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Jump back to quoted post22 Dec 2015, 10:23 AMAchtAchter

And why something that wasn't a problem since release becomes SUDDENLY a problem so it deserves a nerf? Resource changes have nothing to do with there is no correlation. How has increased fuel income any effect on a situation where you got flanked and lost your team weapon? It was the same case before the changes.

Jump back to quoted post15 Dec 2015, 09:41 AM__deleted__

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The Vickers does more damage, especially vs buildings. A 1v1 on equal footing between a vickers and a MG42 will be won by a Vickers. if you want to talk about a mg suppression platform that is lackluster, talk about the mg34.

Suppression is fine in my opinion. I stole a few vickers vs Brits as Ostheer and they could hold flanks against multiple tommie squads perfectly fine. The problem lies with OKW hording up infantry and some units not running in the line of fire and thus not getting suppression. The same goes for the MG42, seen it happen many many times, it goes both ways. On top of that, USF can smoke out any mg42 with their riflemen.

Jump back to quoted post20 Nov 2015, 10:06 AMDullahan

People just nitpick anything you respond with. I've written a thousand wall of texts on forums like this arguing with all sorts of people in similar situations. I've done hours of labs, collected dozens upon dozens of replays, experimented with hundreds of "that isn't viable strategies."

It's a waste of time. They'll say the stats aren't reflective of the actual game, they'll nitpick any labs or replays you post and otherwise maintain a rigidly closed mind. Everyone's favourite fucking phrase is "not viable" and it just shows their ignorance as to how these games actually work. Anytime someone brings up "micro tax" or claims something won't be done because it's "too much micro" I don't know how else to respond but telling them that they suck, because they have a really shitty attitude about getting better at the game. Incidentally, there's a ton of micro tricks and strategies commonly used in Dawn of War 2 that people used to say those same things to me on the forums back in the day, so not only am I irritated at seeing those responses again but I also know that they are wrong and that people WILL get good enough to do that shit.

Maybe I've just burned out on this shit over the years, I dunno. I feel like a grumpy old man. Everytime I watch any tournament casts I see players who don't use half their abilities or units, make awful teching decisions (Or don't make any and just play with call ins) and float resources out the ass. (And that's before we talk about micro and map awareness, but I give people a break on that since there's a lot to deal with in this game.) Pretty shitty under-developed metagame for a two year old game, if you ask me.

What's so wrong in calling out players who are proven to be wrong? But saying L2P when it's an honest to god bug/balance issue is not a dick move?

To say L2P is not a thing that should be said lightly, as it is demeaning and dismissive to other players, so it is only really merited if the player is not applying his skills properly or has no detailed knowledge of the game. The player who says L2P should have lots of experience applying the remedy he / she is suggesting, otherwise it is just harmful and misleading - why would they say such a thing if they had no practical experience?

If something is in fact not a skill related issue, then the player, by saying "L2P", is committing actual harm to the community by obscuring actual issues, shifting burden away from the actual cause of the issue to the skill of the player.

Every time someone said attack ground and L2P in a JPIV thread, they actively contributed to keeping this bug from being detected. Imagine if everyone said "There is no Vickers range bug, it gets better range in buildings, L2P".

You might say these people had no reason to suspect that JPIV cloak behaves any different from other cloaked units. But if so, this means they didn't actually encounter the scenario where the JPIV did the cloak / decloak dance and they didn't actually destroy a single JPIV through attack ground.

If they didn't encounter that scenario, what gives them the right to say L2P?

If you have the temerity to insult other players' skill, you better damn well know what you are talking about. And if you do and are still proven wrong, you deserve to eat crow.