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Thread: [DBP] Recon Doctrine feedback thread15 Dec 2017, 15:27 PM That makes a lot of sense although it's a shame the passive Raid Tactics was ditched. There's a certain elegance to it and back capping light vehicles sounds like a lot of fun. Do you think there'd be any merit in combining the two Pathfinder squads into one? You mentioned in the other thread you weren't keen on the USF's large amount of one-doctrine call in infantry and now I&R Pathfinders only really differ on the arty strike maybe they could both be just Pathfinders. I guess the question there is if Airborne could do with Pathfinder arty or not. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: [DBP] Mechanized Doctrine feedback thread15 Dec 2017, 14:55 PM Now don't get me wrong, I'm not questioning balance here. I'm under no delusions that I somehow know better than a team of experienced modders with access to the numbers and a wealth of playtesting data. I'm not sure I could make any meaningful contribution to a balance discussion. What I'm talking about here is design. Again, I'm confident you know better than me here (and imo better than Relic on the Stuart/AAHT swap). I ask questions because I want to understand. Back to Assault Engineers: If the problem is "how do we bundle a halftrack and Assault Engineers together in a call-in without making it prohibitively expensive" the current solution is excellent. Nevertheless it feels a little awkward: you've got to faff around rearranging vehicle crews to get the Assault Engineers out. I don't think it's a matter of dispute that having a normal vehicle crew in the halftrack is more straightforward. Mechanized has a lot of doctrinal abilities in it: the new WC51 and Sherman Modifications alone have enough abilities to make a commander (old WC51, Mark Target, 75mm Sherman Bulldozer, 155mm Artillery, M4C 76mm Sherman). Unless having the Assault Engineers is important might it not be a net benefit not to have them? You cut down on the amount of doctrinal stuff in a commander that presently has a fair bit more than its counterparts and you make a small QoL improvement to the M3 Halftrack. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: [DBP] Recon Doctrine feedback thread15 Dec 2017, 13:40 PM Out of interest why was a cluster bomb strike chosen as the new ability? The commander already has a munitions heavy offmap from the I&R Pathfinders which now is competing with the new off-map. When would you use Pathfinder arty instead of the cluster bombs? In: COH2 Balance
Thread: [DBP] Mechanized Doctrine feedback thread15 Dec 2017, 11:39 AM I'd just drop the Assault Engineers entirely. Mechanized already has a strong anti-garrison tool in the same window with the Mortar halftrack. It doesn't need them. The commander already has a lot of stuff in it relative to other commanders: it won't hurt it to not have the Assault Engineers. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Why not all Commanders in-game for more strategic diversity?14 Dec 2017, 18:17 PM Having all commanders available in theory advantages players who own more commanders and factions that have more commanders. Given the implementation of in-match commander selection having a large number of commander selection options is a potential UI nightmare. Commanders are only differentiated by portrait while in a match so it's fairly easy to pick the wrong one. Having 20 commanders on the ability bar is also going to consume a lot of screen space. Knowing your opponent is limited to a subset of commanders revealed to you on the loading screen provides you with information on your opponent's possible strategy you can use for your own strategic decisions. Even if all commanders were available players would likely still gravitate towards the same ones. That's the fault of the commander design, not the three commander limit. Some doctrines (like UKF Mobile Assault) fill all the holes in the faction's non-doctrinal lineup themselves. Others, like OST Lightning War, provide so many strong tools at all stages at the game that you have little reason to vary your choice of doctrine unless you need a specific unit from them such as an emergency Puma if you're on the back foot or a Mortar Halftrack to counter SimCity. A solution is to revamp all of the commanders to have varying specialisms but I very much doubt Relic would give the community balance modders that much freedom. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: How to Play The Late Game13 Dec 2017, 19:07 PM I've noticed a recurring problem with my play is that I can't handle the late game. With small engagements with up to about four squads per side I tend to do pretty well and my light vehicle micro usually pays off. But once there are multiple tanks per side, too many squads to effectively micro at once, very low time to kill on squads and infantry suppression everywhere everything tends to collapse. While I understand most of the solution is practice and experience I'm wondering if there are any general tips and advice people have for large late game engagements? It'd be greatly appreciated. In: Strategy Desk
Thread: December Balance Preview12 Dec 2017, 21:45 PM What's wrong exactly with Infiltration Commando changes? They're literally the most expensive Commando variant in the game now, considering you need to reinforce them to get their full squad, and they can't exactly wipe things anymore by popping in the middle of nowhere. I really like that once you get them back to base they pretty much become an normal Commando squad when reinforced. Are there any stat differences or are they now in effect normal Commandos that can spawn from buildings but in return start two models down? I'm still intrigued how the hypothetical OKW supply yard you mentioned would work. In: Lobby
Thread: December Balance Preview12 Dec 2017, 19:24 PM A mandatory supply yard construct/upgrade to OKW teching would do so much to alleviate the pain that is the MedHQ/MechHQ fork. Which trucks would the supply yard be prerequisite for? - Or, each tier is self-sufficient, but there's FU/MP trade-offs to make to access all the tools (e.g., USF if we swap Stuart with AAHT). I'd love to see Stuart and AAHT swap places: they both fit into the strategy of the opposite tier. Why won't Relic let you do it? It's not as if units haven't moved tiers before. In: Lobby
Thread: Winter Balance Preview Changelog15 Dec 2016, 12:52 PM Personally I think the UKF emplacements need a fairly drastic overhaul: I'm not sure why Relic designed them the way they did. Given they eat popcap and fuel I think Sappers should be able to dismantle them out of combat for their resource cost (or resources proportional to their remaining health) so they can be moved or so that UKF can transition to more mobile forces. Outside of the scope of this patch though. On the actual matters of the patch: I really like the edited StuG-E although I think it should have a new ability instead of Target Weak Point: doesn't make much sense to have a precision AT strike on an AI vehicle. Infantry non-clumping seems to be working great. Not sure how I feel about Penals as an AT squad and there's a bit of a disconnect when Guard PTRS works as an AI and AT weapon but Penal PTRS is only AT. Without the potent AI penals and their eventual flamethrower I actually ended up going T2 more. T1 used to be an infantry advantage in the form of Penals and the sniper in exchange for more AT vunerability. Using T1's AT option by converting Penals sacrifices its AI strength: it's essentially an emergency conversion into an inferior T2. If T1 needs an AT option for the window where T0's AT is insufficient and neither T2 or T3 AT is available I'd rather see it in a way that doesn't neuter T1's strength. Perhaps you could put the doctrinal baby AT gun in T0 as a worse raketenwerfer or provide more effective method of munitions-killing vehicles? If the AT satchel was standard then snaring with a Conscript squad and satcheling with a Penal squad might be a workable light vehicle counter. Maybe even make the T0 AT grenade available to Penals too in place of Oorah. In: Lobby
Thread: For F*** sakes Relic buff useless soviet units15 Jul 2016, 11:44 AM I generally find it much more productive to assume the fault is mine and ask the forum for help using the units than to assume fault is with the units and receive replies containing mockery rather than tactical advice. The units won't change unless Relic notices statistical trends they don't like and the forum certainly can't change them. How you play is something you can change and the forum can help with that. In: COH2 Balance