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Thread: 20 mp difference between Mg42 and Maxim.26 Apr 2016, 20:44 PM Jump back to quoted post26 Apr 2016, 20:07 PMinsaneHoshi Tell me how moving really fast to attack or reposition is useless? The squad members only move in conjunction with the HMG, and have to relocate to the HMG if the gunner dies. Sprint may, at best, help them run to the meatgrinder quicker. So maybe not useless, but once the deathloop occurs, the squad is effectively stationary. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: April 27th Balance Preview Mod Release Notes26 Apr 2016, 04:47 AM Hey, one StG for a squad leader and 4 mp40s for the rest would fit nicely. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: 20 mp difference between Mg42 and Maxim.25 Apr 2016, 22:27 PM Jump back to quoted post25 Apr 2016, 21:44 PMKatitof With new penals maxim isn't really needed at all. Con or two, 2 penals, 1 elite squad of choice or 1 maxim, some light armor for support and that is all you need now. Feels like a sin not to get T1 and penals now and soviets definitely don't need to rely on doctrines or maxims for AI power. Units from T0, T1, T2, and T3. Or if no maxim, doctrine reliance and a lack of ZiS. 'All you need' is pretty much everything Soviets have before T4. As strong as Penals might be, they are significant manpower investment that doesn't scale even into the midgame. They're kind of like investing in Assault Grens as Ostheer. They might be able to win the first few engagements, but they fall to the wayside pretty quickly since they lack durability and a form of AT. At all points afterward they need to be supported by a conscript squad at the very least. But reliance on maxim spam wasn't exactly a bed of roses either. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Updates on BALANCE PREVIEW MOD 25 Apr 2016, 02:56 AM Every match I've played as OKW with competitive mod has found me struggling to stay on the field. There was never enough manpower for anything. The StGs were more often than not a munitions trap since those munis were needed for fausts. But most of all, the absolute need for raketenwerfers put a major damper on field presence (i.e. manpower). The one thing I thing should be reintroduced to OKW, especially with the proposed changes, is the resource conversion from their T2 truck. Being once again able to forgo munitions for fuel or vice versa would give the player choice to adapt to a specific strategy their opponents could potentially counter. Considering infantry AT won't be such a once-and-done deal, it would be a much more meaningful decision. The real limitation would then be manpower, which Competitive Edition certainly creates for OKW. But at the very least those few units OKW could produce could have a chance to have enough resources to utilize their abilities. And I agree with the notion that the forward retreat point should be reduced to compensate for costs for medics, especially if they cost fuel, instead of munitions. In: Lobby
Thread: To those who feel CoH2's early game needs tweaking:25 Apr 2016, 02:39 AM To anyone who feels that the earliest stages of the game need tweaking, I invite them to play a few matches of my mod: Strategic Territory Points. What you have there is a mod that works in conjunction with some modified official maps. (Links to all compatible maps are in the description of the mod in the Steam Workshop.) For those who remember the original Company of Heroes 1's Angoville, Langres, Semois, (and Rails and Metal) I've replicated the resources to match their original incarnations. Just the changes in territory placement help change the motions of units in the opening stages of the game. (Do you want munis or fuel more, etc.) Placing more choice and strategy in cap order, and increasing the values of cutoff points will do more to infuse strategy into the early (and later) game than where a select few units spawn. This week, especially in light of Siphon X's ESL map analysis I decided to adapt some CoH2 original maps in a similar fashion. Since I didn't have an original map to replicate, I adjusted as best I could to make a more dynamic playing field. Pop cap and such is unaffected by the mod, just resources. I have posted the mod and updates here in this thread, but I doubt many people check that forum. I know it's a headache to use a tuning pack AND a special map, but seriously, I think it's worth pointing out how adjustments to maps, without adjusting a single unit or faction design, can change (and hopefully improve) gameplay for the better. Anyway, I figured this might be worth more as it's own thread than as a reply in page number X in a thread filled with rants. If you think there's room for improvement in CoH2's overall design, I really do invite you to try it out with a friend or two in custom match. Or, if you're just simply looking for a different way to play the same maps without changes to any units or factions, give it a shot. Also, I'm more than open to adjustments to both the maps I've made to be compatible as well as tweaking things like resource amounts and capture/decapture times. (Especially where maps that didn't exist in CoH1 are concerned.) Thanks and enjoy! In: Lobby
Thread: Why change the spawn system? 24 Apr 2016, 22:56 PM To anyone who feels that the earliest stages of the game need tweaking, I invite them to play a few matches of my mod: Strategic Territory Points. What you have there is a mod that works in conjunction with some modified official maps. (Links to all compatible maps are in the description of the mod in the Steam Workshop.) For those who remember the original Company of Heroes 1's Angoville, Langres, Semois, (and Rails and Metal) I've replicated the resources to match their original incarnations. Just the changes in territory placement help change the motions of units in the opening stages of the game. (Do you want munis or fuel more, etc.) Placing more choice and strategy in cap order, and increasing the values of cutoff points will do more to infuse strategy into the early (and later) game than where a select few units spawn. This week, especially in light of Siphon X's ESL map analysis I decided to adapt some CoH2 original maps in a similar fashion. Since I didn't have an original map to replicate, I adjusted as best I could to make a more dynamic playing field. Pop cap and such is unaffected by the mod, just resources. I have posted the mod and updates here in this thread, but I doubt many people check that forum. I know it's a headache to use a tuning pack AND a special map, but seriously, I think it's worth pointing out how adjustments to maps, without adjusting a single unit or faction design, can change (and hopefully improve) gameplay for the better. In: Lobby
Thread: Strategic Territory Points Mod23 Apr 2016, 23:33 PM Long time no update, but I decided to modify a few other maps to be compatible: Arnhem Checkpoint (STP Mod): http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=671656792 Minsk Pocket (STP Mod): http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=671656499 Crossing in the Woods (STP Mod): http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=671656657 I may tackle a few 3v3 and 4v4 maps (I'm looking at you Steppes) in the near future, but I have a few other maps of my own design I've been pouring most of my time into lately. In: Modding and Tools
Thread: Should the zook upgrade be limited to rangers/paras only?23 Apr 2016, 20:58 PM If you're fighting a rifleblob and they throw down a few hundred munis in zooks, just park your vehicles away in a defensive role. Use your tank(s) to keep squads from capping your flanks. If those zooks are your opponents main source of AT, their blob is all they have. If they run out to the flanks with it, you just run away while gaining the map advantage. If he stays put, you've contained the blob and likewise gain the map advantage. Plus a contained blob is much easier to blow up with indirect fire. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Do volks really need stg44?23 Apr 2016, 20:45 PM That's the thing though, if they are intending to be defensive units, that fancy stock MG34 has the capabilities to suppress anything at range. A squad with SMGs is excellent at defending an MG from a closing flank. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Why change the spawn system? 23 Apr 2016, 20:43 PM Jump back to quoted post23 Apr 2016, 20:08 PMDullahan It's fascinating to see all the vCoH nostalgia fanboys come out of the woodwork in praise of this change. If you guys had played the campaign, you'd see why this feature exists. Relic had strategic points in many of the missions that allowed you to add units to your forces much quicker than meandering across the map from your HQ. This was a problem in Dawn of War 2 Retribution's campaign in many missions because while you captured forward bases, res pawning heroes would spawn at the first base on the map. (And hot keys would default to your first HQ so if you built units that way they'd spawn far away). It wasn't just added for realism: it serves a functional purpose. Considering what is possible in the Worldbuilder, there is no reason for that outside of lazy game building. There's more than enough ability to make a campaign map behave differently than the core mechanics just on the version released to customers. So, in multiplayer it also serves a role. It allows you to spawn units with your teammate at the start of the game. This is a strategic improvement. It also means that in a base attack situation your AT guns are not easily camped outside the spawn building, or any other units really. It also allows for the yet-as-of-now unused option for calling in units in different captured territory. If there was a map entry point on the far corner of a map away from either base, whichever team holds that territory could spawn units from that entry point. It's just that no existing automatch map features this. In: Lobby