Profile of Latch

I used to have luck with bolstering squads before teching up, considering I saw ostruppen before the choice was given to me. Then teching up and unlocking weapons and giving each squad 1 bren (give them 2 adn they will always drop one at vet 3 :/).

Recently though, I have had no luck with that at all and I just can't keep up with the sheer number of them, what I have learned though is:

1) Take and hold key buildings as well as you can, getting them out can be an absolute pain.

2) Get at least 2 vickers and place them on your flanks.

3) Use a sniper to fire on any gren/engie with flames/MG's the enemy will bring.

Going Bofors might be a much better choice than going AEC due to the fact the OST cant do anything against them but they can faust the AEC. A mortar pit in a defensive position would possibly help too but these two are speculation as I have yet to try them but I will certainly do so when I next see the dreaded prostruppen.

OP, because you're a game designer you can clearly see that the OKW has a number of design issues that make very little sense. Upon calling for these issues to be reworked, your told that you are actually calling to nerf OKW. This is because the entire design of the OKW is fundamentally flawed, so flawed in fact that it's gimmicks are the only things holding the faction together. Make a infantry blob, get a leig, kill all, rush vehicles with dirt cheap teching and hope your blob doesn't get killed or you don't get run over early/mid game by light vehicles.

I think that any thread dealing with resolving OKW design flaws must also propose rational buffs to the faction, so everyone is appeased.

Of course, I'm not one to bias in favor of faction, It's in my opinion OKW that make this game a massive pain to play but the only way 'true' to stop it is to strip the faction of its identity which is, in my eyes, a really bad solution.

My focus wasn't OKW, this faction is simply the one I see that has the most striking issues which is why it is mentioned more times. I understand the people that are saying I should at least play as them, I see where you are coming from but I reiterate that I have watched countless people playing as them so I know how painful some situations can be. Yet, this doesn't exclude the fact that most of what I said is a clear issue with the faction. It may be too harsh, unnecessary or out right ridiculous but this is why I shared it with you, so we can discuss the issues and possibly find a solution that will really help the game in the long run.

Please don't think I am being malicious or have an ulterior motive, I'm simply stating big issues that I see are damaging the games balance.

Bruh, it becomes nearly obsolete 4 minutes into game, this isn't a issue at all imo.

I agree that it has its limit of usefulness just like the UC but those 4 minutes in the early game are vital in establishing a foothold.

SNIP!

1. Agree completely other than that the flame damage is fine, as I showed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73V85WLFlLc flame HT (The same for the crock) give you next to no reaction time to get an MG out of a building, it's possible, don't get me wrong, I tested it several times but the timing has to be near perfect (and the Gods on your side so the squad doesn't setup on exit -.-).

2. Aye, its just a misleading description along with the rifle nade that I'm most annoyed with.

3. Not 100% sure what you are stating here, the AA ability should be an upgrade or the gun itself? I like the gun itself, it's gardening annoying but acceptable and easy to take out, the main problem being, the free AA.

4. What's wrong with the flak emplacements that can be built?

5. agree and disagree, I'm the stance of either all abilities in the base or none at all, what constitutes as one that can't be targeted in bases?

6. Kind of like the soviet AT guns ability but that as the leigs main role? That could work but would obviously remove indirect fire from OKW unless they spend munitions for the ability. I think that's too drastic a change other than simply increasing scatter or reducing range.

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10. It is harsh but its several ideas merged into one. If I had to pick any it would be that no AT weapons should be fired at infantry and should have a minimal range against tanks so you can't shoot at them from near point blank range.

Wouldn't giving the volks the MP turn them into CQ units? meaning they would in essence, have no mid game standard long range infantry until volks arrive?

11. Decent compromise, wrecks only but with a slight increase due to the no cache and no more weapon salvage.

12. Don't talk to me anymore Just kidding, This is just my biggest pain in game at the moment so unless you agree with me, I refuse to listen to you on this point, ha. No, I still stand by the de-caping ability rather than capping, possibly increase its health or Armour so it remain useful later on, christ, I'd even let it have cloak at vet 1 so long as it could only decap!

13. Thank you, it is just incredibly annoying to destroy the bases and then oh, a super duper none doctrinal tank has arrived -.-. Well, that was pointless I should have kept the base alive and just fought panthers instead.

14. So long as the Churchill remains in its current state, then agreed but as the Churchill has really no defining role now I can envision a change coming which may or may not, need it to be limited.

15. That's a difficult one to predict, we already have group buffs with the Captains 'On me' the airlanding officers charge and the officer blob so the essential lines are already there that increase the squads potential within a radius to a specific unit.

In theory all that needs to be done is enclose the code in a timer gate and begin the effects when the time runs out, increasing the effects the more squads are near the given squad, resetting the timer when they move away. But, that's just a theory, a game th.. Sorry, a theory that, in the coding world, is never that simple, ha!

Thanks for the reply anyway, I really appreciate you taking the time to discuss it with me and sorry for the late reply!

Churchill could get some of it HP and armor back but then other thing would have to change:

1) Churchill should have its over-performing grenade toned down

2) Smoke should not provide vision block but yellow cover to infantries

3) "war speed" should not be available to Churchills or it should be toned down for heavy vehicles

4) the synergy of of heavy engineers and Churchills should be toned down.Heavy engineers is a buff in 2 roles both as fighting unit and as repair it should become only in one. Being able to fight and gain veterancy allows H.Eng to reach vet 2 level easily and benefit from 2 repair speed bonuses allowing Churchills to return to frontline very fast.

If these changes are made Churchill should have its defensive properties increased

Come on man, War speed is bad but Tigers and Kings using Blitz is ok? Not saying you think that but you didn't mention it Id rather see the fighting 'buff' of the engies gone but the repair speed stay if I had to make a choice, they move far to slow to really be effective at anything but camping.

This happened on stream, the guy was AFK for 5 minutes and I had the whole map, when the fight began it was clear he was fairly new, so, for sport I decided (thanks to chat) to spam AEC's and max out the popcap. Skip to the end for the best part, unless you want to see me plant 500 mines all over the map, ha!

Playing against is never the same as playing the faction to properly understand it. I've been watching a lot of House of Cards recently and I'm slowly understanding the US political process, but it doesn't mean I necessarily know how Congress works from a first hand perspective.

It's a loose analogy I know, but it's similar to the idea that you never know until you've tried. It's really easy once you have established an argument to defend it to the last, but if your argument is met with a lot of resistance the adaptive thing to do is change it to meet the standards others set for you, rather than attack their evidence to suit your original theories.

*Really hoping that made sense*

What evidence? That's my point there has been no 'evidence' to state WHY it's a 'bad' idea just a simple, no or don't like it.

The analogy is pointless, I can counter it instantly by saying I know nothing of American Football but if I watched the amount of games I watch of COH2 and read up on it as much, I could play it for the first time and know everything about it. That's why analogies are bad.

I specifically state in the opening statement to correct me/add discuss my points, I have yet to see a valid reason as to why one of my points is bad apart from tenid's post about the heavies and my back and forth with Jedi.

I am hardly attacking anyone's 'evidence' as very little has been offered. I didn't expect anyone to agree with all of my points, I knew people would be up in arms about certain parts of it and I explicitly state where and when an aspect I fell needs changing is down to my own personal feeling and not something for the greater good.

You respond to one of my points describing why it's bad, I will reply with a counter or agreement, if the former it cycles back until an agreement or a refusal to agree has occurred, that's not attacking 'evidence' that's a discussion/debate.

If you like analogies, here is a good one:

I don't play football (soccer), I don't watch it or read about it, but I know it needs referees to watch footage of an incident to reduce the number of cheaters/divers etc. But, I guess I shouldn't be allowed that opinion as I don't play football.

@Plaguer My being a games designer does indeed not mean that my proposals are good or any better than anyone else's, it simply shows (or at least, should) that I have a greater understanding for the aspect of games design in general than the average player and that I'm not just spouting out one sided pish.

Again, I really don't get the instant dismissal due to me not playing axis, the points I gave are observations that are clearly over/under performing or simply broken.

Why should a truck that has a fraction of health left then be able to transform into a full health structure? Where is the punishment for being caught with the truck out in the open? I don't need to play OKW to see this flaw, or should I be grateful it exists to lessen the risk of using said truck forward.

OKW not needing dedicated AT, again, why do I need to play as OKW using this tactic to see that it works far too well and negates the need for AT when I am the player that it gets used against/watches the replays, with the only difference being, I didn't click where the unit should go/attack.

Why do I need to play axis to see that the mobile arty is overperforming, especially when compared with the Katy?

Why do I need to play OKW to see that a Kubel capping points whilst my infantry does what its made for and fight, only on the front lines of the enemy, is or is not bad design and needs changing?

Why do I need to play axis to see that my blobbing 'fix' is good or bad?

Rinse and repeat for 90% of my points.

EDIT: Oh and #5, how can anyone be against that change? Honestly.