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Thread: (H)MG34 8 Apr 2020, 09:45 AM Jump back to quoted post8 Apr 2020, 02:22 AMSkysTheLimit Sabot rounds comes with the AT gun though. It's not a vet 1 ability. That's an important difference Sustained fire allows the maxim to actually do it's job. AP rounds on the mg34 is not necessary for it to do it's job, it's more of a bonus The whole point of my bringing this thread is that the MG34 barely does its job even on a good day. Jump back to quoted post8 Apr 2020, 09:27 AMGrim I'd be happy to swap the stats of the Maxim and MG34 and call it a day. Not trying to steal someone else's MG here. Maxim I'll leave to someone else to deal with. Would like the 50 cal to be looked at over its rather blantant overperformance that allows it to just A-move and insta suppress. But that's not why I brought this topic up. A point I think has slipped people's minds and my own yesterday - the MG34 comes later than the 42, Vickers and Maxim yet is worse than all of them. Doesn't seem right for a tech structure at all. It's actually penalising combined arms play. I could it understand it being on par, due to the strength of OKW infantry overall then (StG44) but it doesn't even reach that. Don't even try MG-MG building shootouts with it. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: (H)MG34 8 Apr 2020, 01:32 AM Jump back to quoted post7 Apr 2020, 19:24 PMSander93 It has very good suppression, only slightly worse than the HMG 42. IIRC it suppresses squads at medium range in neutral cover in ~1,3s while the HMG 42 does it in ~1.2s. It has lackluster damage but that's not what you get an HMG for anyway. Addressing the suppression, others addressed the damage - getting very tired of seeing squads run through the arcs unsuppressed on the other side, which wouldn't happen to the same time vs an MG42. No one would expect a shock squad to go and run towards an MG42, and then crawl close enough to toss a frag nade. You'll just get pinned. Essentially forces a smoke before that happens. With an MG34 I've seen shocks do the frag and not get pinned. Jump back to quoted post7 Apr 2020, 19:28 PMAerohank It has that already in the form of incendiary rounds. I'd point out that is like saying that the M1 57mm is the best AT gun in the game if you spend 30 muni on it every time you want it to shoot. Or the Maxim is a great MG if you have Sustained Fire constantly active. No one would seriously argue the maxim is a good MG, practically only remains used much due to OKW inf blobs. Jump back to quoted post7 Apr 2020, 19:42 PMAerohank Yes, I am. It's asymetrical balance that works fine in my opinion. A vetted up vickers becomes more difficult to deal with, AP rounds on axis MGs turns them into temporary beast mode MGs. The Vickers in this scenario is both self-spotting and has good suppression/damage. A IAP MG34 still cannot self-spot any further than normal (not counting the vet V here, that's unrealistic to get it) AND you must also pre-load the gun to be effective. Which means you need a spotter between the MG and the squads coming somehow. Pressing IAP while they're in range is a frequent death sentence for the crew. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: (H)MG34 7 Apr 2020, 19:16 PM I am certain that many here already have heard my thoughts on the MG34. I would like to request that it be examined for possible buffs to its suppression and/or damage. Statistically it is the worst out of all HMGs in the game. Its inherent poor state in both discourages the use of MGs to secure sectors or worse perform badly at stopping VP caps/flanks. I would also argue that by having such poor performance, it indirectly encourages infantry blobbing though the state of OKW blobs are a matter for another topic entirely. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: OKW Tiger?7 Apr 2020, 14:54 PM Jump back to quoted post7 Apr 2020, 14:48 PMT.R. Stormjäger Nah it's not that bad. Just wish it would be a bit faster so SU85 in sight mode wouldn't kite it. I wish that as well but then people would complain that it's OP! If it were able to reliably get the drop on a Jackson and keep in range for 3 shots, it'd be considered outrageous lol. Prob doesn't help that I keep seeing in my games people going KT stall and then losing it 5 minutes later >.< In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: OKW Tiger?7 Apr 2020, 12:43 PM KT is on life support. OKW Tiger Stall players should be shot. (I jest) In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Railway-Arty6 Apr 2020, 14:45 PM Jump back to quoted post6 Apr 2020, 14:41 PMKieselberg Railway-Arty feels, compared to skillplanes and basically any other off map arty, way to weak for its price. Maybe the cost has to lowered to 150muni or sth. For humour In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Winter balance mod 2020 V1.36 Apr 2020, 14:37 PM Jump back to quoted post4 Apr 2020, 11:40 AMBlueKnight They aren't useless, they are challenge doctrines Laughs in Skill Tactician In: COH2 Balance
Thread: "dead" bulletins 6 Apr 2020, 14:08 PM Jump back to quoted post6 Apr 2020, 13:54 PMVipper I do not agree with that. If the MOD team has bigger issues to deal with it because with each patch the create new issues (see super heavy meta). A single patch that fix a large number of issues a like vet bonuses, vet abilities, xp values, reinforcement speed and times, reinforcement cost and simple thing like bulletins would be far more useful than a patch that simply nerfs an op unit to oblivion and buff a obscure unit to OP level. Sadly, as much I want to agree with that, bulletins remain in the realm of the forgotten pile. I'm just going by what they've currently been changing. Bulletins unchanged basically since....well practically ever. And yes, the MG34 remains a POS after five years! *** ****. The bulletins are worthless on it! 110% of terrible is still terrible. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: "dead" bulletins 6 Apr 2020, 13:46 PM Volksgrenadier cheaper shrecks needs to be reworked..... No to bulletin stacking, cos that's how you get blobs ignoring your MGs by running up to them and tossing nades/molotovs. You really really don't want to find out what triple acc buff Obers can do to you.... Of course, even with 3 suppression bulletins for the MG34 AND stacked them - it'd still be a laughable MG. Broken record noises tl;dr The patch team have bigger issues to deal with than old bulletins, unfortunately. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: all these new smg units5 Apr 2020, 23:23 PM Sounds like the MG34 we got in-game, some kind of 1930 prototype that never got off the drawing board because of how bad it was. You heard me. In: COH2 Balance