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Thread: Soviet - Airbourne feedback21 Mar 2019, 17:30 PM Copied over from other thread for discussion here. - Airborne Guards feel pretty strong with 3X DP but need to have their veterancy redone as they currently have the crappy PPSH Guard Vet (Trip Wires and nobody wants Grenade range at Vet 3 for smoke grenades lol). In addition to standard Racc/Acc I'd like to see something like Vet 1 Self Heal and Vet 3 Suppressing Fire Ability similar to Paratroopers or Obers. - Oorah and Smoke Grenades feel really out of place on this unit - LMG units don't need to close distance and smoke just clouds their own max distance attacks. Consider changing them to something more usable or thematic? - I'm on the fence about the AT strafe. For the price it's not bad but I'd just see people using it to cheese wipe units in garrisons instead of using it on snared/stunned tanks as intended. I know it's not thematic but I'd hope for a Command T34/85 or some kind of armor call-in to be the commander's late game AT option since the commander is already pretty munitions heavy. OR offering Guards another way to slow down tanks to combo with strafe would be a great idea as well. - Another thematic option might be some kind of "spotting plane" upgrade for SU85 and/or T34 which would let them call down a watered down Mark Target that provides just LOS and maybe increased accuracy or penetration. In: Lobby
Thread: New Commander patchnotes discussion thread21 Mar 2019, 14:20 PM Just a few items of feedback I noticed while briefly testing last night. - Airborne Guards feel pretty strong with 3X DP but need to have their veterancy redone as they currently have the crappy PPSH Guard Vet (Trip Wires and nobody wants Grenade range at Vet 3 for smoke grenades lol). In addition to standard Racc/Acc I'd like to see something like Vet 1 Self Heal and Vet 3 Suppressing Fire Ability similar to Paratroopers or Obers. - Oorah and Smoke Grenades feel really out of place on this unit - LMG units don't need to close distance and smoke just clouds their own max distance attacks. Consider changing them to something more usable or thematic? - SVTs Drop either feels like it does not work or doesn't provide a meaningful DPS boost for Cons. Might be a little weak? - I'm on the fence about the AT strafe. For the price it's not bad but I'd just see people using it to cheese wipe units in garrisons instead of using it on snared/stunned tanks as intended. I know it's not thematic but I'd hope for a Command T34/85 or some kind of armor call-in to be the commander's late game AT option since the commander is already pretty munitions heavy. OR offering Guards another way to slow down tanks to combo with strafe would be a great idea as well. - Another thematic option might be some kind of "spotting plane" upgrade for SU85 and/or T34 which would let them call down a watered down Mark Target that provides just LOS and maybe increased accuracy. - Panzergrenadier satchels seem superfluous with bundle grenade. Maybe change it to sticky satchel with Shrek upgrade and give them something else for AI/utility. - If Radio intercept is unable to be fixed I'd strongly advocate for reworked Assault Artillery from Breakthrough - RE Rifle Nade Squads seem very buggy - when you try to use them they end up trying to close to 0 distance and hug the squad they are attacking. Some kind of AI problem it looks like. - Calliope still doesn't feel lethal enough. Maybe add a rocket damage increase at vet 2 or something? In: Lobby
Thread: New Commander patchnotes discussion thread21 Mar 2019, 14:14 PM Double post instead of edit. Sorry! In: Lobby
Thread: New Commander patchnotes discussion thread20 Mar 2019, 21:02 PM For USF I'd like to see Smoke Artillery replaced with Fire Up! and have cost reduced and exhaustion debuff removed. It reduces overlap with Heavy Calvary and opens up more interesting options while also helping Rifle Company be less terrible. If it's too OP with with Rangers then it can be restricted to Riflemen only. In: Lobby
Thread: Advice for Soviet late game and tank use18 Mar 2019, 15:55 PM If you're really struggling in this aspect consider using Guard Motor - T34/85s with Mark Target makes any tank battle MUCH easier. Really any commander with Mark Target helps since if it's popped on a full health medium tank it goes from 4 hits to kill to 3. Plus the plane provides LOS on target so that helps with supporting AT Guns and SU85. If you're using T34/76s it's all about picking and choosing your battles and relying on numbers since they are cheaper. Generally speaking unless you get a first hit in or flank the PZ4's rear you don't want to push you luck with a 1v1 engagement. Just bide your time and hold the line until you catch them in a bad spot then attack. In: Red Army Strategies
Thread: Bring USF Artillery inline with OKW15 Mar 2019, 15:44 PM Jump back to quoted post15 Mar 2019, 15:38 PMkingdun3284 No, it is because OKW getting a stock mobile rocket artillery unit so USF needs to have stock mobile artillery unit. Since you need something to replace the original doctrinal unit in the commander, so it is better to have doctrinal 105 mm howitzer for USF as well since OKW get doctrinal lefh. His name is Scott and he lives in T4. You should say hi some time, some people even argue that he's OP because he has a fast shell velocity and in pairs can make short work of infantry and he can even fire constantly unlike the Stuka which has a long recharge and if you get unlucky with spread might not even get any kills. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Commander KV1 and Easy8 rework idea's15 Mar 2019, 15:41 PM Jump back to quoted post15 Mar 2019, 12:43 PMflyingpancake It seems to me that the KV1 and Easy8 kind of struggle to find a good in the meta. The kv1 is too similar to a KV8 and doesn't have a flame thrower. The Easy8 is too similar to the m4 76 with worse AT performance and a higher price. This is why I propose to turn both tanks in to commander tanks. KV1 command tank: same buff area as command panzer 4 (the defensive buff) limited to 1 tank per player. Other stats unchanged. Easy8 command tank: same buff area as command panther (the same range buff) limited to 1 tank per player. Other stats unchanged. I think these changes would make them unique and it would give the 2 factions command tanks, something witch they both don't have. What do you guy think of the idea? I previously suggested turning the EZ8 into a more Comet-like tank that had better all-rounder AI performance and maybe slight cost increase to compensate and still like that idea myself. For KV1 I think if you buffed their Hull MGs to match T34 then that would be a good start - the main gun has such piss poor AI that the cost doesn't match the damage performance (even for a meat shield tank). I think the command tank idea also couldn't hurt but I would limit the aura to be player specific to limit team game cheese. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Bring USF Artillery inline with OKW15 Mar 2019, 15:35 PM "OKW gets a doctrinal unit so USF needs to have their doctrinal unit turned into a stock unit" Makes sense to me! In: COH2 Balance
Thread: land matress was hammered too hard15 Mar 2019, 15:32 PM It differently got nerfed slightly too hard like a lot of Brit units where it's in the "usable but will likely disappoint you" range. I think if you kept the scatter the same but changed the heavy cover modifier and maybe slighty upped the mid and/or far damage then it would be better. The problem with it currently (for me) is that it's useful as an area denial or support weapon clump killer but the damage on the rockets are so low (until Vet 2) that even if you get lucky on the scatter that the lethality is so low that it's not worth it and it vets slowly as a result. So I think it's best to keep it a RNG machine but make it so that near misses actually mean something. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: New Commander Info: Creator Proposals and Discussion13 Mar 2019, 18:12 PM Jump back to quoted post13 Mar 2019, 16:32 PMSmartie feedback of players would be really appreciated here. Would they prefer a Luchs or a better PZ IV? Personally I'd much rather have the PZ4 - having an easier time tangling with premium mediums is just too good to pass up. Regarding the reworked Tiger Ace I would say that if it ends up having an Aura then it shouldn't get any veterancy (like the Sturm Officer) I feel like it should either be combat oriented or support oriented (aura, smoke launchers, etc.) but not both so that it's not OP. I suppose another option would be to have a timed abilities like KV8 inspire Vet 1. In: Lobby