Profile of Mr Carmine

I would like to see it as a timed ability. Then with 50 range if its to strong. Other abilities like zis b and bbb are concidered fine with 60 range. They simaler to a timed ability.

I was never "away". Just started teaching on my university and have to keep up with lectures.

Noone argues the machinengewehr42 is the best mg in game. However it's static and early game is prone to flanking. That's why pios have vision. Devs said so themselves (won't bother bringin up patch notes, let vipper handle that).

No one argues because its obvious. And axis mains wont listen anyway.

For its timing its beats all other mg's by miles in terms off stopping power. Its closer the .50 and duska then it is to a maxim or vickers. That you wont acknolidge that is telling. Just because it can be flanked (like all others mg's) doesnt make it weak or as good or bad as other mg's.

The mg42 got moved to t0 because early game ost suffered againt usf. That change was a good one. The pio vision bonus from the first second of the game is over the top.

Much more importantly, especially against OST in teamgame maps.

Grens are supposed to be this weak mainline 240 MP unit, yet in early game they supplement the MG perfectly. Rifles need to charge in:
1) Pios themselves are quite good in early game close range combat (Rifles need to close in)
2) Grens are quite good in early combat unless they turn a corner right into point blank rifles
3) Pios have 42 sight.

Basically you need to blob-flank the MG, or you won't stand a chance. Rear echelon are completely useless combat wise at the start. Pios can charge them across neutral field and still win even with REs being behind green cover. So you've basically got 2 rifles against pio, MG and gren in the starting minutes (3v2). Still, with the broken KT state, and some really silly decisions, it's quite expected of the balance team to not fix glaring issues

Yeah the 42 sight bonus should have been bf locked. Mg42 immediatly benefits from this extra sight range putting esp usf on the back foot from the start.
Afaik the lmg42 lasers one model quite well also making closing more off a risk.

If rear echelons didnt suck so much combat wise them having smoke would be more used to the benifit of rifles esp imo.

Lol the proffesor finally ran out of steam. That we would see the day lol.

Well firstly, I disagree that there is this ‘unrestricted’ heavy tank meta. This is partly because I mostly play 1v1 but even in 2v2, I rarely see Sturmtigers and Jagdtigers. Kingtigers and Tigers often make appearances but those have every right to be there. There were German formations that had a lot of those tanks and OKW is pretty specifically based on the 6th Panzer army in the Ardennes on the 16th of December, which had plenty of King Tigers at that time. Even the sturmtiger has a right to be there since it was used in the Ardennes. Panthers also weren’t exactly rare in the Ardennes. If you’re going to make a faction on the Germans that amassed all the equipment they have left for a final counterattack, it makes sense that the faction actually has that equipment.

Late war Germans vs early war Soviets is such disingenuous framing. I agree that the T34/76 and conscripts just armed with rifles make little sense for 1944 but the soviets still have plenty of competent infantry and heavier vehicles. The Wehrmacht also doesn’t have that many late war vehicles either. Tigers, Panthers and Elefants were all at Kursk.

It's not that the BP completely ruins authenticity but it’s the one unit that stands out right now. There is no individual thing in COH2 that is on the level of the BP. Even if I were to grant you that COH2 has a lot of smaller things that don’t make sense, COH3 currently has only one. We might as well remove that one thing. If they want to generate hype with heavy tanks, then why is it only this one vehicle? If they want to do 1944/1945 all over again that is fine by me, but that doesn’t seem to be what the direction is of the DAK and the British. I wouldn’t mind the BP if it was added to the British in COH2 but the vehicle stands out a lot in COH3.

I agree in 1v1 the heavies and super heavies are fine. 1v1 is as it should be. We cant ignore bigger modes however.

In bigger modes they are almost spammed. 4 elephant or 4 kt at the same time is redicolous esp with how the "big" maps are. Even when you kill them they are easely replaced in a lot of games.
P4's are a rarety in 4s. Panthers are the norm. Just as heavies and s heavies. There is no incentive for axis other then go heavies right away. Forcing td spamm and offmap ram combo's for allies. In turn this has axis skip p4's all together.

That you think early was su vs late war axis is disingenuous i understand. Its just that some purists complain way to much about authenticity and historical accuracy regarding the bp because of the simple rule they made up" it fired a shot in a battle" ignoring everthing else. Late war axis vs early war soviets i personaly dont mind as long as it works out.

If they use a churchill instead of the bp i am fine as long as its not an ai only/focused heavie. A churchill with say a 17 pounder.
I want a option for allies to not have to default into td's despite it being accurate to history. And as it seems axis again get default heavie armour although somewhat limited. This concerns me that we will again have the vicious circle of heavies and td's killing light and medium play outright.