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Thread: Feuersturm doctrine25 Mar 2020, 13:54 PM Jump back to quoted post25 Mar 2020, 13:35 PMVipper ST44 upgrade is a badly designed upgrade (Similar to Penal SVT) concentrating the DPS of large squad i into 2 weapons while having a almost linear curve reducing the effect of relative positioning. In addition is allot closer to the G43 (which uses the carbine profile) then to other ST44. It also part of the reason why most other weapons where buffed. By replacing the ST44 upgrade with MP-40 upgrade a player would simply have to choose which of his units he wants to upgrade with MP-40 and which leave with K98. Then Ostheer/UKF would not be in desperate need for buffs and one could start nerfing the Soviet and USF. By that logic we'd have to junk any and every upgrade that concentrates DPS into 2 members, and as a continuation of that logic, also one member. Same problem of having too much DPS concentration. Shall we also have the Ober LMG34 nerfed to oblivion because it has 3.77 Ober Kar 98s worth of DPS at 35 range? Ostruppen (Grenadier) LMG nerfed because it has 8.37 Ost Kar98s worth of DPS at 35 range? I think the existing system works fine. The whole point of the original StG44 volks upgrade was to give them better AI performance as I can tell you even the old old vet V volks really struggled 1v1 vs an LMG inf squad. Reducing it to Kar 98s would make them seriously overwhelmed in late-game even with Vet. As it stands, yesterday I had exactly this situation of a vet V StGvolks vs (vet III?) M1919A6 Rifles. BARELY matched that firepower. Barely. Only cos he was in open and I was in Light cover, did it become a win for my squad. In: Lobby
Thread: Feuersturm doctrine25 Mar 2020, 13:23 PM Jump back to quoted post25 Mar 2020, 13:20 PMWiderstreit I know, but then Assault-Pios should have MG40 then. OKW - Assault-Pios: change STG with MP40 - Volks: let them like they are now (only let MP40-upgrade make then a new unit, e.g. like Grens with 5men) OST: - Pio: change MP40 with Lugar P09 Pistol - weapon-crews: change MP40 with OKW-crew-weapon K98 - Storm-troupes: change MP40 with PPSH (german used them on mass, even build a 9mm version) So the blueprints fit the DPS again. What you propose would effectively kill the OKW as a faction early game. (No MG until after teching, remember?) Besides, you kinda got your wish for MP40 like SPs....just a meaner close-range version of the StG44. Pios are already very easily beaten by almost any basic allied infantry squad 1v1, discounting the upgrades. Only if you let them shoot you can they do much. Maybe RE/Combat Engineers lose to them....maybe, and even that requires some bad play. In: Lobby
Thread: Feuersturm doctrine25 Mar 2020, 13:14 PM Jump back to quoted post25 Mar 2020, 13:04 PMWiderstreit Why not give them both again, like in an older game version? Also, MP40 instead STG44 as normal weaponwould be more logical, like Vipper said. Beside, at the moment the hole weapon-profiles became confusing. ....... etc. MP40s are only good at very close range and suffer from a rapidly decreasing application for mid-to-far. StG44s like all assault rifles still have good application even for mid-to-far. In essence, you'd be wasting your time shooting at that conscript on the edge of sight range (35) or even mid. For a mainline infantry squad, having only close-in weapons will get you punished badly against typical counterparts like BAR Rifles, Bren Tommies or even Cons behind sandbags. The StG44 upgrade is in effect a net dps increase for volks, when compared with their Kar 98s, except at the very very extreme edge of their range. Even there, it's barely a drop. Getting up close to StG44 volks is....not advisable except by specialists. I hope this has clears up some of the confusion about basic small arms weapon profiles. --- Flame nade has one major advantage against garrisons that regular nades do not - no one wants to go into that building you just tossed a flame nade into. Popping in and out of a building is severely punished by the DoT. In: Lobby
Thread: Feuersturm doctrine25 Mar 2020, 12:26 PM I usually pick Feuersturm if against multiple UKF players (or just one Cancer Commander). No other commander comes close to the sheer amount of burning Brits and emplacements this doc generates. Can outtank the mortar pit/enemy mortars with the truck and have decreased reload times. Also might pick if I suspect there'll be a Shock/Thompson Ranger spam. Flammenhetzer is extremely good at melting through blobs. In: Lobby
Thread: Fallshrims got completely neutered over the years24 Mar 2020, 14:40 PM Plays a dirge for the greatest OKW infantry unit since release In: COH2 Balance
Thread: IR Halftruck Infantry Detection needs to be fixed23 Mar 2020, 16:43 PM Jump back to quoted post23 Mar 2020, 15:29 PMJulianSnow This was actually the first one I noticed, but the OKW panzershreck bulletin also speaks of the 'volksgrenadier panzershreck'. I guess they had a shreck upgrade? Funny to be playing this game for almost 1100 hours and only now notice these things.. Yes, back in 2015 they had a 90 muni 'Cold Package' that added a Panzerschreck. Then it was increased to 110 due to all the blobbing complaints. And then reworked with what we now are familiar with as the 2xStg44 package. There were some other things such as even more received accuracy buffs at vet V for volks (removed later), huge xp gains for damaging vehicles (leading to very quick vet) and generally an unstoppable blob at 30 mins. Back then, grenade throw range was still the same regardless of being suppressed/normal & flame nades had instant detonation so HMGs were hopelessly burnt to death. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: IR Halftruck Infantry Detection needs to be fixed23 Mar 2020, 14:17 PM Jump back to quoted post23 Mar 2020, 04:27 AMFarlion Can't we just kill this unit and replace it with something useful, like an actual 251 HT? It has its uses, especially in teamgames where ze allies wait with a wall o'TDs waiting for you to dare to push forward with your armor. Very VERY hard to flank someone when they can see you coming 120 distance units away. I've yet to test out the new 85 visual sight range version. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Bren and Vickers K not firing on the move for elite infantry22 Mar 2020, 22:04 PM Jump back to quoted post22 Mar 2020, 19:58 PMaerafield Obers can fire a DP1928 on the move.... everyday learning something new Now I have to steal some DP-28s just to make a SU player rage. Double LMG Obers is scary scary. In: COH2 Bugs
Thread: Sturm Pioneer best infantry in the game?18 Mar 2020, 16:45 PM Jump back to quoted post18 Mar 2020, 16:45 PMT.R. Stormjäger Flame Spios are hard countered by mines. Only faction struggling with them is USF if they don’t get M6 mines. Shhhh, the USF miners will hear you! Yes, SPs are quite easily countered. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Sturm Pioneer best infantry in the game?18 Mar 2020, 16:37 PM Anyone and their dog can easily beat SPs MP for MP...….riflemen/Inf sec behind cover and shooting from max distance till closed can easily kill 2 models. Conscripts maybe not, but SPs are not the infantry mowing machines people tend to believe (Looking at you SHOCKS). Now of course, if you go round a corner and they're breathing down your neck like a lover - there's the T button. Don't hesitate or you'll be down a squad. And then there's FlameSPs…... In: COH2 Gameplay