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Thread: Smartie's commander reworks: OKW15 Jan 2021, 21:49 PM Jump back to quoted post15 Jan 2021, 20:36 PMGeblobt Other things about Okw: 3. The heavy bunker with repair upgrade could be nice to have for fortification doc. 4. Pfussie with shrecks seems kinda underwhelming. Maybe give them teller mines. - Repair bunker for Fortress would be nice, indeed. 2cm flak and mg bunker have identical roles so you could replace the bunker from Field defenses with the concrete bunker. - Agreed on the Pfussis, if I remember it correctly they had tellers at the start of the new commander patch but lost it. If Rangers can get triple zooks then Pfussis can get tellers. Pfussis as AT support unit to a volks build is not seen very often. It would be nice if the unit would get more flavor as real AT unit. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Smartie's commander reworks: USF15 Jan 2021, 19:39 PM Jump back to quoted post15 Jan 2021, 18:41 PMIntoTheRain * [...] * Outside of that, a lot of USF's calldowns are just...bad. P-47 Rocket Strafe is more expensive and less accurate than its peers. 240mm Barrage needs help. P-47 Strafe costs an insane amount of munitions. Smoke Barrage is more expensive than the Axis version and provides no scouting. Etc. Good post, dude! I think the mod team should take a closer look at the cost of 12CP calldowns in general. There are some abilities that need a cost reduction and maybe a rework to make them more impactful: UK: concentrated Fire Barrage / current price: 240 munition USF: P-47 rocket run / current price: 240 munition USF: 240mm HOwitzer barrage / current price: 250 munition OKW: Zeroing Arty / current price: 300 munition None of the mentioned abilities justifies a heavier price tag imo. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Smartie's commander reworks: Soviets15 Jan 2021, 17:40 PM Jump back to quoted post15 Jan 2021, 16:58 PMEtherealDragon I feel like the synergy of Mark Target in Tank Hunters would need to be tested. The PTAB Run and AT Grenade assault already do good damage to vehicles and stacking that with Mark Target might be excessive (granted that this would require a lot of munitions float but worth thinking about). Overall I think you have solid suggestions though! Thx for the kind words, that's music to my ears @all: I would like to bring the attention to the huge discrepancy of Soviet air attacks and off-map arty abilities.Only 5! of 22 soviet commanders have an off map artillery ability: 3 have incendiary barrage, 2 AT overwatch but there are 11 airstrikes ! If we want to reduce the huge overlays of the Soviet commanders I would consider it a priority to reduce the number of airstrikes but to increase the number of off map arty. Right now the ML-20 is supposed to compensate the lack of off map arty but the unit is not really attractive imo: Allies have much better long distance arty in Calliope / Priest / Sexton that can't be countered by a divebomb. Replacing some of the ML-20s with off-map arty would make the doctrines more distinctive AND more attractive because players don't need to invest so much MP in the arty. So if you have good ideas for off-map arty abilities please post them here! Some of the ML-20 commanders coul In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Smartie's commander reworks: OKW15 Jan 2021, 16:37 PM Jump back to quoted post15 Jan 2021, 16:10 PMFunPolice Personally Most of the commanders in OKW have some use in one gamemode or another and most have several unique abilities. Agreed on this, that's why I wrote: It’s more about fine-tuning them instead of reworking – result of the good changes in the past! But a closer look at some of the commanders shows that there is still room for improvement: An example: - Zero arty in "Fortress" is the game's most expensive off map ability but does not have nearly the same impact as other 12CP abilities. - Heavy Fortifications and Field Defenses have huge overlaps, these 2 commander slots could easily be merged. We just need to take a look at Whrmacht's Defensive structures ability which offers as much stuff as "Heavy Fortifications and "Field Defenses" together. There is more than enough room for 1 more ability in this commander. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Smartie's commander reworks: USF15 Jan 2021, 11:29 AM Jump back to quoted post15 Jan 2021, 11:20 AMVipper I am not sure how you are suggesting that "P-47 Support run" should but the problem is that Calliope are difficult to counter and adding planes that can stop dive makes it even harder and that is simply bad design. I get your point, maybe the Support Run should be pure AI then. This would make the ability also more distinctive to the AT p-47 attack. Thx for feedback! In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Smartie's commander reworks: Soviets15 Jan 2021, 11:13 AM I forgot to mention Jibber's rework ideas: https://www.coh2.org/topic/106030/sander-s-personal-balance-changes/post/837953 In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Smartie's commander reworks: USF15 Jan 2021, 11:06 AM Jump back to quoted post15 Jan 2021, 10:37 AMVipper Tactical support Loiter planes with calliope is a terrible idea because they can stop any dives attempt to kill calliope If players save munitions for the air attack they cant spot for the Calliope with the recon run. This should be rewarded. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Smartie's commander reworks: USF15 Jan 2021, 09:42 AM Jump back to quoted post15 Jan 2021, 09:39 AMKatitof USF and OKW still should NOT have access to snipers + there is no model, therefore its impossible anyway. Its way too much work for something that's more likely to be gamebreaking then not. That's a fair conclusion. It's a long shot for sure. But I don't think we should limit our options before we have tested it... but I can see your point. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Smartie's commander reworks: USF15 Jan 2021, 09:37 AM Jump back to quoted post15 Jan 2021, 09:19 AMT.R. Stormjäger Wait, whose idea was it to give USF a sniper unit? Dude, it's probanly the last commander patch. And maybe you have noticed that there are several weeks of testing before a patch goes live. If the sniper would be too strong- simply remove it. Problem solved! In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Smartie's commander reworks: OKW15 Jan 2021, 09:34 AM HI guys, in anticipation of a new patch focusing on commander improvements (https://www.coh2.org/file/19295/pogchamp.png) I worked on some proposals for Soviets, OKW and USF. Here are my general thoughts about such a patch: • There are only 2 factions imo that would need bigger commander reworks like those in the past: Wehrmacht and Soviets. Both have multiple underperforming commanders with poor design. In contrast to those factions UK, USF and OKW commanders are mostly fine. It’s more about fine-tuning them instead of reworking – result of the good changes in the past! That being said here are my ideas to improve the OKW commander pool: OKW rework ideas: Specical operation: Luftwaffe Ground Forces Firestorm: Fortress Elite Armor&Grand Offensive: TigerI (as well as Pershing and IS-2) needs a minor buff as well as the 221. 221 comes later and is much more expensive than the UC or the Soviet Scout Car but can’t fight off these vehicles. A minor buff is needed and justified especially after the Brits can counter it with early engis now. It comes without saying that my ideas are not exhaustive. Many roads lead to Rome. Please provide constructive feedback and make your own proposals here. We all have the same goal: Make the Coh2 commander pool as good as possible. In: COH2 Balance