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Jump back to quoted post27 Dec 2017, 16:58 PMSkysTheLimit

The WP barrage you get at vet 1 is lovely, especially its range. The WP and HEAT barrages have double the range of the auto-fire, so I often toss willy pete on a BG HQ to force them to back off of it.

Also I don't know how many other people realize this, cause I didn't until a couple months ago, but the HEAT barrage does a full 160 dmg to tanks if it hits. Only 3 shells but its pretty accurate with LOS so you can really put a hurt on some of the slower and larger targets in the game if you place it right.

Jump back to quoted post22 Dec 2017, 15:01 PMferwiner

Try adding ram. You will see huge difference. 8Gb is too little for coh2 when you want to use settings suitable for 3570k and gtx 980.





Its very rare for coh2 to go over 200% core usage and that is becouse it is getting capped at 100% on its primary exectution thread, like most games do. That is why getting faster 2 core cpu is better than slower 4 core ones and new i3s have lightning fast cores.

Jump back to quoted post20 Dec 2017, 13:21 PMsherlock

In any situation where you need indirect fire, you are better off with the mortar or a scott. The pack howie is just terrible. It is only remotely decent if it has a direct line of sight. Add to that, that it's range is 80 like all other, much cheaper, infantry based indirect fire units (excluding the 120). It's also the only auto fire indirect fire unit that does not get better with vet. A vet 3 (not that you'll see it often) pack howie will perform just the same as a vet 0 one, only the barrages change.

The phosphorous barrage is a perfect example of the units uselessness witout direct line of sight. If the barrage is fired over a sight blocker it will land anywhere and you're lucky if it lands somewhere close where you want it. With direct los the first shot will land about where you'd like it, will then block los and the remaining two will just go anywhere.

For me, this unit is more likely to lose you a game than win you one. You can almost get 2 mortars for the price of one pack howie.

As luciano notes, it can be good with a lot of micro, but the amount is just disproportunate to any other unit of the type. The vet of the unit basically means you'll have to constantly move back and forth using barrages, which, again, are the only thing improving about the unit with vet.