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Thread: Hotfix 1.0.5 - March 6, 20238 Mar 2023, 21:26 PM Jump back to quoted post8 Mar 2023, 20:22 PMKronosaur0s Current meta is: USF: Pathfinders > (sniper optional) > zook paras > sherman76 BRIT: Lee tommys blob > (Stuart/Humber optional) > upgraded crusader spam Both strats are disgusting to play with or against, its just so easy... Special mention to how strong bersaglieri is with permanent sprint and run and gun 2xBredas, its almost brainless. Jaggers with shrecks still reliably kill infantry (they better be, because they otherwise cant effectively trade with 2xBAR rifles) Wehr T2 >>>>>>>>>>>> Wehr T3 Seems like the game promotes spamming a single type of unit instead of having a diverse army composition...which is..not good PD: Panther and EZ8 still crap Mostly not wrong sadly. Paths (or at least early game performance) needs nerfed. Not sure how much of Path spam is just because US struggles otherwise. (God forbid they nerf 76 crutch) Bersaglieri sprint needs to be a timed ability - so stupid that a game predicated on map control has mainline unit that can cap up the map faster than other factions. PZ Gren early game needs improved so Bersaglieri don't feel somewhat mandatory. AI specialists can deal with Shrek Jaegers just fine - I think it's more the shrek being overtuned- mediums can't (or very rarely) bounce them and even a couple can threaten Churchills. It's just Shrek Volk blob deja vu for all the same reasons that was cancer. Panzergrens are very solid but anti-everything blob >>>> AT gun combined arms tier. Medium tank spam in general just seems way too efficient. Crusaders are probably too cheap but rest of Brit tank roster is actually usable if less efficient. PZ3 scale so well with upgrades that you don't have a reason to go for Armor Reserves unless you're so far ahead in resources that it doesn't matter. 76 Sherman dominates Panzer 3/4 so hard without sacrificing AI that it's a no brainer. Regular Sherman HE shells wreck infantry way harder than Dozer can ever dream of. Brumbar isn't enough of an AI specialist to justify going for over faster PZ4 generalist. Medium tank swarms mean going for rocket arty is suicide and it has no place in 1v1 unless you're playing a turtler. Don't get me wrong... I freaking love the medium tank combat in COH3 it's often frenetic and fun as hell but I'd like to not feel punished if I want to build something other than medium tank spam... In: COH3 Central
Thread: Whizzbang7 Mar 2023, 19:47 PM Jump back to quoted post7 Mar 2023, 07:11 AMLoopDloop I still don't understand why you would build this unit other than to counter turtling with team weapons (which it can't because it literally has to go in at range to fire). Much better off just making another normal sherman at the moment for cheaper price. OR! 1. Fire a couple of Barrages and get Vet 1. 2. Turn it into a normal Sherman 3. ??? 4. Profit! In all seriousness, does anybody know offhand if the "Improvised Armor" from Mech Support Center applies to Whizbang? At least that would be one way to make it slightly more user friendly. Honestly, they should have made one of the Vet 1 options be a "Area Saturation" barrage that gives it more range but higher scatter - think Land Mattress. The buffs do look promising though~ In: COH3 Central
Thread: Hotfix 1.0.5 - March 6, 20237 Mar 2023, 19:11 PM Jump back to quoted post7 Mar 2023, 01:13 AMtheekvn not sure about genaral MG supression buff and Reduction cost of .50 cal air drop. People would spam it as mainline unit ? :? Nah dawg, Pathfinders are too good right now to not get. The fact that they made Weapon Support Center cheaper to build AND you can build it right away means that the cost and time savings from air-dropping them probably doesn't make sense as a "Maxim Spam 2.0" build order. Personally, I'd only see going for it if you really value the air-drop onto the battlefield aspect of the ability. (Or if they eventually nerf Pathfinders to make them less of a no-brainer) Jump back to quoted post7 Mar 2023, 19:04 PMGrim Boys AT rifles bug is making playing vs HT a nightmare lol Not aware of this bug. What is it? Edit- I see John updated the Patch notes. So sounds like they are doing 50% damage now? Ouch. Guess Stuart for mobile AT for now eh? In: COH3 Central
Thread: Where is Replays?7 Mar 2023, 19:04 PM In the DEV forums Launchday FAQ there is a detailed explanation. But in short Right-click Company of Heroes 3 in your Steam library and select Properties Under Launch Options, input the following argument string without the quotes, and be sure to change “filename” to whatever you saved your replay file as. (So "temp" if you want to watch your last game.) "-replay playback:filename.rec" It will launch the game and then directly load the replay. Edit- it will only be from your perspective so limited usefulness if you are looking to figure out what your opponent did. In: COH3 Central
Thread: USF on life support6 Mar 2023, 20:31 PM Jump back to quoted post6 Mar 2023, 03:06 AMtheekvn when Inderect fire unit outranged by heavy AT, You know something was wrong. M4 76 horde would be defended easily by 88mm and mines, Really hope the traverse speed of the 88 gets nerfed... so silly that it spins on a dime to keep pace with flanking tanks. In: COH3 Central
Thread: Balance thoughts?4 Mar 2023, 18:58 PM Jump back to quoted post4 Mar 2023, 18:36 PMdonofsandiego Are squad response times just too slow to avoid this, even with such a large amount of telegraphing? I'm not saying the Rifle Nade itself is undodgeable or itself the problem but when you have to worry about them from minute 0 from 3-4 squads often at different angles of attack I at least find myself often just retreating to be safe because of the added mirco burden. It's more of the rifle grenade on top of everything else... In: COH3 Central
Thread: Balance thoughts?4 Mar 2023, 18:33 PM After binging DAK games (1v1) last night my current balance musing is "Do Pathfinders REALLY need Rifle Nades?" Paths are 200 MP so it's very easy to shit out a ton of them and as a result they are VERY efficient against 270 MP Grens and 300 MP PZ Grens in the early game. It makes it very easy to snowball into M3 and Paratrooper spam. You combine it with free smoke and flares (yes long cooldown but when you have 3-4 Paths its not an issue) and HMGs get completely negated. Rifle nades just means they definitely win engagements that are 50-50 and map control goes in the toilet. At the very least Rifle nades should be locked behind Grenade tech. In: COH3 Central
Thread: Balance thoughts?3 Mar 2023, 15:51 PM Jump back to quoted post3 Mar 2023, 07:43 AMtheekvn Problem is medium range unit spare out dmg across a whole squad to much (I look at you Rifleman). This is an interesting observation. I noticed the other night that I was often retreating my Grens with low health and high model count but just chocked it up to RNG. If this is a trend then maybe it's something that could be tweaked to speed up combat since model drops would encourage retreats. In: COH3 Central
Thread: DAK Redesign1 Mar 2023, 17:37 PM Jump back to quoted post1 Mar 2023, 09:10 AMAftermath That would help but it would be just easier if they didn't give you the 250. It would be a bit odd for you to call in a combat group, only to immediately withdraw half of it. That wouldn't solve the pop cap issue either where in the late game, its kinda hard to use them as you have to have plenty of free pop cap. If you want to call in a P4, but don't have the pop cap to for in the infantry as well, well I guess you're out of luck. To me the deployment system just needs a rethink. I agree. It also is pretty silly to give resources back when the deployed bundle is already discounted and very cost-efficient. The only thing I can think of would be some kind of "Scrap for parts" ability where you could "merge" the 250 into another vehicle to repair it? Either that or some kind of permanent "hull down" that turns the 250 into a bunker/fighting position and removes the pop cap upkeep? In: COH3 Central
Thread: DAK Redesign28 Feb 2023, 18:25 PM Jump back to quoted post28 Feb 2023, 15:02 PMAftermath For sure, I think the main problem with the 250 is that it comes in the package bundle of the Deployments, so you always end up with them. I doubt players would build them s much if they were not included. You'd think that they would give DAK some kind of "Withdraw and Refit" ability to dispose of unwanted 250s if they were going down this deployment system rabbit hole. In: COH3 Central