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Thread: Unreleased Units24 Dec 2013, 07:48 AM Jump back to quoted post24 Dec 2013, 07:20 AMBeltFedWombat I want to see some sort of assault pioneer / heavy infantry unit with flammenwerfers and demolitions capability, not least as I had so much fun with them in Close Combat 3! They should be hellish expensive, with no long range weapons (SMG) but lots of mines / nades / demo potential. That's exactly what urban panzergrenadiers are- 5 men, 2 flamethrowers and 3 MP40s, 50muni satchel (identical to penal charges except cost, I think), 15 muni smoke nade. They can also build trenches. They don't cost that much either, 370MP I think In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Unreleased Units24 Dec 2013, 06:36 AM Jump back to quoted post24 Dec 2013, 04:22 AMCookiezNcreem 5 stormtroopers with 5 G43's Each man has 56(!) reinforce, which would work out to 560MP initial cost if I'm not mistaken. They're insanely effective against just about any infantry squad (no surprises there), and have a bog standard bundle nade. If you somehow manage to stop the G43s killing your sniper with its excellent range, it'll be a huge manpower sink with each man being so expensive. No faust means flame cars will have a field day though the rifles damage light vehicles pretty well. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: remove sector artillery and IL2 attacks23 Dec 2013, 10:49 AM Why not change the target reticle to a circle (visible to the commie player only), have the Nazis see the standard red flare smoke, and have the IL2 only attack within the circle and not one inch further? It might necessitate a cost decrease or increase in strafe loiter time depending on the size of the circle, but there'll be no problem with retreating units getting chewed up miles from where the strafe was called in. It could retain it's lethality - or even get increased damage- on victims that remain in the deadzone. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: remove sector artillery and IL2 attacks22 Dec 2013, 10:27 AM Jump back to quoted post22 Dec 2013, 10:15 AMardenx Nope, they're both fine. Learn to adapt. Play smarter and think more strategically. Did you watch G2 and G3 of Barton vs Hans, the most recent matches? The strafe just about hard-counters german players in T2- Paks, MGs, Mortars, light vehicles, and infantry that doesn't instantly retreat (and sometimes infantry that does retreat, but slower than the wall of cannon shells). I believe in one of the games (G2 I think) the IL2 was called in a full screen away yet still managed to kill Han's pak, which was a game ender as Barton had 4 T34s. There's no adapting to that- playing 'smarter' will not help- positioning and spreading units does nothing due to the massive search radius of the strafe, and neither will 'thinking more strategically'- unless by that, you mean denying infantry-based play entirely. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Map Concept, Karelian Summer22 Dec 2013, 08:59 AM Jump back to quoted post21 Dec 2013, 14:31 PMSarantini So you have not changed the playable area in any way? Then I definitely suggest to remove 32 meter from every side. You need to use the interactivity tool, it is the grey button with a dotted circle. Set the stage to 50 and paint the the outskirts of the map. Otherwise you dont have the area where units arrive but cant use any abilities Thanks, I've done that- feels more compact now. I also changed the sector layout- any comments on that? I moved most of the points closer to the centre of the map (e.g. the west fuel is now on the island). Central crossroad Looking east from the island Looking west from the hilltop In: Mapping Discussion
Thread: Armored Reserve Doctrine (DLC commander idea)22 Dec 2013, 00:27 AM Jump back to quoted post22 Dec 2013, 00:03 AMJames Hale Note: I am going by the current game's CP system, but ideally I'd like to see the KV-2, ISU-152 and Elefant dropped to 9 CP. A very nice concept but I daresay the IS2/Tiger and most of the rest of the call-in tanks need to have their CP count bumped up rather than have everything shifted down, given how waiting with no tech for doctrinal units seems to be much more prevalent now. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Map Concept, Karelian Summer21 Dec 2013, 13:44 PM Jump back to quoted post21 Dec 2013, 12:00 PMSarantini You have 9 strat points instead of the advised 10. Fuel so close to VP's removes tactical choices imo Regarding size, I used onkelsams 2v2 size and i had to cut it down 32 meters on 2 sides to make it play better.You can push up the bases or make them them in the middle of one side instead of the end. There are ten points, but one of the strat point capture zones was coloured over- it's fixed now. I'll take a look at the VP placement too. Is there any way to edit the playable area of the map once it's been started? Thanks for the feedback. BTW exporting a map and having coh2 started doesn't work You'll get a archiever failed message. But i assume it's not the reason for your problem, it it? Yeah it wasn't the cause of the problem- turns out I was saving the sga in the wrong place. Thanks anyway! In: Mapping Discussion
Thread: Map Concept, Karelian Summer21 Dec 2013, 07:57 AM Having no prior experience in mapping, I decided to fire up the worldbuilder, inspired by several pictures of rural Russia and Finland- Resulting in this concept- Updated 22/12 Looking west from the hilltop Looking east from the island Central crossroad Naturally it needs more aesthethic improvements but that comes later. My main concern is that I started out using the worldbuilding guide recommended size for a 1v1 map (320*320 playable area)- but the map still looks really large when looking at the churches compared to say, Semois. Secondly, the cutoffs are behind the munitions point and near the fuel, so I'm concerned that a player can bunker down on one side of the map with relative ease and still maintain a good income. Any advice or general comments would be much appreciated In: Mapping Discussion
Thread: Weakest point of a tank20 Dec 2013, 12:52 PM Jump back to quoted post20 Dec 2013, 11:58 AMSarantini I think we found the new ginnungagap guys I'm flattered In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Weakest point of a tank20 Dec 2013, 11:54 AM If the shot hits from the front 180 degrees it hits the front armor, from the rear 180 degrees the rear. In: COH2 Gameplay