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Thread: Proposal: CE/Pio changes for a better meta26 Nov 2013, 01:00 AM So except for the 6man CE thing... You're suggesting that pios and engineers function in roles similar to as they did in vCoH? Better/functional mines, native tank traps, worthwhile sandbags, and with flamethrowers being reliable counters to cover rather than RNGathons, and you've have base units on both factions with more than enough utility and potential tasks to keep them ever busy affecting the outcome of the game. Hey, with all of that you'd scarcely have to touch their squad sizes or entity stats. I mean, four man squads for either unit never seemed right to me, and maybe for nostalgia reasons I'd prefer to see both reduced in squad size. Smaller (and therefore cheaper squads) makes for more multitaksing rather than one large squad shift-queuing a defensive line. Not to mention that pios and engis already like to get instagibbed (mortars anyone?) when repairing, almost to the point where squad size scarcely matters. This thread makes me glad knowing you never played vCoH and came from DOW Nullist. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: What the PRO's think of COH223 Nov 2013, 22:47 PM Alright, that's good to know. There really needs to be a flowchart to who is responsible for what at Relic. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: What the PRO's think of COH223 Nov 2013, 21:50 PM With the latest DLC, most definitely. Such as FHQs, the t2 commander AND soviet industry. Or perhaps Hue hue hue vet3 Elefant with smoke! But in a sane world, I'd expect tweaking and balancing those combos to be the role of the balance team. You know, rather than having to play games of CoH2 to figure out how the game is broken post-patch and post-release. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: opel blitz vet23 Nov 2013, 21:38 PM Both the Opel and the 250 HT are doctrinal units I believe, and the buying vet ability is from another commander, so you'd never have them in conjunction with each other. ...Unless you can vet allied units with it? In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Future Balance Items by Relic23 Nov 2013, 21:34 PM That 720 MP and 120 munitions will counter one T70 and every t70 and piece of armor to come pretty well. Paks and shreks remain pretty crucial components of the german army. Also remember that while panzershreks don't cause engine damage with any reliability (if at all) panzerfausts do. The panzerfaust is one of the best tools early in the game the german army has to counter aggressive soviet vehicle rushes. Engine damage is a great boon to finishing off an enemy vehicle. T70s kind of have a small time window of effectiveness before being rendered either obsolete or relegated to a minor/defensive role. A well timed faust can cut that short. It can even remove the need for both Paks AND shreks if one or the other is in the right position for a faust. Soviet Industry completely changes this though. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Future Balance Items by Relic23 Nov 2013, 18:33 PM Shreks are by design there specifically to counter early T70s. So they do so now, absolutely not. I'm about 100% sure shreks are by design there specifically to give panzergrenadier infantry the ability to deal damage to vehicles. And I think they do that quite bloody well. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Future Balance Items by Relic23 Nov 2013, 18:28 PM Jump back to quoted post23 Nov 2013, 13:55 PMNullist True enough, but T70s still laugh at Shreks by outranging and outfiring them. Of course? Everything outranges and outfires infantry based AT because they are never optimally used offensively (and NEVER unsupported). Shreks, and to a lesser extent fausts, are what makes it impossible for vehicles to make an offensive charge on a PAK, or StuG. T70s certainly can't outrange and outfire those. And it is the same for PTRS rifles and AT nades for a ZiS or SU-85. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: soviet defensive commander MG23 Nov 2013, 18:16 PM German soldiers have a reasonable amount armor though, so that penetration bonus does actually translate directly towards more damage. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: soviet defensive commander MG23 Nov 2013, 18:12 PM The 120mm mortar is better than the normal mortar in almost every single way possible AND it can retreat with 1 man. With the timing delayed, the mg hits the field after Germans have access to the map, allowing armies to be built on both sides where each side would be developing counters for each other's strategies, rather than just going through the sequence of their starting build orders. It IS exceedingly problematic that the MG is a viable part of a starting build order. It is not, however, deserving of being singled out because all units, especially mgs, receive such magnified utility from being garrisoned due to the state of buildings in the game. With the MG removed from the 0CP early game, it might actually be utilized defensively against an aggressive German player after that first CP rolls in. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Game Completely Unbalanced After Patch23 Nov 2013, 18:00 PM Jump back to quoted post23 Nov 2013, 17:25 PMAerohank Spamming player: Play aggressive, cap both fuels, ignore strong defensive positions, overwhelm isolated squads, trick defending player to over-extend by attacking and harassing from all sides, enter the late game with a solid unit/income advantage, crush combined army player with bigger army. Combined arms player: Play conservatively, hold 1 fuel, maneuver support weapons to defend against incoming attacks, do not over extend, do a little harassment with pio/engineers, enter the late game on even footing, push out with superior composition. These take into account heavy assumptions about map design. In: COH2 Balance