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Thread: Reduce Braces Effect/ Mortar Pits less accurate11 Apr 2016, 08:52 AM Jump back to quoted post11 Apr 2016, 08:34 AMEsxile Then is it 40 fuel advantage over the 1st cromwell, not counting UKF side upgrades. I never lost a stug vs a bofor and I never say outrange. First you damage the bofor with a mortar, force him to brace, wait 20 sec and then attack with a stug supported with infantry, spreak to not get them shred in one shot. The stug is more than enough to take a 70% life bofor. Hell, you can also smoke the bofor and attack ground with the stug from mid range if you want to make it safer! his emplacements are virtually untouchable until you got the stug up. That's a long time to just leave him alone. A mortar emplacement can easily deal with most mortar attack, or the bofor can just use its barrage ability. Even just one atg will repel any armor attack. yes, it's a huge investment, but that investment will lock down a huge portion of a 2v2 map. You can conceivably cap around a sim city on a 3v3 or 4v4 map, but not a 2v2 map. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Reduce Braces Effect/ Mortar Pits less accurate11 Apr 2016, 08:12 AM Jump back to quoted post11 Apr 2016, 07:25 AMEsxile It is maybe because I'm use to play vs OKW or 2xOKW covering half of the map with their trucks, but there is always room to move. 1 Mortar to force him to brace, wait 20 sec and attack, I don't play Ostheer a lot but when I do, this tactic works everytime, if you can't take it before T3, build a stug, it is really potent vs it. Emplacement are fine, same with the said OP commander, just focus the assembly point first. Only annoying ability is the counter barrage, it is maybe too much for the fortification commander. For sure do not invest too much in soft arty yourself to counter this commander, it doesn't work and make you lose. the bofor and mortar have significantly more reach than the leig and flaktruck. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Reduce Braces Effect/ Mortar Pits less accurate11 Apr 2016, 07:11 AM Jump back to quoted post11 Apr 2016, 07:01 AMEsxile Why do you need stuka or mortar HT when you can rush 2x Stug or 1 OKW Pz4 and rape the simcity base? OKW = highly mobile army, unless you build your HQ too close to the front line (but that's your fault), mortar are kind of useless if you micro well (not blobbing). Ostheer = Have to be carefull with your HMGs but emplacement means no early cromwell, so rush T3 2xstugs and one push with your army to reduce them to ashes. The only real issue with 2vs2 is the blobbing factor. But all factions are at the same page here. the bofor and mortar emplacement have enough range to cover a significant portion of a 2v2 map. The mere fact that his side of map is unassailable is also a huge advantage. He and his partner are free to pressure you instead. The only thing that can reliably counter advanced cancer is panzerfusilier combined with jagdtiger. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Reduce Braces Effect/ Mortar Pits less accurate11 Apr 2016, 06:24 AM Jump back to quoted post11 Apr 2016, 05:59 AMAustralian Magic Again, no. You force to brace. Wait until CD, then fire 2 barrages (since it was about 2v2+ it's not a big problem to have 2 stukas) stuka isn't exactly cheap, and support two stuka is definitely diffcult for one okw player. and the emplacements are cheap fuel wise. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Reduce Braces Effect/ Mortar Pits less accurate11 Apr 2016, 01:10 AM I made a post earlier: https://www.coh2.org/topic/50622/the-cure-for-cancer-aka-emplacement the british need good mobile alternative to the mortar emplacement. it doesn't need to be a mobile mortar, but their wasp and tommies 25 pounder are going to need buffs: Tommies and sniper coordinated artillery range increased to 35 meters coordinated artillery recharge time lowered to 90 seconds coordinated artillery 25 pounder reload time lowered by one second coordinated artillery and sexton 25 pounder aoe profile increased to 7/6/3/2 coordinated artillery 25 pdr scatter decreased universal carrier hp increased to 320 universal carrier cost increased to 220 mp 15 fuel wasp upgrade cost lowered to 60 muition basically the wasp can handle early game, while the 25 pounder handle the late game. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Reduce Braces Effect/ Mortar Pits less accurate11 Apr 2016, 01:04 AM Jump back to quoted post11 Apr 2016, 00:58 AMGramses I don't understand the reason that each individual British mortar is so powerful. The blast radius in-game of each 3 inch shell falls somewhere between the 80mm and 120m mortars when in fact 3 inches is only 76.2mm. Maybe bringing them in line with the actual math would help balance them a bit. the british "3" inch was actually 3.20 inch, aka 81.2mm In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Miragefla's December Balance Mod Additions10 Apr 2016, 08:48 AM Jump back to quoted post10 Apr 2016, 07:07 AMmiragefla Any actual dedicated or semi-dedicated anti-tank will cut through most mediums without question, however. 18 target size is ridiculous, when you consider that's the same size as the larger scout cars. A target size of 20 will still make it the hardest medium tank to hit in the game. Furthermore, the Cromwell sits at a modest cost for what you get in the package. A good gun, fast speed and good mobility, TC upgrade, and very strong offensive veterancy. Having even just the most average target size at 20 isn't going make the Cromwell bad. PIV: 22 Sherman: 23 T-34: 22 Cromwell: 18 I place survability a lot up over firepower myself, and the cromwell's small size and speed give it excellent survability. The sherman's latest buff to its gun hasn't really make it attractive. The panzer4's own popularity is partially due to the fact Allies anti-tank are a bit weaker. The jackson and Firefly were designed to be inefficient against the panzer4. Furthermore, I believe most people would prefer to remove the ridiculous crush ability first before nerfing the cromwell's survability. Even if the cromwell is the same size as the 222, that could just mean the 222 is too large. In: Modding and Tools
Thread: Fixing The Issues With Vet 3 Infantry Sections10 Apr 2016, 08:22 AM Jump back to quoted post10 Apr 2016, 07:12 AMSvanh Pardon me, but where would I find that in the modding tools? I've been meaning to model some changes to infantry weapons but I wasn't sure of the formula. Also, are we arguing entirely over whether or not the IS vet 3 should be fixed? Let's agree that the scoped enfield should be removed/fixed, and then discuss the issue with double bren separately. I've got it implemented in a mod if you're interested, but the changes is mixed in with a lot of other stuff. as for the dps forumla: open the attribute editor file -> export -> weapon report it will generate a .csv containing the formula. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Are grenadiers worth their 30 MP reinforce cost?10 Apr 2016, 06:11 AM Jump back to quoted post10 Apr 2016, 06:03 AMVuther Just saying in a roundabout way that miragefla's mod already did that. Why are people so eager to replace the medical kit? It would be an awesome ability if it was cheaper at 15 munition. The wehr would get access to both mobile reinforcement and mobile healing without the need for doctrine. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Fixing The Issues With Vet 3 Infantry Sections10 Apr 2016, 05:40 AM Jump back to quoted post10 Apr 2016, 05:22 AMSvanh You would be right to say that Brens could be rebalanced once they'd been limited to one per squad but that logic also applies to rebalancing Brens while you can give a squad two. I can see the "dual-LMG bad!" argument having merit when applied to the do-everything Riflemen (especially given their weapon profile) but not when applied to Infantry Sections. having ~4 highly durable tommies infantry running around with ober level of firepower is a horrible idea. the blob would be unstoppable. and the tommies have plenty of useless abilities needing improvement, like the artillery and gammon bomb. It would be better to improve those abilities rather trying to enable double lmg blob. In: COH2 Balance