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Thread: It's time for Main Gun Crits to go14 Dec 2020, 17:33 PM Jump back to quoted post13 Dec 2020, 07:55 AMVipper What needs fixing is the high probability of AT rifles to cause criticals. They should be replaced by injured type criticals or removed. I think this is a fair compromise if PTRS will still inflict criticals at a higher rate due to sheer volume of shots. Injured gunner or whatever it's called just temporarily increases reload time and isn't nearly as punishing as main gun destroyed. It's also a nice way to re-add back criticals and add additional flavor back to the game. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: It's time for Main Gun Crits to go11 Dec 2020, 20:37 PM Jump back to quoted post11 Dec 2020, 18:56 PMelchino7 Because i feel like there's a big part of the playerbase which likes to play roulette and find them interesting. And it's hard to push for complete removal of things. Therefore you find a way to make for a middle ground. I'm mostly concerned about the imbalance that might be caused if the PTRS changes go live. It's tricky to tweak because if you lower the threshold too low then the crits are basically soft removed the game because they would only be triggered by low damage weapons like PTRS or when tanks have an odd amount of health due to being partially repaired which is even more tilting in way haha. It's probably too much work/not even possible but it would be cool if units had timed abilities that generated criticals. For example Penals would have a "Target Turret Ability" that when active gave them X% chance to cause main gun crit per hit. You'd have to balance it accordingly of course but it would be RNG but you'd also have counter play where Axis player would see the ability icon and could decide to disengage or not. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: [Winter Balance Update] General Discussion11 Dec 2020, 06:17 AM It seems like the healing on open top halftracks kicks in WAY too fast once they leave combat. Not sure if this is a bug or needs nerfed- either way it's way too easy to keep troops in the halftrack at full health while doing drive bys/bazooka bus type things IMO. It might make sense to just design them like the OKW opel truck and force them to briefly deploy like an Ambulance. It makes it less of a no-micro no-brainer and actually adds some risk to it. Less importantly it makes sense that you'd have to stop to patch up wounds and not try to do it in the back of a moving halftrack lol In: COH2 Balance
Thread: [Winter Balance Update] Bug Reporting11 Dec 2020, 06:09 AM Incredibly stupid bug that I noticed but when you use the handbrake on the M5 it also causes the top gunner to hold fire. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: It's time for Main Gun Crits to go11 Dec 2020, 06:04 AM Or at the very least changed. I know older players look back fondly on the days when COH2 was a giant roulette wheel of random criticals and non-stop RNG fun but main gun crits are the last bastion of pointless crits. Aside from the QoL of eliminating a frustrating game mechanic this should be done for balance reasons as well. I've noticed while testing PTRS Penals how many main gun crits I was producing and it occurred to me that fast firing PTRS spam increases the likelihood that you can cheese tank kills by just doing enough damage to trigger main gun crits. To a lesser degree it's pretty stupid that small arms fire can trigger random gun crits on Pumas when AEC/T70 is immune to small arms fire (I'm pretty sure that's the case anyway). So yeah tl:dr Remove Main Gun Crits or limit them to vehicle damage only. At the very least deflection damage from handheld AT shouldn't produce Main Gun Crits if it does currently (I honestly don't know) In: COH2 Balance
Thread: [Winter Balance Update] SOV Feedback11 Dec 2020, 05:34 AM Jump back to quoted post10 Dec 2020, 21:40 PMVipper Being expensive does do much for preventing a blob if the unit is available earlier and can the blob can counter infatry/light vehicles and mediums tank alike. Penal in the Patch have become allot more blobable than they are in live. Yup that's why in Tightrope's test video PTRS Penals did less damage to infantry than in live! They increased PTRS accuracy so that in theory their AI damage is the same as live but now that their SVT damage in concentrated on 3 models you notice a faster drop off in AI damage as they bleed models. The end result is they are worse off at AI since you're relying on low percentage PTRS shots against infantry at <4 models. So yeah, they are less blobable now if you counter them with infantry and don't try to A move tanks into PTRS blobs. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: [Winter Balance Update] SOV Feedback10 Dec 2020, 21:29 PM Jump back to quoted post10 Dec 2020, 19:37 PMPip Snip. This is pretty much the case currently with Penals being glass cannons and Conscipts having sandbags and 7th man upgrade. The patch tweaks Penals to make them less glass-y in the late game but I haven't tested them enough to comment on how they feel late game. I don't know if PTRS can really be classified as either offensive or defensive but balance wise I think it's better to put it on the more expensive squad to limit blob-ability and be a conscious choice. I'd also like to see something like Button replace satchel though I'd like more variety of abilities and let Guards keep their uniqueness. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: [Winter Balance Update] SOV Feedback10 Dec 2020, 19:06 PM Jump back to quoted post9 Dec 2020, 22:17 PMVipper Penal have been bandaided so many times that they simply do not have any design. How is Penals' "design" being an alternative mainline infantry to supplement Cons any different? It's not like people don't go straight Fusies and No Volks like people go straight Penal builds. They also have two clear paths: either keep them vanilla AI or go PTRS route. There is also nothing stopping players from using them like P-Grens either and building several Conscripts/Engineers before building a Penal with similar timing to P Grens. Your concerns about the fact that they come in with Full AI power unlike Fusies doesn't have real balance concerns right now because 1) Penals are hardly being used right now so their early game AI power obviously isn't a balance issue right now 2) Nothing in the balance patch changes that right now aside from a slight T1 build time decrease Just come to terms with the fact that the "design" of the Penal is basically a hybrid Fusie/PG that has it's own drawbacks different from them. IF they are used more it'll likely only be because their PTRS route is actually viable to use now and facilitates different strategies, which is a good thing. I'm open to nerfing them if the PTRS package is too potent (I'm leaning towards removing AT satchels or locking them to T4). But you really can't seriously argue that Soviets shouldn't have a stock infantry AT upgrade when every other faction has that option... I mean I guess you could mold Penals into Fusies and have them start cheaper/weaker with a SVT upgrade package but I think that's a terrible way to go because it adds additional balancing problems and once again Penals early game power isn't an issue In: COH2 Balance
Thread: [Winter Balance Update] SOV Feedback9 Dec 2020, 22:04 PM Jump back to quoted post9 Dec 2020, 18:44 PMVipper Snip Directly comparing them to PF is kind of a straw man argument when Panzergrens are more or less the same style of unit as Penals that start with full AI and can downgrade their AI if they need to use AT. The only difference is that both Fusies and PGs are both in the HQ building and can organically be part of a build order whereas Penals are essentially side tech, which needs to be considered. Quibbling over slight differences in cost efficiencies or whether or not Fusies are better/worse than Penals because of a munitions investment for G43 package doesn't invalidate the concept of the PTRS package when it's all basically the same design with small variations in costs, timings, and tech paths. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: [Winter Balance Update] USF Feedback9 Dec 2020, 19:36 PM The Scott is moving in the right directionbut personally I'd like the see the barrage be a wee bit more damaging for near hits in exchange for maybe a slightly longer cool down or something. Right now it feels like an annoying pea shooter that you keep spamming barrage and hoping the other player doesn't pack up. I know forcing re positions and chip damage has it's own value but it feels like the lethality just isn't there right now. I don't see how Scotts can break down support weapon walls as is with their barrage. In: COH2 Balance