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Thread: M36- badly underpowered?5 Dec 2014, 16:34 PM Jump back to quoted post5 Dec 2014, 15:31 PMQueenRatchet123 USF needs M18 hellcat (commander) The gun was almost identical to the EZ8 The Ez8 reliably penetrates lightly armoured, high fired rate, high pentration, average damage, 50 range, .50 cal upgrade, and same cost and vet as m10, and 5-25mm armor pierced by MGs... In: COH2 Balance
Thread: OKW, the root of most balance issues?5 Dec 2014, 16:10 PM Jump back to quoted post5 Dec 2014, 16:05 PMMittens We should stop looking at rankings and W/L ratios of players and think about the avg player. That's like saying we should change Football rules and field size based on high school level play. No. The Scott dies in 2 shrek hits, the sherm in 4, and on avg 5-6 for the ez8 If Scott is in range of shreks you are doing something vastly wrong. Also, it takes an average of 6 hits from shrek to kill a T-34. EZ8s can bounce shreks and raketens and will certainly take more shots than a T-34. Please don't make unsupported claims :/ In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Matchmaking Quite Polarised5 Dec 2014, 16:06 PM It's the highest of all the steam RTS so... On a second note, a lot of CoH2 players are loyal fans since CoH1 and other similar games like DoW series, so expect a good portion of the playerbase to be experienced in the gameplay meta. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Early game build orders for Ostheer (2v2)4 Dec 2014, 19:17 PM Jump back to quoted post4 Dec 2014, 18:52 PMHawk How are you guys dealing early game with mass rifle/conspam? My partner and I have also been playing Ostheer/OKW combo and the toughest thing we've faced recently is when a Sov/Ami team makes 5-6 each rifles+cons. No amount of suppression matters at this point due to sheer numbers and rifles early access to smoke nades. Grens/Volks can't go toe to toe with the rifles (especially if they're rifle company and have vet.)If you try to hold ground with MG bunkers, the AA halftrack usually shows up shortly after you're able to upgrade the bunker and tears it down in 3-4 shots. We end up getting rushed off the key points and losing too much map control to recover. I've actually moved away from using Tigers (and the Ace) recently and started using Jaeger Armor again for spotting scopes and the Elephant and had some success. Depends on the map but some general pointers : 1) Wire up any cover they can use 2) IF they blob everything and start rolling down one side of the map, avoid fighting it head-on (just try to delay their capping at most) and counter-cap the other side of the map. 3) veto both semoisky, In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Any use of BAR equipped Pathfinders?4 Dec 2014, 18:40 PM In: US Forces Strategies
Thread: OKW, the root of most balance issues?4 Dec 2014, 17:02 PM Jump back to quoted post4 Dec 2014, 16:58 PMSpecialka I am just using you logic to the fullest. lol... In: COH2 Balance
Thread: "Super Rare" Commanders/Doctrines4 Dec 2014, 16:46 PM I did manage to get Close air support off war spoils, so the chances are pretty equal ( as in equally crappy chance) I'd say. For the urban assault doctrine its not released yet but is in the game files. I hear they're testing it with AI atm... In: Lobby
Thread: OKW, the root of most balance issues?4 Dec 2014, 16:06 PM Jump back to quoted post4 Dec 2014, 15:47 PMKatitof Following your logic, Soviets should be getting free M-42 with no pop cap every cooldown after choosing doctrine its in. If Zis-3 was removed from the roster I guess your logic makes sense? In: COH2 Balance
Thread: OKW, the root of most balance issues?4 Dec 2014, 15:43 PM Jump back to quoted post4 Dec 2014, 15:40 PMSpecialka You are right. Let's all play OKW only. What? Yeah.. you go do that and let us know how you've fared... also let me know when you're going to play, so I can queue as allies. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: OKW, the root of most balance issues?4 Dec 2014, 14:48 PM Jump back to quoted post4 Dec 2014, 14:39 PMAvNY Is it too much to ask that it be possible for those who are not the top 100 (or 50 or 20) to have a chance at being competitive with the one faction some of us bought in order to play the game? We know that for those who "can't" they don't just not have the edge, the balance is tipped heavily against them. There are simply some modes you will not have a chance to win and others in which you will struggle mightily. For most USF it will either be a win at 10 minutes (is that fun or will outplaying the other now feel like a stomp) or a slow frustrating slide to a loss as the game progresses. people love to feel like that came back from behind... OKW is practically designed by psychologists to give that "I am so great" feeling where most of that feeling actually was part of the design. I predicted that once they fixed the Kubel we would end up back at the point of complaining about late-game. We didn't for a while because the kubel meant most didn't get to the late game. Unless the all factions are equal, that would be impossible to achieve. Look at Starcraft I : Probably the most successful and balanced RTS ever, as recognized by many. Zerg had Lurkers to counter Terran infantry blob, but "pro" players microed the infantry to avoid incoming aoe shots and effectively countered its counters. Same for vultures countering dragoons and mutalisks counteringmarine blob. You see, the developer intent will never be the same for the actual gaming scene. And you can never make everyone happy. But seeing as how omgpop can achieve 91% win rate with USA, even among the best players..... The balance will always be top-down, rather than the other way around. It's usually better for the game itself. When a developer tries to balance the game for the average gamer, disasters like Tekken 4 happen. The developer of this long-running fight game series actually mentioned that "balancing based on the feedback of the average layman is detrimental to the game". In: COH2 Balance