Profile of BlobSponge²

Awesome work! You do an impressive work to keep this game up-to-date. You're picky and you uncovered some points that I never realized (for example, different templates for vet abilities not located at the same case). Thank you!

I agreed to the issues uncovered by Osinyagov. Having different icons for identical effects can be really confusing.

In addition, some intels are unaccessible like "hetzer 57" (which is not present in the in-game store).

Moreover, some intels become useless. For example: "All over a London Darby" which reduces the dispatch ability by 10%. As we can't call two of them at the same time (only one can be dispatched on the field), is this intel has a utility? (just a thought - I never play with this intel to be honest).

Finally, CoH2 works perfectly again, without fps drop. I've done a new clear installation of the OS and games run well again. Maybe something went wrong during the first installation.

Thx again for your help. Have a nice day!

Did you try to run any other games?

To solve your first problem I would recommend to check the hard drive, as running into problems that are solved with steam cache check right after installation may mean it is faulty.

As for in game performance I would advice to check if your monitor is really running on the gtx 1050. Your computer has a second gpu inside your processor and if it runs using that one, every game will run very badly.

You can also check cpu and gpu temperatures. If either of theese goes too hot, it will run slowly as well.

Thanks for your answer.

I try to also run heart of iron 4 on my new computer and it also suffers from fps drop (and this game also ran perfectly on the old pc).
No problem of overheating as the computer is still "cold" when I run these games.
I'll check if the game runs on the gtx 1050.

Thanks again for your answer

Why not include the two "lost" commanders as the new commanders for ostheer and soviet army. It gets the advantage to introduce "new" ability compared to old commanders without creating new abilities. However, they need a rework, as they seem overpowered depending of the side.

1) Urban Assault Doctrine

1CP - Forward supply station
Increase the price to paste the soviet counterpart ability.

2CP - Urban Assault Pzgren
Remove 1 flamethrower (keep only one), keep 5-men squad, and decrease their "armor".

4CP - Incendiary mortar barrage
Keep it, as it costs muni to perform.

3CP - Munition blitz Gewehr43?
A long time ago, Relic removes the abilities that can modify ressource supply.
Indeed, just switch this ability with another one, like airlanded resources. However, we can also swap this ability with the gewehr 43, which could be a good partner for grenadiers in addition to the flame panzergren.

14CP - Strategic bombing
Why not? I just suggest an increase in the cost of muni (300 ?), and only on sighted target (not in the fog of war), and not on the enemy base. To test it with modded game, it was a very powerful ability (if my thoughts aren't skewed.

2) Not one step back tactics (but renamed NKVD special politics or something like that)

2CP - No retreat no surrender Guards infantry
While interesting, it was too much unbalanced (according to me). I remove it and switch with a guard infantry.

2CP - Commissar squad
Keep it. It gives to the soviet an "officer unit", which pastes the other armies. This unit could get an ability (with muni cost - 45?) of "no retreat". The nearby units fight stronger and better, but can't retreat.

6CP - Manpower blitz Guard infantry on halftrack
Remove it, as Relic changes all the commander ability related to resources exchanges. Maybe swap it with guard infantry on M3 halftracks.

5CP - Hold the line
Why not? It's not so different from the other similar abilities (Mother Russia, Fatherland, british hold the line...)

10 CP- Scorched earth policy Katusha strikes
Very interesting ability, but "a little bit" OP (it's a euphemism). Why not increase the price (250 muni) and decrease the time (1 minute is maybe too long)?
Because, for example in a 4vs4 map, one with this commander can spare muni and launch it when they hold 2 victory points and their opponents are close to 0 tickets, in order to secure the VP.
Maybe, keep these ability only for friendly points (muni and fuel), but not for VP.

The best way to avoid it :
- either prevent using this ability for victory points.
- replace it with a katusha strikes (regular artillery ability).

They are just proposals of "reviving lost commanders". Though, I'm not an expert like most of you. I just give my thoughts. Moreover, and to be honest, I didn't play COH2 for a certain time (several months, due to work). So, I don't exactly know the effets of the last patches.