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Thread: Should lategame tanks vet a bit faster?24 May 2018, 16:12 PM Late-game tanks vetting faster is a bit of a no. In the first place, they already have a strong battlefield presence when they're out in the field. They form spearheads and/or support assaults and defenses, making them vet faster or changing their first vet level equates to them snowballing more efficiently. If a game ends before a heavy tank reaches vet 3/5, so be it. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: OKW NOW the LEAST OP faction23 May 2018, 13:21 PM I don't get the title of the thread. Does the OP want OKW to be OP by posting on the Balance section on the forums? In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Ostruppen having an MP40 upgrade23 May 2018, 13:18 PM Jump back to quoted post23 May 2018, 09:49 AMferwiner Even though the meta has not settled yet, ostruppen doctrine is one of the top contenders for meta doctrine of new patch. What OP suggests is changing them so that they can counter a build that is currently their counter build. Which would make the doctrine even more dominant. You have a fair point in that Ostruppen doc is popular, however you have to realize that Hit the Dirt is a cost-free counter to a unit that requires numerous squads to become effective. A 600MP + 135MU investment should not be easily countered by a 340(or was it 360?)MP unit with a 90MU upgrade using a completely free ability. Despite the pluses of having a grenade ability and the removal of their no-cover penalties, they are still cheap infantry with positive received accuracy modifiers. On the approach, they're far more vulnerable than pioneers with only a bit more DPS. If they are used defensively from long range, they would be outgunned as their SMGs are only effective at close range. They would be extremely situational as the attrition rate would negate less-than-ideal tactics, and an over-reliance on grenades to compensate would starve the player of munitions. Considering that volks armed with MP40s also share a similar crisis of MP40s or STGs, it could be used as a bit of a case study- But on far more inferior infantry with less utility. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: They seriously overnerfed my lovely su76 to poop22 May 2018, 11:47 AM Commander independent tactic for late-game Soviets in a 4v4? Penals, 85s and/or Kats. Believe it or not, Russian T4 exists. The purpose of the nerf was to prevent cheap T3 TDs from swarming late-game where they cost-effectively dealt more damage than their late counterparts. After all, what's the point of paying for a single unit that costs 720MP and 280 fuel when it gets destroyed by 3 units costing 280MP and 80 fuel each? You can even afford to lose one and even then, you still had 2 fully functioning TDs that could barrage infantry/emplacements for absolutely nothing. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Ostruppen having an MP40 upgrade22 May 2018, 11:37 AM But it'll be balanced by the fact they no can no longer snare. And since they're fodder units, they could be used similarly to ppsh cons with none of the utility from extra upgrades, oorah even the merge squads. Honestly, it's just an extra option to at least shave off some models from a shock troop initiating cqc behind 3 squads, or gives them the ability to swarm Guards who will outshoot them 1 to 3 while they use LMGs with no means of countering Hit the Dirt. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Ostruppen having an MP40 upgrade20 May 2018, 17:07 PM The proposal is that Ostruppen could swap all their K98ks for MP40s, and their fausts for stick grenades for a 40 muni package after getting BP2. Their performance will be similar to Pioneers. They will be absolutely terrible for attacking anything while moving, but no longer suffer the no-cover penalties regular Ostruppen have. Compared to assault grens, they have inferior per-model DPS and they can neither sprint nor do a grenade assault, but can still build trenches and bunkers. On crewing weapons, they keep the MP40s. Well, as silly as it sounds... Let me further explain. In an offensive, Ostruppen don't have an AI ability that allows them to clear positions efficiently, and the lack of grenades and CQC ability could easily be exploited by a ppsh conscript squad or two merely diving into Ostruppen and hitting the dirt while incurring minimal losses due to their inferior close-range performance and inability to dislodge them with grenades. The idea behind this is to swap their long-range upgrade for a short-range one that allows Ostruppen to be used more aggressively in exchange for trading their AT snare for a grenade ability. Thoughts? In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Firefly and Jackson are too good15 May 2018, 18:20 PM Stugs and JP4s. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Would You Change How USF Techs?:15 May 2018, 18:00 PM Can't punish blobs if you go T2. Can't reliably fight off rushed medium armor if you go T1. Give Riflemen panzerfausts lelic) In: COH2 Balance
Thread: idea about fallschirmjager9 May 2018, 07:42 AM Jump back to quoted post9 May 2018, 07:29 AMVipper As I already posted here: Fallschirmjäger ... Rather odd that that change was in its own thread rather than in the supposed compiled changelog I mentioned. I made a mistake in the RA values. Though my opinion won't change. It's still a relatively fragile (to other elites) and expensive combat unit with a long battlefield cue and arrival. Making the FGs a weapon upgrade is something I disagree on. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: state of british artillery9 May 2018, 07:26 AM No. 240MP for a mortar pit that can technically hit anywhere, has 2 mortars and can do so for free? Tommies aren't even at any risk because it can direct those flares from a TD's max range. Same goes for the Valentine. Have you ever considered learning more about the faction and how it's played and compares to others before asking for unnecessary buffs? In: COH2 Balance