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Jump back to quoted post12 Mar 2014, 07:26 AM__deleted__

Right. Though, keep in mind that the lmg will stop firing while gren squad is moving. G43 won't. Meaning if cons are molotoving you, they will buy time shooting at your lmg squad untill the lmg gunner will shoot again.

Jump back to quoted post24 Feb 2014, 17:11 PMInverse

Well, if you look at it from Relic's point of view, they don't really have a big player base, and you need a big player base for cosmetic DLC to work because there's no gameplay incentive to purchase them, so a lower percentage of your players will actually purchase stuff. If you give a nice gameplay incentive for players to purchase your DLC (such as by giving them cool new units or making strong commanders), you're likely to convince a larger percentage of your player base to purchase your DLC.

The problem with the latter model, however, is you're discouraging growth. How many players do you think were interested in CoH2 before they saw all the DLC commanders and the DLC whoring/Pay2Win tags on Steam and in forum posts?

I think if Relic went with a cosmetic approach instead, they would've made less money in the short-term, but the game would be seeing a lot more growth than it currently is. In the long term, I think it would've been the better route to take. Unfortunately, they were probably forced into this by THQ, then SEGA probably came along and changed their policy some more. I would honestly be shocked if anyone at Relic actually thinks their current policy is good for the future of the game.

Jump back to quoted post9 Mar 2014, 02:43 AMNorthWestFresh

I think Relic needs to do much more of what they did with the advanced warfare commander. Essentially they halfed the effectiveness of the major abilities while also halving the cost. The result is abilities that can be very useful to turn a situation but on the other hand not so powerful as to ruin the game/unfairly destroy your opponent.
I see the depth of this game under the surface scratching to get out, there are so many great abilities that people could use to make interesting, unique and effective strategies. Unfortunately the problem is that most of these commander/vet abilities are unusable to be utilized for the most part because they do not fit into the economy of CoH2, they are simply too expensive to use to great effect especially on the german side.

Take the Storm Docrtine for instance tactical movement and relief infantry could be great abilities for unique strategies within this doctrine but you simply cannot get enough munitions to use the abilities and the same goes for most commanders. The other problem lies in the fact that once you do get the required resource saved up to meet the requirements of the commander ability whether it be call in tanks or some sort of artillery it is often op and ruins the game.

What they did with the advanced warfare commander addressed both these issues effectively, creating abilities that r useful and actually attainable within the economy as well as nerfing them enough that they are still great abilities but are not unfair and cannot be relied upon to obliterate your opponent.

Imo if relic can create more content along these guidelines and perhaps even tweak past content to more resemble the model represented in the AdvancedWarfareTactics commander they will truly be making the best step possible to really opening up this game to dynamic/fun/tactical gameplay that the fans have come to expect from Company of Heroes.

The main issue that bothers me first and foremost about the current build is the fact that most games are still for the most part ultimately decided by tank call ins. It has gotten bad enough that you see many games these days where the players are foregoing tech altogether and simply spamming one tier until call ins. I hate this, to me it is extremely boring

Jump back to quoted post6 Mar 2014, 07:56 AMLe Wish

Not a strategist but for AT you could perhaps consider getting a stug? Ofc still vulnerable to at nades, but can't be overrun by shocks. Also moves faster that the pak and really puts in a world of hurt on tanks. Do you both go for tier 3? A panzerwerfer will punish blabbing hard if you can predict movement or catch them out of position. One of you could skip t3 to get there faster if needed. Never underestimate mortars either, Use attack ground to keep firing along their advance.