Profile of blvckdream

Thanks for the great clarification. So in other words, nothing I can do about it. Do you think that going dual channel would help with the FPS?
2v2 on most maps is steady 50+ FPS
3v3 dips from 90 FPS to average 25-30
4v4 dips a bit more with average 20 FPS in long long arty spamfests.
1v1 runs fluently for the whole game.
I tested those only with AI since I can't really multitask and steadily check the FPS while playing vs people and MSI afterburner for some reason won't log AVG FPS, nor minimums.

It's a shame that it was rushed like that. Being able to play Witcher 3, high, fluently at 60 and not COH2 at custom low/high setting is a bummer.

Thanks for the extensive reply. Much appriciated.

I used to run an i5 6600k and a RX 480 and have way more FPS. When I start a 2v2 I have 120+ FPS and it never goes below 50-60 FPS in late game arty fests either. My settings are mostly ultra with AA on low because the higher AA levels don't make the game look better at all IMO and only cost FPS.

I don't play 4v4 but in 3v3 I never have dips to 25-30 either.

A few weeks ago I upgraded to Ryzen 7 2700X because MSFS 2020 runs like shit on quadcore CPUs with HT and the performance is basically still the same for COH2 as I expected.

There are random games every now and then that are super laggy for no apparent reason but normally your set-up should be more than enough for COH2.

System 1 (desktop):
RX 580 8GB (1380 GHz boost)
i5 4670k 3.6 GHz
8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz
2x SSD + 2 TB HDD (game on 7200rpm HDD)

System 2 (laptop GL702ZC Asus):
RX 580 4GB (1077 boost)
Ryzen 5 1600 3.4 GHz
8 GB DDR4 2400 MHz
SSD + HDD (game on 5600 HDD)

Windows and stuff like that is pretty much the same. Settings are also the same. High Image, High textures, Low snow, off Physics, off Vsync and AA..

On my father's desktop the CPU usage when playing a 3v3 game with/vs Expert AI (don't know if Easy/expert uses more CPU power) is constantly in the range of 60-80, which is great and the FPS starts at 100-110 and steadily decreases to 40-50 during the later stages of the game as more stuff in happening.

On my workstation laptop the CPU usage is constantly in the range of 20-40 and the FPS starts at 70-90 but as the game progresses, it decreases to 20-35 which is much lower than the (CPU/RAM weaker) desktop. Why is the utilization of Ryzen so much lower than the Intel i5? Is it because the game was made before ryzen were out and as such the optimization for that processor is poor? The 20% utilization is really really low. I'm used to playing this game with 25 FPS but those moments when I visit my parents every now and then, this game is one of the few that runs better on a weaker system.

Can anyone explain this phenomenon?

Also does anyone know if the dual channel would help the laptop? I've ordered another (identical) RAM stick of 8GB for the laptop to put it in dual channel mode. Anyone have any experience with dual/single differences?

Comparing laptop performance to desktop performance?

The armour can not be nerfed without increasing the HP. The Comet is WAY too expensive to be a 800 HP unit with mediocre armour. T34/85 costs 130 fuel with way cheaper tech and has same HP.

I think the Comet is overall fine as it is, only change that makes sense is making it more expensive by raising the fuel price by 10-15.

I would love to see some new 2v2 maps, these ones are getting really old, makes the game more of a repetitive experience, which is a shame, because I love this game! I don't want it to fade away . There are maps in the workshop, they just need to get added to the auto-match map pool. I tried playing custom games, but it takes ages to get a match started.

There will be 4 new maps coming in soon.

Much better to get Puma instead. It counters all Allied LVs and helps a lot against medium tanks when kept alive. It also does better than people think against infantry. Yes it does not have great DPS and wont wipe anything but you can use it to push units out of cover, let it shoot at units in cover to destroy the cover so your Volks win the engagement and on top of that the Puma actually racks up a few infantry kills too with a combination of steady MG DPS and RNG shots deleting single models. It's often enough to have the Puma around to give the needed edge to win infantry engagements.

Almost all the recent tournaments featured heavy Puma use and little usage of Luchs, there is a reason for that.

Luchs can still be good vs. Soviets because it actually has a good window of opportunity before T70 arrives and even then won't be countered too hard anyway because the T70 needs a long time to actually kill a Luchs, long enough to get Volks and Raketenwerfer to safe it. AEC hardcounters it before it even hits the field, Stuart arrives at the same time of Luchs and also hardcounters it.