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Thread: Should soviet Combat E ngineers be buffed?29 Mar 2020, 19:25 PM Jump back to quoted post29 Mar 2020, 18:09 PMthedarkarmadillo Would you. Consider seeing up defensive positions engineer jobs? Because pios can do that and CE cannot. But they do their engineering jobs just fine. They have different types of mines and explosives - not a big deal - one player prefers minefields+telles, another prefers regular mines. One player likes cqc and more risk because of it, another prefers long ranger squad with less vision. Jump back to quoted post29 Mar 2020, 18:09 PMthedarkarmadillo Sandbags as well as bunkers (yes they cost extra but it's an option) Ability to build sandbags should be given to grens just like it was given to conscripts. Pios can build them and it makes them 'overworked' and makes it more difficult for grens to use those sandbags. The fact that pios not grens build them is actually a nerf to the whole faction. I'd move them to grens immediately but a lot of allied players are afraid of it (but it is ok to them that cons and UKF inf. can build them!) Bukers were supposed to be a faction feature. They are, however, not used by many higher skilled players as they are just too expensive and can be too easily destroyed because they are stationary. I understand they can build them just like grens, but it shouldn't be reflected in the price in this case. As Soviets you don't need to retreat your units to build healing. Jump back to quoted post29 Mar 2020, 18:09 PMthedarkarmadillo Pios cost more because they do more. It's not negotiable. Do more= cost more do less =cost less pios do more = cost more CE do less = cost less. There's more to the game than JUST repairs late game. In my opinion they simply don't do more. They are just different. The price should be the same or you destabilise lategame. A unit so cheap and so useful just shouldn't exist. Maybe if they weren't given extra repair speed after they receive sweepers... In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Should soviet Combat E ngineers be buffed?29 Mar 2020, 16:42 PM Jump back to quoted post29 Mar 2020, 16:18 PMthedarkarmadillo post You have a unit which fights better long range - which is better for a squish squad, and synergizes better with a flamer. Let me explain: when you have a flamer on ost pios they basically stop dealing damage with their smgs, as flamer is a long range weapon and they will start dealing dmg with flamer only. When you equip a flamer on combat engineers, they still use their rifles at their preffered range to deal long range damage together with the flamer. But, above all, both CE and pios are not fronline units. Their engineering performance is largely the same and the price should be more similar. IMO pios don't have anything that great that justifies 30mp price difference. This price difference makes it too possible to make 2 CEs for just 340manpower lategame and this tips the balance. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Should soviet Combat E ngineers be buffed?29 Mar 2020, 15:33 PM Jump back to quoted post29 Mar 2020, 15:12 PMWiderstreit lol this thread. CE are better than Ostheers' Pios. They are cheaper and are better with flamer, because of their weapon-profile, they are still usefull in late-game, while Pios get obsolete after min 10 (beside rep. + building something) Ostheer Pios can build Bunker, Grens and Osttruppen can built them as well. And to make people remeber - a bunker costs 150mp (almost Soviet engineer price) and does nothing. You have to add 60 munitions on top of that. So, a static position for 150mapower and 50 munitions - Thats is another Soviet flamer engineer. A much better investment! In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Should soviet Combat E ngineers be buffed?29 Mar 2020, 15:20 PM Jump back to quoted post29 Mar 2020, 13:58 PMKatitof If repairs are your priority, you have a doctrine for that. That is irrelevant. The priority is balance. Soviet engineers are too cheap and it creates manpower imbalance mostly at later stages of the game when repair units need to be replaced or you have to quickly build squads for sidecappig. Jump back to quoted post29 Mar 2020, 13:58 PMKatitof You're fighting windmills here and not even a single player, no matter how bad he is agrees with you. Its time to stop, because you're dragging it for the sake of arguing as nothing'll come out of it I'm a bit more optimistic here. I feel there are people who see that Soviets are the best atm. The only problem imo is that changes/discussion often address only combat stats. They sometimes lack required depth to solve problems. Jump back to quoted post29 Mar 2020, 13:58 PMKatitof And yes, pios ARE better. Much higher DPS at effective range and increased sight alone makes them better. DPS at a range when they have to be very close is not too good for a fragile unit. It is better for a fragile unit to be further away from your opponents and have their optimal range there. The sight is nice to have but a cheaper price is better. Jump back to quoted post29 Mar 2020, 13:58 PMKatitof In fact, pios might be THE best engineers in the whole game, thanks to the sight alone, making them the ultimate infantry to recrew weapons, especially HMGs. If the utility of a unit is based on the fact that it can recrew stuff. God bless You. A stronger, more durable unit would be better. Pios are very squishy and the fact the have to close in to be effective means they are much more likely to die in the proces. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Raketens are too good29 Mar 2020, 13:38 PM Jump back to quoted post28 Mar 2020, 20:37 PMSander93 The gun shield does provide heavy cover AOE reduction under certain circumstances (enemy throwing a grenade from a certain angle, and I assume this works the same for ballistic weapons) and the gun crew itself getting cover from the gun shield means that the other crew members will spread out, while the Raketen's crew will bunch up on terrain cover. So even if it's mostly bugged, having a gun shield does provide a significant enough advantage to weigh into the discussion. True and nice to have it all explained Yet, the retreat function on its own provides a hell of extra funcionality and can make the at more survivable. Additionally 5 men volks can recrew it really quickly. Most players just overextend it and it gets focused fired and then they complain. What should be looked at might be the reason why ZiS should have 6 men and Pak 4 men crews. It could be so much better to make both have the crew of 5 for many reasons. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Should soviet Combat E ngineers be buffed?29 Mar 2020, 13:19 PM Jump back to quoted post29 Mar 2020, 12:32 PMthedarkarmadillo No, they are objectively worse. Their only redeeming quality is that they are cheap. How are they worse you ask? Do they have bonus sight like pios? Can they build bunkers that can lock down territory or keep units on the front healed? Reinforced? Can they heal anything at all? Do they even have sand bags? Aside from that they have the same wire as pios, the same mimes as sturms and a demo that has been all but removed from the game. They are cheap because they are not worth more. Imho it is better to have a cheaper squad that repairs as quickly as other pios lategame than a more expensive one. It is also better to have more cheaper squads early game than fewer more expensive squads that are still incapable of combat (sturmpios aside). All the utilities of other pios mean very little here. Their basic and most important functions are the same. You shouldn't compare CE to sturmpios as the price difference is jus enormous. Pios (ost) aren't better - they are just different. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Should soviet Combat E ngineers be buffed?29 Mar 2020, 11:21 AM Reply to: Katitof, thedarkarmadillo They become too cheap lategame when you need to use them to repair. They are also too cheap early game. Both these things give Soviets manpower advantage. I don't understand how you can say that their stats are worse compared to pios, which are 200mp. They are just different - not worse. The mines they have are best/most useful mines imo. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Should soviet Combat E ngineers be buffed?28 Mar 2020, 22:44 PM I guess the problem is that they are too cheap compared to other engineers. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: T7028 Mar 2020, 18:50 PM If any nerfs are tied with lowering the price everything should be ok. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Raketens are too good28 Mar 2020, 18:39 PM Jump back to quoted post28 Mar 2020, 18:24 PMSkysTheLimit If I were to change the Rak I would like to try out 6 men and no retreat. I dont think its possible to add a gunshield, but Im no modder IMO it would make it too similar to other at guns. Also 6 men for latewar German army would be meh. Retreat is a cool feature and why not retain it? It all comes down to adequate pricing. In: COH2 Balance