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Thread: how to fix the american population exploit?9 Apr 2019, 07:08 AM Unless they can try and figure out how to tie the pop cap to the abandoned vehicles which will need to be done engine side by the programmers themselves the only other option is removing it entirely which I highly doubt. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: I hear the new patches have made western allies op?7 Apr 2019, 19:33 PM Jump back to quoted post7 Apr 2019, 18:39 PMVipper You are entitled to your opinion but I have to point out some thing you got wrong, at least imo. USF have not suffered from repair speed nerfs. They still have some of the best repair speed with crews. The heavy supper repairing speed was simply broken, they might have overnerfed it but it used to be broken. Part of the reason it was done was because OKW vehicles where being repaired too fast. When they brought Penals to "WFA level" they where competently and utterly broken because they combined WFA level weapons, Flamers, ourah and Soviet level veterancy bonuses combining the best of all worlds. Increasing the power level means that game becomes more about reaction time and less about strategic thinking, so it lose depth. But you are still missing my point. One has to use a benchmark and balance units around that benchmark. That benchmark is grenadiers so they can not be UP, other thing are simply OP. Say what you may, my arguments are based upon facts proven as time has gone on, however your "benchmark" is now entirely your own opinion and one could even say that it's biased since I haven't noticed your explanation on it, why not have the Conscripts as a benchmark, why the Grenadiers? Why can't we have the WFA Armies' 5 man squads as a benchmark instead since they seem to be a bit easier to balance? The Ostheer's 4 man Grenadier squads have low survivability and only lead to balance and design headaches where you're giving them 25% of their firepower in the form of the MG42 upgrade to mimic the 5 rifles shooting at them on the other side and giving them slightly more HP for each model to again mimic the survivability of the other guy's mainline unit, why? Why go through the cheesy and gimmicky route and not instead make them a 5 man squad and balance them another way. The conscripts on the other hand represent the other extreme of being a 6 man squad but having low utility, scalability and usefulness without a doctrine (Conscript repairs, PPSh packages, etc.). People replaced them with the Maxim MG squads before, now they're being replaced by the Panels, why not just make them a 5 man squad with non-doctrinal upgrade(s) and be done with it, why the need to constantly have a non-doc replacement for them when they're meant to be your mainline infantry unit and not a support such? It's these reasons that I deem why the EFA are so unpopular compared to the WFA and how their designs are also very flawed, so having them as "your benchmark" means that you're only going to ruin everyone else and get rid of any pleasable gameplay experience. In the end the EFA are as gimmicky if not more than the WFA relying on unreliable mainline infantry units, no alternative repair methods non-doctrinally, no forward retreat points non-doctrinally, heavily relying on strong commander choices or risk losing the match 90% of the time in the Soviets' case and having to heavily rely on call in infantry units in the case of the Ostheer, why do you think Osttruppen are so popular, or why Ass grens dominated back when they aren't so shit? This system of seemingly crippling an Army forcing the player to choose the same commander over and over again to plug a huge gap seems to be very detrimental for everybody. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: I hear the new patches have made western allies op?7 Apr 2019, 16:48 PM Jump back to quoted post7 Apr 2019, 06:31 AMVipper The statement is self contradicting. Ostheer is the benchmark. If the faction has glaring weakness than other factions are "OP" and should be brought down to Ostheer level. That's what they tried when they nerfed the repair speeds and forward retreat point of the WFA and both the USF and UKF suffered the most, only when they brought the Penals to WFA level that the Soviets were actually good. So I would say that your logic is flawed and if we're looking at the reality of things the EFA should be brought up to WFA levels instead of slapping the nerf hammer on everything else and calling it a day which as time has proven was the wrong decision. I would also like to take the opportunity to say that I believe following the Age of Empires route and making the Armies/factions 90% similar would have been a hell of a lot easier to manage, design and balance instead of going the "unique" route (pic for reference: ) and having a headache of tring to design and balance them. Everybody having mainline infantry, engineers, MGs, snipers, mortars, AT guns, Medium tanks, light vehicles, rocket arty, forward retreat points, alternative repair options and so on while having different stats, different tech structures perhaps and unique units would have made them play very differently to each other, like the factions of Age of Empires, while still having the basic tools. So in short, no, I don't agree with you that nerfing everybody down to EFA levels is the way to go, again, as time has proven, but bringing stuff up to WFA has proven to be beneficial. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Concentration Barrage working as intended?7 Apr 2019, 15:47 PM Somebody saying that UKF is actually good? Such blasphemy, they cannot be allowed to be good lest somebody actually plays them next tournament. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Easy fixes to existing OKW commanders 6 Apr 2019, 09:43 AM I like the Luftwaffe suggestion. But I think you should put a bit more thought in the heavy tank reshuffle, might be a better idea to have the Jagdtiger moved to Elite Armor for example and have the ST in Breakthrough to at least comply with the themes of the commanders if nothing else. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: British - Lend Lease Assault - Feedback4 Apr 2019, 23:22 PM Jump back to quoted post4 Apr 2019, 22:33 PMLoopDloop 1 thompson would definitely be too weak to be that useful into the later stages of the game. Unless they're like 6 men or something. What would you have in mind for the 4.2 inch? Like what models etc. would it use? Since they can't add any new models. He made a mod where he used the Soviet Hm-38 120mm mortar model, it's pretty good: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1244320542 Uses it's own stats and everything, only problem I see is that it wouldn't fit the theme since it's not technically a lend lease weapon. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Wehrmacht - Strategic Reserves - Feedback4 Apr 2019, 14:46 PM Jump back to quoted post4 Apr 2019, 13:35 PMSurfer This commander already has pioneer upgrade which makes them repair things faster, why would he need FSS with even more engis? Furthermore, ostheer already has good abilities to reinforce on the field (bunkers, halftruck, teammates OKW truck etc). This commander had strong "recon" ability (radio intercept) that got deleted. The good recon ability is what made him unique and good, I think this commander needs good recon ability instead of FSS, I was thinking about something like the OKW early flare system, or maybe even something similiar to the spy network from the soviet partisan tactics. Ostheer is the only Army in the game currently which is consistently stuck with only being able to repair with their Pioneers, only the German Infantry and Defensive doctrines mend that. All other Armies have other options to I would say better/faster repair. A few examples being for instance the OKW where their Sturmpioneers can get a slight repair speed buff if they are upgraded with the minesweeper, they also have the Mech HQ truck repair pioneer upgrade and the doctrinal Vehicle Crew repairs from Elite Armor. The UKF is sort of in the similar situation albeit their repair sappers are locked in the Emplacements Regiment but they still have Vehicle Crew Repairs in 3 of their other more popular commanders which I deem is a superior alternative. I won't even mention the USF because they probably have the best repairs available to any Army as their crews can just jump out and repair and also cap at the same time mind you. And then we come to the Soviets who have a plethora of options available to them in most if not almost every commander of theirs. They have the upgrade package for their Conscripts which gives their mainline unit a very nice utility option, they have vehicle crew repairs and they have the repair engineers as well from the Soviet Industry commander that I see many people choose on urban maps so they have a superior alternative repair option pretty much 90% of the time again if not more. As far as the FSS specifically is concerned it has 3 jobs, providing the Army with a Forward Retreat Point because they are the only ones lacking it right now meaning that they're severely outclassed in the Infantry play on bigger (team) maps, repair pioneers because of above mentioned reasons and the Recon Relay which I mentioned multiple times should be done like the OKW one was and just given as an upgrade to the FSS (in the case of the OKW it was given as an upgrade to the 223) with which I don't see any problems with. In: Lobby
Thread: Wehrmacht - Strategic Reserves - Feedback4 Apr 2019, 11:18 AM Jump back to quoted post4 Apr 2019, 11:15 AMSurfer I mean, I think we have to admit that FSS is very good idea, but it completely doesn't fit this commander since it would be insta-pick in all kind of situations. I doubt it, as people said the AG feel underwhelming at times, not my words btw and you cannot stall for the Ace most times. And the doctrine doesn't provide you with any off map support so you're only left relying on the Panzer IV H for the most part and believe me, that is not enough for people to just pick it instead of Jaeger Armor. In: Lobby
Thread: Wehrmacht - Strategic Reserves - Feedback4 Apr 2019, 11:11 AM Jump back to quoted post4 Apr 2019, 05:39 AMmiragefla UI error. Though, judging by the feedback I am not sure if the position will be kept or not. We'll have to see when it gets discussed. I see absolutely no reason why the FSS can't be given the FHQ and OKW 223 treatment from the commander revamp patch a couple of months ago. Like I already mentioned, lower to number of repair pioneers down to 3 or 4, same as the number of other medics/repair units of the other Armies' similar abilities and make 1 or 2 upgrades that contains the Forward Retreat Point and Radio Relay, then just give it to the Command Post bunker and be done with it, simple as that. As a team game player I can tell you right now that Ostheer isn't as popular as OKW due to the lack of as good Armor, that's why you see people massively going Jaeger Armor with the Elefant and Spotting Scopes or Tiger commanders, they have squishy infantry, that's why German Infantry or other doctrinal infantry commanders are also a nice pick, lack of advanced repair capabilities, something which is sort of mended by the revamped German Infantry and Defensive Doctrines and lack of Forward Retreat Point and they will be the only ones left if this doesn't go through since the Soviets now get it as well with their new Airborne commander. Team games right now on the Axis side largely consist of only a single Ostheer/Wehrmacht player that provides the fuel caches and MG support and more often than not goes Jaeger Armor for the reasons stated above and that's about it. I've even seen all OKW teams where they just forgo Ostheer altogether and just spam PFs early game so they don't need the MG support and somebody goes Elite Armor for the 223s to lock down the fuel sectors at the very least. I know that people will say I'm only defending it because it's "my baby" but whoever thinks that I'm lying can go ask other team game Axis people what their usual team composition is and what role does Ostheer serve, or what usual team composition does Allied team game players face and what the Ostheer player usually does. In: Lobby
Thread: British - Lend Lease Assault - Feedback3 Apr 2019, 20:14 PM Jump back to quoted post3 Apr 2019, 20:12 PMLoopDloop It'd be nice if there was something to make repairing m10s a litle less painstaking. Either the decrew that usf get or the repair ability on the m5 (from AA campaign) would be interesting IMO. I mean, there's already the vehicle crew repair, if they add the AA upgrade to the M5 that would overlap by a lot. In: COH2 Balance