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Thread: Why are OST and OKW always rolling out their tanks first?13 Jan 2020, 13:41 PM Jump back to quoted post13 Jan 2020, 02:32 AMCODGUY I've done it myself. It's because you don't have to pay fuel for anything except teching. You don't really need the medic or mechanic side techs because you can repair and heal without them they're just an added bonus. It's also because they seperated the teching on the flak HT But you have to pay the full tech to build a medium. Which faction gets a medium out first isn't a balance issue, it's a gameplay one. It's not a consequence of disproportionate teching costs (they're all roughly the same), it's a consequence of how much fuel you spend on other things and how much fuel you're accumulating from your map control. If you're regularly being rushed by mediums to which you lack a swift counter, you're either not holding your side of the map or you're spending fuel on light vehicles that you aren't turning into a map control advantage. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: I was right on basically everything.13 Jan 2020, 13:26 PM Jump back to quoted post13 Jan 2020, 13:04 PMSeductiveCardbordBox I didn't even get time to turn up to the party before the thread went to shit? Damn. I feel like I missed out on watching a train wreck. Oh well. For the record - no, you are not right. You can't go to shit if you started there. Tbh, the fairly equal screaming at the balance team from both camps of fanboys is pretty solid evidence they're doing a good job. Most of the game's balance issues these days are fairly minor things. Fallschirmjager having snares. Heavy tanks being too good. SOV's late game endurance being a little too good relatively. A few units like the SU-76 being useable but on the weak side. Heavies being just a bit too viable. None of these things break the game. Jump back to quoted post13 Jan 2020, 06:27 AMIncendiaryRounds I MEANT it as a rant. I just wanted to let all the haters know that I was RIGHT. I think you should join the Steam forums. You'd fit right in. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Paratroopers are way better than Rangers.10 Jan 2020, 09:51 AM Jump back to quoted post9 Jan 2020, 18:04 PMT.R. Stormjäger Paratroopers with LMGs have better combat performance and a suppression ability. They both beat Falls squads 1v1 and function better with an army around them. Unless you wanna argue that falls are better due to snares, in which case I have no interest in debating this for the 20th time. You're comparing a dedicated anti-infantry squad to a cloaking squad. That's like claiming Shocks are 'better' than Commandos. The comparison breaks down long before you add snares. But while we're here, imagine Commandos with snares. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: State of the T34-859 Jan 2020, 17:06 PM It's a medium tank, and therefore a casualty of the Heavy Tank Meta. It's excellent outside of that. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Paratroopers are way better than Rangers.9 Jan 2020, 17:03 PM Jump back to quoted post9 Jan 2020, 09:45 AMT.R. Stormjäger Except USF has better Fallschrimjaegers which you would know if you were any good with that faction. Could you point me towards these cloaking elite infantry with snares? All the USF cloaking infantry I can find have non-stupid designs instead. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: UKF Minor Redesign9 Jan 2020, 16:58 PM Jump back to quoted post9 Jan 2020, 16:22 PMT.R. Stormjäger You can mitigate this issue with good unit control and proper positioning. Mitigate, not obviate. I've never seen anyone go Firefly to back up a Centaur. The typical Centaur build is backed up by double 6-pounders: the Centaur advances, wrecks some infantry, and retreats behind its ATGs to repair. It's effective, but it's a very static build. Compare that to a Cromwell build: highly mobile, able to pursue and kill tanks if it gets the upper hand (securing kills is massively undervalued on this forum) but with substantially weaker performance against infantry. If you shrink that anti-infantry performance gap, you also reduce the advantage of the Centaur build without decreasing its disadvantages. That risks killing the Centaur off outside of Lend Lease Support. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: UKF Minor Redesign9 Jan 2020, 16:11 PM Jump back to quoted post9 Jan 2020, 16:04 PMT.R. Stormjäger Your entire argument is based on the FF being bad as a lone AT, despite the 6 pounder being one of the best AT guns and readily available. If the Firefly is relying on the 6-pounder for support, it needs to stay close enough to the 6-pounder to be supported by it. If the Centaur, an especially slow vehicle, is relying on the Firefly for AT support, it needs to stay close enough to the Firefly for the Firefly to support it. By going with that build, you've slowed your force to the speed of an AT gun. And if that's not a problem, why get the Firefly in the first place? In: COH2 Balance
Thread: UKF Minor Redesign9 Jan 2020, 15:59 PM Jump back to quoted post6 Jan 2020, 18:00 PMT.R. Stormjäger P4 and Ostwind want to have a word with you. OST T3 has the StuG, which completely changes the equation. If you go for the AI-focused Ostwind, you can get a 90 FU StuG to back it up. If you go for a Centaur, your AT options are the 110 FU Cromwell or the 155 FU Firefly. Neither are good options. The Firefly is terrible as a lone AT piece, and the Cromwell at best matches medium armour. The only thing keeping the Centaur a realistic option is its huge AI advantage over the Cromwell. If you narrow that gap too much, you kill off the Centaur completely. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: UKF Minor Redesign6 Jan 2020, 17:59 PM Jump back to quoted post6 Jan 2020, 17:50 PMT.R. Stormjäger My main issue as UKF is actually transitioning into the late game. As Ostheer, despite the lack of strong LV, I am able to get a P4 out to kind of bridge the gap towards a heavy tank, an Elephant, T4, command P4 or more T3 vehicles. UKF lacks that because the Cromwell fails to make enough of an impression vs infantry despite being a generalist medium tank. I feel like UKF would be in a much better spot if the Cromwell was a bit better vs infantry since its AT isn’t that bad. The Cromwell is what it is because it needs to coexist with the Centaur. If you improve the Cromwell's AI, how do you adjust the Centaur to keep the two distinct? In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Panzerschrecks - state of balance5 Jan 2020, 17:01 PM Jump back to quoted post5 Jan 2020, 14:02 PMKieselberg i meant over time, since they are longer in combat Panzershrecks take 7.75 seconds to reload. Bazookas take 5.75. Panzershrecks take two shots to kill light tanks, bazookas take three. That's 7.75 seconds for shrecks versus 10.75 for bazookas. Against larger targets the gap closes a little, but the shrecks still win out. They deal +50% damage for +34% reload time, so the bazookas never catch up. The only vehicles against which bazookas have an advantage are 320 HP halftracks, and even then the advantage is nuanced as the bazookas have to hit with all four rockets whereas the Panzershrecks only need to hit three. In: COH2 Balance