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Thread: Man there's some terrible 4v4 maps out there...7 Oct 2016, 15:44 PM Jump back to quoted post7 Oct 2016, 14:00 PMWhiteFlash This can be fixed ahead of time with iterative testing. Finding retreat paths from all areas of the map is a must for any competitive map. Big maps just take more time to find all the paths thats all. I dont think its a major issue, just another design element of any map. I'm not talking retreat paths, I mean at a certain length pathfinding just starts bugging out. Pathing will stop calculating for objects, and often times the unit will just stop a portion of the distance because the original command was too far. In fact I think retreating is the only thing that tends to not break pathing over distance. (Also, this reminded me of how shift-commands are buggy as hell.) But I have to say I have not taken the time to specifically test for this, this is only a perception of experience, and based on how the WorldBuilder's ruler is broken to hell and demonstrates a similar pattern. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Man there's some terrible 4v4 maps out there...6 Oct 2016, 15:38 PM BTW a major issue with large maps, 4v4 or no, is that pathing often breaks if units are directed to move too great a distance. And 'too great a distance' is unfortunately not that far. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Allied infantry vs Axis tanks6 Oct 2016, 15:35 PM Jump back to quoted post5 Oct 2016, 23:18 PMsinthe God micro or loss. Got it. Seriously tho. Where do the axis factions have an edge? Hey people asked how to handle em, not if it was easy. Also, I'm not sure my suggestions are that micro intensive because I'm pretty much saying "don't bother microing the MG" and what units not to use against allied units. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Ostheer Panther5 Oct 2016, 20:51 PM Gameplay is often the forgotten element in balance discussion. Spreadsheet warriors have trained this community too well. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Allied infantry vs Axis tanks5 Oct 2016, 19:07 PM Don't use tank to fight AT infantry. But you can treat it as a unit that may have just reduced your opponent's infantry AI by 20-40% while also making them spend a whole ton on munitions. Make some panzergrenadiers to square off with the piats and zooks instead. Keep tanks at the rear or flanks to defend against roving capping squads. Fight enemy tanks with PAKs and StuGs. Use Panthers only if you don't have a Tiger commander and only to fight Shermans, T34/76s, and Cromwells. Try to use Tiger to defend critical VP and/or fuel, not for offensive maneuvers. (Especially OKW KT.) Unfortunately your MG42s aren't meant to survive. A USF mortar will likely wipe them but they will typically be able to suppress a blob for long enough for you to get some units into position, especially with the mortars focusing their fire off the frontlines and onto the MG. With your infantry able to stand still and fire during this time you should be able to cause some damage. Otherwise they'll start getting pinned, which will be when your tanks can clean up. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: This game is dead until a balance patch comes out5 Oct 2016, 17:45 PM While I do find it hilarious that they threw OKW in there for $1, I don't know what a balance patch would do for CoH2. Design issues aren't going to be rectified by a balance patch. Territory and resources are going to be as linear as ever, which cripples the maps for everyone. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: How do you counter 222s with Penal/Guards? And LMG Grens?5 Oct 2016, 16:25 PM Don't get DP-28s on Guards until you need the AI. They come with the PTRS and Button is not what it used to be. The munitions are most likely better spent elsewhere when resource use is critical. Also never chase 222s with guards. PTRS have a 1 second aim time. They will never be able to stop and aim for long enough. However, if you hold them still they will be more effective at preventing a 222 from rushing a sniper or something. Guards are a preventative measure, a deterrent if you will, not hunter-killers. In: Red Army Strategies
Thread: October 4th Update5 Oct 2016, 16:12 PM Considering they already butchered a faction based on the mixed feedback of one player's mod, I'm not sure what people expect for balance. Since day one of CoH2 it was clear that very core components of the game needed significant adjustment. Core components that dictated gameplay of the first game are just flat out missing in COH2. You can't really come back from that. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Man there's some terrible 4v4 maps out there...5 Oct 2016, 16:02 PM Jump back to quoted post5 Oct 2016, 15:47 PMWhiteFlash Its not enough to add more maps. Relic has to have the foresight to REMOVE maps that are garbage from a flow, fun and tactical perspective. Rotating maps out that are good (community maps) just because they want to rotate maps makes no sense. (talking ladder only) They have to be smart enough and technically literate enough to recognize maps that suck and REMOVE them from ladder permanently if no changes are made. They dont do this in any serious way. An entire aggressive campaign from Relic to OVERHAUL not just add maps to the ladder must be undertaken to fix the issues with the map pool. Until that, a map contest will only marginally help. The effort will not be worth the gains. And it hurts me the most to say that. I dont want to destroy the will for people to map and hold contests but ive been doing this since day 1, and this has been reality, unless Relic changes their approach to the COH franchise, these hard facts will not change. Actually I think the map contests are just the proof of how much of a farce the whole thing is. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Lag during MP games only4 Oct 2016, 16:50 PM Are you able to run it in compatibility mode? I don't have Windows 10 so I'm just doing guesswork. Also, do you use Discord? I only recently started using it and every so often it will cause a game I'm running to flip out and slow down to a crawl. (As if its drive train is damaged.) It's only happened a couple times though. In: COH Central