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Thread: Hmmm 2 v 2 issue: Guards and Shocks30 Dec 2013, 08:39 AM This isn't a whine about OP Soviet units. I played a 2 v 2 yesterday versus two Soviets. They both went with doctrines that gave them specialist infantry (Shocks / Guards) and 120mm mortars. This allowed them to go T2 support weapon spam, lots of MGs and 3 x ZiS on the field. We were playing Rails and Metal. When I saw shocks I decided to go for a flame halfie, which was promptly brewed up by lurking guards with AT rifles, and of course the homing AT nades of the 'scripts. The synergy of doctrines in 2 v 2 seems very powerful, especially the specialist infantry options that allow support unit spam (srsly, the amount of mortar fire raining down was incredible). I chose assgrens to try and counter shocks and got my ass handed to me. Any ideas as how to manage this problem? In the spirit of this forum assume I've L2P etc. In: Lobby
Thread: Pio/CE Flamethrower upgrade29 Dec 2013, 17:22 PM I'm with computerheat. Or maybe just a very rare critical. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: New Doctrine - Lend Lease29 Dec 2013, 12:21 PM Whisper it softly... but I like DLC. Some of the stuff coming out ain't great, but that's not a DLC issue per se. Jesus, the people here who want scientifically-calibrated 1V1 matches on the same three 'pro' maps forever are getting duller and duller. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Germans are bad28 Dec 2013, 20:50 PM hubewa, I like your style but you are too logical for some people who take a binary approach to balance FWIW I agree completely and I play and enjoy both factions. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Germans are bad28 Dec 2013, 16:27 PM ^ What he said. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Germans are bad27 Dec 2013, 15:12 PM Yes, just watch OMGPop's rampant T34/85 abuse. Did Relic really intend players in top-flight 1v1 to be able to spam seven at once? In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Germans are bad27 Dec 2013, 13:08 PM I'm sort of torn. My problem is that, unlike VCoH, CoH2 doesn't reflect the vibe or feel of the armies. Why is it that the most Soviet-feeling spammable infantry belong to a German Commander (Ostruppen) ? Why is it that the German armour and infantry doesn't have the sort of utility you might expect in the mid-game? Why does the Soviet Tier One suck so badly, I never see penal troops? Why is SNF dominated by this dull call-in meta (and why are you 'pros' addicted to the same three maps, it's like freaking Groundhog Day at the moment)? I play and like both factions, but agree that the more players you have the more OP the Russians can be if abused 'properly.' TLR, stuff is busted but it's busted pretty equally. I don't expect hyper-realism, or even realism but I expect verisimilitude of sorts. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: New Doctrine - Lend Lease26 Dec 2013, 17:32 PM The thing is that the obvious new factions would be too controversial. On the one hand, a new Russian Partisan faction (lots of light infantry units with armoured cars, light tanks and elite soviet parachutist support) is an easy one to sell. The corollary? A German light police / partisan hunting faction, responsible for the most brutal and disgusting war crimes (would be interesting to play from a purely tactical perspective, they would receive pumas / bikes / kubels and even mounted troops). Furthermore, these factions would add a welcome break from the spamfest / armour rush that typifies the game right now, and add an extra tactical dimension to the game. The Western Allies simply weren't there. Like, doh. Unless they plan on using the engine for a new franchise based on other theatres. The other Axis / Eastern Euros and Italians? Poor quality infantry and crappy tanks? Hmmm. Finns? Well, it's a different and for many too esoteric part of the war. I'd go for a late war German 'home army' faction with foreign 'elite' (i.e. fanatical SS infantry), spammable volkswehr, lots of traps and barricades versus a new arty heavy end-war 'Guards' Faction which would neatly reverse the Axis / Sov paradigm where the Russians get their turn at playing cat and the Germans the mice. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: New Doctrine - Lend Lease26 Dec 2013, 13:29 PM The Brits gave the Sovs Churchills, which they hated with a passion. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Unreleased Units24 Dec 2013, 07:20 AM I want to see some sort of assault pioneer / heavy infantry unit with flammenwerfers and demolitions capability, not least as I had so much fun with them in Close Combat 3! They should be hellish expensive, with no long range weapons (SMG) but lots of mines / nades / demo potential. In: COH2 Gameplay