Profile of Tiger Baron

I just read that Bohemia Interactive allowed the mod community to release and sell self created mods. Th e generated money will be shared between Bohemia Interactive and the developing mod team of Arma 3: "Cold War Germany".

Sounds like a super interesting solution for COH2 too, doesnt it?

Yes but they are using self-made assets and content, CoH2 doesn't allow for that, only CoH does.

That's why I keep saying that Relic enabling model editing and importing.

Can only speak for myself but as long as COH has WW2 background we will always have the same units and thats no problem for me (Cold war would be my favorite for COH3 because of the fresh setting) as long as RELIC would provide modding support, better ingame communication options, better replay options etc and CERTAINLY a better and more motivating ladder system with different seasons (like Starcraft) and so on. I would also expect to bring back some of the best maps of COH2 (Crossing in the woods with Mediterranean setting for example).
One thing that no rts can offer is a tutor system for players. It would cool if new /midlevel players could train with highranking players and the highranking guys would get more ingame currency for every game they play with the guys seeking for help.

There's also another reason for them keeping the franchise in WW2, assets. Most of the stuff from CoH2 is simply refurbished from CoH, I especially took notice of this from the British HQ truck model, it only being slightly modified. Sure there are entirely new models like the Churchill VII, Jagdtiger, Sturmtiger, Comet and so on but if you take the time to look at every single model individually and compared them to CoH you will find striking similarity.

But I agree with Crecer that probably improving upon CoH and making expansions for it would have been the best option as CoH2 is basically a rehashed version of it based on both the Eastern and Western Fronts with somewhat similiar units for the most part and shittier campaigns and graphics in my opinion.

CoH is a stable WW2 platform that could be expanded on further as mods prove but I would like for it to venture out in No Man's Land of WW1 since it's a relatively niche sector of RTS games anyhow, for those that say it would be boring because of trenches, the warfare of 1918 was much more mobile than the previous years and could be used for a basis with more automatic weapons like the MP18 and so on as The Great War mod team for CoH decided to do. Iron Harvest being based on CoH 2 years after WW1 ended but with the added twist of mechs also generates a lot of interest.

But your idea of a tutor system for future games does indeed sound nice, only thign is for them to execute it well.

With all of that said, I'm still hoping for Relic to make the Eastern Front mod into an official expansion as it's basically that right now but not officially and an Italian Front expansion, just add official modding tools and mod workshop support (not just for maps) and you've made a WW2 game that covers a very good portion of the war and an even more stable and solid foundation for a game.

Well, then I would really like to see this 251 in the base game, maybe it could have more abilities than only flares and FoW enemy detection. Maybe something like radio silence in a radius around it?

Yeah, in my mind it's a twist on the OKW 223 but it comes unarmed and ungarrrisonable, visually explained by the covered top so it's basically useless while mobile. While setup however again in my mind it would get the radio relay and forward retreat point.

The original idea was a 250 HT instead but Widersteit wanted to use the so far unused covered up state for the 251 plus it was much easier to fit the 223's radio antenna on it as well because it's a longer model.

But if it would serve in some form of combat role maybe the 250 could be used Idk. Or just have an MG for self defense if nothing else until it deploys because the mod team wanted the radio bunker to be camouflaged so it makes sense.

Is it possible to allow for the deployed 251 to un-deploy and then move somewhere else? That could make this ability very useful and interesting, I think.

If it is possible, I think that it should replace the radio bunker. I think that this makes a bit more sense than a bunker.

Yep. He just hasn't got around it because it's a prototype. If you want to see something similar go play All Units mod with the OKW or Brits. The unsetup ability basically is just the setup but in reverse.

That studio has been opened since 2017/2018 dude, they just opened up a new office.

Also fun fact, they're an ex studio of Crytek, peeps that made the game Crisis and Ryse: Son of Rome.