Profile of Hannibal

Is it technically possible for the balance modding team to limit certain units depending on the game mode?

Not as far as I know.

Right here:
https://www.coh2.org/topic/61229/resource-income-per-game-mode/page/1#post_id609470

and there not "mythical", they are quite reliable and tell a different story than your theory.



"That said, the difference between 1v1 and 4v4 is smaller than I expected (around 200 fuel after 60 minutes). Also, it is noteworthy that before about 14 minutes the fuel incomes is slightly lower in the larger game modes. "

Nothing against SiphonX, but the data shows weird oddities that do not make sense. You cannot use it as an argument.
MP earnings of below 100 for 3v3 and 4v4 within the first 3 minutes? 1v1 and 2v2 generate MUCH more FU and MUN income in the first three minutes, while 4v4 stays at the base income and 3v3 slightly elevated above the base income? This would mean that in larger game modes, there would be next to no territory captured in the beginning. No mode generates a CP until after minute 6? This makes me believe that the binning logic he uses has some inconsistencies.
Additionally the cumulative graphs say the FU/MUN income in small modes were higher early on (which does not make sense as stated above), while the per minute income in large modes is higher from the second bin onwards.

This data has clearly issues.

This is now the at least 5th time you open this thread. Stop spamming

i dont see any upside in doing so. Wireing a choke point or two is currently either done or not, depending on the player... saving one or two seconds wont change anything. This would only promote campy play which is horrible (imo)

It's not about quicker wiring of single sand bags or other green cover. My suggestion won't change much for wiring those, but matter more for elongated wire lines to block paths or elongate flanking routes. Basically it would improve exactly what wire is actually, "authentically" used for.
I'd also doubt it would really promote campy play (maybe potentially for very low level players). There are plenty of counters out there for getting rid of wires, that's why they currently are not used in their intended role at all and only somewhat to barely used at best for blocking green cover. Giving them a slight buff will probably not make camping strategies strong.

...youre better off capping, fighting or scouting with your pios most of the time

Well yes. That's the whole point of the suggestion: Make longer wire lines less costly, because they don't give much benefit and thereby make this option more attractive compared to what engineers have to do otherwise.

Well let's see how the new IS + Volks wire building changes the meta before changing the wire build speed. Sandbags already are in a tenuous situation and now they'll have mainlines wiring off enemy sandbags. Imho I agree with CN that those squads are better off capping than trying to wire off a road/side path.

I fully agree to check first how the commander changes are going to work out. But you shouldn't forget that this change will only affect commanders and not the "standard" play. Designing the base functions around one or two commander abilities being broken instead of the other way around usually ends up in a mess.
Regarding the last sentence, as I wrote to CN: That is the whole point of the suggestion. Make wiring more attractive compared to other duties, especially the "authentic" use of wire.

your advanced tool tips look really awesome btw! do these work in automatch as well (like the numerical veterancy description mod)?

The description texts are normal loc strings like everything else. They should work in automatch unless Relic changed their policy on changes to this text file.

I'm sure you meant "decrease" here.

Whoops, fixed it, thanks.

I think it's viable option. wire is not used in late game because all most all vehicles can destroy them. And engis are way too busy doing other stuffs. But yes, I do like wiring at early game. Especially when there is a green cover in favor of enemy.

Hence my suggestion to decrease the build time. Currently they work only in the early game but are not viable in their "authentic" use at any point of the game. I am not sure if it will be enough, but decreasing the build time (if necessary at least of upgraded engineer squads with e.g. the mine detector) could make it a bit more viable to wire off small sections and passages in the map, maybe also in the late game.
TL;DR: Their value is very small in the late game, so their cost should also be smaller.

The only wire I find slow to build it the OWK reinforced wire which probably takes more time to build than to cut.

If I am not mistaken you can't cut the OKW wire at all.
The "normal" wire still takes too long in the late game to be a good choice over all other stuff that pioneers need to do. So at least with that as a reference, they are slow to build.