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Thread: Winter Balance Preview Changelog25 Nov 2016, 23:49 PM Jump back to quoted post25 Nov 2016, 23:43 PMzerocoh Prime example of how whining on this site has a heavy influence on balance decisions, double lmg on rifles is trash on most situations, but double bren on tommies is always powerful. LMG riflemen is beyond broken in higher-teamgames. We can't take Tommy Brens away because unlike other infantry, Tommies don't have snares. And we can't only fix Tommies without addressing other things in the faction too. That's the "British Power Curve" gambit (too weak early-game, too powerful late-game). To actually test how your suggestion would play out, I invite you to try playing with single Bren Tommies, and see how bad they really are. In: Lobby
Thread: Winter Balance Preview Changelog25 Nov 2016, 22:06 PM Jump back to quoted post25 Nov 2016, 21:55 PMpigsoup "Given a handbrake ability to prevent unwanted movement" I wanted this for so long. also, is there a "fix" for units cloaking on retreat? does not seem like one. or is that how it is intended? i guess the new re cloaking policy kinda deals with that. If I am not mistaken, this was addressed in the previous patch. Thus, there should be no infantry benefiting from camo when retreating. Jump back to quoted post25 Nov 2016, 21:55 PMpigsoup p.s. did you guys look into the disparity between Axis command tanks and Brit command tank ability? Axis ones affect teammates which is a huge problem in team games. i think it should be like the brit one where it only affects yourself. also is there a reason why not all vehicle can have hold fire? Regarding hold fire, I am totally up for it. However to create place for it, we would have to get rid of one ability (I'd say prioritise vehicles for TDs and AT guns, which should have no interest wasting theor shots against infantry anyway). However, given that this is the first balance patch we did, I wanted to push as many of the non-controversial QoL changes as I could. That way, in a future patch, players will have a smaller set of changes they can scrutinise. In: Lobby
Thread: Winter Balance Preview Changelog25 Nov 2016, 21:11 PM Jump back to quoted post25 Nov 2016, 21:05 PMelchino7 Reminder that this is a preview, and i hope this time, people end up playing it and giving feedback while in return Relic applies changes (the whole point of doing a PTR/preview) UKF vs OKW is also a match up with sniper vs non sniper faction. "When firing a shot or using an offensive ability when not camouflaged, the unit will be unable to return to camouflage for 10 seconds" I do feel like this part is okay (no longer you can fire from out of cover and camouflage instantly) "Snipers cannot cloak until out of combat for 3 seconds" This part i'm not sure of. You'll get your first shot out of cammo but following ones not? Can someone explain how long combat status is applied in case you are not been fired? If i understand it correctly, i don't think the 2nd nerf should apply. I still think there are camouflage issues with SU sniper and in case OKW is having problems against snipers, you can always improve the Kubels/Puma (?) detection and anti sniper capabilities. You remain in-combat as long as somebody is firing at you. We realise that this seems a bit harsh, but that's the most extreme we wanted to go with the stealth mechanic. Since it's a preview mod, it makes sense to trial this. 3 seconds was chosen as a reasonable compromise, to also accommodate bolt-action infantry models to keep the sniper flagged. Do note, though, that with the light vehicles getting nerfed, snipers would become even more dominant On the other hand, this change could make Snipers ridiculously easy to dispose of with infiltration units. Note that the Soviet sniper has the lowest revert time of all snipers (which affects how much time it takes for them to recloak after firing from camo). Soviet snipers: 4 seconds. Other snipers; 6 seconds. The guaranteed 10-second penalty for firing from out-of-camo will make it so that the other snipers cannot cheese back into stealth instantly. This means that the revert time will actually hold some real weight in the game. Jump back to quoted post25 Nov 2016, 21:05 PMluvnest Let the Partisan cheese continue Not enough people voted for this one. Our hands were tied. In: Lobby
Thread: Winter Balance Preview Changelog25 Nov 2016, 21:03 PM Jump back to quoted post25 Nov 2016, 21:02 PMTüMe How about tommies AT squads AT-nade bugg, you guys fixing it ? it doesnt make vehicle crit, it seems to do the dmg tho (not like disappearing faust) it just doesnt make vehicle crit. Not sure tho if its intented. Fixed an issue where UKF HEAT anti-tank grenades would, sometimes, fail to apply their snare. In: Lobby
Thread: Winter Balance Preview Changelog25 Nov 2016, 20:59 PM Jump back to quoted post25 Nov 2016, 20:36 PMAustralian Magic Wait, no more double 1919 from racks, but still double bren? Infantry sections don't have other combat utility in the game apart from the double brens. Brens, btw are considerably worse than other MGs; especially in the hands of Tommies. - Most MGs have a 3-5 sec reload time - Tommy Brens have 8.5 second reload time in cover - Hence, Tommy Brens can get up to 12.5 seconds reload time out of cover As Machine already mentioned, that's not what people reported in the balance survey. Thus we couldn't do anything about it. In: Lobby
Thread: Winter Balance Preview Changelog25 Nov 2016, 20:54 PM Jump back to quoted post25 Nov 2016, 20:52 PMOsinyagov So, can you please add a UI indication for the bonus from 1 vet for Penals? You makw something like this for Commando, but forget about Penal. There is no way to check, what "To the Last man" ability doing in the game. Commando duration has a limited duration, and the passive sprint can sometimes work against you (since Commandos can't fire while sprinting). To the last man is active all the time, passively. The only visual indication that you need for it is the number of models alive, and you already have it. In: Lobby
Thread: Winter Balance Preview Changelog25 Nov 2016, 20:24 PM Jump back to quoted post25 Nov 2016, 20:12 PMJohnSmith I wish that the Stuka strike was disabled in enemy base. Otherwise, good changes It actually is disabled. You didn't read the bugfix section: Fixed an issue where several Off-map abilities (mostly belonging to Soviets, OST, OKW) could still be targeted in the base sector In: Lobby
Thread: Squad sizes and buildings22 Nov 2016, 22:03 PM You need to go through every single entity that can have units garrisoned inside, and change the hold_ext: - Look for num_squad_slots. That's the number of squads the building/unit can support - Also look for num_slots. That's the number of models the building/unit can support As a convention, num_slots is usually set to 6 * num_squad slots. You need to increase num_slots. If you right-click on hold_ext and click "find all references" you can find all entities you need to change to accommodate your change. From what I can see in my editor, there are about 450 entities with a hold_ext. Happy hunting! In: Modding and Tools
Thread: How to fix: OKW22 Nov 2016, 08:38 AM Jump back to quoted post22 Nov 2016, 05:04 AMZombiFrancis Doesn't this imply that it is the Soviet maxim that might warrant a look at then? What if maxims acted like vickers in terms of suppression? Vickers love to get kills, but they don't lock units into place like nobodies business. Vickers just doesn't even work past 8-or-so minutes into the game. You might as well trade it for an MG34, because even the MG34 outperforms Vickers by that stage. That's due to: - Craters, craters everywhere - Complete lack of suppression scaling for the Vickers - Infantry scaling means that Vickers isn't good even in the infantry-killing department anymore A narrow-arc Maxim that is completely unable to suppress units, means that the Maxim will become completely dodgeable by just about any infantry unit in the game. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: How to fix: OKW21 Nov 2016, 15:03 PM Jump back to quoted post21 Nov 2016, 14:48 PMZombiFrancis OKW suffers against maxim spam, not MG spam, let's at least be clear with that. You are correct. They suffer against suppression platforms. If Vickers were performing like an MG42, OKW would also have issue vs Vickers. 50cal comes too late, and USF doesn't really need force multipliers to win the AI fight. In: COH2 Gameplay