Profile of EtherealDragon

Avatar Area

Offline unknown
Posts: 1890 | Subs: 1

General Information
Steam: 76561198213993588


Thread: Cruzz's The More You Know13 Jul 2015, 17:36 PM Jump back to quoted post13 Jul 2015, 16:36 PMCruzz Fun thing to keep in mind about vehicle crits in the new patch: Because Relic screwed up the crit tables, vehicles are GUARANTEED to receive main gun destroyed from any small arms or flame damage that penetrates below 25% health. Even an IS2's gun isn't safe from the massive destructive power of MG42 incendiary rounds from the rear. Ballistic and explosive damage correctly applies the main gun crit only 10% of the time. I assume this includes PTRS as well? Gotta keep that Guards meta going strong! In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: DSHK Viability13 Jul 2015, 05:01 AM Jump back to quoted post13 Jul 2015, 02:49 AMcomm_ash I think the point is that the DSHK AP rounds are just terrible compared to incindiary rounds. They cost the same, but AP rounds only have better pen at close, worse at mid and long, and don't increase damage. An ost mg42 w/ incindiaries could kill that ht on 2 bursts, while the DSHK couldn't kill it in 5. So really it's more of a soft counter to light vehicles, though decent enough if you can AT grenade the HT first and then use the DSHK to finish it off faster. Which is a nice secondary perk to have available on a HMG. I was thinking of using it more as a Gren blob counter and/or in strategic buildings on certain maps to lock down an area. The church on Bastraya Voda comes to mind as an example or that one large building on Rails and Metal near the south fuel point. I suppose the question is how much of an improvement the DSHK is over the Maxim in that role considering that it's doctrinal and costs more MP. In: Red Army Strategies
Thread: DSHK Viability10 Jul 2015, 20:55 PM Thanks for the input. I'd been hoping to experiment with Lend-Lease given the other recent changes in the last patch which is why I asked. (As much as everyone loves the Defense Commander) Does anyone know offhand if it can suppress/pin more than 1 squad at a time? Do you think it should be used as more of an assault support weapon or can it be used defensively to hold an area like an MG42 with a smaller arc of fire? In: Red Army Strategies
Thread: Hands up if you pre-ordered Brits10 Jul 2015, 16:32 PM Jump back to quoted post10 Jul 2015, 10:06 AMKisiel You mean good artillery targets? New Panzerwerfer meta... calling it now! In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: DSHK Viability10 Jul 2015, 16:25 PM I know that the DSHK got a suppression buff this patch while the Maxim did not, so my question is how worthwhile is it to use now? Can it suppress more than 1 squad or is it just a more expensive Maxim with AP rounds and slightly higher damage? Thanks! In: Red Army Strategies
Thread: Cruzz's The More You Know10 Jul 2015, 16:13 PM Jump back to quoted post9 Jul 2015, 14:03 PMCruzz A couple of random additions: You can't blitz if you get engine damage from a mine or randomly from getting hit at low health, because those use the old crit. You can blitz if you get engine damage from an infantry nade, because they made a new crit for the health check and that isn't checked for when considering whether you can blitz or not. Safe to assume that wasn't intentional and a bug... right? Because that seems rather broken and something that should get hotfixed. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Sensible USF Changes 8 Jul 2015, 19:12 PM What if Elite Vehicle crews were changed to be similar to Elite Troop training where it was an active ability that you could use to trade MP and/or fuel to give a vehicle crew EXP. The Air Dropped Combat group definitely needs reworked although I think your suggested price of 700 for 2 squads might be a little too low seeing as how a single Vet 0 squad in Airborne is 380. Maybe around 800 is a better price? Or I wouldn't mind 1 Random Vet Para Squad + a Manned AT Gun. Regardless, I think Random Vet is much preferable to random weapons, because honestly who wants bazookas on their Paratroopers or Thompsons on a wide open map? In: COH2 Balance