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Thread: Game Freezes 28 Nov 2017, 14:11 PM bump Ever since v1.5 we've reverted ghostbag changes. Could anybody comment on the state of possible performance drops, and whether that revert has managed to address them? In: COH2 Bugs
Thread: [DBP] Tank Hunter feedback thread26 Nov 2017, 13:59 PM Jump back to quoted post26 Nov 2017, 13:46 PMAntemurale I'm not very skilled with the mod tools, but instead of giving this ability modifiers for the main gun, why not have the tanks fire separate projectiles? In my mind it works like Camouflage + Target Weak Point. If this is possible, you could retain high alpha damage, high penetration, and high accuracy, but make it nearly useless against infantry by making the AoE very small. That requires a weapon change, and weapon changes can be very messy (e.g., double-shot) In: COH2 Balance
Thread: [DBP] Tank Hunter feedback thread26 Nov 2017, 11:01 AM Jump back to quoted post26 Nov 2017, 06:45 AMAntemurale AT Ambush Camouflage Coming early at 2CP is a much-needed buff. It works quite well, now that it is akin to a real-life "double-tap" ambush tactic (where the loader already has another shell and will immediately load as soon as the gun fires, making the gun fire very quickly for two shots). I assume that the bonus penetration and accuracy remain? Yep! Those remain. The bonuses are there to enhance zis gun in the stats that it's currently lacking compared to other AT guns (penetration/reload time) Jump back to quoted post26 Nov 2017, 06:45 AMAntemurale Engineer Salvage Kit The bug where it could not be upgraded in conjunction with flamethrowers/ minesweepers is gone. However, the UI is still bugged; when you salvage a vehicle, it shows a "+0" on top of the munitions and fuel icon. The resources are claimed, no problem with that end. May I ask for the resource values for salvaging vehicles? You get something in the order of 10-50 FU and MU per wreck, depending on the class of the vehicle (from kubelwagen to King Tiger). We don't know how to correct that UI glitch that you mention though. Jump back to quoted post26 Nov 2017, 06:45 AMAntemurale Tank Ambush Allowing the vehicle to rotate slowly works wonders, greatly improves the viability of this ability for SU-76Ms and SU-85s. Works quite well, also the bushes no longer appear in the fog of war. I assume the workaround was to give the bushes "ownership"? However, there are several issues with this ability: - The hull-down depression in the ground is still visible in the fog of war. - If the camouflaged tank is within view radius (either through Spotting Scopes, or if the tanks are in Prioritize Vehicle and don't fire at infantry) you can use infantry squads to detect their position; hover over the tank and it will show you green cover. - Assuming the Soviet player captures other players' abandoned tanks, will they also have ambush camouflage? So far I have only tested other Soviet tanks. The T-34/85, KV-1, and IS-2 have the ability, while the KV-2, M4C, and ISU-152 do not. Bushes were already player-owned (for the camo effect). The fix was setting ghost-enabled to false. We'll probably remove hull down depression for the reasons you mentioned. An opponent can quickly verify whether a depression is hiding a tank by hovering over with their cursor. Unfortunately, I don't know how to fix the green-shield thing, short of permanently giving soviet tanks a yellow cover effect. We've given this effect to a few select soviet tanks. However, it's a bit painful to copy over the necessary values needed to every possible capturable tank. Jump back to quoted post26 Nov 2017, 06:45 AMAntemurale On both ATG and Tank ambush: If the reason to remove extra damage was to reduce infantry-wiping power, why not rework it into bonus damage vs vehicles? 40 bonus damage verses vehicle would make both ambushes much more dangerous due to how much burst damage a couple tanks/ATGs could deliver, which would force the Axis players to be much more careful. Alternatively, I would say giving tanks the +25% reload speed buff would also work. I don't know of a way to add target-table damage that hinges on conditional requirements. The reason ATG damage was changed to reload was that damage was too weak (purposely below the 200 threshold to avoid 2-shotting lights). A reload buff on the tanks could potentially make them more deadly vs infantry, but we'll see. Perhaps, the most powerful aspect of tank camouflage is being able to gain a flank on an enemy with a turreted tank. From my experience with the commander so far, the commander is a bag of highly-situational abilities. Every time I've tried to use all of them at the same time, I ended up hurting myself more than I hurt the enemy. Perhaps the right approach is picking the right tools for the right moment, and try not to overdo it; sort of like the commando doctrine. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: [DBP] Jaeger Infantry Doctrine feedback thread26 Nov 2017, 10:44 AM Jump back to quoted post26 Nov 2017, 05:40 AMAntemurale Ambush Camouflage Very well implemented. The ambush bonus seems to work properly. I'd like to ask though, is Ambush Camouflage supposed to be connected to Sprint in the way that you're supposed to buy the camouflage before you can sprint? Or are they just both unlocked at 0CP? Both are unlocked at 0CP. We didn't want to give pioneers ambush camouflage (flamers, lol) but, at the same time, we didn't want to remove sprint from them either. That's because Tobis would always haunt us. Sprint is also a good boost to keep the commander competitive to the G43-tiger commanders. In my games I've found it is extremely difficult to afford enough munitions to buy upgrades for everybody in time. Jump back to quoted post26 Nov 2017, 05:40 AMAntemurale G43 Package The Panzergrenadier and Stormtrooper G43s are much more worth it. However I don't see the need to increase the CP requirement. The CP requirement is supposed to tame the early-game impact the other g43-tiger commanders have (while also being strong in the late-game). Jaeger Infantry instead has camo and sprint to play with until 2CP. Jump back to quoted post26 Nov 2017, 05:40 AMAntemurale Jaeger Light Infantry Command Squad Newly introduced in 1.5.1, retains the utility (abilities-wise) of the original Command PGren squad while not being overpowered; the Command PGren squad could melt a regular PGren squad at close range. However, they don't seem to match up against other 300MP squads (Penals) in a 1v1 unless they stick to heavy cover and get the Ambush Bonus. I'd like to ask what their weapon loadout is; I'm assuming they have JLI G43s thus should be used in a supporting role? Their loadout is 3 grenadier G43's and 2 grenadier Kar98's. They're meant to be a skirmish/scouting/support squad that can also pack a punch. Currently it's at 35 sight range, so I think we could change that. Jump back to quoted post26 Nov 2017, 05:40 AMAntemurale Also, they are multiple bugs: the UI description (appears when you hover over the call-in icon) is incorrect, also if you double-click on Grenadiers to select all Grens on the screen they will also be selected. Noted. It's intentional that the JLI squad is selected on double-clicking Grenadiers. This is because that's the only way to allow common abilities to show when you have grenadiers selected with JLI. This is similar to what we've done for lieutenant/riflemen. Jump back to quoted post26 Nov 2017, 05:40 AMAntemurale On a different note, since you've been able to adjust the Stuka CAS Loiter, could it be possible to include a "QoL Fix" for the USF P-47 Rocket Loiter, and the rocket-firing Hawker Typhoons? A small rocket spawn margin adjustment from +-10 to +-7 would do wonders for consistency/accuracy. We'll try again. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: [DBP] Jaeger Infantry Doctrine feedback thread25 Nov 2017, 22:59 PM Jump back to quoted post25 Nov 2017, 22:34 PMTobis Is it possible to fix the original ambush camo so it works when the squad has to turn in place to aim, not move? Ambush is already fairly strong imo when it works, the moving camo is unnecessary. In fact we added a special twist to camouflage. It now also works while your squad is moving. However, unlike other moving camo you have to ensure that your ENTIRE squad is in cover. This covers the rotation-feature-bug. It also allows the doctrine to scale better in the late game when there's a lot of craters. Jump back to quoted post25 Nov 2017, 22:34 PMTobis That's why it had to happen In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Sov Mortar bug 120mm and 82mm25 Nov 2017, 22:55 PM Does the bug still occur in DBP? If i remember correctly there's a fix there. In: COH2 Bugs
Thread: Some easy solvable design issues for December patch25 Nov 2017, 21:16 PM Mirage had a pass over most things on the list. I'm not sure how many/which are remaining. In: Lobby
Thread: Differentiating between summer and winter25 Nov 2017, 18:39 PM ok, so I found a fix for both of my worries. To prevent the bushes from appearing in the fog of war once revealed, I had to set: - ghost_enable to False To make the bushes share the same cloaked state as the tank, I created two sets of bushes. One of them is permanently invisible, and can never be revealed by anything, and the second one is permanently visible. Then I added a requirement action on the cloaked status of the tank, and the right set of bushes spawns accordingly. To preserve the bush-setting animation, I add visible bushes over time until the animation completes. This is wrapped in a timed action to make the "animation" bushes disappear when they are no longer needed. However, I still have one issue. When I playtested my solution on Westwall, the hack I found (ice or snow material requirement) doesn't work. What kind of material does Westwall use? In: Modding and Tools
Thread: [DBP] Jaeger Infantry Doctrine feedback thread25 Nov 2017, 10:14 AM Jump back to quoted post25 Nov 2017, 06:46 AMEtherealDragon Just a thought but Rifle Grenade and Smoke Grenade on the Jaeger officer should probably share a cooldown to keep it consistent with USF changes. You might even want to consider some of his other abilities sharing cooldowns as well. We always intended to have shared cooldowns for rifle nade and smoke (like we did for bundle nade and smoke); we just messed up the implementation. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: [DBP] Guard Rifle Combined Arms Tactics feedback24 Nov 2017, 21:28 PM Jump back to quoted post24 Nov 2017, 20:20 PMHon3ynuts I think the two abilities holding this commander back are Hit the Dirt and PPSH Hit the dirt should be comparable in usefulness to ambush camo(new), Stun grenades, infiltration nades, tank smoke and other 2 cp abilities. Ex: now i can ambush enemies and scout better. I can counter buildings and cqb units or approach guys in cover and win, i can play agressively with tanks. Hit the dirt is "I can stand in cover and not be supressed" which was the purpose of using cover in the first place. Is there another way to really use it thats exciting or different or interesting? Right now it doesn't have a real purpose or direction for the highly mobile conscript squad, and its the worst ever at synergizing with ppshes. When the cons are the assault force in the doctrine its just silly. Something like For mother Russia would make more sense at least stylistically.(not that they should get it) Regarding ppsh's I think they are a pretty meh upgrade, going all ppsh with a higher price or trying another weapon might make it more desirable, or having some synergy with a replacement hit the dirt. Not that it needs a change but It would let a lot of commanders get a second look if it was more worth it. Again Compared to -Engineer/RE Flamers, Rifle LMGs, G43s on grens it doesn't look comparably effective and doesn't influence playstyle as much. Mabye I'm alone but I find the Live Sturmovik to be pretty good. I pick armored assult more often than not to use it in 4v4s right now for its effectiveness at pushing Ostheer off the field, not as good vs OKW b/c the infantry blob retreats and comes right back and the AA capacity they have but still engagement changing in an attack. Have not been able to test patch version rn. TLDR: If the doctrine actually made cons feel stronger as it should, people will pick it up What if the commander gave penals also access to ppsh and hit the dirt? We could try reverting the ppsh nerfs, and se how they feel with more expensive oorah and lower cons RA. Hit the dirt is tough, and ideas are welcome. In: COH2 Balance