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Thread: War Spoils: How does it work?28 Dec 2015, 20:47 PM Jump back to quoted post28 Dec 2015, 19:17 PMTias I was recently pleased to win a Commander option after playing a skirmish vs. AI, but after that, I have won nearly nothing. It had me thinking.. what is the algorithm for war spoils? Will playing against a tougher AI (or perhaps a higher ranked human) have a larger chance of yielding a rare drop? Or could increasing the number of AI I fight help? If anyone knows, and can help me grind, please help For what you get. Other than that just time playing. What i'll do it just fight an Easy AI on Semos. and just pen them in their base easy enough with no VPs captured and just let the game run while I watch a movie or whatever. Keeping in mind if you Drop from a game or "Leave Match" you don't get any credit for the time played. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Please consider removing infantry crush27 Dec 2015, 20:50 PM What Antillies said, you can only get crushed if your opponents tanks can freely run into your infantry if they have something to fear (getting snared, zooked, etc.) then you won't get crushed. It also helps to realize when you are in danger of getting crushed and avoiding those situations (such as when your infantry in bunched against your bas building and a tank YOLOs into it) In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Relic please change the kubel26 Dec 2015, 18:09 PM Kubel itself is fine. It gets rekt easily 5 minutes into the game (if not sooner if you take into account a Soviet player who goes T1, Bren Carrier, etc.) Very rarely do you see a OKW player go heavy on Kubels because they don't have the scaling that Volks do and you'll quickly find yourself outnumbered once they die. They are only really good for early game harassment. I'm fine with adding a token 5 Fuel charge - I think its a fair trade given how much extra resources you get with the fast capping Kubel gives you (and it can be salvaged back). In principle I wouldn't be opposed to maybe slightly lowering Rear Armor either... although Kubel pathing still sucks balls so in a way they kind of need equal front/back armor lol In: COH2 Balance
Thread: I really like Royal Arty 1v126 Dec 2015, 17:12 PM +1 On Valentine making this doctrine a lot more viable if it was buffed. It's nice that they lowered its CP requirements but its still too expensive for what it does. It should be a slightly more expensive T-70 (due to its scanning ability) compared to its currently "overpriced AEC" form now. If the Brits had the ability to threaten a potent AI light vehicle rush of sorts it would open up a lot of options for UKF. Its a shame because the idea behind this commander is pretty cool. In: UKF Strategies
Thread: Combined arms versus blobbing: Quo vadis Relic? 24 Dec 2015, 03:48 AM Dear God no, this would make the game so tedious and just promote HMG spam. You'd see nothing but MG42's covering half the map and Maxim Spam. USF would get screwed in the early game because they wouldn't have enough munitions for smoke (or any of the counters you listed for that matter). OKW gets doubled screwed as well - no HMG OR counters you listed in early game. Furthermore there are currently plenty of ways to punish blobbers. Yes its frustrating to lose to blobbers because you know in your head that you should beat them but its just a matter of getting better and learning how to counter it. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Shermans not worth it vs OKW?24 Dec 2015, 03:33 AM I also have been having a similar experience. 100% Munitions for OKW really makes can make it tough sledding for Shermans if you don't thin the Volks herd a bit in the early-mid game. If that happens I'll usually sink my fuel into Jacksons and just screen them LMG Rifles/Rangers/Paratroopers for AI depending on map. I may still buy 1 Sherman as first tank just to have a HE shell platform to keep the other player honest but more than 1 Regular Sherman can be iffy if they start going down and the OKW player starts outnumbering your vehicles. Either that or just using Easy 8s which can take a few more Shreks. In: US Forces Strategies
Thread: Annoying US mechanics (Recon and AT nades)24 Dec 2015, 03:23 AM Jump back to quoted post24 Dec 2015, 02:03 AMnodickwilliams I think its more annoying when vehicle crews dont jump back in after finishing repairs. Protip: Always Shift Click tell them to enter after they begin repairing. That way they hop right back in when they are done. It's not to micro intensive since you already are microing them to pop out. You'll never forget about a tank again. OT I agree with OP: AT Grenades shouldn't have a minimum range it's really frustrating when a player who knows what they are doing will just push Rifles around and prevent a snare. Major Recon... sure why not. Or better yet change it to be like the British command vehicle. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Mgs and OKW24 Dec 2015, 01:05 AM Jump back to quoted post24 Dec 2015, 00:50 AMpugzii Cant agree more with your UKF analysis, the amount of 2's games I've lost coz a new shit kid playing UKF and having no idea. It's such a crutch faction atm where you need to be at the top of your game and completely understand the meta and units or you lose by default, horribly designed. Want to get artillery? You lose Want to upgrade infantry early with 5 man and weps? You lose Want to go for infantry based AT and get centaur/church? You lose Don't enjoy using snipers? You lose Don't enjoy abusing certain units to stay in the game? You lose Want to use emplacements? You lose +1000 Anymore I cringe when I play 2's and see myself paired with a UKF player on the loading screen my thoughts consist soles of "Please don't suck, please don't suck" Sees them building early Mortar Pit ... "Motherf*cker!" On the bright side, at lease Croc is finally balanced guyz OT Against OKW that goes heavy on infantry and launches Soviet style numbers attack you need to realize that you can't rely on HMGs to singlehandedly stop a blob like a MG42 does. You need to use the suppression to delay the blob while other units deal enough damage to force a retreat (indirect fire nearby helps a lot) In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Rework volley fire23 Dec 2015, 20:09 PM They did revert the cost but that doesn't change the fact that Volley Fire is still terrible. +1 to just removing the penalty the majority of the problem is that pretty much any unit can make short work of the RE with the penalty. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: UKF AA emplacement and retreating squads23 Dec 2015, 16:26 PM Jump back to quoted post23 Dec 2015, 16:13 PMMyself And I still have not seen a singe argument why Bofors should be good at killing retreating infantries... This can be easily fixed Reducing damage to units on retreat without having any other impact on the A.A.E. Except retreating squads still get the same received accuracy buff while retreating against Bofors like they do against any other unit. Why should Bofors receive a special snowflake nerf? - Its good against infantry thats its whole schtick. You plop it down and it kills infantry. Unless you are arguing that Bofors is too good in general then the whole "retreating squads" distinction is pointless. If you let a player place a Bofors on a retreat path then you should prioritize clearing it out and avoiding retreating squads that follow that path until then. Nerfing Bofors against retreating infantry should in no way factor into that. (You shouldn't be attacking an unBraced Bofors with Infantry anyway). In: COH2 Gameplay