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Jump back to quoted post22 Jun 2013, 08:32 AMStephennJF

Flamers + M3 can actually be reasonably dealt with provided the map is smaller. On maps such as Kholondy I don't find this to be an issue with Ostheer. It is tasteless boring play I think, but it is not OP. On large maps you can sometimes get caught out and due to unit long retreat paths the flamer+retreat effect is amplified resulting in almost guaranteed squad losses.

On the other hand m3+sniper creates a different issue. This combination has more reward/less risk involved for the soviet player and the only MP efficient counter (asides from a nice faust/teller mine + ambush) for Ostheer is tech to t2 for an AC. A tech decision which becomes primarily reduntant asides from taking down damaged t70/su76's.

I would be curious to see the game with these tech structures.
Ostheer t1 = Grens, MG42, Scout car (upgrade available after t2 tech), Sniper.
Ostheer t2 = PG, Half-track, Mortar, Pak40.

Russian t1 = Penal, Scout car M3, Maxim machine gun.
Russian t2 = Sniper, Mortar, Zi3 atg.

It would break the quick link between M3 and snipers. I don't think this will happen though because I think Russian t2 is seen as support weapons team tech. Although it would reduce the 'lameness' of Soviets, as Crells stated prior it could increase the potential holes of Soviet teching.

Jump back to quoted post21 Jun 2013, 12:46 PMPorygon

Maphack won't cause much problem like CoH1 because flanking is useless here

Jump back to quoted post21 Jun 2013, 21:00 PMBlovski

The 'realism' thing ain't helping.

Yeah, most of the German commanders need sassing up.

Incidentally, German sniper fires 1.5x as often... meaning he shouldn't be that much slower at killing squads. He can also come with supporting MGs and mortars on account of the tier system, while the Soviet sniper can't. He's probably still dying a bit too suddenly especially from indirect fire but I think people getting better at using the camo will mitigate that a bit.

The 6-man weapons are almost all worse than the German equivalent (MG in fire-arc and suppression, mortar in rate of fire and accuracy). Hence more survivable/less likely to get completely decrewed.

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Not saying I think the sniper car is a good thing to have in the game but that's a *huge* early manpower and time investment if it's coming up first thing... if not, a German has plenty of time to get up a preemptive scout car. Risky in that it makes it hard to punish a quick tier 2 and will slow your capping down a lot not having the combat engis on the field. Losing whole squads to it seems indicative of pretty bad play.

Jump back to quoted post21 Jun 2013, 19:25 PMPedoBear

I am only buying COH2 if the MP is good - that is the ONLY reason I played coh.. for the multi player acction.

I personally would not spend hard earned $$ for coh2 based on its single player campain....

If coh2 MP sucks and then they DONT fix Steam Coh then I will just say FUCK this SHIT and move over to a new game.

I am not spending money on a game and be stupid enough to pre order something that I am NOT SURE that is even good. NEVER pre-order anything - WHY would you do that? For a few extra skins? If its *pay to win* hen its FAIL.... if you get nothing extra that its ALSO FAIL... as you have no idea that its even good.