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Thread: The Company of Heroes 2 Veterancy Guide15 Jul 2016, 18:23 PM Hi Cookiez! I think you forgot to mention that captain squad will acquire passive sprint ability when they reach vet3. Also, now MG34 squad from OKW move to HQ barracks. Great job! This guide is very useful! In: Guides
Thread: Roadmap 201614 Jul 2016, 08:55 AM Know something is better than nothing... Wait for the half of the year to get news from Relic about roadmap... and by a reply from a thread and not as an official announce... But now, we know that we don't expect something new in the coming month. For the "major update", I prefer wait for an official quote from Relic. Remember they said that they put a MAJOR add-on during the month of June, and it was just new skins from Valkyrie... Also, with the implement of the new war spoil system, I think they will introduce new add-on that can't be purchased with "supply money" to ensure rentability. I still hope for a new faction but let we see. In: Lobby
Thread: CheatCommands Mod II Beta14 Jul 2016, 08:42 AM The commander abilities is a must, you can make your own custom commander By the way, I observe that when you choose "Hold the line" ability (from the beta 'not one step back' soviet commander), the UID icon of that ability appears all the time even if this ability isn't apply. Moreover, the UID icon remains even after you're cleared commander ability. Other quick questions : - as the US mortar is now introduced in the multiplayer gameplay with the last patch, is it possible to get it with the right US unit icon in the spawned US mortar unit ? - is it also possible to recover some old removed commander ability as "soviet industry" from soviet industry commander or the "quick training troop" from the elite troops doctrine (ostheer) ? Don't know if they still in the files or if Relic have totally erase it... Thanks for all and good day! In: Modding and Tools
Thread: June 21st Balance update16 Jun 2016, 20:50 PM Jump back to quoted post16 Jun 2016, 20:36 PMNosliw What remains unpredictable is that the opponent doesn't know about the mine. Having a predictable outcome to a mistake though is nice. Imagine you drove your new KT onto the field and it hit a mine and gets immobilized from full heatlth. Then the russian drops airplane bombs on it and it dies. How is that fair or balanced? You shouldn't lose games etc from pure chance. Depends on which side you are, you'll be upset or excited, and chance normally balances the battle. Once game, luck is with you and not in an other. I recognized that it will depend also on what are you ready to accept in a video game. Personally, i like random and some "one-shot" hits. If we tend to a realistic game, sometimes it happens that a lucky shot break tracks and ruins your panzer attack. It reminds me that russian soldiers during ww2 still use their antitank rifles against heavy armor like Tiger. But they aim at optics or tracks, even the tank leader if he puts his head out... No need to destroy a tank, an immobilized one is also useless Are we ready to accept that ? Depends of people and their vision of CoH2. (Forget Relic's vision, they mess up everything, with a mix of realistic and nameless Relic logical) In: COH2 Balance
Thread: June 21st Balance update16 Jun 2016, 20:33 PM Little bit lukewarm... Happy for russia tanks improvement, but sad for removing random critical engine (either from mines or others reasons) and my zooky captain. IMO, randomization is a good levelling modifier. Mines are good things to break an offensive's opponent, as they can break engine and vehicle speed indeed. For me, remove the random lead to predictable stuff... Remember the time when you can break tracks and see the tank immobilized and needed engineers... In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Panzer III and T-26 Tanks14 Jun 2016, 14:51 PM The Panzer III would be interesting for a quick requirement on the field. It would be like the british valentine (quick, fluid but little cannon) and good for early game. Would be good to improve some useless ostheer commanders. But it's a dream, as Relic is still mute concerning the future of CoH2... In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Panzer III30 Apr 2016, 14:30 PM Introduce it as a new call-in ability for one of the german commander. A lot of abilities are the same between commander and don't change so much the gameplay between two similar ones. Use it as a stuart-like tank In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Japanese faction30 Apr 2016, 14:25 PM A japanese faction would be an interessant idea. Some people reject this idea because CoH2 occurs in Europe... But, nothing exclude some pacific maps. And now, as british and american soldiers can fight in the building of Stalingrad, it's clear that CoH2 doesn't follow anymore the realistic way of battles... Moreover, japanese have fight against american, but also british (singapur, hong kong...) and russia (during the mandchouria battle in august 1945). However, introduce a new faction will require some adjustements, because the new faction have to get a different core of gameplay than the other factions, and to be clearly balanced with those. Japan will suffer from some mecanics : Allied tanks : Japanese aren't well-known for their tanks, which remains inferior to the sherman during the majority of the war. Sherman-like tanks (Type 3 Chi-Nu) were only produced at the end of 1944 and never saw combat (as Japan retained these best tanks in his soil to counter an american invasion). In the same time, Japan works also on heavy tank (Chi-To and Chi-Ni) whose be the panther and tiger counterpart respectively (two finished prototypes for Chi-To and one unfinished for Chi-Ni at the end of WW2). These can be included in the game as call-in units to counter allied heavies. Even it was prototype, CoH2 included some (as the infrared scope of OKW). As Japan has mortars, machineguns, antitank guns, artillery cannon,... they need something to differentiate. Maybe use "amphibious" skill (with little boat, amphibious tanks...) that can harass the enemies. Also, banzai charge, last-man reliabilty (similar to last-man ability of penals from the may balance mod) and kamikaze units can be reliable ideas for them. In conclusion, apart for heavy tanks, japanese armies have all we need to make a new faction. So, introduce this one won't be so difficult. Nevertheless, the harder thing won't be the introduction, but the balancing of it. Relic try with 5 factions, maybe it will be nearly impossible with 6... In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: 'Urban Assault Doctrine' and 'Not One Step Back Tactics'10 Apr 2016, 08:08 AM Oops, mispelled something in my last post : Thx to Hans G. Schultz to allow us to play with these forgotten commanders In: Lobby
Thread: 'Urban Assault Doctrine' and 'Not One Step Back Tactics'10 Apr 2016, 08:04 AM When I see the relative interest of these commanders, I don't understand why Relic doesn't make an effort to release these commanders, after modifications to be more balanced... I compare with the original values, and the modifications added by Hans G. Schultz are a good way to balance abilities. First of all, these modifications are my personal opinions : 1) Urban Assault Doctrine - Forward supply station Increase the price to paste to soviet ability. And why not added repair squad as an additional ability that need fuel or muni to unlock (like one of the new british). - Urban Assault Pzgren Remove 1 flamethrower (keep only one), keep 5-men squad, and nerf it. - Incendiary mortar barrage why not? It costs muni to use it. - Munition blitz With the recent changes induced by Relic with the abilities that can modify ressource supply, they can replace this ability with the new one, like airlanded ressource. By the cost of manpower and fuel, you can ask an airdrop supply of muni on your base (like a soviet one, i forget which one). - Strategic bombing Why not? Just need a big price of muni (250-300?), only on sighted target (not in the fog of war), and not on the enemy base. 2) Not one step back tactics - No retreat no surrender Maybe the most interesting feature, and the more unbalanced. I don't know how cleary balanced it (decrease manpower bonuses, decrese time of unit building, transform it as a on/off ability...). Again, with Relic's new politic, I think this ability will be abandonned. Just look at "soviet industry" ability of commander Tanya (which is "similar" in a point of view) which was cleary and simply removed and replaced with airdrop supply... So, if I follow the Relic's politic, this ability would be change by something else... A supply drop? But it would be redondant with the manpower blitz... So, I can't give a good answer for now for this... - Commissar squad Nothing to say - Manpower blitz As I say for the muni blitz of german commander, Relic would change it with manpower ressource supply drop at the cost of muni and fuel... - Hold the line Why not? It's different from the other similar abilities (Mother Russia, Fatherland, british hold the line...) - Scorched earth policy Very interesting ability, but a little bit OP. 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. Sorry if I'm wrong for some abilities, but I don't test deeper those one. So, this post is just to say that I don't understand Relic (easy money). All of this is just my own opinion, and I'm thinking according to last changes in commander abilities. Finally, thx to allow CoH2 players to test these commanders with your mod. And good work for the balancing job! In: Lobby