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Thread: Vickers suppresssion speed?18 Apr 2020, 16:00 PM Jump back to quoted post18 Apr 2020, 14:36 PMSuperHansFan It has weaker suppression compared to other MGs, this is fine early game vs volks but late game you will find its lasered down from 35 range by obers, jagers etc So the key is spotting for it so you can get that max range suppression before enemy squads can kill the gunner. Once you get vet try to combine it with trenches or buildings and it can somewhat self spot if placed right Thanks! In: COH2 Balance
Thread: UKF - too much healing?18 Apr 2020, 15:56 PM Edit: Should this be moved to balance? Feel free to Disclaimer: I'm a UKF main player I haven't played against UKF since the update, but by playing as one, it feels like there's too much healing now? I have an amazing medic squad who can go wherever independently AND my rifles can heal themselves and anyone near. It feels way too easy to keep everyone topped off. I understand why the medic squad was thought necessary and I like it, so my suggestion is: - Remove the medical supplies upgrade for IS And replace it with another upgrade, perhaps to try to separate out the IS's power a bit late game accross different squads and encourage some diversification and micro. When just one of your combat squads can heal everyone nearby simultaneously WHILE ON THE MOVE blobbing gets much easier too. I would also suggest make the medic squad's medical supplies ability a toggle-able AOE that locks movment (Like USA ambo) So it can't heal on the move and it can be set up by a retreat point. --------------------------------------------------------------- SIDETRACK/potential upgrade idea Replaces the medkit and the arty flare upgrade is also removed, so a player must pick between high fire-power, defensive tommies or scouting, mobile, arty & smoke dropping tommies: - 'Green Jackets' like the recon section from COH1. A light, fast section for mobile warfare, flanking and harassing, so normal tommies can be kept in their cover-loving defensive identity, but UKF still get something more mobile: "Tommies receive a skirmishing package of sharpshooter rifles and artillery flares. Section sacrifices their heavy weapons capacity for better performance in mobile warfare." Requires Platoon Command Post + Further sight range + Add scoped lee-enfields - Removed out of cover penalties and in-cover bonuses - Removed weapon slots (no brens or PIATS) + receive parachute flares when the player picks hammer tactics instead of gammon bomb. (from Pz fusiliers & rifleman company) + Rifle grenade arty flares (further launch range than current) & smoke rifle grenade (from Rear Echelons). Remove current arty flare upgrade By late game a squad with can throw down smoke, then run up to call in an arty strike and throw a gammon bomb feels a bit much, as a user. Making flares part of this upgrade instead would separate the firepower (of dual brens & gammon bomb) from the arty & spotting a bit and give the UKF a mobile squad to compliment regular Tommies. To work with vet bonuses for IS: vet1: Sight range in cover increases by 10m in heavy cover (stacks with Green Jacket Upgrade) vet2: Received accuracy decreased by 33% vet3: No longer gives 2 scoped lee-en-fields In: COH2 Balance
Thread: UKF-Valentine18 Apr 2020, 14:31 PM I play the arty reg a lot . . . yeah it doesn't have a use and just takes up a slot. Remove the valentine and replace it with command vehicle? I'd maybe also maybe add a 'fire flare' shot to the ability for all docs when it's placed on a vehicle with a single cannon. (Like firing coloured smoke shells on a Bridge too far movie to call in the CAS). Same as the IS one, but with longer range. With this and the recon run the vehicle gets, the DCV would suit the doc well. Slapped on the AEC it might make it a great utility car for late game use, making it worthwhile to keep around when playing a doc with DCV. Despite the ROF and accuracy penalties DCV does. Using the tread-breaker, arty flare shooting, recon run and command aurora. That is if the reload penalty doesn't effect the tread breaker. tbh it seems quite gimmicky, replace it with a 'target periscope' ability instead? One-shot, blinds the vehicle from shooting for 7 secs (and pauses reload at whatever it was for the duration - the gunner is fixing his sight). Not the massively destructive frustrating snare it was, but will help save fireflies from diving panthers and force them off. That would make the AEC worthwhile and less frustrating for the axis player In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Vickers suppresssion speed?18 Apr 2020, 14:00 PM This is only anecdotal, I may be wrong. It seems like it's too slow to be effective? A few games the last few days, I think (cause I was managing other units not just looking - haven't tested) that the suppression speed is so slow, a Volk squad can charge it head on and crawl up close enough while under suppression to throw a flame nade and win the engagement. Is this true? Should I not rely on them to hold points when fighting against OKW? In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Feedback for Commander Revamppatch3 Sep 2018, 13:09 PM 76mm shermans are just gimped M4s. They don't have the AT to justify no HE like the easy 8 but they still loose the HE. Give 76mm sherman HE or replace 76mm with easy 8. In: Lobby
Thread: USF COMMANDER REVAMP DISCUSSION4 Aug 2018, 00:31 AM Jump back to quoted post3 Aug 2018, 17:50 PMV.A.T.S. Tell me, do you even using the Sprint ability for Riflemans? Of course not. E8 is completely similar to 76(W) Sherman. Except E8 has a bit more front armor. M1 Carbine is useless? Tell that to Paratrooper squad or Rangers, they will shred any Ostheer/ squad into pieces. People using Rifleman company now for two purposes, spamming E8 and Phosphorus charges, other 3 abilities are'n using in 90% of the times. I do use sprint! Usually to run up straight past a deploying HMG 76 sherman is closer to regular sherman than easy 8,easy8 is the only reliable front line tank for USF, should be more common like T34-85. It will reduce the reliance on rifle squads to tank damage. I see what you're trying to make work with the rifle carbine.... But.... Nah. Just nah. Just give the LMG weapon rack. It won't help rifles late game where any CQB is a huge manpower drain with all the tanks, nades, arty and HMG's. I'd rather my rifles had more long-range staying power to screen all my glass cannon Jacksons shermans and support weapons In: Lobby
Thread: USF COMMANDER REVAMP DISCUSSION4 Aug 2018, 00:25 AM Jump back to quoted post3 Aug 2018, 14:25 PMV.A.T.S. Infantry Company [0СP] (Passive) Riflemen Field Defenses. Riflemen are trained to build Fighting Positions, lay sandbags for cover, and plant mines. [2CP] Man the Defences. Infantry in cover will receive defensive bonuses for a short duration on target friendly sector. Cost 75 munitions, 25 seconds duration. [4CP] Reconnaissance Overflight. A plane will fly over the designated area for a small period of time, revealing all enemy units and terrain near the location. Cost 60 munitions. [5CP] Call-in Mechanized cavalry rifleman group on M3. Cost 540 manpower and 30 fuel. Cavalry rifleman squad armed with Thompson Submachine guns. M3 has ability "Field Maintenance" for repair nearby units. Cost 60 munitions to upgrade. [9CP] Call-in M7B1 Priest unit. "The M7B1 'Priest' uses the proven Sherman tank chassis mounting a 105mm howitzer for long range artillery barrages capable of damaging or destroying almost any kind of target. Cost 480 manpower and 115 fuel. Infantry Company The core of every infantry company is a good combination of attack, defence and support capabilites. Riflemen Field Defenses allow USF infantry being "real" infantry that can construct light cover for establishing the front and Man the Defences ability will help to repel any heavy infantry assault on core sectors. Then, when the attack ended, Recon Overflight will provide a vision on enemy positions for preparing the counterattack. The Cavalry Riflemen on M3 with the M7B1 "Priest" arillery will move on the positions to suppress remained enemy resistance. Rifle Company [0CP] (Passive) Flamethrowers for Rear Echelon squad. Cost 60 munitions to upgrade. [2CP] (Passive) Flares for Rifleman Squads. Cost 30 munitions to use. [3CP] Call-in Sniper unit. Cost 360 manpower. [3CP] (Passive) M1 Carbine upgrade for Rifleman Squad. 5 rifles for 80 munitions. Adds "Suppressive fire" ability for 20 munitions. [7CP] (Passive) Phosphorus barrage for 81-mm Mortar Squads and M8A1 howitzer motor carriage. Cost 45 munitions to use. Rifle Company As previously said USF has variety of "instruments" to dealing with any threat on the frontline. Additional weaponry for Rear Echelon and Rifleman squad will slightly change their purpose, allowing Riflemans to suppress any infantry targets when Rear Echelon squads will burn them with the flamethrowers. If they engage a heavy fortified positions, Sniper and Phosphorus charges will provide cover for engaging units. Ontop of what others have said. Giving Rear echelons flamers works out REALLY badly relative to the other factions' flamers. Re's a too squishy for an close combat role. Rather than flamers, give them an upgrade which boosts their suppressive ability (maybe into a toggle where they can't move but slowly suppress whoever they shoot) They are distant support units, flamers don't fit their role In: Lobby
Thread: How to counter multiple layers of Wehrmacht defenses2 Aug 2018, 15:39 PM If you're playing usf, a pair of howies will crack them apart np In: Strategy Desk
Thread: USF infantry upgrade2 Aug 2018, 15:19 PM Jump back to quoted post1 Aug 2018, 15:14 PMFelixTHM Interesting suggestions. Greyhound in LT tier wouldn't work - it would be too powerful. It would hit the field at the same time as Luchs while countering it effectively. I'd prefer to reduce the MP cost of the m20 so that it hits the field earlier, and has more of an effective window. Something like 260mp would be a lot more manageable. Swapping AAHT and AT Gun would make sense though. That would give the Captain a Light Vehicle specialty and LT the support weapon specialty. Fair point on the Greyhound being to powerful Swapping the AT gun the most important one yeah. But more than anything the dismounted bazooka team is so risky, would be nice if it got a toggle ability where the M20 gunner pulled up a zook and fired it from the hatch instead of the .50cal, would be great for chasing down 222s. But with the 57mm at Lt could be too much, so if the zook is removed completely it could be used to justify the price reduction you suggested? Or maybe make the shooting the zook from the hatch a munitions ability. So it could be used as an occasional chase-down after using the At Gun. tbh more than anything I'd love light vehicles to retain some kind of use late game as support/utility vehicles. e.g (M20) https://www.coh2.org/topic/78085/suggestion-replace-major-with-an-m20-car-upgrade/page/1#post_id684383 I feel like the T70's recon mode makes it useful in spotting for Td's and at guns late game. and it's always decent at chewing through infantry like the luchs. I don't know what could be given to the 222 tho? Perhaps give it an upgrade or vet to a command vehicle and replace the P4 command tank with something else in the commanders. And i'd make the brit treadbreaker shot on the AEC work in one shot, it could make up for the snarelessness of brit infantry. Have one single very powerful, long range snare in exchange for none on inf. AEC could then be good for snaring heavies late game. And Making the teching linear would be amazing, perhaps give LT the 'on me' ability on top of the smokes so there's just one officer squad for rifleman to follow, then just remove CAPT and make that tier have no free unit. So after all of that ^ T0 - Inf T1(free lt squad) - Rifle support units (.50cal, 57mm, M20) T2 (no free unit)- Light vehicles/ heavy fire support (howie/Stuart/AAHT) T3 (M20 car upgrade for forward retreat) - Tanks In: COH2 Balance
Thread: USF infantry upgrade1 Aug 2018, 13:41 PM Jump back to quoted post1 Aug 2018, 12:46 PMFelixTHM I don't play 2 v 2 much, other than at a very low rank with some casual friends, so I can't comment on team games. In 1v1 it's other USF problems (tech structure that splits AT gun and HMG, lack of mines, lack of flamer) that really cause me problems. I usually go for a doc with Riflemen mines + sandbags to mitigate that key faction weakness. Garrisons are still hell though. I've never felt Rifles were the problem - for example in your post you commented that USF LVs are not fantastic. I'd agree, m20 utility car isn't good enough, and while the Stuart is decent, it always gets compared to the T70, which is godly. I think USF and UKF share some design issues that are causing them to struggle. Imho, I think standardising important/basic faction tools like mines, infantry snares, sandbags, flamers, light mobile artillery would be needed. Lacking basic tools isn't about factional flavour/uniqueness, they're crippling weaknesses in the faction design that make them USF and UKF extremely vulnerable in a large number of common game situations. - Replace major with M20 command car, gives command bonuses to nearby vehicles or can deploy into forward retreat WITH weapon racks. - Replace M20 with greyhound, then move AAHT to captain and 57mm to Lt. Lt is now 57mm/Greyound/HMG. Capt is a heavier support tier howie/AAHt/Stuart. LT has all the nessessary stuff. Capt has some mid-game boost options if you're not in a position to tech to major. In: COH2 Balance