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Thread: [DBP] Recon Doctrine feedback thread6 Dec 2017, 16:38 PM Jump back to quoted post6 Dec 2017, 16:24 PMMuad'Dib I think an actual plane that flies from the base sector and can be taken down would be an interesting implementation, and would allow you to balance between the survivability and speed of the plane, the potency of the mines and the munitions cost. Might not be enough time to test it properly, though. Planes can be made immune (e.g., Ost vanilla supply drops) or even untargetable (paratrooper planes). So, I wouldn't worry about that. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: [DBP] Guard Rifle Combined Arms Tactics feedback6 Dec 2017, 16:36 PM Jump back to quoted post6 Dec 2017, 16:33 PMAustralian Magic I'm looking at those chanelogs from DBP and can't find anything about KV-1. Where it is? Probably under commander changes in official forums. KV received the following changes: - Now locked in T4 - Health from 800 to 960 In: COH2 Balance
Thread: [DBP] Recon Doctrine feedback thread6 Dec 2017, 15:24 PM Jump back to quoted post6 Dec 2017, 15:11 PMZombiFrancis Like a completely new ability? More like like an ability that allows you to spawn S-mine fields at the enemy's retreat path on demand; while their infantry is running away for dear life from the greyhound. Or infantry fleeing away from real/fake artillery from IR Pathfinders. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: [DBP] Luftwaffe Ground Forces feedback thread6 Dec 2017, 14:20 PM Jump back to quoted post5 Dec 2017, 21:07 PMStorm Elite Surprised it took this long. Paratroopers not para dropping, but instead magically popping out of buildings inside which they were sleeping? Weird, in retrospect. I trust the para drops will have a plane fly overhead, right? I just love playing all doctrines that have planes in them in any capacity, and obviously, Luftwaffe Ground Forces is the most prominent of those, so having planes flying by dropping elite infantry just adds that much more to the immersion factor for this doctrine. Removing the Fallschirmjager squad from Airborne Assault though... not a fan of that. The combined arms approach of the ability really had a great feel to it. You drop Fallschirmjager while clearing the area. A spectacular entrance for spectacular troops. Now it has to be combo'd with the drop ability, which also means one less Fallschirmjager squad on the field in general. We basically moved the paradrop aspect of Airborne assault to the Fallschirmjager paradrop. You don't need two abilities that do exactly the same. This is especially if keeping the Fallschirmjager drop would inflate the cost of Airborne assault. Now, if you want air support you use airborne assault. if you want a paradrop, yo use the paradrop. If you want both, you use both at the same time (and also benefit from on-field reinforcements while the assault is active). In: COH2 Balance
Thread: [DBP] Guard Rifle Combined Arms Tactics feedback6 Dec 2017, 14:14 PM necro So what is the consensus regarding the commander? Was adding the KV-1 be sufficient to put the commander on-par with Guards Motor? Does the KV-1 need additional help, given that it is now only buildable from T4? Is it still too fragile for cost (we don't want to change its lethality, because diversity). PS: To get the best results out of the commander, avoid upgrading every single Conscript squad with ppsh (1-2 squads max), and try using hit-the-dirt behind heavy cover (for both unupgraded Conscripts and Guards) at every single opportunity. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: [DBP] Luftwaffe Ground Forces feedback thread6 Dec 2017, 14:08 PM Jump back to quoted post5 Dec 2017, 21:15 PMRussianHamster Fallschirmjagers I think that unit cost too much. They not better than obers (320MP in DBP, as I know) and now they have all abilities on couldown when they coming into the game. FG42 are weak against vet3 rifles with BAR's and tommy with brens, not to mention commandos or rangers (commandos have more abilities too, as you know). I think it's need to reduce cost or up a damage (in comparison with commandos - more damage on long/mid distance, but lower on short distance). Maybe will be a good idea buff FG42 damage with lower cost of a squad, but spawn they with kar98k and give them upgrade to 4 FG42 for 100 muni or something like that (like it was in vCoH). Luftwaffe Recon Run The trick with Fallschirmjagers is that unlike most other elite squads, they're actually a generalist squad (stealth, faust, long-range). So, if we overbuff them in anyway, that's going to be the next panzerfusilier blob. Specialist short-range squads have to come out stronger than average to allow them to have any effect. Conversely, those elite squads gain significantly reduced bonuses compared to the opposition, simply because they come out stronger than they "should" at Vet0. For Falls, as long as the bleed is not insane, they can still chip away at enemy squads and gain vet. Perhaps, the question we should ask is whether to further reduce the cost of callin in Fallschirmjagers, or move some of their later vet bonuses to vet0, so that they don't have to wait that long to deal damage (now that they don't have the annoying infiltration mechanic anymore). In: COH2 Balance
Thread: [DBP] Recon Doctrine feedback thread6 Dec 2017, 13:38 PM Jump back to quoted post6 Dec 2017, 02:36 AMLemonJuice in its current form the mine drop is way too strong, basically just an extremely large aoe frag bomb. it devastates weapon teams for a pretty measly 90 munitions. needs either a munitions increase, longer delay before the mines drop, or change so that it doesnt explode upon impact and has an arming time. It looks rather difficult to create a timer that activates on impact. One of the issues of the ability is that all mines land at once, and if you didn't happen to be watching that engagements, your squad will blow up. Would the following work: - Reduce the concentration of cluster bombs on the outer rings of the ability - Make cluster bombs come in 3-4 waves, with 2 cluster bombs coming early, just to provide a warning, and the inner ring dropping later Alternatively, we can make an airplane flying over the area to provide the visual cue for the ability. We could also make some of the mines plant themselves. However, that could create balance implications that we don't have the time to evaluate. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Volksgrenadiers [DBP] 5 Dec 2017, 21:37 PM Jump back to quoted post5 Dec 2017, 21:21 PMClassyDavid Has there been any tests with adjusting the BAR and Bren for them to be stronger individually but unable to upgrade to two? Of course up the cost to 80 or even 90 munitions. The point would be to be strong enough to beat down Volksgrenadiers as the only reason I upgrade to two BARs is when I'm playing against OKW and need the extra BAR to trade effectively against Volks but against OST it is a bit too strong. The stronger but limited to one BAR would still beat Volksgrenadiers and Grenadiers but not so strongly as dual BARs do now against OST. This change would also encourage more elite troops from USF even though they aren't really used due to timing, CPs, and cost of the elite troops and upgrades needed for them. We've mostly tried single Brens, but upping Tommy veterancy to be on par with their cost. It worked balance-wise. However, after having played enough of it and against it, it frankly felt boring: - You're going to upgrade your single Bren as quickly as possible; same as the enemy - You're probably going to buy a PIAT to fill up the other slot, because what else can you buy - Then, aesthetically, you have two squads (grens and tommies) fighting against each other with one LMG each - There's no longer a risk component to dropping guns for the enemy; not when you're only carrying one slot item - There's no longer a dimention where one side gets more cost-efficient upgrades, but capped to one, and the other side has worse cost efficient but a higher cap Thus, if slot weapons are ever to be nerfed, it would be better if the individual slot items get their stats lowered, but also become cheaper (but not lower than 45-50, otherwise, again, it becomes trivial). In: COH2 Balance
Thread: [DBP] Luftwaffe Ground Forces feedback thread5 Dec 2017, 21:23 PM Jump back to quoted post5 Dec 2017, 21:15 PMRussianHamster Fallschirmjagers I think that unit cost too much. They not better than obers (320MP in DBP, as I know) and now they have all abilities on couldown when they coming into the game. FG42 are weak against vet3 rifles with BAR's and tommy with brens, not to mention commandos or rangers (commandos have more abilities too, as you know). I think it's need to reduce cost or up a damage (in comparison with commandos - more damage on long/mid distance, but lower on short distance). Maybe will be a good idea buff FG42 damage with lower cost of a squad, but spawn they with kar98k and give them upgrade to 4 FG42 for 100 muni or something like that (like it was in vCoH). Luftwaffe Recon Run Smoke a really good idea, i like that. Heavy Fortifications I think it will be OP in first 5-10 mins, but weak in late game, because we have a unit with very high anti-inf damage and small HP (easy to destroy with AT-guns/tanks, but hard to destroy with inf without smokes and grenades). Valiant Assault Honestly all same abilities now not working in current version of a game and I think the problem is not in muni cost. Air Assault Operation There are only one ability on request a squad without MP cost in CoH2, so I think it does not fit the concept of a game and that need to be replaced with something else (maybe another stuka ability or something new). You're one version behind :-) v1.7 just came out a few minutes ago. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: December Balance Preview5 Dec 2017, 17:30 PM Jump back to quoted post5 Dec 2017, 16:59 PMSwift So you mean the lmg is not affected by picked up weapons? They can still equip it even with a scavenged slot item? If so, then that's fine. No you can't. That would be too much for the squad's cost. In: Lobby