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Thread: Should soviet Combat E ngineers be buffed?27 Mar 2020, 19:17 PM Jump back to quoted post27 Mar 2020, 16:40 PMHannibal I know, but you could cheese it heavily if you wanted. The only way to get rid of mun in the early game is mines, PRTS upgrades (only T1) or AT grenades for snares as well as ZiS barrages (only T2). If you go a bit easy on this you surely can get a couple of demos out until the mid game, especially in larger modes. But for SOV, their core gameplay does not change much if they invest mun early on into their infantry or not. OST needs to upgrade their med bunker and start upgrading their Grens to stay competitive. Cons and Penals don't. So if you're willing to delay your mobilized reserves upgrade for a bit, there is enough mun for demos. True but now its a choice you make with some concequences unlike before. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Should soviet Combat E ngineers be buffed?27 Mar 2020, 16:14 PM Jump back to quoted post27 Mar 2020, 14:47 PMHannibal +1 on that point. They were a bit cheesy when only sweepers could see them, but now they are almost useless. You have to use sight blockers (not the actual LOS in-game system, but that block the view from the camera to the ground) to use them. So only bushes, trees, some buildings. That's even cheesier. Also someone brought up a comparison to the Teller mine in a discussion months ago to argue demos should only be seen by sweepers as well. Hard to argue against that to be honest with the only exception that OST is not able to spam Tellers, while SOV often have munis floating for demos. Soviets dont float ammo nearly as much anymore imo. That is less of an issue now. Not being allowed in cap circles would have been enough next to a price increase at the time imo. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Feuersturm doctrine26 Mar 2020, 08:10 AM Jump back to quoted post25 Mar 2020, 14:35 PMVipper Not really. The issue exist mostly for durable squads with 5+ entities and it start to become a problem when it available to mainline infatry. Actually Ober had a similar change in the past and some of the DPS of the LMG was move to k98. Ostruppen lmg has half the DPS of grenadier lmg, is available at BP 3 and the unit is not durable. But is not really working and it should be replaced a bonuses similar to 7 conscripts. And there are multiple problem with the current implementation to voks: Volks>>grenadier making balancing the difficult Volks very cost efficient making doctrinal OKW infatry have to be even better Again once Volks ST44 is removed or redesigned one can start nerfing Soviet/USF infantry. Else will simply keep buffing UKF/Ostheer and continue with the power creep. But we are drifting off topic. I agree that the volks stg 44 change was the cause for a lot of buffs later down the line. They became far to cost effective do it all for low cost. Every buff to mainlines after this change was imo mostly was because of volks. We need to make volks work without stg (like cons wich outside the stg they vasicly are) or give minimaly give some drawback at a certain range with the stg. After that 7th man for cons and rifles falls can be toned down/altered. In: Lobby
Thread: ISU-152 HE shell range should be reduced?23 Mar 2020, 13:03 PM Jump back to quoted post23 Mar 2020, 12:11 PMachpawel I can only add it has been a glaring problem for years. It is far more effective than other units as it is basically a unit that deletes its counters (just like many other soviet units such as ZiS being able to barrage infantry and support weapons). You can outmaneuver it being a better player and hopefully not get snared or just ouranged. But you simply have to be significantly better to win, especially as ostheer. It is bittersweet to read about how powerful brumbar, panther or tiger or elephant are and, at the same time, the same people don't see anything wrong with things like, ISU, which is a combination of elephant and brumbar with insane range. The same people keep repeatning that it is the axis that have lategame armour advantage, etc. but fail to understand what tournament results show. The level of twisted logics here is just incredible. But I can understand that it was the allies who won the war and that asymetrical balance means that certain factions should be simply better. Why not admit it just openly? ISU has to be better and more cost effective than other units simply because Soviets won the war. It has to outrange all units and fight against factions without proper tank destroyers. It has to be supported by infatry with satchels because regular snares wouldn't be enough. Period. The people that keep repaeting that axis "should" have the late game advantidge are mostly the axis players. Those are also the people complaining about the zis that it can dislodge team weapons also selectivly forget that soviets have nothing like bundle or rifle nades or ai upgrade stock for that matter. When pgrens get a good flank on a 6 man team its a very high chance it wont survive. When a penal does the same to a 4 man ost team its odds to escape are better. Not that this is a problem its just how it was intended/balanced out. The isu is available in much fewer doctrines then a tiger and viable only in big game modes. Panthers are fast and durable enough to threaten it. The twisted logic you speak of extemds both ways. Isu one shotting and very strong very short range at satchels are bad, teller/and ST (when it hits) one shotting is ok. Demo bad lets give okw a mobile one. Katty wipes single unit its op. Stuka zu fub wipes multyple its fine.... In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Tiger main gun nerf too much? (Winter patch)23 Mar 2020, 07:14 AM Jump back to quoted post22 Mar 2020, 19:09 PMT.R. Stormjäger Axis can get a stock heavy defensive tank like the KV1/Churchill? Where? And don’t say KT, that’s a super heavy. And a super heavy cant be a defensive tank how? In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Tiger main gun nerf too much? (Winter patch)22 Mar 2020, 18:53 PM Jump back to quoted post22 Mar 2020, 16:30 PMT.R. Stormjäger To get generalist mediums. Allied TDs are the best. UKF also has stock Panther and KV1 clones. Allied td,s are the best because axis have acces to better armour stock. Hence axis having more healing options and mg,s regardles of tech choice. To deal with the better allied inf and stem the bleed stock. The kv1 clone and panther escq tanks from ukf exclude eachother, you cant have a basic churchill and comet be build by the same player. Something neither axis has to choose between. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Tiger main gun nerf too much? (Winter patch)22 Mar 2020, 15:38 PM Jump back to quoted post22 Mar 2020, 13:28 PMDomine All factions have 4 man squads, it's just that thy are the norm for axis and the exception for allies. Axis has to pick a doctrine to get higher squad sizes, allies have it stock, as well as having considerably more potent infantry from the get go. Simply said, if you would exchange squad sizes(or even squads for that matter) it would be a big buff to axis and a big nerf to allies. I agree with all you said, on the flip side allies have to go doctrines to get tanks as strong as axis get stock. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Tiger main gun nerf too much? (Winter patch)21 Mar 2020, 16:09 PM I voted its an ok nerf because it not just the tiger gettings its aoe nerfed. Is2 and perhing seem less effected. But tigers rof is is higher so it balances out imo. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Fallshrims got completely neutered over the years21 Mar 2020, 09:18 AM Jump back to quoted post20 Mar 2020, 20:41 PMPrinceps Aha stock army bare bone... like : solid pack 6 Men arty strike 6Men MG Sniper car Light Tank good mainline ... 3 playable start variants... sure theyre so bad Ost has good main lines cost wise. Grens are the cheap to field and upgrade. Ost can stun with td,s and at gun next to faust. A an at mine that one shots all lights. Not having a light is not an issue because of this. Ost has the strongest scout car but but comes later (imo the t70 among the scout cars timing wise) Ost has 2 starts stock, mg or no mg... it not like they are usf... Sov have durability/utility and some multy role units but because of it they have: No ai upgrade stock No actual nades stock Weakest medium tank stock Lowest supression on mg stock Worse barrages on the mortar stock Lower (not by much) preformance at gun So please stop cherry picking and ignoring other things soviets lack. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: infantry balance17 Mar 2020, 21:37 PM Jump back to quoted post17 Mar 2020, 20:48 PMWiderstreit Most tanks are good balanced at the moment. Even the tank-hunter situations is kind of ok in 1vs1 and 2vs2. But for Soviets it would be time to reduce support-weapons crew sice to 5 instead of 6. why is it time for the soviets to go to 5 men crews? its a faction trait. i am really curious why you think this. my reason for its fine as is except the maxim price (it underpreforms for cost imo) wich needs to go down to 240mp. the preformance of the stock weapon teams is adjusted accordingly. in terms of doing the dps/supression/barraging or its primary job soviet stock team weapons are mostly worse because of the hp advantidge. maxim handsdown is the least effective mg period. 6 men is needed because of a certain unfixable loop. the mortar has the slowest barrages and rof. the vet 0 flare is nice but expensive. the zis has les pen and less rof then a pak 40 while facing tanks more often with lots of hp and armour and dps over the soviets tanks. soviets also lack stock ai upgrades and nades unlike all other factions. In: COH2 Balance