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Thread: About upcoming new commanders2 Jan 2019, 14:36 PM Jump back to quoted post2 Jan 2019, 13:16 PMOsinyagov No. Imho, it's not the right way to make situation better. The right way - make them more interesting and unique, like it was made with NKVD. It's looks like brand new commander for me after revamp. If you assume no third option is on the table and it's a choice between leave them as is or delete them, which do you go for? In: Lobby
Thread: About upcoming new commanders2 Jan 2019, 12:55 PM Jump back to quoted post2 Jan 2019, 11:40 AMOsinyagov Ok, what the poing to have Anti-Infantry Tactics? This commander have zero unique stuff and have counterparts as Terror Tactics and Shock Rifle Frontline or even Counterattack with better synergy. Or what about german Festung Armor Doctrine? I am not saying they are bad, but they are outshadowed by other doctrines. What the reason to make a new commander and leave these unclaimed commanders. And again, Red Army and Ostheer have over 20 commanders each, what the reason to make this list even bigger, if not all commanders are used by players? I'll put it this way. If Relic decided to delete the six least popular OST/SOV commanders, would you be in favour of that? In: Lobby
Thread: About upcoming new commanders2 Jan 2019, 11:06 AM Jump back to quoted post2 Jan 2019, 10:23 AMOsinyagov All this talks about upcoming new commanders push me to this question: Do Red Army and Ostheer need new commanders? They have over 20 commanders each, and several of them really blank and non-popular or have better counterparts. During last revamp, these factions, in fact, got new commanders - NKVD and Infantry doctrine. Both got new abilities and looks mainly unique, like it should be. And that's why i am thinking about upcoming new commanders. No doubts, western factions have less number of commanders (8 for each), and new commanders would be appreciated for them. But, what if eastern factions, instead of one more commander, will get one more revamped commander in the same way, as last revamp was? I would like to get some opinions about it. If you revamp Commander X into Commander Y, you're left with Commander Y. If you make Commander Y as a new commander, you've got both Commander X and Commander Y. The only way I see a revamp being better than a new commander is if you want to get rid of the original commander. In: Lobby
Thread: Will we ever see M18 Hellcats for USF?1 Jan 2019, 23:48 PM Jump back to quoted post1 Jan 2019, 21:27 PMF1sh Aren't the new Soviet Field Camp and Wehrmacht Concrete Bunkers new units? Pretty sure their models are new. Repurposed existing assets I believe. In: Lobby
Thread: Brit cancer emplacements regiment1 Jan 2019, 20:34 PM You've got to kill the Forward Assemblies first. The repair automatrons repair crazy fast and respawn so quickly the emplacements are practically invulnerable with them up. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: The LMG alternative1 Jan 2019, 19:52 PM Fire Up makes the squad slow down after the sprint. It's a terrible ability nobody uses. The commanders that work well against JLI are Armor and Mechanized: the two which give you relatively cheap close combat troops early on. In: Strategy Desk
Thread: The LMG alternative1 Jan 2019, 19:32 PM Jump back to quoted post1 Jan 2019, 19:27 PMLeOverlord In this case all vehicles are their counter, and in order to get a quick wipe you need M8 Greyhound and its canister shot. What are you going to do before CP5? What are you going to do about the vehicular counters there are before CP5? For USF specifically to fight JLI in their current state, you need to pick Armor or Mechanized and spam out a lot of CQC troops. Airborne and Heavy Cav don't work as well as you've only got one CQC squad which they'll kite with Sprint until it has to retreat. You can forget about other commanders entirely. JLI as is is like Advanced Emplacements: there's a specific counterstrategy (CQC spam) that hard counters it, but do anything else and you'll have a bad time. In: Strategy Desk
Thread: The LMG alternative1 Jan 2019, 19:22 PM No snares on JLI. They rely on nearby Volks squads for protection against light vehicles. Which they can Sprint to if they've got the munitions. In: Strategy Desk
Thread: The LMG alternative1 Jan 2019, 19:17 PM Jump back to quoted post1 Jan 2019, 18:38 PMJae For Jett I REALLY feel like people are overstating JLIs power. While I havent tried cav rifles, I have used AEs extensively, and they simply destroy JLI. Basically, AEs, cav rifles, and rangers should easily beat jli squads on a 1 for 1 basis. Combat wise, JLI are grens with better RA, a g43 sniper instead of an mg42, and an ambush bonus (which grens can also get with the right doctrine). They're not equivalent at all. Against an LMG42 Grenadier squad in green cover, you can take another piece of green cover and coverfight it, with the result being down to numbers and weapon ranges as usual. You've also got the option of rushing in with a CQC unit, in which case the Grenadier has to retreat. Neither option works against JLI. They've got such extreme bonuses against squads in green cover that your only option to fight them is to close in, and then they've got Sprint to escape that. Your only options are heavy investment in doctrinal CQC and light vehicles. It feels a lot like playing against a Sniper. JLI are counterable, but they're not fun in the slightest. I usually want to just hit /l there and then rather than play against them. In: Strategy Desk
Thread: The LMG alternative1 Jan 2019, 13:20 PM JLI have 0.9 accuracy versus cover. Unless I've misunderstood the stats, the usual penalty is 0.5. Fight them at range, they'll win. They cloak in cover, giving them a hefty First Strike bonus when the fighting starts. They get a 0.9 penalty rather than a 0.5 accuracy penalty in a cover fight, meaning you get very little benefit from cover whereas they get the full benefit. They roll instakills at 75% health, negating the damage reducing benefits of cover. If you manage to get in close, they'll use their Sprint ability to go back to range. Not only do they have a huge stack of bonuses in coverfights, they've got an escape ability if you ever catch them at an advantageous range. These things can kite Shock Troops at the moment. The only bit of good news is this CP1 infiltrating budget Obersoldaten squad also has the weakness of an Obersoldaten squad: vehicles slaughter the things, with a solid chance to wipe on retreat. In: Strategy Desk