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Thread: Ram + Offmap combo needs to be nerfed7 Apr 2020, 15:27 PM Jump back to quoted post7 Apr 2020, 14:14 PMPrinceps U just dont get it or ? its in a VERY STRONG doctrin it take 0 risk U can trade ur T34 with already does alot dmg to inf earlier ... for an axis heavy ! its like "here is an ability that puts an 88 on a 222" just for 200mun. and thats not all. The doctrin u pick to counter the ISU has this combo... which counters his counter Think of a immobilisation shot on the Stug ... just to ALWAYS Stuka it into dust with 0%chance to counter it. I dont get that ram is not the problem? A 4 click combo is not a one click wipe? A garanteed loss of 300 mp 90 fuel plus ammo is not 0 risk? Did you mis or porpusly did not read where i said i agree with nerf time to bomb/missle strike or increase the price? That the t34 can hurt inf is beside the issue. Anything that the t34 can ram can hurt inf as well and most of those do it better then a t34/76. The stug immobilisation shot does not cost you the stug 100% of the time or immobilize the stug itself. So comparing them directly is grasping at straws. Please stop. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Ram + Offmap combo needs to be nerfed7 Apr 2020, 14:02 PM I dont want to have a ability that will cost you the vehicle have a vet or muni requirement/ cost on top of the vehicle itself. It does not make sense. Unless the target is left in a simaler state as the t34 when hit by ram. Then i can understand such costs. But that is impossible because that would make the combi with off maps even more powerfull. People comparing this to a one click ability i dont understand. Its just strange logic. Wich one click costs you a unit and needs follow up to kill a target? Name one. Ram plus x off map is a great cost no matter how you spin and twist it. Ram is 100% dead t34.. 300 mp and 90 fuel... If the off map is only 100 muni it should be made more expensive or as some one sugested make it so that the il 2 needs to be activated before the ram. So their is a reasonable chance to save the vehicle. Also to my knowlidge and experience mud and deep snow cancels/slows ram. Though they removed most odlf that terrain from the maps. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: SU 76 update2 Apr 2020, 06:01 AM Jump back to quoted post2 Apr 2020, 00:21 AMLoopDloop Ah yes because SU76 is so much stronger than the JPIV that already has camo and is superior in literally every way except for the barrage. *Cries in shitty cromwell anti infantry Wipes his tears when reading cromwell,s ai will get the same treatment as the t34. 😂 In: COH2 Balance
Thread: SU 76 update1 Apr 2020, 19:08 PM Jump back to quoted post1 Apr 2020, 13:43 PMIncendiaryRounds Color me surprised, a unit that costs up to twice the amount of fuel and comes out much later than the SU76 can reliably pen the SU76. The T34 can reliably pen the Stug while both units basically cost the same amount of resources and yet T34 is also amazing vs inf while the Stug is helpless. And the SU76 has excellent mobility to compensate due to its weaknesses while the Stug is slower than all allied mediums. The stug also outranges meds just as the su76. The 10 less range and initial slower speed then the su76 is made up for by more hp and chance to bounce med tank shot vs no chance on the su76. Higher damage per shot. Wich is all fine. But in no way is the stug almost as fragile. The t34 has to face its front to the inf to be amazing in ai. The other meds for the most part have good ai on the main gun. Most notably shermans and both p4,s. And those get a pintle for 360° anti inf and aa. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: SU 76 update1 Apr 2020, 07:04 AM Jump back to quoted post1 Apr 2020, 05:49 AMJulianSnow So does de P4 to a SU76, does it not? And the p4 also fires faster, and the su76 has lower hp and lower armour and lower damage then the stug. With vet the stug has higher speed and rotation so yeah poor mobility huh In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Should soviet Combat E ngineers be buffed?30 Mar 2020, 06:08 AM Jump back to quoted post30 Mar 2020, 02:47 AMFelixTHM The sandbag argument doesn't hold water. The mainlines that don't get sandbags/green cover have it on their engineers instead. Pios having sandbags instead of the mainline is a serious disadvantage, and you're misunderstanding it as an advantage. It's the same case for Rifles, except that Rear Echelons have significantly less duties - no repairs, no base-building, no anti-garrison (disadvantage actually). I've always found it necessary to get a relatively early second pio since repairs/wires/mines/sweeping/cover building/anti-garrison/base-building duty require 2 pios combined. I'm quite sure grenadiers would actually start being pretty good if they could build their own sandbags to protect themselves instead of getting roflstomped the moment allied infantry appears. Only main lines that cant get stock ai upgrades should be able to build sandbags stock. Just look at how much more effective volks are then grens for just 20mp more because of it. Okw also does not have a fantastic t0 mg wich they can park behind it from minute zero. No long rane nade to be launched from safety. Cons and sandbags only became a problem because of the 7th man. Its not even an ai upgrade but is getting nerfed in damage output regardless. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Should soviet Combat E ngineers be buffed?28 Mar 2020, 19:56 PM Jump back to quoted post28 Mar 2020, 16:41 PMachpawel Can't agree that other engineers costing 200mp are better than CEs This is just incredibly biased or a l2p issue. Try early game pushes after which you don't need to retreat your flame unit, but can freely continue to wreck havoc. Have you tried retreating a damage engine vehicle to repair pios? It is a feature but it doesn't jutify 170mp on a Sov engies. You're missing the point here. Lategame, when there are a lot of losses, Soviets can rebuy their engineer units more quickly because they are cheaper. They can save a lot of manpower on it. The discrepancy creates manpower imbalance at that gamestage. At that stage you only need engineer units to repair or sweep, not to fight. What is wrong is the price - it should be 200mp just like other engineer units. Not really related to the cost of Soviet engineers. Remember that tournaments show that Soviets are the most powerful. It is a fact. Engineer cost is one of those little details that tips the balance imo. like i said before all other 200 mp engineers offer more then ce's do. you claim they are excelent flame unit but only when merged with constantly or in a m3/m5. you need another unit to have them do anyting of note that is not what others engineer already do. how is showing that an ability is working as intended but has downsides biased or l2p? please amaze me. And my 4 men flame unit can move along fighting much stronger inf then them and my cons squad will be used up/wiped or retreated to base and i need to spend anywhere between 20mp to 240mp to get the cons squad back out. getting a snared tank to the repair pio,s can take long. but not al damaged tanks get snared. Also it does not change the fact that okw has 2 ways or repairing stock. it also does not change the fact that the repair pio's do not need to be in base. I did mis your point. you meant only the ce's. again they are cheaper because they get the short stick of the engineers in every aspect but price. Only good when combined with other units or spammed. they do nothing unique that is worth 200 mp. everthing they can do others can do it, do it better or do more or both. the tournement should not be the only indication for balance. its misleading and is a very small sample size. soviets are strong indeed. however they are getting some nerves. with this i said my piece, i dont think we can agree on the ce's. so ill leave it at this. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Should soviet Combat E ngineers be buffed?28 Mar 2020, 14:51 PM Jump back to quoted post28 Mar 2020, 12:52 PMachpawel ...and still are too potent because of the abilities I mentioned. Demos were just crazily OP as they needed no doctrine and were just too good and cheesy. ...and imo the are one of the worst designed units in the game. I stand corrected (which means that they are even a worse design) ...but this becomes a dual edged sword once the game progresses. OKW has to keep buing 300mp squads to repair their vehicles ahile Soviets can do the same for 170mp. ...but it isn't as valuable as you make it be. This extra sight is just overrated. It is nice of course to help mgs early game. Still mgs must be behind other units and supported by more units than just a pio. other OP cheesy units, especially UK sappers But merge can make them unstoppable fire delivery unit - can be gamechanging. Still, looking at all their utilities, they should simply be 200mp - just like other similar engineer units. Just remember that Soviets are simply slightlly OP compared to other factions. Lategame need for repairs makes Soviets overpowered, because of cheap pios. This is how it works: the fact that Sov can replace their repair units more quickly and then reinforce them more quickly on the field (through merge) speeds up the repair process of Soviet tanks too much compared to other factions. Ce's have only the demo as a unique ability. other engies have 2 or even more. and that single ability is neutered beyond being usable in a live game. unlike some claim even when they where still good but cheesy, they could not be everywhere on every cap point, not even soviets had enough ammo to do that. The player cant watch multyple demo,s all the time to manualy detonate it. All of the soviet one shot abilities or units have been either removed or alterd. while esp ost stil has plenty potetial to do just that, the teller being the prime exameple closely followed by the rifle and bundle nades. merge is a double egded sword. it costs 20 mp per use. it can cost you the con squad if you are unlucky. so its a balanced ability. Ce's only excel when cons merge with them and have the flamer or in a m3/m5, so OP.... 240 mp plus 170 mp plus 60 muni. and 20 mp per use/scout car/halftrack. sturms are meant to hurt when you loose one. and okw has a non doc repair station so they are not even needed for repairing exclusivly. the pio,s sight is underrated, recrew a mg42 with pio,s and they retain the vision. because of the vision you always react on time to turn or move your units. soviets dont repair faster then ost t3 units. its just that al lot of end tech units of axis have larger health pools then soviets units do. that,s why they take longer to repair. soviet can replace losses faster because their units are cheaper and also weaker then almost all of their counter parts. they will lose more units during a match generaly. It would be broken if they had simaler repair times then axis who have larger hp pools and stronger units pound for pound. i hope you understand that. all other repair options soviets have besides ce's are in doctrines, unlike okw and usf. Again nothing wrong with soviets repair speeds atm. nothing wrong with ce's other then the demo sucking hard. only when the demo get back to being ussable should the price of the ce's be raised back to 200mp, only then. (edit) soviet also have the least healing options stock, merge is not reinforcing its transfering models. ost has 3 ways to heal and reinforce, only one reinforce has to be in base. all the healing can be done out of base, unlike soviets. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Should soviet Combat E ngineers be buffed?28 Mar 2020, 12:30 PM Jump back to quoted post28 Mar 2020, 11:41 AMachpawel What are your comparisons based on? You shouldn't compare 170mp combat engineers to 300mp OKW sturmpios (I'm not a fan of sturmpios but still the comparison is crazy). USF rear echelons never fight against them (but it is probably true that the 5th man is too much, still even if they fought each other I feel that combat engineers would win). Stun grenade is on sturmpios but it is doctrine tied so why are you writing about it? Why do you expect amazing dps from an engineer unit? They have many more useful abilities: they construct buildings, lay mines, sweep from mines, lay barbed wire, can be upgraded with flamer (and here is where their dps shine), they lay demo charges, and probably most importantly, they repair vehicles. On top of that, if you put them behind cover, or in a building, they will stop grens from advancing or even volks - so mainline infantry units. Once they get a flamer and are supported by merging conscripts they can be pretty much unstoppable. You can also put they into a halftrack and clear buildings. Once again, they are too cheap and add up to the result of the Soviets being the dominant faction at the moment. I dont expect amazing dps on ce's. I dont want them to be 5 men squads. If the demo becomes ussable again i feel their price could use some tweaking towards 200mp. But in terms of combat, versatility or utility or even signature abilities they get the very very short end of the stick. They excel nowhere other then in their price. I compare sturms because they are engineers just like ce's but are far better combatants Their stun nade is vet 1 btw. They justly cost 300mp. Pio,s extra sight allows them to support their team weapons and inf without exposing them selfs. You can see without beeing seen. Royal engies and rear echelons can get ai or at power and get extra hp as the game drags on. All nice added usses wich ce's lack. Hence tgeir just 170 mp price tag. That you can put them in a halftrack or scout car is irrelevant. Its not like m3 or m5 are t0 or are free. Axis have either t0 atgun or with grens techless snare. Both mg,s of axis can rip through them. Merge keeps them on the field but at a minumum of 20 mp per merge. They are a 4 men squad facing faction wich fight 5 or 6 men squads mostly and have the dps accordingly. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Should soviet Combat E ngineers be buffed?27 Mar 2020, 20:28 PM Jump back to quoted post27 Mar 2020, 19:24 PMachpawel Combat Engineers are too cheap. It makes them slightly imbalanced. Their performance and abilities don't justify 30 manpower bonus compared to other engineer squads. Very simple and not much to add. No bonus sight. No 5th man with vet or upgrade. No stun nades or at weapon upgrade. No amazing dps at any range. 1 completely usseles ability nerfed out of the game. 170 mp is just fine considering the only unique thing about them is the demo wich is usseles atm. In: COH2 Balance