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Thread: Feelings after the Decemberpatch1 Jan 2019, 13:01 PM Assault Engineers are fine most of the time: they're snareless CQC units so later on you've got plenty of ways to counter them. The problem is how quickly USF can field and mass them, so the solution I think is to make them slower to build: make Pathfinders and Assault Engineers be built from the HQ with a build time comparable to Riflemen. That way, you won't have USF having two squads on the field right at the start, and two Assault Engineers in the time it takes to build one Rifleman squad. In: Lobby
Thread: Penals Versus Volks Micro Tactics31 Dec 2018, 22:35 PM Since taking on some of DevM's micro advice I'm being fairly successful with all factions except Soviet, where I'm getting repeatedly trashed by OKW. I know the rough build order, but what are the micro tactics that make Soviet T1 shine against OKW? How do you set up the engagements well? In: Red Army Strategies
Thread: Feelings after the Decemberpatch31 Dec 2018, 14:33 PM Well achieving both consistency and balance is very difficult. Ostwind and PzIV have the same chassis for instance...Balance should come first consistency second. They look completely different. The KV-1 and KV-8 are practically the same model. In: Lobby
Thread: Feelings after the Decemberpatch31 Dec 2018, 13:47 PM I really don't like inconsistencies in the visual language of the game. I was overjoyed when they gave the Churchill Crocodile's main gun the same damage as a normal Churchill, and I'd fastly prefer to keep the KV-8's durability the same as the KV-1. Having two identical tanks have such wildly different durabilities was a bit jarring. Therefore, if you were trying to make the KV-8 a standard anti-infantry-only flame tank, I'd probably do it by removing its anti-armour gun entirely rather than adjusting its durability. That'd keep it as a highly durable anti-infantry breakthrough unit, but would make even a Puma a hard counter to it. I'm not sure where that'd leave its cost, although my gut says around 125ish FU. In: Lobby
Thread: Feelings after the Decemberpatch31 Dec 2018, 13:34 PM Jump back to quoted post31 Dec 2018, 13:33 PMVipper You, allowing both main gun and flamer is a buff. Fair. I tend to think of that more as an irritating micro tax, but you're right, it would. In: Lobby
Thread: Feelings after the Decemberpatch31 Dec 2018, 13:31 PM Jump back to quoted post31 Dec 2018, 13:06 PMVipper Soviets already have IS-2/ISU-152/KV-2 as super heavies last thing they need is another Super heavy. The idea of continuously buffing units to make them more attractive is counter productive, there is allot of room for these unit if they timing and price is right without being buffed. Who said anything about buffing? In: Lobby
Thread: Feelings after the Decemberpatch31 Dec 2018, 13:01 PM You could remove the gun toggle on the KV-8, then turn it into a 13 CP call-in like the Churchill Crocodile. They fill similar roles. In: Lobby
Thread: Feelings after the Decemberpatch31 Dec 2018, 00:23 AM Jump back to quoted post30 Dec 2018, 23:34 PMJae For Jett On one hand, I think this is an advantage that is very much understated or never considered. On the other hand, these units do appear from the edge of the map, which means this doesn't quite have as large of an impact as you would think it would. Anyway, as someone who has wanted more discussion on assault engineers to take place, what do you and everyone else feel the problem is with them? Obviously your post implies you think they bring too much early pressure, but I'd like to hear why you think this is the case (the problematic factor(s) that leads to this). For what it's worth, I'm leaning towards Sander's suggestion for them because I think their early combat performance is straight up too high. I think the problem is mostly for OKW and it's less with the unit itself and more with the fact that USF can get two Assault Engineers very quickly: if that double Assault Engineer goes for an early engagement then OKW'll struggle to win it unless they went double Sturmpioneer. It's like RE Spam: it only works because they build so fast they can flood the field. Starting them on cooldown would help with that, as would making the cooldown 150% of the Rifleman build time. Assault Engineer spamming would then cost you a lot of early field presence, but one squad won't. In: Lobby
Thread: Rifle Company Ability Rework30 Dec 2018, 17:05 PM The problem with bundles is you rarely need everything, and having unnecessary squads kills you in this game. That's why they changed Recon's 800 MP double Airbourne bundle. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Will we ever see M18 Hellcats for USF?30 Dec 2018, 16:50 PM The game's five years old, I doubt they'd make new assets for it. In: Lobby