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Thread: Ideal Map?2 Feb 2018, 20:49 PM So I've been tinkering with the Map Editor and currently making a map that's more geared toward the Spearhead mod so that my friends and I can play a 4 v 4 on it. Since it's my first map I probably won't release it to the general public but I do very much enjoy the process. My favorite custom map is the Oder XL and my favorite in-game map is Steppes so these are what I like to use as inspiration when making my own. However, I wanted to get a general consensus from people who have been playing far longer than I: what do the majority of people look for in an eight player map? I'm looking for all opinions here. Farm maps? Forest maps? City? Bridges? Lots of terrain, or mostly flat land? Snow? Warm? Asymmetrical? Perfectly balanced? Lots of capture points? Victory point or annihilation? Lots of green cover or scarce green cover? Starting bases spread out, or all in one confined area? Obviously I won't be able to please everyone but I do want to take into account what the community here thinks a "good (fun) map" for 4 v 4 is. In: Mapping Discussion
Thread: Current gripes and complaints (1/31/2018)1 Feb 2018, 20:11 PM Jump back to quoted post1 Feb 2018, 17:45 PMRosbone The problem is in team games you can tell pretty quick if your team is horrible. So drops are necessary so you do not waste 40 minutes watching your team getting rekt. How many times do you see people: 1. who do not rush the fuel. 2. engrs are sitting in base until MG comes out. 3. three team mates are all capping the same point at the same time. 4. only makes engrs and puts a fuel cache on the first point they capture. 5. etc 6. etc EDIT: If anything the ladder system needs some work. I have games where I double/triple everyones kills and score but my team sucks so I drop 200 spots. Too many damn times, that's for sure. Especially the second one. I have a friend that is convinced that the best place for pioneers is the base despite my many attempts to tell him to move them out. C'est la vie. I agree on the ladder system. Sure, the after match stat screen gives you a generalist review on how good you did, but personally I want a muuuch more detailed analysis on personal stats; likewise, I think this individual ranking should obviously be reflected in the ladder system. It sucks getting penalized for having games where I'm the only one who didn't lose twice as many units as I destroyed, but I feel like it's more unfair when I'm paired with someone who knows what they're doing more so than I because I just inevitably drag them down. Plenty of games I can name where my ally's micro was spot-on and I struggled to keep troops on the field. So all in all less "higher ladder for winning" and more "higher ladder for performing well." In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Current gripes and complaints (1/31/2018)1 Feb 2018, 17:44 PM Jump back to quoted post1 Feb 2018, 17:40 PMZombiFrancis Wait 20 minutes only for a load screen bugsplat because the game wasn't restarted after the previous match. Yeah, the twenty minute penalty could really only be implemented if the game were better optimized. It would suck if you had to wait because the game decided to make you experience one of its many crashes. There's another thing that baffles me about CoH2: the inability to rejoin a match after the game does inevitably fuck up and kick you out. Is that a difficult thing to program? (Legitimate question, not sarcasm.) In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Current gripes and complaints (1/31/2018)1 Feb 2018, 17:32 PM The biggest gripe I have is people leaving matches in team games, oftentimes right after the match starts. I've played several matches where someone leaves and causes an avalanche of disconnects, meaning you don't get anything for the "win" and the round is over before it even gets good. Maybe have a League-style penalty system? Where if you leave a game you have to wait twenty or so minutes to find a game next time you automatch. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Allied Tank Spam1 Feb 2018, 01:02 AM Yeah, they lack mobility and I was too dead set on making the Wehrmacht a mobile fighting force (since historically the Germans were pretty much nonstop offense even when retreating). Suppose that's what the OKW is for. Now I realize how sparse Pgrens should be used and that Paks/Stugs should be used in pairs. The biggest problem I had was the fact that they would get easily flanked but that's more of a flawed MG placement on my part. In: Strategy Desk
Thread: Allied Tank Spam31 Jan 2018, 21:52 PM Wow, that was a detailed reply. Thanks. I never noticed a glaring problem I had until you pointed it out - after I advance to Tier Two I exclusively build Panzergrenadiers. I never really took into account how expensive they were and how easy they lose unit models(glass cannons as Array said). For the Grenadiers, are G43s generally better than the LMG? From my experience the LMG takes too long to set up but I'm probably using it wrong. Between the Command Bunker and the 251, which would you say is better? Personally I'd rather save the fuel for a 222 to counter snipers/carriers/etc. but I haven't really experimented with the 251 yet. Is the MG on it decent vs. infantry? Pak prioritization is something I completely overlooked I am ashamed to say. Might explain why the enemy player always knew where I kept them because they kept firing at the damn infantry. This'll probably make them ten times better. In: Strategy Desk
Thread: Su-7631 Jan 2018, 17:56 PM Jump back to quoted post31 Jan 2018, 09:09 AMDangerous-Cloth Or are the su85 and panther too inefficient compared to their tier 3 counterparts? From what little games I've played I very rarely see tier three vehicles used, at least for Wehrmacht. Even in team games tier three is shunned in favor of saving up for a Tiger or some other call-in. I thought this last patch was supposed to help the last tier feel more necessary? In: COH2 Balance
Thread: What defines a cost effective unit?29 Jan 2018, 14:57 PM I always thought efficiency was calculated through how much damage the unit did. If I build a single Raketenwerfer and it knocks out a load of tanks and light vehicles the efficiency is almost always above a thousand. On the other hand, my Ost Engineers rarely have efficiency over a hundred percent because I rarely use them in combat. I guess any unit can be cost effective if you let it survive in combat long enough. In: Lobby
Thread: Allied Tank Spam26 Jan 2018, 14:24 PM Thanks guys, this is the feedback I was looking for. You're both right, I was being far too aggressive with the Stugs - I'd get a T34 down to less than half health and rush after it, which resulted in my death more often than not. Perhaps the Wehrmacht is a far more defensive faction than I thought. One thing's for certain, though, I definitely underestimated Stug power. Holy crap. I know most of this is situational, but should I generally buy more than one MG? I usually buy one when the game first starts so I can get early point advantage, but after that I try and focus on more mobile units like Panzergrenadiers. Would double/triple MG be more helpful for Penal/AT Rifle rush? Don't be rude he have only 138 hs Yeah, most of the people in multiplayer are leagues above where I am. I've played this game off and on for about a year (mostly Spearhead mod games vs. friends) and only recently got into multiplayer, so it was a huge paradigm shift compared to the game I'm used to. In: Strategy Desk
Thread: Allied Tank Spam17 Jan 2018, 08:40 AM Would you say mortars should be used every game? Generally on wide open maps I avoid them because it seems like their barrage ability isn't worth using. I haven't quite gotten that far skill-wise yet so instead of counterpicking commanders I stick with Mechanized Assault, Spearhead, and Jaeger Infantry for 2 v 2. Mech Assault I don't use that often anymore since Assault Grenadiers are very squishy and the Stug IIIE is a crappy assault gun. You mentioned G43s, so should I stick with commanders (like Jaeger) that provide it? In the game I just played I deployed a couple of Stugs with a 222 to fend off the infantry and it worked perfectly. Maybe I was just using them wrong this entire time. I suppose I'll have to give Paks a shot because Shrecks are expensive and my Panzergrenadiers operate much better with G43s anyway. Do you find yourself buying more than one very often? In: Strategy Desk