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Thread: USF infantry upgrade24 Jul 2018, 13:49 PM Jump back to quoted post24 Jul 2018, 05:22 AMKorean Jesus RM cost 280 manpower, pretty much lose to volks 250 manpower. Only way RM win is when volk charges into RM, when RM holds a cover. You guaranteed to lose 1v1 match when RM charge into volk behind the sandbag. Last couple patch removed the smoke from RM, which you could use it to close the distance to win engagements vs OB and volks. Bar upgrade is 150 MP and 10 fuels, plus 60 munitions each bar. Single bar loses to Volks with STG(also 60 munitions) at the close, medium and long range. With 2bars RM has 60/40 chance of winning with the exception of vet 3 at the close and medium range. I think it is time to bring up the bar dps dmg. Maybe make RM cheaper too. The usf LMG, 2x LMG on the paratrooper is op, but it is balanced overall because the doctrine does not have a late game. 1LMG on RM, doesn't do anything, which I don't understand why it cost 75 munitions and comes at 3 CP. LMG 42 is only 60 munitions, and does more dmg than USF LMG. 2X LMG I think it is fairly balanced, since it cost a lot, and comes at 3cps as well. And captain doesn't have aoe On me ability anymore, so you don't have that instant MG wipe. On the other hand, rear echelon with 1 LMG is actually super good. Cheap and more dps than RM. I think the biggest issue is RM not having smoke to close the distance to win engagements. And why is the USF grenade upgrade cost more than the British grenade upgrade, and it does less damage than British grenade. From Cruzzi's stats BARs are 10.8/8./4.4 Garands are approximately 4.4/2.8/1.7 Both Garands and BARs have higher moving accuracy, and Riflemen have a smaller target size. STGs are 7.8/5.4/2.0 Volks KAR98s are 3.5/2.7/1.8 So if we're talking early game, yes you are correct. Sturms and Volks beat the hell out of Rifles in the early game. The problem is that you can't make a one-sided argument by ignoring how advantageous the mid to late game infantry engagements are for USF. You can't buff Riflemen early game while ignoring the vastly superior scaling of USF Riflemen. A Vet 3 Rifle squad without upgrades will narrowly beat Vet 3 Volks with STGs. Riflemen have much better combat bonuses from veterancy than Volks, and the ability to double BAR them makes them incredibly efficient for a single squad population-wise. Not sure when you started playing, but double LMG Riflemen were removed from the game because they have similar ranged dps (approx 23) to an LMG Obers squad (approx 25). The fact that they're more easily spammable, cost less to reinforce and build, have utility abilities, and will already be Vet 3 by the time Obers appear made that combination way too powerful. If Riflemen gets early game buffs, then USF vet scaling definitely needs to be tuned down in exchange. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: German units too cheap or are Allied units too expensive?23 Jul 2018, 15:21 PM Penetration matters a lot vs Ost. 50 cal can rip through 222, flame HT, and flak ht, and when garrisoned can do enough damage to force a Luchs back. Having lower penetration means you can't even force back lightly armoured half tracks. Set-up/tear-down time is also an important consideration. I think most people would prefer the MG42, obviously, since it's the easiest to use. Just pointing out that it isn't "strictly" superior to the 50 cal. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Churchill AVRE23 Jul 2018, 11:07 AM Jump back to quoted post23 Jul 2018, 10:10 AMKatitof I didn't actually. You know what I did seen? Sturmtiger. You know why? Because its useful compared to AVRE. You know why is that? Because it doesn't matter how many shots you can shoot if opponent will not be there when it lands, which is not a problem shared by ST due to its range advantage. Sturmtiger is useful? Making memes isn't exactly considered being of in-game use. Churchill AVRE is pretty beastly, one of the few excellent units left in Brits. It's especially good for its price. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Grenadier rifle grenade.22 Jul 2018, 16:55 PM Jump back to quoted post22 Jul 2018, 16:07 PMLoki What about this, using the same symbol as the mg set up timer; the rifle grenade has that set up timer from the point of the ability commencement to when the grenade is in the air. And this "set up" timer can be seen from outside of line of sight. This would make the time from activated ability to execution the same. Unlike the suggestion which started this thread. Meaning the old suggestion to make the rifle grenade a time release grenade; is replaced by this new suggestion. It's a good idea mostly. It definitely shouldn't be seen from outside LOS though. No other grenade gets punished for making ambushes by utilising LOS blockers. The timer helps with identification, which can be a common problem because the squad animation isn't very obvious when the squad is behind cover. Making sure the grenade warnings are consistent and not bugged also helps a lot. I fking hate it when my idiot infantry shout "grenade" when they are the ones throwing the damn thing, yet when the enemy is throwing a grenade they wait till the grenade has landed and timer has started to actually start yelling the grenade warning. Even worse when rifle grenade warnings bug out and don't even get soundd at all. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Light Vehicle Meta needs to Stop21 Jul 2018, 17:39 PM Jump back to quoted post21 Jul 2018, 07:40 AMCODGUY That's not the point. The point is we have a faction that starts off with essentially shock troops while everyone else gets piss poor engineers. Yes, OKW starting squad is definitely comparable to a 6 man squad which has body armour, elite grenades, smoke grenades, and has double the DPS of Sturmpios at close range. And Brits definitely start with Engineers. As claimed by a guy who plays pretty much only USF and UKF. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: German units too cheap or are Allied units too expensive?20 Jul 2018, 17:36 PM Jump back to quoted post20 Jul 2018, 13:21 PMCODGUY Most everyone has a perferred faction or two in fact I'm willing to bet either OST or OKW are the preferred factions for 60-70% of this community. I do have quite a bit more games with USF and UKF as those are my two preferred factions but I also have around 50-60 games each with OKW and OST. I happen to have a higher win rate with those two also. I find OST more challenging than OKW, but OST is more flexible and overall more powerful late game than OKW despite the latter's access to a non-doctrinal King Tiger. If you're at the level of play where King Tiger isn't a 720mp 280fuel 26pop Victory Strike, you clearly haven't played enough OKW or at a high enough level. It's not even good as a Victory Strike - its monstrous cost can lose you the game. It has similar (probably worse) output compared to p4, and requires a good deal of support because of its vulnerability. If you can afford to wait for ages and save up billions of resources for a KT you would have won without the KT anyway. In 1v1 it's extremely improbable that a KT swings a losing game into a won one. All of the Allied factions have a non-dcotrinal high penetration 60 range TD that will get auto Vet 3 shortly after the KT appears. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Brit tank scatter20 Jul 2018, 16:13 PM Jump back to quoted post20 Jul 2018, 12:31 PMKatitof You need to play with the unit, because something tells me you have not seen it in a single game post nerfs and instead rely exclusively on stat sheets. Again. Its better AI then cromwell, but again, what isn't? It's still very good. It's just the comparison effect, when a wipe-a-squad-instantly unit becomes a very good unit, the nerf is very noticeable. The faction not having indirect fire and snares make it hard for the faction - just like it always has. You can't rely on ridiculous Centaurs and IS terminators anymore, and that's a good thing. I don't think that's healthy faction design. I would give Brits an ISG equivalent, the ability to build AT boys non-doctrinally, remove emplacements, and call it a day. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: German units too cheap or are Allied units too expensive?20 Jul 2018, 06:39 AM Jump back to quoted post20 Jul 2018, 06:12 AMCODGUY I see what happens to them in the field and that's plenty info right there. Royal Engineers are a completely worthless combat unit, they are a small step above medics. What happens to them on the field is due to your atrocious standard of play. Royal Engineers have significantly higher dps AND higher defense than Pioneers. Maybe you're using your Royal Engineers in long range gun fights vs LMG Grens and raging when you lose. In any case, the Royal Engineers aren't even a combat unit - they're primarily a repair and utility unit (minelaying, flamer, minesweeping, terraforming). Have you considered not being so bad at this game? Anyone who thinks Pioneers are good at combat is probably on par with the Normal AI in skill level. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Kholodny Ferma Winter issues19 Jul 2018, 10:57 AM Jump back to quoted post18 Jul 2018, 19:01 PMSturmpanther Hey Felix, 1. Wrong forum. 2. You noticed that Kholodny ferma sommer got reworked? 3. You like the new KFS? 4. I am in discuss with Relic about this map at all. Give me time Hi bro Sturmpanther, sorry about point 1! Is it supposed to be under Mapping Discussion? 2. Yes, 3. Yes, much better. Still West favoured imo but very playable now 4. ok! Hope they listen to you! I don't have enough vetoes so I still have to play it in automatch a lot In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Kholodny Ferma Winter issues18 Jul 2018, 18:55 PM Just curious if anyone else finds this map to be horribly frustrating in terms of balance? I'm around rank 110 to 120 on 4 factions, and as West player I can beat players rank 70 to 100, while on East side I'm losing to players who're rank 200. The matchup seems irrelevant - the West side player seems to have a huge advantage. Issues with West vs East 1) The East player's church is way, way worse than the West player's mid house a) the church is easily flankable from the north muni route, while the West house is pretty much unflankable due to unobstructed vision b) there's a truck on the north west of the church which provides green cover for flamers to attack the church c) the church has an exposed door for the West player to rush hmgs into, which can lock most of the East player's access to the map (it's very hard to wire that door because it's quite deep and exposed in Western territory) d) The mid house for the West player comes with a long stretch of green cover stone fence, which prevents a hmg rush AND provides lots of durable green cover even after the mid house has been destroyed 2) East player's more vulnerable fuel a) Green cover from the tractor provided for the West player while trying to decap East fuel b) Stug wreckage further South helps West player put more pressure b) West fuel has no cover for the enemy, AND comes with 2 large stacks of logs which provide green cover to fight off East forces trying to pressure fuel 3) East player's more vulnerable cutoff a) East cut-off is very near the mid, and is commonly regarded as easily accessible by West player b) Control of north muni house makes it even easier to defend west cutoff c) West player gets a truck and a stack of wood to give green cover when trying to reclaim cutoff. East player only gets wooden fences. 4) East player has poor access to mid VP a) East player is much further from the mid VP b) Long stretch of road/red cover for East player c) West already has the better house, + stone fences. West even gets a stug wreckage for MORE green cover to contest mid VP d) West player can flank mid using the church as a sight blocker, but East player cannot flank mid because Western area has unobstructed vision 5) East player has worse retreat paths a) East has a long stretch of red cover when retreating from southern area of map b) Some areas cause East forces to take a long winding retreat path through the mid with lots of red cover 6) East player has a random garrison in front of base for West player to attempt a base lock a) There's a house with a convenient door for West player to attempt a hmg base-lock on East player b) The house is seldom advantageous for the East player, but can serve as a huge liability c) The house has 4 windows facing East player's retreat path along the middle road Things which I think are fairly equal - top and bottom VP access, muni access. East player needs to do a lot to equalise the cover situation through terraforming/wiring, because almost all the map terrain and objects are highly favourable to West player. Overall, I believe this map to be in need of some overhauls. I hope other people agree as well. In: COH2 Gameplay