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Thread: Is on/off-map arty more accurate with line of sight?11 Jul 2016, 13:01 PM Jump back to quoted post11 Jul 2016, 11:54 AMvuko_zrno does it count as LOS when the enemy unit is visible in FOW because it was hit by something so it appears for a few seconds? Or does the enemy unit really have to be in LOS of one of your units When you do a barrage, you are not targeting a unit, you are targeting an area. Thus, it doesn't matter whether the unit is visible or not. It's the centre of the barrage area that has to be in LoS of one of your units. I am not sure how artillery in CoH1 worked, but I am pretty sure it felt as if these units were firing heat-seeking shells. i.e., no matter how fast and hard the enemy would hit retreat some of these shells felt like they would follow the squad formations and land right in the middle. Luckily, artillery is a lot less cancerous in CoH2. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Received Accuracy11 Jul 2016, 09:51 AM Accuracy and received accuracy bonuses determine lethality. Generally speaking, accuracy bonuses benefit long-range troops massively, whereas received-accuracy bonuses benefit close-combat troops better (since they need to close the distance before dishing out damage). That is to say, if you took the massive offensive bonuses of LMG-grens (LMG42, vet) and turned it into a received accuracy bonus, LMG-Grens would become a meh unit, at best. On the other hand, if you gave every single infantry unit a massive boost in survivability, you would just push the game further down the maws of sniper spam (snipers don't give 2 fucks about received accuracy). When you have 2 squads fighting against one another, it is the weapon profiles that determine the optimal ranges for the engagement for each squad. For instance, if you have LMG grens vs Bar-Riflemen, LMG-grens need to keep the distance at a maximum where they can bleed the riflemen, whereas Riflemen need to close the distance. If you have Bar-Riflemen vs PGrens, it's probably the other way around. While the enemy is at an optimal distance to you, it pays off to have high accuracy bonuses, so that you can bleed them even harder (thus reducing their DPS). If you fail to do that, the enemy can relocate to a position where they have the upper hand and start bleeding you. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: So what can we/Relic do to fix USF Mortar spam?11 Jul 2016, 09:38 AM I think that the USF mortar is a sticky situation: - If it's too strong, USF will camp (the factions with the best indirect fire will always camp) - If the shots are too inaccurate, it will not threaten MGs -> it's useless - If is is just accurate enough to threaten MGs, the first shots could make it so that USF gets some filthy wipes (without trying) I believe that the answer is to make the USF mortar more dependent on its barrage ability: - Give it a shitty auto-attack - Design a mortar barrage that lasts long enough (10 secs) - For the first 5 secs the barrage is inaccurate (so that enemy MGs have the time to pack-up) -- this also acts as a warning - For the remainder, the barrage becomes more accurate than other mortars, thus forcing a "relocate or gtfo" situation for stationary weapon teams Thus, we have the mortar that: - Harasses attentive players, forcing them to reposition - Punishes hardcore MG-camping - Have a potentially powerful unit that requires micro to make it work. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: 17lbr to 14 Population11 Jul 2016, 09:01 AM 17-pounder has an enormous hitbox and only 900HP, which makes it trivial to counter the 17-pounder with tanks or anti-tank guns. It's useless as a unit. Moreover, the 17-pounder is extremely resilient to: - Infantry rushes (brace, emplacement armor) - On-map artillery (brace) - Offmap artillery (brace) That is to say that the 17-pounder is extremely vulnerable to all the things it should be resilient to, and invulnerable to all the things that it should be ridiculously vulnerable to. The counter system is just wrong. Just make 17lbr a clone of Pak43 (including vulnerability to off-map artillery) and call it a day. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Pak 4311 Jul 2016, 08:41 AM The Pak-43 absolutely needs that shoot-through-buildings thing, otherwise it would become trivial to just bumrush it with tanks, or snipe its crew or,... you get the idea. I know that some factions have uneven access to artillery than others, but, hey, at least the Pak43 is doctrinal. The solution for Pak43 (also applies to Elefant and JT) is to just train your ears. The unit makes a very distinct sound when it fires, which should give you a clue that the area is now a no-tank zone, until you can come up with your response. 500MP just doesn't just grow in the trees, you know! Non-doctrinal counters (apart from infantry bum-rushes) Soviets: Katyusha, satchel charges USF: Major artillery UKF: Anvil Artillery, Firefly Tulips (if you fire Tulips at a decrewed team-weapon it becomes insta-gibbed; sort of like T-34 ram) Jump back to quoted post9 Jul 2016, 14:07 PMHighfiveeeee British 17 Pounder: Pros: - Invincible crew; cannot be taken by the enemy - About 3-4 times the HP of the PaK43 - Doesn't need a specific commander - Can Brace - Has more range than the PaK43 - Can be covered by a mortar pit Cons: - Costs 70 fuel PaK43 Pros: - Can shoot through buildings - Doesn't cost Fuel Cons: - Countered by any artillery immideatly - Costs 600MP - Very little HP - Only available in some commanders - No brace or anything TBH I would take a 17pounder over a PaK43 anytime. You are ignoring one crucial aspect of the 17-pounder: - It has a gignormous hitbox, and a small HP pool (900), which makes it trivial for tanks to counter the 17 pounder (not to mention anti-tank guns...) A stationary AT gun that can't defend itself against tank rushes is just plain useless. (also, both Pak43 and 17 pounder have the exact same range) Solution: make the 17 pounder a clone of pak43, and do something with target tables so that it doesn't auto-die to Walking stuka barrages (due to the fact it is super accurate). (off-map artillery instagibbing pak43/17-pounder is valid, since everyone already does this). In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Is on/off-map arty more accurate with line of sight?11 Jul 2016, 08:35 AM Jump back to quoted post11 Jul 2016, 07:11 AMZombieRommel I know it helped on-map arty in CoH1 but I don't know if it still helps in COH2. And in the case of British Concentration Barrage, it's an off-map ability that uses on-map assets, so how does that work? Anecdotal evidence tells me that line of sight is very important because when I call Concentration Barrage (with airburst) down on VPs I own, everything dies. When I call it through the FOW, the shells do almost nothing at all, even despite blowing up right above units. Thoughts? For all on-map artillery (mortars, howies, etc, etc), if you don't have LoS on the target, the scatter area becomes about 50% bigger (25% each dimension). Most likely, the check for LoS is made when each shot is fired. Scatter area penalty affects the British 25-pounders (regardless of whether you use on-map flares or Royal Artillery flares). However, I wouldn't worry too much about it: - Airburst shells always land spot-on; thus there's no fear of scatter - HE shells have a tiny AoE anyway. Thus, nothing of value is lost even if you lose sight of the target. I don't know if there are any off-map abilities affected by scatter. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Post those funny, ironic, lelic, rngeesus why?! Moments7 Jul 2016, 20:17 PM I once forgot a captured pak-40 outside of prioritise vehicles. A Vet3 unugraded PGrens pulled a flank on me, and just I panned my camera to focus on them, the pak40 fired a shot, instantly annihilating the full-health squad. In: Lobby
Thread: Post those funny, ironic, lelic, rngeesus why?! Moments7 Jul 2016, 13:26 PM Jump back to quoted post7 Jul 2016, 13:21 PMCartoonVillain I don't get what happened here... A long time ago (before Brits came out), Flamethrowers had a random chance to combust (and kill the carrier, while they become destroyed) with each incoming shot. In the video, the flamethrower combusts instantly the moment it becomes available, thus marking the shortest ever lifespan for a flamethrower in the history of CoH2. In: Lobby
Thread: Heavy engineers Vickers 7 Jul 2016, 13:22 PM They don't have any offensive scaling at all. The bonus only affects their Sten guns, which have a very small effective range. Thus, you will almost never have the benefit of cover and the ability to damage your opponent with Sten guns at the same time. Due to a bug the bonus was also applying to Vickers_k between March and 21 June. I'm afraid you're too late for the party! In: Strategy Desk
Thread: Grenadier survivability buff - Target priority7 Jul 2016, 08:51 AM Any squad that's affected by this kind of buff will become extremely difficult to bleed. I think that the answer to grenadier survivability woes is to start reverting terminator buffs on other factions' infantry. That's because the more we pile received accuracy buffs, or other kinds of weird survivability buffs to infantry, the more sniper-spam meta will benefit from it. That's because snipers don't give 2 fucks about cover, survivability bonuses, etc. In: COH2 Balance