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Thread: Accuracy on retreaters1 Aug 2016, 02:39 AM a lmg grenadier squad have the curious condition where its dps remain (roughly) constant through out its range, where as the BAR rifleman and conscript suffer a obvious dps drop off at long range. this kind of make it easier for a grenadier to sniper retreating infantry if you're trying to retreat rifleman after a botch dive. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Pershing buff?31 Jul 2016, 22:58 PM Jump back to quoted post31 Jul 2016, 22:14 PMDj Rolnik And what is its current role, then? If AI, then this is why people do not use it often. USF is already good AI and thus I suggested an armor upgrade. Why make another unit that would handle infantry if that's entirely not what USF struggles with? This argument seems to prove that people do not treat the Pershing as a Heavy AT. yes, the pershing's current role lean toward anti-infantry. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Pershing buff?31 Jul 2016, 21:46 PM Jump back to quoted post31 Jul 2016, 16:34 PMDangerous-Cloth If you want it to have more survivability, then nerf it's AOE. It is too potent at sniping units, especially grens and pgrens. this. the pershing have a devastating AOE combined with fragile axis infantry squad. Buffing the pershing's durability would require changing its current role. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: USF mortar and OKW mg31 Jul 2016, 10:57 AM Jump back to quoted post31 Jul 2016, 04:54 AMskemshead So what. Clown car meta is dead and is unlikely to be revived in any significant manner by usf. Wc51 would be primarily used to counter kubels and snipers. Hardly Op as its only real strength is harassing and chasing lone squads. Wc51 would be hugely risky investment since 20fuel would delay ambulance, t1 or t2 or any other light vehicle. Any competent axis player will fast tech a vehicle of their own. What does this mean and how is it relevant. Ost t1 is 80mp and 10 fuel, hardly a significant number. Axis t0 and t1 units (ex sniper ) are cheaper than rifles. The mp difference equalises after a couple of units are produced. Op units usually are a problem. wtf are you talking about. The problem was sov could a-move maxims because of quick set up and almost instant pin. Yes they were nerfed but not nearly hard enough, any tournament will feature heavy maxim play. Not only is it still op but it is utterly broken because of the cheese factor. 4 mgs is uncommon, probably less than 10% but 2 is almost standard. No normal intelligent person will deny that there is a problem relating to the design of usf and their reliance on doctrines with flames or indirect fire to deal with multiple mgs. Yes, i know nades also counter mgs, but this can be a waste of muni, often resulting in no tangible gain vs a competent player and the 25 fuel delays tech and light vehicles. The solution is fix usf needing a doctrinal flamer, move the morter to t1, fix axis AC bug and make it more AI, then move on to p4 etc etc. The problem is everything feels a bit like a square peg in a round hole atm because the early game mechanics are just off tilt. the soviet start with 390 mp, of which 160 are usually spent building either the support weapon or special rifle. They barely have enough mp for a conscript and one building, but the strength of the unit makes up for it. the USF get rifleman and mortar right off the start and 400 mp to play. That's a significant advantage because the USF doesn't have to waste the first minute building whatever or spending the resource to get decent starting units. Even replacing the mortar with jeeps and flamer is still a significant boost compared with one patch ago. Note that the sov and Wehr get access to the mortar only if their starting unit spent the first 30 second constructing the production building. Their opponent is all but guarantee to have garrisoned that all important building first. Getting access to the mortar means you're more likely to need it. the wehr get access to the mortar and flamer because they are slow and will arrive at the fuel later than USF. and 80 mp 10 fuel does make a difference. The wehr get 420 start mp but they have to spend 80 of it on the barrack. The USF get 400 mp and they don't need to pay building cost. 340 vs 400 mp is a big difference. and the rifleman get Smoke in addition to nade. Even the smoke is a huge factor because the US rifleman easily beat the wehr in close quarter. Even just getting in close is a huge victory for the usf. and I don't see the wehr ever getting map dominance with mg spam. Most USF defeats are usually because they let the game run too long. It feels like adding the mortar to the USF is just reinforcing the notion that the USF is suppose to defeat the axis early. and the USF already have access to the major artillery(which is now decent for 60 mp) , m8a1, and the pack howitzer mid-late game. If the Wehr is dugging in, the USF can use any of those option to remove troublesome mg. The USF does have access to artillery, just not zero second artillery. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: USF mortar and OKW mg31 Jul 2016, 02:02 AM Jump back to quoted post30 Jul 2016, 23:41 PMskemshead I already acknowledge this fact in my previous post. It would be no different to sov clown car and would delay usf light vehicles. Wrong. Rifle men are basically the same as they have always been, with the exception being the change to vet3. If they were fine early game before morter, how are they now OP. Also saying rifle men are enough to carry usf early game is short sighted and situational. Usf (like all factions ) cannot get opponent out of a building unless they out number opponent. They certainly cannot get supported mgs out of buildings. Wrong, 2 mgs will easily give you your cutoff and your fuel. 3 or 4 mgs will give you half the map untill vehicles arrive. Seems to me you are clearly an mg spammer for ost and soviet. No wonder so many tears. Mg spam meta for these factions is widely considered cancer, although stronger on soviet. Let me state quite clearly, since you are ignorant and completely biased in your views and refuse to add anything to the conversation other than nerf rifles, nerf morter, nerf stuart, blah blah blah. I fully support a nerf to the morter in exchange for more options early game. I also support mild buffs to ostheer early game to make the faction a little more user friendly. I DO NOT support mgs spamming fucktards that want to compain that their mgs are no longer set and forget. now you're just turning USF into Sov special rifle. The soviet also have to pay 160 mp at the beginning to access their penals and clown car, and even then the soviet still have a solid starting game. The usf doesn't need to pay any starting tech like the wehr. Soviet mg spam is a problem because it was overpowered. They were kind of cheap and their number nullify their smaller arc. Relic already nerf mg spam by making them more expensive. Using 2 mg is hardly "spam". and who build four mg as wehr? 4 maxim was the norm with soviet, but 4 mg42? In: COH2 Balance
Thread: USF mortar and OKW mg30 Jul 2016, 22:50 PM Jump back to quoted post30 Jul 2016, 12:14 PMskemshead Exactly what buffs are you talking about. Flamers are already in the game, jeeps are already in the game. The one and only thing that could be considered a buff would be if a flamer was put in a jeep. Usf would gain an end game buff by not needing to choose a flamer doctrine. I proposed moving morter to t1, how is that a buff. I propose delaying stuart, how is that an empty gesture. Both these suggestions give axis more time to stabilise and establish counters. Everyone acknowledges that ostheer is struggling and that the usf morter is still a tad op however the fact remains that usf has very limited counters( flamer doc and nade tech ) to mg spam. giving them something that otherwise require doctrine is a buff, especially if they suddenly get the both of them together. and rifleman is strong enough to carry the USF early game by themselves. Any extra tool is only going to make the usf more effectives. the only nerf that would matter at this point is nerfing the rifleman. and mg spam is not even a balance problem. the wehr is only going to be able to lock down a small section of the map with only mg. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: PSA: USF mortar almost quite there30 Jul 2016, 20:53 PM Jump back to quoted post30 Jul 2016, 16:05 PMVuther I'd really much rather not go back to "Rifle Rifle Rifle, Nades" every time. It is worth fixing the mortar and nerfing Riflemen to keep the mortar...maybe remaking REs too to give a clearer reason to build them aside from "I think I'm gonna get a buncha Zookas", but that's a pipe dream. the amount of nerf necessary for the USF in order to accommdate the mortar would be huge. You will need to nerf the rifleman dps, their smoke, nade, stuart, AAHT, m20. It would basically mean turning the USF into the Soviet. right now the entire strategy for the wehr is to simply survive until they can get their armor out, even if it's the stug E or the command panzer. the USF mortar basically counter that strategy by killing the Wehr's support weapon. Even if you manage to retreat the mg42 or pak, the wehr's poor early strength means they can't recover. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: PSA: USF mortar almost quite there30 Jul 2016, 10:26 AM the USF mortar barrage first faster in exchange for being less accurate. At this point I'm not sure if it's worth it to keep shoving the mortar team into the USF. Their early game is strong enough without the mortar. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: USF mortar and OKW mg30 Jul 2016, 10:16 AM Jump back to quoted post30 Jul 2016, 09:40 AMskemshead Um, wtf are you talking about. The thread is about adding mg to okw t0. I am clearly saying give some nerfs to usf. Nothing you say is even remotely relevant. I don't really see the need to give any buffs to the early game USF, jeeps, flamer, mortars, or otherwise. As "boring" as the rifleman build is, it's still one of the strongest early game in the entire game, if not the strongest. Even delaying the stuart is nothing more than an empty gesture. The USF doesn't have to worry about 222 as bazooka will easily take care of them. The stuart is simply extra topping on top of an already strong early game faction. and splitting tech for bar and bazooka is also a useless change. People are just going to use m1919a6 + bazooka and completely ignore the BAR. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Afterpatch: mortar vet 0 vs vet 3 comparison30 Jul 2016, 09:33 AM Jump back to quoted post29 Jul 2016, 23:00 PMelchino7 Auto attack is a more common term than automatic fire except AA stand for Anti-air as well. My brain keep auto converting AA to anti-air. In: COH2 Gameplay