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Thread: German units too cheap or are Allied units too expensive?27 Jul 2018, 19:36 PM Jump back to quoted post19 Jul 2018, 00:06 AMCODGUY I do play Axis when I feel like winning games. Anyway, I don't really think whatever small bonus Allied MGs have in damage vs vehicles or other units is that relevant because its not the job of a machine gun to fight vehicles or necessarily kill infantry and besides the vetted MG42 with AP rounds is even better in that area anyway lol! I mean the Vickers can't even cover a capture point and keep a signle enemy sqaud from taking it from you. The Browning is okay but costs more than its superior Wehrmacht counter part for no apparent reason and its more on pop. With the preformance and stats the way they are then a Browning being 280 MP and 7 Pop means an MG42 should be 300 MP and 8 pop and a Vickers should be almost free (half joking). The MG34 for OKW isn't nearly as good as the MG42 for Wehrmacht but it still seems as good or better than the Browning or Vickers. The fact that the Browning is locked behind USF tech is pretty relevent because usually you have to pick between AT guns or MGs since its rarely viable to get both in most games (yes yes I know you can do the Airborne thing and avoid that but you shouldn't have to depend on a doctrine to survive). This of course is something neither Axis nor Brits or Soviets have to worry about Allied nations do require a higher level of skill to play on par with the Axis factions. Ost is generally defensive and it's easy for anyone to set up a defence compared to how hard to is to orchestrate a full on attack. I think I've seen you in games too. tbh I think it's L2P for you. Allied play styles are much different to Axis, I main USF and I feel i do very well, but I lose heavily when I play ost because I keep trying to flank and smoke things. Most Ost units favour sitting at long range and battering the enemy from there. I know from playing USF how much an allied players mouth will water if you come up close with a panther (although I still cant break the habit of flanking/charging with them) Basially Axis powers generally require less micro to pull off, so when you say other Axis units consistently outperform allied units, they will, if you play allies with no more micro than you do with Axis. Although, Mg42 insta suppress should be nerfed to the second burst, or the time taken for suppression to wear off should be reduced. Alot of times my riflemen clip an MG42 (with one model), one burst suppresses them and it takes so long to wear off they loose a close range fight with some grens even though the MG did basically nothing. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: New Commander concepts.23 Jul 2018, 15:57 PM Jump back to quoted post23 Jul 2018, 15:09 PMSander93 Rofl how about absolutely not I'll take the spotters out XD In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: New Commander concepts.23 Jul 2018, 13:14 PM USF Anti-Tank Company - Based off historical anti-tank tactics. 0CP - M10 tank destroyer @ Captain tier. Could maybe make this useful against late-game heavies by giving it a tread-shot ability or something. 0CP - I&R Pathfinders ??CP - Rifleman anti-tank tactics: Gives riflemen access to sticky bombs (just rename the penal anti-tank satchel ability, increase the mobility damage and reduce the overall damage) 5CP - Ambush camouflage - 57mm anti-tank guns, M36 Jacksons and M10 Tank destoryers can camouflage themselves while in cover. 7CP - White phosphorus smoke barrage In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: USF COMMANDER REVAMP DISCUSSION21 Jul 2018, 12:29 PM Jump back to quoted post20 Jul 2018, 18:27 PMTomDRV I love the merging of sprint and flares, Also, yes, it should be like the Ost sprint without the exhaustion. Could keep the exhaustion if the squad got a ROF increase for a duration, it would make it an assault ability, with the exhaustion allowing a counter attack. rn it's just a crap sprint. Could add M1919A6's too? Could wrap all 3 (M1919A6, fireup & flares) into an rifleman improvement package and give it to the infantry company too in place of the M1919A6's. It feels weird having a whole base feature there for use with only one doc. Can RE's pick up 2 M1919A6's? that would make them useful late game fire support . . .0_0 Do they boosts the suppressible fire ability? I also like the idea of more easy 8's, they should be more common like the T34/85. Reserve armour is kind of meh and 76 shermans don't offer much so easy8s would be so much better for mechanised. (although I contradict this later on) Having a tank that can take some punishment would really increase the combined arms theme and reduce the rifle blobs. Rn rifle blobs are the only thing that can tank damage in return for a manpower drain . . cough Sherman jumbo cough. Rifle Company 0CP - Sherman easy 8 0CP - Rifleman field defences. 2CP - Recon riflemen: (sprint and flares merge) 3CP - M1919A6 LMG weapon rack. 6CP - White Phosperhous smoke barrage. Replace RE flamer with M1919A6. I just cant make the flamer work, I feel like the RE unit is always too weak to push up close enough to do anything with it. For me they're better rear echelons giving suppressing fire. ( I feel like that could be changed to toggle ability where they loose the ability to move but slowly suppress whoever they shoot at instead . . It would give them some more combat usefulness. Could be unlocked by equipping M1919A6 if they are made more common?) And the replace one of the flares/sprint with field defences idea from above. Armour company: 0CP - Easy 8 sherman 0CP - Assault engineers 4CP - Fuel drop/economy boost ability 12CP - 240mm Howitzer barrage 13CP - Pershing Heavy tank Replace wolverine with easy 8, wolverine is just a poor mans jackson. And this is an ARMOURED company, not a TD company. It doesn't really fit in with the theme. Replace elite vehicle crews with a fuel drop, or just a discount of sherman price (so jackson is unaffected) Something that implies American mass production. Buff assault engineers to UKF heavy sapper or sturmpio standard. They should be highly durable repair units able to lay explosives & repair tanks while under fire. Maybe make them highly resistant to explosive damage but easier for infantry to take out. (replace demo charge with C4 satchel? Just rename the penal one) Give thompsons Replace 105 Sherman with Pershing. Mechanised company: 0CP - Reserve armour (wolverine @ Captain tier & 105 sherman in T4) 0CP - Raid tactics 0CP - M3 supply halftrack call in (copy of the brit logistics halftrack, so it can deploy zooks and BARs) 2CP - M21 mortar halftrack 3CP - Rangers Change reserve armour to paired 105 sherman and wolverine. (Make wolverine call-in again? Or move it to Captain tier? It need to be separated from the jackson more) Replace halftrack assault group with rangers. Possibly replace WC51 truck with the brit weapon halftrack, it's just a better unit to have and is more 'mechanized infantry' style Recon support 1CP - IR pathfinders 4CP - Recon run 4CP - Weapon drop (.50cal & 57mm) 4CP - Greyhound 7CP - Cluster mine drop Change raid tactics to P47 recon run . . . Give the M8 Greyhound (and maybe M20 for better scaling . .. ) The T70 recon ability. Change airdropped combat group to just a weapon team drop? .50 cal and AT gun. A US version of the Osttruppen doctrine supply drop. Heavy Cavalry Company It's actually pretty good useful all-round I don't really use buff abilities so maybe replace combined arms with an arty barrage, but I can'r really think of anything out of place. Just updated this and condensed it In: Lobby
Thread: USF COMMANDER REVAMP DISCUSSION21 Jul 2018, 12:10 PM Jump back to quoted post20 Jul 2018, 21:50 PMTiger Baron However as you may notice I was against the E8 staying there simply because it's literally the only reason the commander is being chosen right now, not because of the awesome support the rifles get from it but I guess it would severely drop in effectiveness then. tbh, the rifle buffs that are in it currently don't make the commander worth it on their own. In: Lobby
Thread: USF COMMANDER REVAMP DISCUSSION20 Jul 2018, 18:31 PM Jump back to quoted post20 Jul 2018, 17:24 PMAugust1996 1. Rifle flares is unneccessary and removed. Replaced with Rifle Defenses. What??? I Swear by them, with an infantry heavy force I think they're amazingly usefull for sighting enemy MG's so I can drop mortars smokes in the right places and flank the right way. In: Lobby
Thread: USF COMMANDER REVAMP DISCUSSION20 Jul 2018, 18:27 PM Jump back to quoted post20 Jul 2018, 16:43 PMmondeogaming1 rifle company:Remove the penalty on sprint and merge it with flairs give riflemen field defenses for 5 ability I love the merging of sprint and flares, Also, yes, it should be like the Ost sprint without the exhaustion. Could keep the exhaustion if the squad got a ROF increase for a duration, it would make it an assault ability, with the exhaustion allowing a counter attack. rn it's just a crap sprint. I also like the idea of more easy 8's, they should be more common like the T34/85. Reserve armour is kind of meh and 76 shermans don't offer much so easy8s would be so much better for mechanised. (although I contradict this later on) Having a tank that can take some punishment would really increase the combined arms theme and reduce the rifle blobs. Rn rifle blobs are the only thing that can tank damage in return for a manpower drain . . cough Sherman jumbo cough. Rifle Company 0CP - Sherman easy 8 0CP - Rifleman field defences. 2CP - Recon riflemen: (sprint and flares merge) 3CP - M1919A6 LMG weapon rack. 6CP - White Phosperhous smoke barrage. Replace RE flamer with M1919A6. I just cant make the flamer work, I feel like the RE unit is always too weak to push up close enough to do anything with it. For me they're better rear echelons giving suppressing fire. ( I feel like that could be changed to toggle ability where they loose the ability to move but slowly suppress whoever they shoot at instead . . It would give them some more combat usefulness. Could be unlocked by equipping M1919A6 if they are made more common?) And the replace one of the flares/sprint with field defences idea from above. Armour company: 0CP - Easy 8 sherman 0CP - Assault engineers 4CP - Fuel drop/economy boost ability 12CP - 240mm Howitzer barrage 13CP - Pershing Heavy tank Replace wolverine with easy 8, wolverine is just a poor mans jackson. And this is an ARMOURED company, not a TD company. It doesn't really fit in with the theme. Replace elite vehicle crews with a fuel drop, or just a discount of sherman price (so jackson is unaffected) Something that implies American mass production. Buff assault engineers to UKF heavy sapper or sturmpio standard. They should be highly durable repair units able to lay explosives & repair tanks while under fire. Maybe make them highly resistant to explosive damage but easier for infantry to take out. (replace demo charge with C4 satchel? Just rename the penal one) Give thompsons Replace 105 Sherman with Pershing. Mechanised company: 0CP - Reserve armour (wolverine @Captain tier & 105 sherman in T4) 0CP - Raid tactics 0CP - Wc51 millitary truck, or an M3 halftrack call in (copy of the brit logistics halftrack, so it can deploy zooks and BARs) 2CP - M21 mortar halftrack 3CP - Rangers Change reserve armour to paired 105 sherman and wolverine. (Make wolverine call-in again? Or move it to Captain tier? It need to be separated from the jackson more) Replace halftrack assault group with rangers. Possibly replace WC51 truck with the brit weapon halftrack Recon support 1CP - IR pathfinders 4CP - Recon run 4CP - Weapon drop (.50cal & 57mm) 4CP - Greyhound 7CP - Cluster mine drop Change raid tactics to P47 recon run . . . Give the M8 Greyhound (and maybe M20 for better scaling . .. ) The T70 recon ability. Change airdropped combat group to just a weapon team drop? .50 cal and AT gun. A US version of the Osttruppen doctrine supply drop. Heavy Cavalry Company It's actually pretty good useful all-round I don't really use buff abilities so maybe replace combined arms with an arty barrage, but I can'r really think of anything out of place. In: Lobby
Thread: How to screen jacksons against medium tanks.19 Jul 2018, 14:48 PM Jump back to quoted post19 Jul 2018, 13:47 PMVipper R.E. and m20 mines work only vs vehicles. OH really? I thought they detonated by inf too (the RE ones) Thanks. In: US Forces Strategies
Thread: How to screen jacksons against medium tanks.19 Jul 2018, 13:41 PM Jump back to quoted post19 Jul 2018, 13:04 PMVipper have you tried mines and tank traps? Tank trap can be used to slow down tanks. When it comes to mines, R.E. and m20s have one version each stock while doctrinal they are available to doctrines with assault engineers (2), riflemen (2) and recon paratroopers (1). I use tank traps sometimes, but they can be a double-edged swored by slowing me down too, which could be even more lethal to my less-armoured tankks. Mines . .. yeah . . but they seem a large investment for something that might get driven over, if it isn't detonated by inf. I have the biggest problems on open maps with few obvious routes In: US Forces Strategies
Thread: How to screen jacksons against medium tanks.19 Jul 2018, 12:56 PM As per title, I almost always go easy 8's cause I cant figure how to stop rushes of 2-3 medium tanks just walking onto my jackson(s). I can't make the infantry screen work because none of them have reliable snares (and the rifle grenade animation is LONGGGGG). And zooks get pretty ineffective against Panzer 4s and up. They will also just drive around AT guns. I'm trying heavy cav with a pershing as a spearhead and jacksons behind, but theres aften a phase before it's unlocked where I just have the jacksons (I don't even bother with the 75mm sherman against Axis mediums) So how do you screen them? I feel like my rifle squads need a shorter range & more reliable snare like a sticky bomb from vCOH, to really make it dangerous for tanks to drive over them. But obvs we dont have that, so what do you do? I feel like stickys would be better anyway, shorter range but more damage for use against medium and heavy tanks, The light vehicle focus of the Rifle grenade is already covered by zooks :/ It could also make it easier for OKW to counter rifle blobs with light vehicles mid-game . . .0_0 In: US Forces Strategies