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Thread: This game needs side-armour!4 May 2013, 06:56 AM I don't understand why this isn't implemented. Quinn is talking about fairness, but its not fair for a 178° shot to deflect from strong front armor and a 182° shot to score a rear critical. Both of those shots should hit the side and do damage somewhere in-between the front and the rear. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Conscripts Weapon Upgrade Paths1 May 2013, 16:39 PM Jump back to quoted post30 Apr 2013, 17:20 PMtalarfon Yeah that may help deal with engi flamers but what about halftrack flames, a big reason they are so deadly at the moment is the damage on retreat plus the high movment speed of the vehicle making it often impossible to escape from if your caught out of position even if you retreat at full health. Damage on retreat should be cut down to around 20-30% for flames IMO Try laying an early mine in your retreat path. Or throw an AT nade at the HT before you retreat to damage its engine so it can't chase you. If your totally unprepared for it, it's not much different than a fast puma or m8 chasing you back to your base in vcoh. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Soviet HMG - Ever worth it?1 May 2013, 16:30 PM I end up building one if the Germans go infantry heavy. They are handy, but best used offensively. They won't lock down a whole area like an MG42 so you have to use them a little different and always support them with other units. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Steam CoH2 transfer?30 Apr 2013, 11:13 AM This isn't possible. The game isn't released yet. If you have it preordered you can cancel it. You can't transfer it. In: Lobby
Thread: Conscripts Weapon Upgrade Paths30 Apr 2013, 11:11 AM A conscript will not always lose to a gren. Even vs LMGs conscripts can oorah into cover, deny the grens cover, and shoot them while they are repositioning. Meanwhile you are buying time for your numerous other conscript squads to speed boost into position and finish off squads, flank mgs, etc. Its about how you play it. If your conscripts are always losing to grens, you are probably doing something wrong. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Conscripts Weapon Upgrade Paths30 Apr 2013, 04:09 AM I find molotovs extremely useful for how much they cost. Even if the squad dodges them, you will be denying them cover in which case your conscripts will usually win the fight in cover vs no cover. I think mainly you need to remember that conscripts are by far the least expensive unit in the game per man. I do not like the idea of giving them all SMGs at all. Wanting them to play like rifles in vCoH is the wrong idea. Yes Grens get an LMG upgrade, that they have to stand still to use. Conscripts get molotovs which makes them move. There are dynamics of the game in play that people don't fully understand yet. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Conscripts Weapon Upgrade Paths29 Apr 2013, 05:17 AM The PPsH is too powerful for non-doctrinal. All conscripts can upgrade cheap molotovs and AT grenades and conscripts scale well with vet. If they all had PPsH shock troops would be much less appealing. Then there is always that infantry war machine ability which would lead to conscript zerg rushes. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Hit the dirt!29 Apr 2013, 04:31 AM Just getting out of range of the conscripts is rarely an option. If you have grens in cover guarding a capture point, conscripts can just oorah run up and HTD in the capture zone. Moving from your cover A.) exposes you to more fire until you get out of range. and B.) lets the conscripts cap the point / take the cover. On a second note, I was personnaly under the impression that Conscripts who hit the dirt were much more vulnerable to flame, mortars and nades... Just as if they were in cover. Isn't that correct? I think the only thing that makes them more vulnerable is they cannot move for a few seconds after you activate the ability. So it is easier to hit them with nades or mortar, but they do not take any extra damage. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: 4 things that would make CoH2 instantly better24 Apr 2013, 05:08 AM I'm with Bentguru. I don't have problems seeing whats going on. I think the upkeep system works ok. I like blizzards giving me a chance to be sneaky. I don't think tanks should be 1 hit immobilized (it is pretty realistic the chance occurring when you get hit in the side), but I am fine with the crew shock making the tank stop for a bit when its ambushed properly, especially from multiple directions. I think players will eventually adapt and play a little different with the new system, which I quite enjoy aside from the beta UI. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Visibility22 Apr 2013, 09:14 AM I think the trail effects might be hard to see on purpose. When you get hit, you notice your getting hit, you might see what direction it came from, you might not. You can see what side your tank took a hit from, then you would go looking for it on your screen and see the revealed tank destroyer. It doesn't draw you a nice clear line exactly to the source on a lot of weapons, it makes you look for it if you don't already know your enemies positions. The AT rifle shouldn't have any trail effects. Its a rifle, it goes ping when the armor gets shot and makes a little visual effect on the side it came from. Snipers can't magically cloak anymore so there isn't any trail on their rifle either. Some queues are there, they are just very subtle and hard to see. I admit most things could be improved, but I like the general direction. In: COH2 Gameplay