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Thread: Rear echelons shouldn't be able to pick up any base upgrades14 Sep 2015, 20:12 PM Jump back to quoted post14 Sep 2015, 20:05 PMKeaper! They are not getting nerfed. They are (hopefully) getting their unintended buff reverted. The grens that are on live right now are grossly overperforming for a 240 manpower unit. Word. Every now and then Grenadiers beat Tommies 1vs1 in a green cover shoot out if RNG doesn't go your way. Not to mention the good old LMG Gren Spam with CAS... its one of the main reasons that I'm impatient for the Preview Patch to go live. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Rear echelons shouldn't be able to pick up any base upgrades14 Sep 2015, 17:10 PM Jump back to quoted post14 Sep 2015, 16:04 PMDeC They can still hold and use the most powerful upgrades in game and deal the same damage as any other specialist, expensive unit. That's the issue. Imagine ostruppen were able to pickup an lmg34 and a panzershreck at the same time And btw, with those upgrades they vet up quite fast and get one additional model so I wouldn't call tehm squishy at that point. Most powerful upgrades in game? Are we playing the same game? Because BAR and Zooks don't equate to LMG34s and Schreks. Even then, its the same thing where you are paying the Munitions for the Weapon's DPS - whatever squad lugging it around doesn't really matter. 2-3 models of the RE squad are still lugging around their derpy Pew Pew rifles... if you pay 120 Munitions of course their DPS will go up. Rifles still have better Vet and DPS with the same weapons, you are just choosing to sacrifice that for a less effective squad that is cheaper. Regardless you are limited by Munitions. The same would go for Osttruppen; the only difference is that the commander has a Fuel -> Munitions conversion which would let you spam upgrades which is the only way that it would be broken. Not like the Mobile Defense Ostruppen with LMGs are all that overwhelming either lol. Besides, Weapon Racks are a core USF mechanic whereas for Wher. its not. Its simply not an issue. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Centaur14 Sep 2015, 15:04 PM I'm almost positive I saw something about Centaur in the notes as well... something about them changing the attack to be an accuracy based attack with less splash/AOE. Thats a very specific thing to remember so I'm pretty sure I'm not making it up lol Centaurs good but with the current British teching it does delay your other armor pretty significantly in that respect I think its fine. If the preview mod teching goes live then Centaur rushes might be a problem (though I doubt on the scale of M5 Rushes lol) In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Rear echelons shouldn't be able to pick up any base upgrades14 Sep 2015, 14:58 PM Lol this thread. This strategy requires you to sink a lot of munitions into REs which are still fairly squishy, they are just cheaper to reinforce. By this logic you should just delete Ostruppen from the game because they are so easy to spam. Let's think about this logic... 1. People complain about Rifleman spam/deathblob/ lack of USF openings 2. People complain about REs being useless Someone manages to use REs effectively and that means we should nerf the one thing that made it possible. Well okay then! In: COH2 Balance
Thread: LeIG is too effective14 Sep 2015, 03:48 AM +1 to increasing Barrage timer on ISG - that would eliminate a lot of the problem that Brit emplacement have against it and make it more balanced. Just bring it in line with other factions mortars or slightly less. Comparing ISG and Pack Howie isn't that great at determining if ISG is overperforming IMO... yes they are similar units but are in different factions and used in different contexts. USF - mobile army dependent on aggressive flanking, who can't set up static screening troops for Pack Howie to set up behind and auto fire endlessly as easy. Also more MP stressed due to Rifleman bleed making getting multiple Pack Howies harder. How often do you see a USF player with 2 Pack Howies? OKW - Forward Trucks set up natural locations to plop ISGs at. OKW naturally tends to float MP and can more easily build 2-3 ISGs. ISG has longer auto-fire range which synergizes with OKW forward truck screening to fire at troops in a wider radius and not need to reposition. You see how this can result in the ISG overperforming? Yes 1 vs. 1 Pack Howie can look the same or even better as a unit but the units don't exist in a vacuum. OKW can more easily screen ISGs and build more of them... when you throw in longer auto-fire range... yes the ISG can be too effective when combined with OKW as a whole. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Why Vicker HMG is so bad for its price?!!14 Sep 2015, 03:10 AM Its damage is good but as a suppression piece yeeeeah it leaves something to be desired if its not in a building. Definitely not something you can leave on its own to watch a VP point or something along those lines. Slight decrease to 260 MP would be nice or a slight suppression buff otherwise its pretty good. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: LMG Engineers?13 Sep 2015, 05:51 AM Jump back to quoted post12 Sep 2015, 22:14 PMCookiezNcreem Snip +1 Anybody who thinkss they are OP should go play British and try spamming them and find out just how terrible they are at being Assault Troops. They are strictly "hold the line" infantry. They are nice supporting troops though to soak fire and help throw out some damage but a Heavy Eng with 1 Vickers doesn't really do all that much DPS (4 models stills have Stens after all and can't close distance to engage due to their extra armor weighing as much as Thor's Hammer). I had no idea they got 2 armor though In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Relic Appreciation12 Sep 2015, 18:53 PM Hear hear! In: Lobby
Thread: Balance Preview Update 09/09/201512 Sep 2015, 18:49 PM Jump back to quoted post12 Sep 2015, 18:37 PMbroodwarjc What about Brits starting with a Royal Engineer rather than an Infantry Section and extra MP to make up the difference? This would give the Brits early wiring and repair abilities, but they must preserve the squad because they can't build another until the next Tier. Other changes: lower damage and cost of Tulip rockets, but decrease reload time of Firefly, lower Infantry Section reinforce cost to 28-30MP, lower cost of Vickers HMG to 260MP, give slight recloak and reload time decrease to Brit Sniper, give Emplacements more HP, but easier to decrew to allow for a more unit bleed like effect. +1 All around, especially Tulips/Firefly. Other option would be to give UC Self repair at Vet 0 and give Tommies Barb Wire In: Lobby
Thread: Should Mortar Pit cost fuel?12 Sep 2015, 15:57 PM I kind of like the idea... maybe closer to the 20-30 Fuel Range. Depends... if the teching changes in the Preview Mod go live then Manpower is slightly better for Brits so it might not be needed. That, and seeing what Relic ends up doing with Brace. If they they keep the 90 sec cooldown I'd be kind of loathe to spend fuel on something that is going to get LeiGed down easily. In: COH2 Balance