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Thread: M36 Jackson10 Feb 2016, 20:51 PM Jump back to quoted post9 Feb 2016, 10:28 AMtightrope It does need a buff. Only out ranging the tiger and KT by 15 now has made it tougher to micro for sure. Also KT 2 hitting it is brutal. I thought KT was 3-hit as well vs. Jackson. Jadgtiger was 2. Learned KT is 2-hit as well to my misfortune in recent games... (Please disregard my terrible micro and note the Vet 2 Jackson bouncing HVAP rounds on KT from point-blank range). In: COH2 Balance
Thread: [Patch] February10 Feb 2016, 20:37 PM Jump back to quoted post10 Feb 2016, 19:48 PMSquizen What's new? What was the announcement? i missed it. A few new British commanders including one w/ Land Mattress rocket launcher and the other has more powerful Brace for emplacements (haha Relic, so troll). I don't think they went over patch notes, but I stopped watching after commanders announced. In: Lobby
Thread: Severely underperforming USF units8 Feb 2016, 21:17 PM Jump back to quoted post8 Feb 2016, 00:02 AMThe_Courier Airborne? Pathfinders (both kinds)? M20? M8A1? Assault engies? Greyhound? RE beyond the first? halftrack? Bulldozer? Dodge? Ain't nobody got time for those. Some of these units may not be meta, but they are still viable. Everyone knows Bar-finders are pretty beastly, and I think the 4 minute M20 is pretty damn potent, especially if you're playing OST that is relying on MG42s / Snipers or OKW that isn't rushing a quick Luchs. Not to mention how amazing M6 mines can be, if not in the early game (when Axis player are sweeping) but potentially later on if you can keep your M20 alive. Plus free bazooka. Assault Engineers are also pretty great w/ flamers + can place mines, demo charges, etc. Greyhound and Scott are undeniably trash and never seen. Its just dumb how much better the newer USF commanders are than some of the old ones. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: M36 Jackson8 Feb 2016, 21:05 PM I wish they would just bring the 57 mm's performance in line with other ATGs. If they did that, USF wouldn't need to rely on the (arguably) under-performing Jackson so much. I think we've seen way too many high level casts where if USF doesn't win in the early and mid-game (specifically killing the first Axis P4), they tend to lose in the late game because there's nothing to be done when OKW or OST hits a certain critical mass of armor. Any combination of a Tiger / KT + Panzer IV or Panther is huge trouble for USF that simply doesn't have the units to deal with this much armor and firepower barring lucky mine hits (which they don't even have most of the time except M20). I would be fine with heavy crush + increased penetration. I think most USF players learned long ago that flanking / diving w/ the Jackson is pretty much a no-go, and you just have to use it defensively to keep Axis armor at bay until you are absolutely 100% sure you can move in for the kill. So more health and armor is meh but would be nice if it penetrated the frontal armor of OKW P4's / KT / Panthers more often. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Ostheer is on life support28 Jan 2016, 15:56 PM Jump back to quoted post28 Jan 2016, 15:17 PMCookiezNcreem While you're on that topic, is it just me or does IS2 absoulutely poop on the tiger? As long as the IS-2 is standing completely still, otherwise it's going to miss from what I've seen. If the tiger was slow but had churchill like armor, then it would be be worth shit. right now its not bad but its definitely not allied level of strength unless its the Ace, which is the only tiger I see that actually does anything most times. which is sad. I certainly can't speak to how the Tiger performs at the highest levels of play (my best 1v1 is ~450 USF) other than what I've seen of ESL, Dane's casts, etc. The Tiger ALWAYS seems to have a big impact in 1v1s unless the game is already hopelessly lost. A lot of players seem to rely on the Tiger (considering it's available in what... ~5+ commanders?) rather than teching to T4 since Ostheer tech is so cost prohibitive. pershing is a medium for all intents and purposes, its more comparable to the comet and panther. For all "intents and purposes" except cost, considering the Pershing is obviously priced like a heavy. I love the thing, think it's a great unit and it's fun to have a heavy w/ a different flavor than the other factions, but the guy said "heavy tanks should be able to take a beating." If we're talking heavies e.g. units that are priced accordingly, obviously that isn't true for the Pershing. High speed is the quickest way to death usually, what are you gonna use the speed for? running over mines faster while you over extend with your expensive ass panther? or for reversing away like the bitch that the panther is. As a good USF player, I don't understand how you can argue that high mobility is somehow a bad thing... 3/4 allied armor cant penetrate, well based off what i see, the following are a match for if not better than the panther -Su76 -Su85 -T3485 -IS2 -Cromwell at closer ranges -Firefly -Comet -Jackson -Pershing churchill on closer maps I feel like you're losing a bit of credibility to suggest that the Su-76 is a "match or better" for the Panther. It's a paper-armor, fixed turret assault gun that yes, can be spammed, but would require no less than 3 of them to kill one (unsupported) Panther. The Panther has 320 ARMOR!!!* IIRC, it's the best in the game, bar none. Every unit has its trade offs and I don't understand what more you want from this tank destroyer. If you make it better against infantry (since it's already OK w/ MG upgrade), then you need to buff the Allied TDs vs. infantry as well. yes it is Well I guess we'll have to disagree. I don't know how you make these already high health, high armor units more survivable than they already are without breaking the game. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Mine sweepers shouldn't make blobs immune to mines28 Jan 2016, 15:19 PM Jump back to quoted post28 Jan 2016, 14:40 PMEtherealDragon "Hey Demetri, do you think we should tell our comrades about those mines they are about to step on?" "Nyet, they are fascists let them explode" Mittens nailed it though - if other squads can't pass through a detected field then it becomes far too easy to place mines at choke points and then all you have to do it focus down the engineers and it becomes a permanent no-go zone. Think of how easy this would be to do with S-Mines in particular. I'm pretty sure that's all he's thinking about considering he says "massive minefield" in OP and typically you aren't creating minefields w/ any other faction unless you're hilariously far ahead. Generally I think it's a terrible idea that minesweepers should only protect themselves from mines. This is a video game and it makes sense that you have a "mine detector / anti-mine" unit. It also has an obvious IRL parallelism since, as you put it, the soldiers w/ the minesweepers would obviously tell any nearby soldiers where the mines are and how to avoid them. Well placed, unswept mines that turn the tide of battle are pretty great and who doesn't love baiting a Puma or Luchs w/ a dinky M20 right into an M6 mine and watching it go up in smoke? But there are also arguably issues w/ mines like RNG-based unit clumping and getting full health, full unit squad wipes for 30 munitions. Buffing mines to all hell encourages sim city and it's not exactly compelling #ESL gameplay to spend half the game idling your sweeper units over mines to clear them. What we have now is fine. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Ostheer is on life support28 Jan 2016, 15:01 PM Jump back to quoted post28 Jan 2016, 14:01 PMButcher I think it is a good post. I especially agree on the issues with the Tiger and Panther. Both go down too easily. The Tiger doesn´t give you the feeling of having a heavy tank. Sure, it kills infantry quite reliable on 45 range. Yet the vehicle has to be used in a shoot and scoot manner. If you expose it, it goes down very fast. A heavy tank should be able to take a beating. Panthers are just garbage. They go down even faster and with engine damage - which they easily receive - they are as good as dead. I would like to see this vehicle have the role of a Sniper or as the OP mentioned decent AI capabilities. For anything else the StuG is better. Not only for cost but also by sheer dps. So a StuG costing you not even half the fuel dishes out way better dps. That bit more speed and health on the Panther does not justify that. Combined with British lategame AT capabilities Ostheer tanks are mediocre at best. No quality here. Thus the whole faction lacks an identity. Ok not sure if this is a troll post but let's calm down a little bit. "Tiger doesn't give you the feeling of having a heavy tank." What? I'm sure you've been playing this game for a long time, but the Tiger I and IS-2 are the bars by which all other heavy tanks are measured. They've been in the game since the beginning and they are fine, susceptible to slight buffs or debuffs from time to time, but they are the quintessential heavies. You seem to think all should heavies should be these invincible, "one unit army" type things whereby you can leave it alone, unsupported, and suffer no consequences. That's just not how this game works. Every unit needs support and you can't expect a lone, isolated unit to live forever. Oh and as far as heavy tanks being able to take a beating... Pershing? Lol. And the Panther is garbage?? What world do you live in where a tank with the absolute best armor in the game, high speed and mobility, and a great anti-tank cannon is considered "garbage?" About 3/4 of Allied armor has no chance of penetrating the frontal armor of a Panther, and even the tank destroyers and heavies will bounce frontal armor shots half the time as well. And btw, you can make the Panthers work against infantry when you do the same w/ the Jackson, SU-85, and Firefly. Tigers and Panthers "going down too fast." Ostheer has some problems, but this isn't it. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: 2v2 USF ONLY!25 Jan 2016, 23:53 PM Jump back to quoted post25 Jan 2016, 23:23 PMPancake Areolas My favorite is when rifles advance over open ground to volks and grens and still win because the close mid-range dps is so insane. I've seen you post this complaint in multiple threads over the past few days and I'd love for you to explain why you think Grens should match or outclass Rifles out of the gate when Ostheer has immediate access to the best MG in the game in T0, as well as a Sniper and Mortar team in T1. Even Pioneers will 1v1 Rear Echelons most of the time. Rifles are better than Grens. Ostheer has plenty of tools to make up the difference, especially in the first few minutes. Get over it already. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: The AEC is currently overpowered currently.23 Jan 2016, 09:12 AM There is currently another topic discussing this issue currently. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Calliope commander every single game20 Jan 2016, 02:06 AM Jump back to quoted post20 Jan 2016, 01:31 AMGhostTX I find it laughable that Axis has multiple wipe machines and call-ins since...forever...and everyone is up in arms about ONE USF call-in that finally is on par. 90% of what OP has said in this thread can be applied to PWerfer or Walking Stuka to a lesser extent. Somehow, it's always been OK (or not worth mass hysteria on the forums) for these units to one shot Allied infantry and weapon teams, but God forbid an Ostheer player loses a Vet 3 HMG to rocket artillery. This is utterly absurd and game breaking, but Werfer wiping and suppressing Vet 3 Rifles or a vet 57 mm = no NBD. Played a 2v2 yesterday against an OKW who built his Battlegroup, Schwerer, Pak-43, and bunker in a nice, jammed together sim city. As the barrages rained down on him and wiped everything as the game dragged on, he attempted to dive w/ Panther, hit an M20 mine, and lost it to two 57 mm. He called us "pay 2 win d**ksuckers" and GG'd after awhile. He was top 250 OKW 2v2. Calliope will be nerfed because the weeping and sobbing on this forum will eventually break down Relic's resolve. USF will go back to losing any game wherein Axis is able to camp and fortify a position. OKW Volk blob meta / forward retreat abuse will go back to being unpunishable by any Allied faction. Can't wait. In: COH2 Gameplay