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Thread: Stug G vs. Soviet and Allied armor19 Jun 2015, 12:27 PM Jump back to quoted post19 Jun 2015, 10:23 AMAlexzandvar The SU-85 doesn't need to engage in 50 range and can sight for itself, the JPIV can cloak while having the smallest target size of any vehicle in the game. I compared the StuG III to the Jackson for a reason; they both have very similar armor (one it 140 one is 130). The Jackson has a turret and superior mobility (60 range as well) to the StuG but less health, really it's a toss up between the two which is more glass and more cannon since one has high alpha and one has very good DPS. But both are meant to be supported by other things and are hard countered by AT guns. The short gun sherman isn't a class cannon because it's got a turret, very good speed and acceleration and smoke. The T34/76 is just well, uh, not very good lol. I think we had a little misunderstanding because your definition wasn't at all clear to me. Now that you added to your definition over the last 3 posts it seems clearer. I have taken note and have come up with a check list. Could you let me know if I missed something in there? If it is correct, I'd agree that the jackson and stug qualify as glass cannons according to your definition. Definition of a glass cannon: - doesn't have a target size smaller than 20 (elminates some light vehicles and the jp4) - dies in 4 shots or less (elminates havies, Brummbar and Panther) - has a speed of 6 or less, unless it is a tank destroyer (eliminates medium tanks) - cannot spot for itself (eliminates su85) - doesn't have cloak with vet (eliminates jp4 again) - doesn't have a turret unless it's a tank destroyer - has less than 60 range, unless the 10 range difference is compensated by being killed in less than 4 shots you didn't mention it but I think you'd add this - is not a m10 In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Stug G vs. Soviet and Allied armor19 Jun 2015, 10:19 AM Jump back to quoted post19 Jun 2015, 10:12 AMAlexzandvar EDIT: I said "glass cannon" because it's not very durable compared to the rest of the TD's in the game, think of it like the Jackson except the StuG III has high DPS instead of high alpha damage. The rest of the tank destroyers? Tank destroyers in coh2 (non doctrinal) - su85 hp: 640 (takes 4 shots from most at sources), same armour as stug - jp4: hp: 640 (takes 4 shots from most at sources), better armour than stug - stug: hp: 560 (takes 4 shots from most at sources) - jackson: hp: 480 (takes 3 shots from most at sources), worse armour than stug These all are glass cannons following this line of logic. The only tank destroyer and anything but "the rest of the TDs" to be less of a glass cannon is the panther Jump back to quoted post19 Jun 2015, 10:15 AMJohnnyB So the conclusion is that Stug G will be OP? Hahahahahaha Got forbid Axis has something good and cost effective in the same time. You guys are funny. The stug will be good. No one said anything about op . I'm just correcting Alex. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Stug G vs. Soviet and Allied armor19 Jun 2015, 10:09 AM Jump back to quoted post19 Jun 2015, 10:05 AMAlexzandvar When you have 560 health every penned shot hurts a lot, and yes the most basic mediums occasionally at max range will fail to pen but in normal engagement range they will do fine (nobody sits at max range to shoot at a StuG). The 140 frontal armor means even the humble USF 57mm AT gun will pen it every shot. The only 2 mediums in the game that have trouble per your post are the AP Sherman and T34/76, literally everything else will pen it always. This again is wrong. I updated my original reply. The 560 health makes it take the same number of shots from every medium as the medium is able to take itself. Almost all tanks do 160 damage (pak40, 57 and zis also fall in this category), ergo 460/160=3.5 or 4 shots to kill. Mediums have 640 health, so 640/160=4. By your logic a sherman and p4 must be considered glass cannons In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Stug G vs. Soviet and Allied armor19 Jun 2015, 09:58 AM Jump back to quoted post19 Jun 2015, 09:30 AMAlexzandvar It's garenteed to get penned by essentially anything that shoots at it, so it's a bit of a glass cannon which I think will balance it out. It's also got a forward fixed gun which means pathing with it can be an absolute nightmare sometimes. This is rather wrong. All mediums have a good chance to not penetrate the stug. I provided the probabilities in this thread here At vet 2 the stug will be able to bounce every third shot from close range. The health buff also brings it in line with other mediums. Almost all tanks do 160 damage, the stugs new hp of 560 means every medium tank (excluding the jackson) will need 4 shots to kill it, the same amount as the stug will need to kill the other medium tank. Saying the sug will be a glass cannon would then entail that any medium tank must be a glass cannon because it has the same standing power. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Stug G vs. Soviet and Allied armor19 Jun 2015, 08:50 AM Jump back to quoted post19 Jun 2015, 07:02 AMJohnnyB Secondly, the stug advantage over tanks (not tank destroyers) is range. The sooner it will spot them, the bigger the chances to win engagement. Therefore the best combo (in terms of doctrine and or adiacent units) will be with something that helps it spot. With the health buff, spotting the enemy medium early is no longer really a requirement. The stug g needs the same ammount of shots to kill a medium tank (sherman, t34-76) as the medium tank needs to kill the stug. The difference is however that the stug has faster reload (sherman 6.05, stug g 4.25) and 0 chance to have a shot deflected. So as long as it doesn't get flanked it should come out ahead even if it fires the first shot slightly later than the medium tank. The deflection chance of a medium on a stug is also rather good from the front at 14%/28%/42% or 32%/44%/55% when the stug reaches vet 2. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: TOP 10 frustrating gameplay flaws that should be removed18 Jun 2015, 20:50 PM Jump back to quoted post18 Jun 2015, 09:10 AMTea Maker Machine MK2 Nade: Not enough time to react, wide AOE, sick damage. Granted cheap InstaWipe The mk2 has longest wind up time of all thrown grenades (more than twice of that of a Volk nade or bundled nade) and therefore gives you more than twice the time to react (the only nade to have a longer wind up is the rifle nade because it doesn't have a fuse). In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: New Patch Meta Predictions18 Jun 2015, 20:13 PM Jump back to quoted post17 Jun 2015, 23:25 PMBeefSurge Massed medium armor is also debatably the strength of the USF-Wolverines, Jacksons, HE Shermans, and HMCs are debatably best in class for each price bracket, and all can self repair and have radio net. If medium armor spam becomes Ostheer meta then this patch will be a hell of a time. Only the sherman has radio net. None of the other tanks have it or profit from it. The HMC doesn't trigger the radio net on the sherman since it is a light vehicle. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Patch notes for 23rd June18 Jun 2015, 04:07 AM Jump back to quoted post17 Jun 2015, 22:23 PMSqueaky Door 96 Su 76 doing more damage than Stug G Kappa. But other than that, I heard a lot of promises from the alpha, good fixes, ostheer teching fixed, call in spam bullshit fixed. You seem to confuse something. There are no changes to the damage these two units do. The su76 will have 10 more penetration at far and 5 at medium ranges. However axis mediums have for the most part higher armour which makes this difference even more negligible. As I mentioned the damage remains untouched, which means: - su76 120 dmg - stug g 160 dmg Not only does the stug do 40 damage more it also has a lot more health. The su76 will need 5 shots to take out a stug, the stug needs 3. I'll leave it to others to make the cost-performance analysis but I'd say the new stug will be rather good. To clarify the point I tried to do at the start... su76 vs p4 (ignoring the vet 2 armour increase): chance to penetrate (at long range for the maximum effect of the higher penetration of the su76): 180/180=1 -> will always penetrate shots to kill: 640/120=6 getting killed in: 400/160=3 (there is no chance of a p4 shell bouncing on the frontal armour of the su76, regardless of distance (frontal armour is 70)) su76 vs stug g: chance to penetrate: 1 shots to kill: 5 getting killed in: 3 stug g vs t34-76 (identical for the sherman) chance to penetrate: 1 shots to kill: 640/160=4 getting killed in: 560/160=4 (please be aware that this ignores the fact that the t34-76 has a 14%/28%/42% chance to deflect, at vet 2 the chances are 32%/44%/55%) stug vs t34-85 (the interesting one) chance to penetrate: 170/160=1 (always penetrates) shots to kill: 800/160=5 getting killed in: 4 (please be aware that this ignores the fact that the t35-85 has a 0%/0%/14% chance to deflect, at vet 2 the chances are 11%/22%/32%) The stug should perform better accross the board, significantly. The negligible penetration difference at max and medium range has 0 influence and if we were actually to include other higher armoured mediums like the panther and easy 8s, the stug would still come out ahead (the highest medium armour for the allies is the kv1 at 270 armour, the panther has 290, due to the difference in armour and damage for the stug, it would fare better even here). In: Lobby
Thread: Looking to Buy a Gaming Headset31 May 2015, 12:02 PM Jump back to quoted post31 May 2015, 08:01 AMVon Kluge logitech G430, €60 and the best I ever had I can only second this. It's also not as heavy as some of the other headsets I've used in the past and the special cloth they use on the ear pieces is a nice touch. The digital dolby surround 7.1 also really shines in cho2. The only complaint I had was that the microphone's noise cancelling was too agressive and sometimes cut you off too early but that has been fixed with a firmware update. In: Lobby
Thread: Jackson spam31 May 2015, 11:32 AM Jump back to quoted post30 May 2015, 13:18 PMJason I think jacksons cost should be 150 fuel. They're too cost effective now, & in team games are being spammed. Just my 2 cents. You forgot that the jackson requires teching whilst the tiger does not. Therefore it is correct to state that the tiger is 230FU and 640MP but the first jackson, ignoring your choice of either lieutenant or captain, will cost you 90FU and 240MP for the major and 125FU and 350, which is 215FU and 590MP which is almost on par with the first tiger's cost. Jump back to quoted post31 May 2015, 07:45 AMJason You USF guys have fun playing against a nerfed into the ground Ostheer then. A Jackson cost 125 fuel and hard counters a tank that costs 640 mp and 230 fuel. Whether a loiter strafe destroys 1 jackson or not is irrelevant, its easily replaceable. The cost-effectiveness ratio is unbalanced. Ofcourse lets ignore that and sling insults. By the same token a 125 fuel P4 should be able to challenge an IS2.. Ofcourse not. The comparison is somewhat lacking due to the fact that the p4 is a tank, good against infantry and decent at, the jackson in contrast is a tank destroyer, good at and no anti infantry. Furthermore, the p4 is actually rather decent against the jackson since the last change which breathed new life into tier 3. In: COH2 Gameplay