jackson's as moving them forwards puts them at risk. Sherman's just don't have the durability to sweep and clear in the face of enemy armour late game, negating the ability of Jackson's to back them up. Panthers can do all of this and run away too, as well as being effective at chasing down armour and securing the kill. The PIV will pen a Sherman almost every time, while retaining much better performance against enemy infantry. The JPIV has greater range, is much harder to hit, and does much better DPS. The reason why Panthers are a waste of time versus USF is because they don't have anything to justify their high pen against. I think it would be a lot more fun to give USF a Xylophone Rocket Truck and Sherman Jumbo that could be equipped with diverse upgrades. Right now what USF needs is a brawler, and the Pershing is essentially just a Panther which ain't no brawler. And the Calliope would be hard to balance as it would need to cost an arm and a leg to justify the durability it would have combined with having a Sherman gun + rocket launcher. Regardless 5 man weapon teams, no more received accuracy bullshit, ect would all be good changes for the WFA factions. In: Lobby
Thread: Quick kubelwagon question25 Aug 2015, 13:09 PM Jump back to quoted post25 Aug 2015, 13:06 PMsquippy I believe the motorcycle in CoH1 had some kind of bonus, either a RA buff or something to do with target size, that made it much harder to hit than other vehicles. It wasn't that unusual to see a motorcycle escape several shots from ATG's. I assume the same principle has been applied to the kubel. Fun Fact: The Kubel has the pathing AI of the motorcycle from CoH1 because as we know driving a car is exactly like driving a motorcycle. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: M26 Pershing/Calliope Debate25 Aug 2015, 12:52 PM I know Cookiez is trolling but going for Panthers against USF is pointless because; 1. It's supposed to fight heavy tanks, that's why it has low DPS but high penetration 2. It dies in the same amount of hits as a JPIV or PIV does to a Jackson 3. It means you need to go T4 as Ost (lol) and OKW can just get a JPIV for the same price (40 for the truck 135 for the tank) Like it won't be useless but it's not a smart idea, idk why people have such an obsession with it. In: Lobby
Thread: First Review British Forces25 Aug 2015, 12:45 PM Jump back to quoted post25 Aug 2015, 07:16 AMKatitof Firefly does not have 60 sight range, panther can just rush it as its much faster and circle strafe it as it turns its turret like it was a heavy. Also, one of most effective allied AT guns being actually effective? Such imbalance! Only Axis can have panther penetration level tanks that aren't made of cardboard and tissue paper. The Panther's turret turns like it's a heavy tank. And the Brit 6 pounder is like the USF AT gun ROF wise but the ZiS gun penetration wise, capturing one in the Alpha was always a huge deal because it gave you a big leg up. Again, the weakness of brits is to massed cheap armor they can't cost effectively trade with like StuG III's. Attempting to use heavies against them is a poor idea, especially Panthers as Brit tanks tend to have a lot of HP and the Panther has very poor DPS. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: USF needs25 Aug 2015, 01:13 AM Jump back to quoted post25 Aug 2015, 00:57 AMdasheepeh like an EZ8 v2 It would be a Sherman with more health AND armor, basically a Churchill/KV1 brawler type. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: First Review British Forces24 Aug 2015, 23:20 PM 1 on 1 a Firefly beats a Panther due to it getting the first shot thanks to the longer range, at mid to close range it will almost never fail to pen a Panther either so it doesn't really need to worry about that. As someone said earlier, the way to beat Brits is spamming mediums, not heavy tanks. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: M26 Pershing/Calliope Debate24 Aug 2015, 23:16 PM Some crap mortar won't kill MG pak walls. It will honestly just die to the German mortar or a rifle nade. A katyusha like unit is required as allies late game. You never see late game soviets without a katyusha, because they know damn well they don't stand a chance otherwise. Iv never said I was against adding the Xylophone, but the Katyusha isn't mandatory in 2v2. The difference between p4 and Sherman and their Anti tank counters is massive. P4 doesn't have to deal with shreks. P4 doesn't have to deal with TWP and autopen(not talking about or considering soviets at all regarding this part of my post The Sherman also has better AI performance meaning it can kill AT guns (especially clumped Racktens) as well as non-doctrinal smoke. The PIV is a more defensive oriented tank. P4 doesn't have to deal with panthers, P4 doesn't have to deal with... Anything from USF really except a paper Jackson, or bad RNG vs a Sherman, Panthers are never a good idea versus USF, ever. And when a pak or even something as trivial as a Faust hit is considered alongside this, there's no contest as to which dies faster or easier... Fausts don't engine damage on the first hit, and of course you have emergency repairs to abuse at your leisure. And there's nothing wrong with the 50 cal... Getting it rifle naded is a L2P issue... Screen and spot,if it still dies, they still retreated, recrew and move on. it's amazing, not on its own, but supported. But judging by our last forum war with the MG34, of course you think the 50 is weak. It's got more bugs than a roach hotel. Like it loses all the MG buffs at vet 2 and it dies to Paks and has bugged reinforce due to the gun costing nothing. It has a laundry list of problems. Also your instance the MG34 is fine, while also insisting the .50 cal is shows you need to study the stats, files, and mechanics a tad more. Especially for someone with a blue tag. If there's a Pershing to initiate actual contact, and a calliope to soften, things get way easier instantly...I'm not asking the Pershing to one shot elefants from 60 range, but I need something to take a hit. Again, I don't disagree but I don't want Relic to address basic faction problems with DLC. In: Lobby
Thread: M26 Pershing/Calliope Debate24 Aug 2015, 21:35 PM Jump back to quoted post24 Aug 2015, 21:21 PMCookiezNcreem Expensive Riflemen and paper Sherman's have to take most of the damage because there's no artillery to kill paks or shreks blob and there's no tank that can take a hit while other tanks do proper maneuvers. There is a case for adding a basic mortar to USF, but Sherman's aren't anymore paper than non-skirted PIV's, or T34's (76 and 85). All basic mediums are pretty much always going to be penned by dedicated AT platforms. Riflemen's expensive cost is justified early in the game were they have a clear advantage, not later in the game were they don't. Adding a supply depot as others have suggested would be the best way to go about things. After the .50 is unfucked I don't really think USF will have an issue with Shrek blobs, but then again I beat USF players without using shreks so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ In: Lobby
Thread: Alex's Guide to using Booby Trap24 Aug 2015, 21:02 PM Jump back to quoted post24 Aug 2015, 15:11 PMCookiezNcreem you couldnt have just called this "how to use booby traps"? I thought you said you don't troll in the strategy section? Good stuff but i rather have 30 muni mine than 50 muni bobby trap. They are overpriced. Relic should make em usable on buildings, that way OKW would struggle against garrisons slightly less. That would be interesting yeah. In: OKW Strategies