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A lot of the problems with the Soviet and German commanders is that there are a lot of commanders, but not a lot of abilities/units to go around, leading to lots of abilities being used twice.

So, I figured it would be a good idea to think of some new abilities that could be added for these factions. IDK which commanders these abilities would be added to, this is just for the concepts for new abilities.

From an old Reddit post I saved:

When CoH2 loads an SGA that isn’t cryptographically signed, it initiates a countdown that results in the game exiting to desktop.
After loading SGAs, CoH2 will search the files for any matching files in DATA:font\*.fnt, and all said files will the be run as a LUA script in an environment that has the coroutine libraries and base loaded.

Idk what this means in coding therms, but what it means for modders is that if CoH2 detects models in DATA\: that aren’t in the base game, it stops the game and shuts down CoH2 to prevent you from using a mod that adds new models.

The OP then said they were working on a way to circumvent this system, but no further details were given. Based on the videoes of models from CoH1 in CoH2, it is evident they succeeded sometime later.

I think there was something wrong with how the mod tools interacted with the steam workshop, and that’s why Relic made it so you can’t use mods that add new models?



In any case, adding new models would be really easy for Relic to do on their end, as they can avoid their own blocker. Hell, they could buy models off of the Eastern Front Mod or Blitzkrieg Mod, as they both have updated the mod with models with much higher graphics, and import them in to CoH2 as seen in the old videoes.

#Jagdpanther in CoH2

I'd just suggest remove out of cover penalty on Sappers. Though that might be unneccessary. With recent changes, massive IS spam is no longer the heart of UKF and I LIKE IT THAT WAY. Making Sappers more capable at rushing enemy mainlines means more sappers. Sappers have a great flow and justifying replacing some IS with Sappers REALLY helps the UKF game flow, especially with the Vickers changes.

Late game heavy sappers next patch.... oh jesus.

yeah I really like it as well. makes UKF less homogenious.

Personally, I wish Tommies got a bit of a nerf, and Royal engineers got a bit of a buff, to further encourage mixing the two. But it is perfectly fine right now in any case.

Though heavy sappers without a movement penalty are quite crazy

Relief Infantry
The number of squads it can grant is being lowered. In exchange, Relief Infantry will provide other boosts such as improvements to build-times and reinforcement speed. Cost and CP requirements have also been adjusted to reflect these changes.

Squad count from 3 to 1
Osttrupen Squad that arrives always has an MG 42 LMG
Now speeds up reinforce and build times of all units by 50%
Cost from 120 munitions to 90
CP requirement from 6 to 5

Rapid Conscription
Rapid Conscription is being adjusted. The number of squads it can grant is being lowered. In exchange, Rapid Conscription will provide other boosts such as improvements to build-times and reinforcement speed. Cost and CP requirements have also been adjusted to reflect these changes.

Squad count from 2 to 1
Now speeds up reinforce and build time by 50%
CP requirement from 6 to 5
Munitions cost from 120 to 90

This design is rather counterintuitive. You want the Reinforce and Build time buffs after an engagement, and you want the losses replaced with Ostruppen during an engagement. So essentially you are paying 90 munitions for either a squad of Ostruppen or faster reinforce times, which are not worth 90 munitions on their own.

Honestly, this ability is a terrible design, and goes against everything coh2 is about, which is preserving your units. Also, most of the time you do not want extra squads. That is the whole reason USF got the “transfer orders” ability to get rid of their officers.

Luftwaffe Supply Doctrine

Supply Drop Zone replaced with Air Supply Drop
Stuka Reconnaissance Run replaced with Luftwaffe Field Officer
Stuka Dive Bomb replaced with Heavy Bombing Run

I think this is really shoe horning Close air support doctrine into a corner.
This is because a Luftwaffe field officer is one of the few abilities that could fit in to the commander’s theme while providing something that does not require munitions.

Could it be considered to make Luftwaffe supply with Ostruppen renamed to Luftwaffe ground troops (to stay on theme, just like how Luftwaffe officer is identical to artillery officer), and add Luftwaffe officer to Close air support?

If relic is feeling generous, maybe Luftwaffe ground troops could be made different, maybe they can’t use Fausts but can repair and build flak empacemts?

Relief Infantry
The number of squads it can grant is being lowered. In exchange, Relief Infantry will provide other boosts such as improvements to build-times and reinforcement speed. Cost and CP requirements have also been adjusted to reflect these changes.

Squad count from 3 to 1
Osttrupen Squad that arrives always has an MG 42 LMG
Now speeds up reinforce and build times of all units by 50%
Cost from 120 munitions to 90
CP requirement from 6 to 5

This is horrible design. You want the Reinforce and Build time buffs after an engagement, and you want the losses replaced with Ostruppen during an engagement. So essentially you are paying 90 munitions for either a squad of Ostruppen or faster reinforce times, which are not worth 90 munitions on their own.

Honestly, this ability is a terrible design, and goes against everything coh2 is about, which is preserving your units. Also, most of the time you do not want extra squads. That is the whole reason USF got the “transfer orders” ability to get rid of their officers


I really like most of the changes, which are the vast majority. They are very good. But these 2 stood out as maybe not so good.

I would love to see the Jager command squad and Puma in a second commander each. They are very cool units, and allow for lots of interesting strategies.
Also, maybe we could get the Panzer IV F1, the short barrel panzer 4, from the campaign? That would be super cool. It would be easily distinguished from the panzer commander as it would have the Pintle mg42 instead of the commander in the hatch