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Thread: t34 76 now useless1 Jan 2016, 20:55 PM Jump back to quoted post28 Dec 2015, 14:47 PMAustralian Magic Yea, I find it really funny that as SU or USF I need to think which doctrine I need and the choice is crucial, while as OKW I foten forget about doctrines since I don't need that much but I realize I did not pick any it's more like "I don't need this, I don't need this, I don't need this" opoosite to OST and Allies "I need this" This is what gets me about OPKW. The faction has everything under the sun. Their lineup is just filthy and they are potent at all stages of the game. Early game? By far the most powerful starting unit. Followed by cheap, numerous infantry that gets free flame nades to force superior enemy infantry out of cover in any engagement. And of course, Shreks w/ no side tech required. Only faction w/ a T0 super light vehicle that costs no fuel and can capture territory and cutoffs. T0 AT Gun as well for some reason. Then you have the Luchs and/or Flak Halftrack. Good light vehicles. Stuart or T-70 or AEC countering your Luchs? OKW has non-doc Puma. LeiG and Walking Stuka very powerful indirect. Stuka only rivaled by Panzerwerfer. Best non-doctrinal infantry? Obers. Best non-doctrinal medium? OKW Panzer IV. Best non-doctrinal TD? OKW Panther (and they they get the comically redundant Jagdpanzer). Best heavy tank w/ the potential to turn a game around besides Ace? OKW King Tiger. So instead of giving them reasonable call ins like idk, Obers, a regular Panther or a King Tiger, they already have them so they get souped up Command Panthers and utterly unnecessary JagdTigers or SturmTigers or Falls that can jump out of a building anywhere in the map. The only thing OKW lacks is a good MG. That's it. But I'd be happy to trade the .50 cal if USF got a non-doctrinal Pershing or Calliope. Edit: rant over and on topic, I agree the T-34/76 is useless. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: List Of Dubious Veterancy Bonuses1 Jan 2016, 14:28 PM Jump back to quoted post31 Dec 2015, 15:40 PMGluhoman Is2 is a tank for capturing, not fighting. Lol did you see Imperial Dane's most recent cast where the IS-2 kept missing and getting owned by the Stug? The Soviet player got quite salty about it. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Your best/worst triplicate bulletin loadout1 Jan 2016, 14:07 PM Jump back to quoted post31 Dec 2015, 13:30 PMButcher That´s the strange thing about bulletins. Some can actually change things, like triple Ammo reduction for mines or Schrecks, triple vet multipliers or vision range increase for snipers (aka self spotting). Triple +5% armor on the P4 almost increases the armor value to the level of a Tiger. Others are absolutely useless (222 upgrade ammo reduction, Jagdtiger call in speed). I wish there were some adjustments so all bulletins are actually viable to the extend the good ones already are. Generally I don't think any bulletins should stack. It's so bizarre that some do, some don't, and you're right, some bulletins have such little effect that they are completely pointless. Then (as we've seen in this thread) there are tons of bulletins still out there that are literally useless as their purpose has been patched out of the game. Why Relic hasn't removed the bulletins that no longer work and/or have any impact on the game due to patches is beyond me. You think "Removed [X] bulletin" would be fairly straightforward and be included in patch notes.... In: Lobby
Thread: WTF is the logic behind the brace structure ability?1 Jan 2016, 14:02 PM Jump back to quoted post30 Dec 2015, 07:56 AMatouba Bofos and 17 pounder AT are quite suitable for emplacements but not the mortars! Simply remove the mortar pit then add a common mobile mortar to the brits,all problems solved.Relic pls! Why don't we just make every faction the same, just give them different colors? Then we can have mirror matches and true balance. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Your best/worst triplicate bulletin loadout31 Dec 2015, 13:13 PM Jump back to quoted post30 Dec 2015, 17:26 PMelchino7 I'm disapointed on you people. Triple -10% dispatch JT is 9th comment D: (i have 7 of those) 3x Extended ranges on nades for USF. For when you want Riflenades. I've used the +21% nade range increase. Damn things can be thrown across the map more or less. Now I just roll Rifle Vet 30% faster so they're all Vet 3 by the time I choose Calliope Company and have floated 300 munitions. Then the M1919s get passed out and Axis infantry just melts away. In: Lobby
Thread: Stuka Dive Bomb in base30 Dec 2015, 21:35 PM Jump back to quoted post30 Dec 2015, 21:20 PMJadame! Infantry should not be immune to abilities just because they in base sector, it bad design which limits strategic possibilities. I disagree. There's very little "strategy" involved w/ casting something like Stuka Dive Bomb on the HQ Sector. A few clicks of a button, plane can't be shot down, infantry can't retreat, and there's your end to an otherwise well-fought game. It's not strategic. It's cheap, it's lame, it takes away from the actual strategic and tactical gameplay that Relic very much wants to encourage. I'm with everyone on the first page that HQ Sector should be a safe place from "skill-based" off-map point and click abilities. Obviously infantry in bases are still fair game for on-map artillery (static guns, mobile rocket artillery, etc.). But no more of this two click, wipe a retreated army and win nonsense. I also agree with someone else who said they were appalled and bewildered that Relic removed skill planes from targeting HQ Sectors in last patch but left Stuka Dive Bomb and some other abilities. There HAS to be some sort of technical limitation they couldn't work around there, it's the only justification I can think of or some designer at Relic has a fetish for Stuka bombing HQ Sectors (might explain the ninja AOE nerf as well). Those are the only two explanations. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: [Relic][3v3+] Some Love When?30 Dec 2015, 08:22 AM Jump back to quoted post30 Dec 2015, 07:52 AMElSlayer What if I (and I'm sure that many other players too) like 4v4 for its craziness? I'm a strong believer in 4v4 craziness. But c'mon. If we consider ways to make 4v4 more closely resemble 1v1, at least with respect to things like losing tanks and squads having a big impact on the game, I think most would agree that will result in better gameplay than a lot of the spam we see now. Consider that you'll still have 8 players and 4x the craziness of a 1v1, just not the level we have now due to crazy inflated resource income. In: Lobby
Thread: [Relic][3v3+] Some Love When?30 Dec 2015, 07:45 AM As per coh2chart.com, 3,659 4v4's vs 2,325 1v1's played over a week. The sample size is limited to the top 151 players though, I'd like to see a larger sample size. It's a very safe assumption that as skill goes down, preference for 3v3+ goes up. Very likely the numbers outside the top 151 players are even more skewed in favor of big team games. I think the changes have to be sort of global, mode specific, not changes to individual unit performance based on what mode you're using them in. Not only will this sort of balancing be very challenging for Relic, but it'll be difficult for players to grasp and keep track of as well. I do think the economy and the caches are the place to start. Caches should just not exist in 3v3 and 4v4--that is a simple change that will slow the game down, reduce spam, and be easy to understand for players. I also think a global resource penalty (start at say, 15% less EVERYTHING in 4v4, 10% less in 3v3) is another idea. This will scale down the craziness of 4v4 games, hopefully create more room on the maps, and allow gameplay to closer resemble what we see in 1v1. Of course any significant change would require intensive internal and community testing (ideally more than the OKW Revamp got). But as it stands, the Axis 4v4 win rate clearly falls "outside an acceptable margin" or whatever terminology Relic uses, and something needs to be done about it. In: Lobby
Thread: 4v4 Freedom Pain Train v/ Devlish team30 Dec 2015, 04:04 AM Just played a random 4v4 and donated 3 Calliopes while fielding 2 of my own. Opponents (all OKW, ironically) GG'd when score was about 297 to 150. Think all of their trucks had been destroyed at least once. Allies were amused and appreciative. In addition to great team blob control, I'm sure most players don't have Tactical Support Company, so it also gives teammates a chance to try a pretty sweet unit if they missed the free trial. In: Replays
Thread: OKW MG34 pop cap problem29 Dec 2015, 06:12 AM Jump back to quoted post29 Dec 2015, 01:13 AMelchino7 It's fine. If you think that it's better than a maxim or .50 that means that you want an MG that you can setup and forget. Both fulfill a different role than the MG42 or MG34. While I do love the .50 cal for dealing w/ Volk spam, I think the 4-man .50 cal is overpriced at 280 MP. It's so hilariously easy to wipe w/ a Rifle grenade that it's barely worth building against Ostheer. Needs one extra squad member or a price drop to 260 or something and it'd be fine. In: COH2 Balance